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Fabulae Faciles 13
Hercules and the serpents
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō13.1Īphiclēs, frāter Herculis, magnā vōce exclāmāvit; sed Herculēs ipse, fortissimus puer, haudquāquam territus est.
Iphicles, the brother of Hercules, cried out loudly; but Hercules himself, a very brave boy, was not frightened at all.
13.2Parvīs manibus serpentīs statim prehendit, et colla eārum magnā vī compressit.
He at once seized the snakes in his little hands, and squeezed their necks with great force.
13.3Tālī modō serpentēs ā puerō interfectae sunt.
In this way the snakes were killed by the boy.
Note. Tālī modō = hōc modō, 'in this way'.
13.4Alcmēna autem, māter puerōrum, clāmōrem audīverat, et marītum suum ē somnō excitāverat.
Alcmena, the mother of the boys, had heard the shouting, and had woken her husband from sleep.
13.5Ille lūmen accendit et gladium suum rapuit; tum ad puerōs properābat, sed ubi ad locum vēnit, rem mīram vīdit, Herculēs enim rīdēbat et serpentīs mortuās mōnstrābat.
He lit a lamp and seized his sword; then he hurried to the boys, but when he came to the place, he saw an amazing thing, for Hercules was laughing and pointing to the dead snakes.
Vocabulary
| frāter, frātris, m. | brother |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| vōx, vōcis, f. | voice; word |
| exclāmō, -clāmāre, -clāmāvī, -clāmātus | cry out, exclaim |
| sed, conj. | but |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| fortis, -e | brave |
| puer, puerī, m. | boy |
| haudquāquam, adv. | in no wise, not at all |
| terreō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | frighten, terrify |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| parvus, -a, -um | little, small |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| serpēns, -entis, f. | serpent |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| prehendō, -hendere, -hendī, -hēnsus | seize |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| collum, -ī, n. | neck |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| comprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press together, squeeze, compress |
| tālis, -e | such |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| māter, mātris, f. | mother |
| clāmor, -ōris, m. | shout, cry |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| marītus, -ī, m. | husband |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| excitō, -citāre, -citāvī, -citātus | call out, arouse |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| lūmen, -minis, n. | light |
| accendō, -cendere, -cendī, -cēnsus | kindle, light |
| gladius, -ī, m. | sword |
| rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tus | seize, snatch |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| properō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hasten |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| mīrus, -a, -um | wonderful, strange |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| enim, conj. | for |
| rīdeō, rīdēre, rīsī, rīsus | laugh |
| mortuus, -a, -um | dead |
| mōnstrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | point out, show |