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Fabulae Faciles 63
The loss of Hylas
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō63.1Postrīdiē eius diēī Iāsōn tempestātem satis idōneam esse arbitrātus (summa enim tranquillitās iam cōnsecūta erat), ancorās sustulit, et pauca mīlia passuum prōgressus ante noctem Mȳsiam attigit.
On the day after that, Jason, thinking the weather suitable enough (for a perfect calm had now followed), weighed anchor, and after going a few miles reached Mysia before nightfall.
Note. eius diēī: 'of that day'; Postrīdiē eius diēī means 'the day after that'.
63.2Ibi paucās hōrās in ancorīs exspectāvit; ā nautīs enim cognōverat aquae cōpiam quam sēcum habērent iam dēficere, quam ob causam quīdam ex Argonautīs in terram ēgressī aquam quaerēbant.
There he waited at anchor for a few hours; for he had learned from the sailors that the supply of water they had with them was already running out, and for this reason some of the Argonauts landed and went looking for water.
63.3Hōrum in numerō erat Hylās quīdam, puer fōrmā praestantissimā.
Among them was a certain Hylas, a boy of very great beauty.
63.4Quī dum fontem quaerit, ā comitibus paulum sēcesserat.
While he was looking for a spring, he had gone a little way off from his companions.
63.5Nymphae autem quae fontem colēbant, cum iuvenem vīdissent, eī persuādēre cōnātae sunt ut sēcum manēret; et cum ille negāret sē hoc factūrum esse, puerum vī abstulērunt.
But the nymphs who lived in the spring, when they saw the young man, tried to persuade him to stay with them; and when he said he would not do this, they carried the boy off by force.
Note. persuādēre … ut sēcum manēret: persuādeō takes the dative (eī) and an ut clause.
63.6Comitēs eius postquam Hylam āmissum esse sēnsērunt, magnō dolōre adfectī diū frūstrā quaerēbant.
His companions, after they realized that Hylas was lost, deeply grieved, searched for him in vain for a long time.
63.7Herculēs autem et Polyphēmus, quī vestīgia puerī longius secūtī erant, ubi tandem ad lītus rediērunt, Iāsonem solvisse cognōvērunt.
But Hercules and Polyphemus, who had followed the boy's tracks farther, when they finally returned to the shore, learned that Jason had sailed.
Vocabulary
| postrīdiē, adv. | the day after, the next day |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| tempestās, -tātis, f. | weather; storm, tempest |
| satis, adv. | enough, sufficiently |
| idōneus, -a, -um | suitable, fit; favorable |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| arbitror, -ārī, -ātus | consider, think, judge |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| enim, conj. | for |
| tranquillitās, -tātis, f. | calm |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| cōnsequor, -sequī, -secūtus | follow up, follow; overtake |
| ancora, -ae, f. | anchor; in ancorīs, at anchor |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| passus, -ūs, m. | pace (mīlia passuum: miles) |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| nox, noctis, f. | night |
| attingō, -tingere, -tigī, -tāctus | touch at |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| hōra, -ae, f. | hour |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| nauta, -ae, m. | sailor |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| cōpia, -ae, f. | supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| dēficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | fail |
| ob, prep. with acc. | on account of, for; in compounds, to, against |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go out or forth, go ashore, disembark |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| puer, puerī, m. | boy |
| fōrma, -ae, f. | form, appearance; beauty |
| praestāns, -stantis, adj. | preëminent, remarkable |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| fōns, fontis, m. | fountain, spring |
| comes, -itis, m. and f. | companion |
| paulum, adv. | a little, somewhat |
| sēcēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus | go apart, withdraw |
| nympha, -ae, f. | nymph |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| colō, colere, coluī, cultus | till, cultivate; inhabit; worship |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| iuvenis, -is, m. | young man, youth |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| persuādeō, -suādēre, -suāsi, -suāsus | persuade, prevail upon, induce |
| cōnor, -ārī, -ātus | try, attempt |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | say no or not, deny, refuse |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| auferō, auferre, abstulī, ablātus | bear away, carry off |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| āmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send away, lose |
| sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus | perceive, feel |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| dolor, -ōris, m. | pain, grief; anger |
| adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | do to, move, affect; visit, afflict |
| diū, adv. | for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp |
| frūstrā, adv. | in vain |
| vestīgium, -ī, n. | track, foot-print |
| longē, adv. | far |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| redeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go back, return |
| solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus | loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea |