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Fabulae Faciles 79
A poisoned gift
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō79.1Iāsōn et Mēdēa ē Thessaliā expulsī ad urbem Corinthum vēnērunt, cuius urbis Creōn quīdam regnum tum obtinēbat.
Jason and Medea, driven out of Thessaly, came to the city of Corinth, where a certain Creon then held the kingship.
79.2Erat autem Creontī fīlia ūna, nōmine Glaucē.
Creon had an only daughter, named Glauce.
79.3Quam cum vīdisset, Iāsōn cōnstituit Mēdēae uxōrī suae nūntium mittere eō cōnsiliō, ut Glaucēn in mātrimōnium dūceret.
When he had seen her, Jason decided to send a message to his wife Medea, intending to marry Glauce.
79.4At Mēdēa ubi intellēxit quae ille in animō habēret, īrā graviter commōta iūre iūrandō cōnfirmāvit sē tantam iniūriam ultūram.
But when Medea understood what he had in mind, violently stirred with anger, she swore an oath that she would avenge so great a wrong.
Note. iūre iūrandō: 'by an oath'; iūs iūrandum means 'oath'. ultūram: future participle of ulcīscor, with esse left out.
79.5Hoc igitur cōnsilium cēpit.
So she formed this plan.
79.6Vestem parāvit summā arte textam et variīs colōribus īnfectam; hanc mortiferō quōdam venēnō tinxit, cuius vīs tālis erat ut sī quis eam vestem induisset, corpus eius quasi ignī ūrerētur.
She prepared a robe woven with the greatest skill and dyed in various colors; she steeped it in a certain deadly poison, whose power was such that if anyone put on that robe, his body would burn as if with fire.
Note. sī quis … induisset: after sī, quis means 'anyone'.
79.7Hōc factō vestem ad Glaucēn mīsit; illa autem nihil malī suspicāns dōnum libenter accēpit, et vestem novam mōre fēminārum statim induit.
When this was done, she sent the robe to Glauce; and she, suspecting nothing wrong, gladly accepted the gift and, as women do, at once put on the new robe.
Vocabulary
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| expellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive out, expel |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| regnum, -ī, n. | royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| obtineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| fīlia, -ae, f. | daughter |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| uxor, -ōris, f. | wife |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| nūntius, -ī, m. | messenger; message |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| mātrimōnium, -ī, n. | marriage; in mātrimōnium dūcere, marry |
| dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus | lead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry |
| at, conj. | but |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| graviter, adv. | severely, seriously |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| iūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | swear; iūs iūrandum, oath |
| cōnfirmō, -firmāre, -firmāvī, -firmātus | strengthen, establish; declare, assert |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| iniūria, -ae, f. | injury, wrong, hurt, harm |
| ulcīscor, ulcīscī, ultus | avenge |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| vestis, -is, f. | clothing, dress, robe |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| ars, artis, f. | art |
| texō, -ere, -uī, -tus | weave |
| varius, -a, -um | various |
| color, -ōris, m. | color |
| īnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | stain, dye |
| mortifer, -fera, -ferum | death-bringing, deadly |
| venēnum, -ī, n. | poison |
| tingō, tingere, tinxī, tinctus | wet, soak, dye |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| tālis, -e | such |
| sī, conj. | if |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| induō, induere, induī, indūtus | put on; clothe |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| quasi, conj. | as if |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire |
| ūrō, ūrere, ussī, ūstus | burn |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| nihil, n., indecl. | nothing |
| malum, -ī, n. | evil, mischief |
| suspicor, -spicārī, -spicātus | suspect |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| libenter, adv. | willingly, gladly |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| mōs, mōris, m. | way, manner, habit, custom |
| fēmina, -ae, f. | woman |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |