Aeneid VII 196

[cinefactus]

Dīcite, Dardanidae neque enim nescīmus et urbem
et genus, audītīque advertitis aequore cursum

The meaning of the last part is clear, but how does the grammar work? Why isn't it an ACI or a participle?

 

[Bitmap]

The quote is from book 7.

Why isn't it an ACI or a participle?

auditi is a participle

You, the heard-of ones (auditi = the ones that have been heard of by us = the ones that we heard of), set course on the sea (you came on the sea).

 

[cinefactus]

You, the heard-of ones (auditi = the ones that have been heard of by us = the ones that we heard of), set course on the sea (you came on the sea).

Ah, that makes sense.