Fabulae Faciles 68

Medea's ointment

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68.1Mēdēa, rēgis fīlia, Iāsonem adamāvit, et ubi audīvit eum tantum perīculum subitūrum esse, rem aegrē ferēbat.Medea, the king's daughter, fell in love with Jason, and when she heard that he was going to face so great a danger, she was distressed. 68.2Intellegēbat enim patrem suum hunc labōrem prōposuisse eō ipsō cōnsiliō, ut Iāsōn morerētur.For she understood that her father had set this labor for the very purpose that Jason should die. 68.3Quae cum ita essent, Mēdēa, quae summam scientiam medicīnae habēbat, hoc cōnsilium iniit.Things being so, Medea, who had the greatest knowledge of medicine, formed this plan. 68.4Mediā nocte īnsciente patre ex urbe ēvāsit, et postquam in montīs fīnitimōs vēnit, herbās quāsdam carpsit; tum sūcō expressō unguentum parāvit quod vī suā corpus aleret nervōsque cōnfirmāret.In the middle of the night, without her father's knowledge, she slipped out of the city, and after she came to the neighbouring mountains she gathered certain herbs; then, pressing out the juice, she prepared an ointment that by its power would strengthen the body and toughen the sinews.Note. īnsciente patre: ablative absolute, 'without her father knowing'. quod … aleret: a relative clause of purpose, 'to strengthen'. 68.5Hōc factō Iāsonī unguentum dedit; praecēpit autem ut eō diē quō istī labōrēs cōnficiendī essent corpus suum et arma māne oblineret.When this was done she gave the ointment to Jason; and she told him that on the day on which those labors were to be completed he should smear his body and his armor early in the morning.

68.6Iāsōn etsī paene omnibus hominibus magnitūdine et vīribus corporis antecellēbat (vīta enim omnis in vēnātiōnibus atque in studiō reī mīlitāris cōnsūmēbātur), tamen hoc cōnsilium nōn neglegendum esse cēnsēbat.Although Jason surpassed almost all men in size and bodily strength (for his whole life had been spent in hunting and in the study of warfare), he still thought that this advice should not be ignored.Note. nōn neglegendum esse: 'ought not to be neglected'; the gerundive expresses obligation.

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Grammar in this passage: indirect statement ×3, purpose clauses ×1, cum clauses ×1, ablative absolute ×3, gerunds and gerundives ×2

Latin vocabulary for this passage (84 words)

rēx, rēgis, m.	king
fīlia, -ae, f.	daughter
adamō, -amāre, -amāvī, -amātus	feel love for, fall in love with
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
ubi, adv.	where; conj., when
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
perīculum, -ī, n.	danger, peril, risk
subeō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go under; undergo, submit to, sustain, bear, endure
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
rēs, reī, f.	thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
aegrē, adv.	ill, with difficulty
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	bear, bring
intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus	perceive, understand
enim, conj.	for
pater, patris, m.	father
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
labor, -ōris, m.	labor, toil
prōpōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus	put or set before, offer, propose; set forth, say
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
cōnsilium, -ī, n.	advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
morior, morī, mortuus	die
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
ita, adv.	in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
summus, -a, -um	uppermost, highest, greatest
scientia, -ae, f.	knowledge, skill
medicīna, -ae, f.	art of healing, medicine
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
ineō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go into, enter; adopt
medius, -a, -um	mid, middle
nox, noctis, f.	night
īnsciēns, -scientis, adj.	unknowing, unaware
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
urbs, urbis, f.	city
ēvādō, -vādere, -vāsī, -vāsus	go forth, get away, escape
postquam, conj.	later than, after, when
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
mōns, montis, m.	mountain
fīnitimus, -a, -um	neighboring, adjoining
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
herba, -ae, f.	herb, plant
quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron.	a certain, certain
carpō, -ere, -sī, -tus	pluck
tum, adv.	then, at that time
sūcus, -ī, m.	juice
exprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus	press out
unguentum, -ī, n.	ointment
parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	make ready, prepare
vīs, vīs, f.	violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
corpus, corporis, n.	body
alō, -ere, -uī, -tus	nourish
nervus, -ī, m.	sinew, muscle
que, enclitic conj.	and
cōnfirmō, -firmāre, -firmāvī, -firmātus	strengthen, establish; declare, assert
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
praecipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus	take beforehand, anticipate; order, charge
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.	arms, weapons
māne, adv.	in the morning, early in the morning
oblinō, -linere, -lēvī, -litus	daub over, smear
etsī, conj.	even if, although
paene, adv.	almost, nearly
omnis, -e	all, every
homō, hominis, m.	man
magnitūdō, -tūdinis, f.	greatness, size
antecellō, -cellere	surpass, excel
vīta, -ae, f.	life
vēnātiō, -ōnis, f.	hunting
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
studium, -ī, n.	eagerness, zeal; study, pursuit
mīlitāris, -e	military, warlike; rēs mīlitāris, art of war, warfare
cōnsūmō, -sūmere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptus	take completely, use up, consume, spend
tamen, adv.	however, yet, nevertheless
nōn, adv.	not
neglegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus	disregard, neglect
cēnseō, cēnsēre, cēnsuī, cēnsus	think, believe, consider

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.