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Fabulae Faciles 80
Medea's revenge
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: The Argonauts. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō80.1Vix vestem induerat Glaucē cum dolōrem gravem per omnia membra sēnsit, et paulō post crūdēlī cruciātū adfecta ē vītā excessit.
Glauce had scarcely put on the robe when she felt a severe pain through all her limbs, and a little later, overcome by cruel torment, she died.
Note. Vix … cum: 'scarcely … when'.
80.2Hīs rēbus gestīs Mēdēa furōre atque āmentiā impulsa fīliōs suōs necāvit; tum magnum sibi fore perīculum arbitrāta sī in Thessaliā manēret, ex eā regiōne fugere cōnstituit.
After this, Medea, driven by rage and madness, killed her own sons; then, thinking that she would be in great danger if she stayed in Thessaly, she decided to flee from that region.
80.3Hōc cōnstitūtō sōlem ōrāvit ut in tantō perīculō auxilium sibi praebēret.
Having decided this, she prayed to the Sun to give her help in so great a danger.
80.4Sōl autem hīs precibus commōtus currum mīsit cui erant iūnctī dracōnēs ālīs īnstrūctī.
The Sun, moved by these prayers, sent a chariot to which were yoked dragons furnished with wings.
80.5Mēdēa nōn omittendam tantam occāsiōnem arbitrāta currum ascendit, itaque per āera vecta incolumis ad urbem Athēnās pervēnit.
Medea, thinking she must not let so good a chance slip, climbed into the chariot, and so, carried through the air, she arrived safely at the city of Athens.
80.6Iāsōn ipse brevī tempore mīrō modō occīsus est.
Jason himself was killed a short time later in a strange way.
80.7Accidit sīve cāsū sīve cōnsiliō deōrum ut sub umbrā nāvis suae, quae in lītus subducta erat, dormīret.
It happened, whether by chance or by the plan of the gods, that he was sleeping under the shadow of his ship, which had been drawn up on the shore.
Note. sīve … sīve: 'whether … or'.
80.8Mox nāvis, quae adhūc ērēcta steterat, in eam partem ubi Iāsōn iacēbat subitō dēlapsa virum īnfēlīcem oppressit.
Soon the ship, which until then had stood upright, suddenly slipped down onto the side where Jason was lying and crushed the unlucky man.
Vocabulary
| vix, adv. | with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, barely |
| vestis, -is, f. | clothing, dress, robe |
| induō, induere, induī, indūtus | put on; clothe |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| dolor, -ōris, m. | pain, grief; anger |
| gravis, -e | heavy; severe, grievous, serious |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| membrum, -ī, n. | limb, member |
| sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus | perceive, feel |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| paulō, adv. | by a little, a little, somewhat |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| crūdēlis, -e | cruel |
| cruciātus, -ūs, m. | torture |
| adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | do to, move, affect; visit, afflict |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| excēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus | go out or forth, depart |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, wear; carry on, do |
| furor, -ōris, m. | rage, fury, frenzy, madness |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| āmentia, -ae, f. | madness |
| impellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive or urge on, incite, urge |
| fīlius, -ī, m. | son |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| necō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | put to death, slay, kill |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| arbitror, -ārī, -ātus | consider, think, judge |
| sī, conj. | if |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| sōl, sōlis, m. | sun |
| ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | speak; beg, pray |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| auxilium, -ī, n. | help, aid |
| praebeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | hold forth, supply, furnish, give; show, present, exhibit |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| precēs, -um, f. plur. | prayer, entreaty |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| currus, -ūs, m. | chariot, car |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus | join; yoke, harness |
| dracō, -ōnis, m. | dragon, serpent |
| ala, -ae, f. | wing |
| īnstruo, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | build in or into; draw up; equip, furnish, |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| omittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | let go, neglect, disregard, throw away, lose |
| occāsiō, -ōnis, f. | chance, opportunity |
| ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus | climb to, ascend, mount |
| itaque, adv. | and so, accordingly, therefore |
| āēr, āeris, m. | air |
| vehō, vehere, vexī, vectus | carry |
| incolumis, -e | unhurt, safe |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come through, come, arrive, reach |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| brevis, -e | short |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| mīrus, -a, -um | wonderful, strange |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsus | cut down, kill |
| accidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall to or upon; befall, happen |
| sīve or seu, conj. | or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or |
| cāsus, -ūs, m. | fall; chance, accident |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| umbra, -ae, f. | shadow, shade |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| subdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | draw up, beach |
| dormiō, -īre, -īvī | sleep |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| adhūc, adv. | to this point, up to this time, yet, still |
| ērigō, -rigere, -rēxī, -rēctus | raise or set up, raise, lift; cheer, encourage |
| stō, stāre, stetī, status | stand |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| iaceō, -ēre, -uī | lie, be prostrate |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| dēlābor, -lābī, -lapsus | slip or fall down |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| īnfēlīx, -fēlīcis, adj. | unhappy, unfortunate |
| opprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press against, overpower, crush |