Fabulae Faciles 58

A lost shoe

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58.1Post 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'.

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Grammar in this passage: indirect statement ×1, gerunds and gerundives ×2, ablative absolute ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (79 words)

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

Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text, notes and vocabulary: F. Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles (1903), public domain, from Project Gutenberg. Word analysis: LatinCy, then checked by hand. Grammar hints detected from the checked analysis. English: written for this app.