Fabulae Faciles 70

A strange crop

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70.1Nōndum 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'.

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

Latin vocabulary for this passage (92 words)

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

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.