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Fabulae Faciles 73
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Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō73.1Dum autem ea geruntur, Argonautae, quī ad mare relictī erant, ānxiō animō reditum Iāsonis exspectābant; id enim negōtium summī esse perīculī intellegēbant.
Meanwhile the Argonauts, who had been left by the sea, were anxiously awaiting Jason's return; for they understood that that task was extremely dangerous.
73.2Postquam igitur ad occāsum sōlis frūstrā exspectāvērunt, dē eius salūte dēspērāre coepērunt, nec dubitābant quīn aliquī cāsus accidisset.
So after they had waited in vain until sunset, they began to despair of his safety, and they had no doubt that some accident had happened.
73.3Quae cum ita essent, mātūrandum sibi cēnsuērunt, ut ducī auxilium ferrent; sed dum proficīscī parant, lūmen quoddam subitō cōnspiciunt mīrum in modum intrā silvās refulgēns, et magnopere mīrātī quae causa esset eius reī ad locum concurrunt.
Things being so, they decided they must hurry to bring help to their leader; but while they were getting ready to set out, they suddenly caught sight of a light shining in a wonderful way among the trees, and greatly amazed at what the cause of this could be, they ran together to the place.
Note. mātūrandum sibi: impersonal gerundive with a dative of the agent, 'that they must hurry'.
73.4Quō cum vēnissent, Iāsonī et Mēdēae advenientibus occurrērunt, et vellus aureum lūminis eius causam esse cognōvērunt.
When they had come there, they met Jason and Medea as they were arriving, and learned that the golden fleece was the cause of that light.
73.5Omnī timōre sublātō magnō cum gaudiō ducem suum excēpērunt, et dīs grātiās maximās ēgērunt quod rēs tam fēlīciter ēvēnisset.
All their fear removed, they welcomed their leader with great joy and gave the warmest thanks to the gods because the thing had turned out so well.
Note. Omnī timōre sublātō: ablative absolute, 'all fear being removed'.
Vocabulary
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, wear; carry on, do |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus | leave behind, leave |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ānxius, -a, -um | anxious |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| reditus, -ūs, m. | return |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| enim, conj. | for |
| negōtium, -ī, n. | business, matter; task, trouble, difficulty |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| occāsus, -ūs, m. | setting |
| sōl, sōlis, m. | sun |
| frūstrā, adv. | in vain |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| salūs, salūtis, f. | safety, deliverance, escape |
| dēspērō, -spērāre, -spērāvī, -spērātus | despair |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | doubt, hesitate |
| quīn, conj. | so that ... not, but that, but |
| aliquī, -qua, -quod, indef. pron. adj. | some, any |
| cāsus, -ūs, m. | fall; chance, accident |
| accidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall to or upon; befall, happen |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| mātūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ripen; hasten |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| cēnseō, cēnsēre, cēnsuī, cēnsus | think, believe, consider |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| auxilium, -ī, n. | help, aid |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| sed, conj. | but |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| lūmen, -minis, n. | light |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| cōnspiciō, -spicere, -spēxī, -spectus | behold, perceive, see |
| mīrus, -a, -um | wonderful, strange |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| intrā, prep. with acc. | within |
| silva, -ae, f. | wood, forest |
| refulgeō, -fulgēre, -fulsī | flash back, shine |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| magnopere, adv. | greatly, very much, exceedingly; earnestly |
| mīror, -ārī, -ātus | wonder, wonder at |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| concurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run, rush, or dash together |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| adveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come to or toward, approach, arrive |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| vellus, velleris, n. | fleece |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| timor, -ōris, m. | fear |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| gaudium, -ī, n. | gladness, joy |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| excipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take out or up, receive, welcome, entertain |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| tam, adv. | so |
| fēlīciter, adv. | happily, fortunately, successfully |
| ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come out; turn out, happen, befall |