Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris 

I sing of arms and the man, who first from the shores of Troy…

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Armavirumquecano,

virumque

Aeneid 1.1
Dictionary
vir, virī m.
Form
AccusativeSingular · Masculine
Meaning
“the man”-que “and”
Role
Second object of cano, joined to Arma by ‑que.

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Ἄνδραμοιἔννεπε,μοῦσα,πολύτροπον,ὃςμάλαπολλὰπλάγχθη,ἐπεὶΤροίηςἱερὸνπτολίεθρονἔπερσεν·

Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2 · Tell me, Muse, of the man of many turns, who wandered far after he sacked the holy citadel of Troy.

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What slender boy, among many a rose, presses you…Horace, Odes 1.5.1

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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres

Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.