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Fabulae Faciles 70
A strange crop
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō70.1Nōndum tamen Iāsōn tōtum opus cōnfēcerat; imperāverat enim eī Aeētēs ut armātōs virōs quī ē dentibus gignerentur sōlus interficeret.
But Jason had not yet finished the whole task; for Aeetes had ordered him to kill alone the armed men who sprang from the teeth.
70.2Postquam igitur omnīs dentīs in agrum sparsit, Iāsōn lassitūdine exanimātus quiētī sē trādidit, dum virī istī gignerentur.
So after he had scattered all the teeth over the field, Jason, exhausted with weariness, gave himself up to rest while those men were springing up.
70.3Paucās hōrās dormiēbat, sub vesperum tamen ē somnō subitō excitātus rem ita ēvēnisse ut praedictum esset cognōvit; nam in omnibus agrī partibus virī ingentī magnitūdine corporis gladiīs galeīsque armātī mīrum in modum ē terrā oriēbantur.
He slept for a few hours, but towards evening, suddenly woken from sleep, he learned that things had turned out as had been foretold; for in every part of the field men of huge bodily size, armed with swords and helmets, were rising from the earth in a wonderful way.
70.4Hōc cognitō Iāsōn cōnsilium quod dedisset Mēdēa nōn omittendum esse putābat.
When he learned this, Jason thought that the advice Medea had given should not be neglected.
70.5Saxum igitur ingēns (ita enim Mēdēa praecēperat) in mediōs virōs coniēcit.
So he threw a huge stone (for so Medea had instructed) into the middle of the men.
70.6Illī undique ad locum concurrērunt, et cum quisque sibi id saxum nesciō cūr habēre vellet, magna contrōversia orta est.
They ran together to the place from every side, and since each one, for some reason or other, wanted to have that stone for himself, a great quarrel arose.
Note. nesciō cūr: 'for some reason or other', literally 'I don't know why'.
70.7Mox strictīs gladiīs inter sē pugnāre coepērunt, et cum hōc modō plūrimī occīsī essent, reliquī vulneribus cōnfectī ā Iāsone nūllō negōtiō interfectī sunt.
Soon they drew their swords and began to fight among themselves, and when very many had been killed in this way, the rest, weakened by wounds, were killed by Jason without any trouble.
Note. nūllō negōtiō: 'without any trouble'.
Vocabulary
| nōndum, adv. | not yet |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| enim, conj. | for |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| armātus, -a, -um | armed |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| dēns, dentis, m. | tooth |
| gignō, gignere, genuī, genitus | produce, bring forth |
| sōlus, -a, -um | alone |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| spargō, spargere, sparsī, sparsus | scatter, sprinkle |
| lassitūdō, -inis, f. | weariness |
| exanimō, -animāre, -animāvī, -animātus | put out of breath, fatigue, tire, exhaust; stupefy; kill |
| quiēs, quiētis, f. | rest, repose |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| hōra, -ae, f. | hour |
| dormiō, -īre, -īvī | sleep |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| vesper, vesperī, m. | evening |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| excitō, -citāre, -citāvī, -citātus | call out, arouse |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come out; turn out, happen, befall |
| praedīcō, -dīcere, -dīxī, -dictus | say beforehand, foretell, predict |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| nam, conj. | for |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| magnitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | greatness, size |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| gladius, -ī, m. | sword |
| galea, -ae, f. | helmet |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| mīrus, -a, -um | wonderful, strange |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| orior, -īrī, -tus | arise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| omittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | let go, neglect, disregard, throw away, lose |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| praecipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take beforehand, anticipate; order, charge |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| coniciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw together; throw, cast, hurl |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| undique, adv. | from or on all sides |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| concurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run, rush, or dash together |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| 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) |
| cūr, adv. | why |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| contrōversia, -ae, f. | quarrel, dispute, debate |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| stringō, stringere, strinxī, strictus | draw, unsheathe |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | fight |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsus | cut down, kill |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| vulnus, vulneris, n. | wound |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| negōtium, -ī, n. | business, matter; task, trouble, difficulty |