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Fabulae Faciles 58
A lost shoe
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō58.1Post breve tempus Peliās, veritus nē regnum suum tantā vī et fraude occupātum āmitteret, amīcum quendam Delphōs mīsit, quī ōrāculum cōnsuleret.
After a short time Pelias, afraid that he might lose the kingdom he had seized by such violence and deceit, sent a certain friend to Delphi to consult the oracle.
Note. veritus nē … āmitteret: after a verb of fearing, nē means 'that' and introduces what is feared.
58.2Ille igitur quam celerrimē Delphōs sē contulit et quam ob causam vēnisset dēmōnstrāvit.
So he went to Delphi as quickly as possible and explained why he had come.
58.3Respondit ōrāculum nūllum esse in praesentiā perīculum; monuit tamen Peliam ut sī quis ūnum calceum gerēns venīret, eum cavēret.
The oracle replied that there was no danger at present; but it warned Pelias that if anyone came wearing one shoe, he should beware of him.
Note. sī quis: after sī, quis means 'anyone'. cavēret: a command reported after monuit ut.
58.4Post paucīs annīs accidit ut Peliās magnum sacrificium factūrus esset; nūntiōs in omnīs partīs dīmīserat et certam diem conveniendī dīxerat.
A few years later it happened that Pelias was about to hold a great sacrifice; he had sent messengers in all directions and had named a fixed day for gathering.
Note. factūrus esset: the future participle with esse means 'was about to (do)'.
58.5Diē cōnstitūtā magnus hominum numerus undique ex agrīs convēnit; in hīs autem vēnit etiam Iāsōn, quī ā pueritiā apud centaurum quendam habitāverat.
On the appointed day a great number of people gathered from the countryside on every side; among them came Jason too, who from boyhood had lived with a certain centaur.
58.6Dum tamen iter facit, ūnum ē calceīs in trānseundō nesciō quō flūmine āmīsit.
But while he was on his way, he lost one of his shoes in crossing some river or other.
Note. in trānseundō nesciō quō flūmine: a gerundive phrase, 'in crossing some river or other'.
Vocabulary
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| brevis, -e | short |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| vereor, -ērī, -itus | fear |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| regnum, -ī, n. | royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| fraus, fraudis, f. | deception, fraud |
| occupō, -cupāre, -cupāvī, -cupātus | seize; fill |
| āmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send away, lose |
| amīcus, -ī, m. | friend |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ōrāculum, -ī, n. | oracle |
| cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus | consult |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| celeriter, adv. | swiftly, quickly |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus | bring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| ob, prep. with acc. | on account of, for; in compounds, to, against |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| dēmōnstrō, -mōnstrāre, -mōnstrāvī, -mōnstrātus | point out, show; make known |
| respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus | reply, answer |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| praesentia, -ae, f. | the present |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| moneō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | warn |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| sī, conj. | if |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| calceus, -ī, m. | shoe |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, wear; carry on, do |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| caveō, cavēre, cāvī, cautus | beware, take care; be on one's guard against, beware of |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| accidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall to or upon; befall, happen |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| sacrificium, -ī, n. | sacrifice |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| nūntius, -ī, m. | messenger; message |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose |
| certus, -a, -um | determined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| conveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come together, assemble |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| undique, adv. | from or on all sides |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| pueritia, -ae, f. | boyhood |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| centaurus, -ī, m. | centaur |
| habitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | dwell, inhabit |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| iter, itineris, n. | a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march |
| trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go across or over, cross |
| nesciō, -scīre, -scīvī | not know, be ignorant; nesciō quis, I know not who, some one or other (nesciō is thus used with other interrogative words also) |
| flūmen, -minis, n. | river |