Lucagus ut pronus pendens in verbera telo admonuit biiugos, proiecto dum pede laevo aptat se pugnae, subit oras hasta per imas fulgentis clipei, tum laevum perforat inguen; excussus curru moribundus volvitur arvis quem pius Aeneas dictis adfatur amaris:
Then, as Lucagus, leaning forward to the stroke, urged on his steeds with the sword, while with left foot advanced he prepares for the fray, the spear comes through the lowest rim of his gleaming shield, then pierces the left groin; tumbling from the chariot, he rolls dying on the ground while loyal Aeneas addresses him with bitter words: