18.1Post hoc proelium Herculēs cōpiās suās ad urbem redūxit.After this battle Hercules led his forces back to the city. 18.2Omnēs Thēbānī propter victōriam maximē gaudēbant; Creōn autem magnīs honōribus Herculem decorāvit, atque fīliam suam eī in mātrimōnium dedit.All the Thebans rejoiced greatly because of the victory; and Creon honored Hercules with great honors, and gave him his daughter in marriage. 18.3Herculēs cum uxōre suā beātam vītam agēbat; sed post paucōs annōs subitō in furōrem incidit, atque līberōs suōs ipse suā manū occīdit.Hercules led a happy life with his wife; but after a few years he suddenly fell into a madness, and killed his own children with his own hand.Note. suōs ipse suā manū: the piled-up words stress how terrible the crime was: 'his own children with his own hand'. 18.4Post breve tempus ad sānitātem reductus est, et propter hoc facinus magnō dolōre adfectus est; mox ex urbe effūgit et in silvās sē recēpit.After a short time he was brought back to his senses, and was filled with great grief because of this crime; soon he fled from the city and withdrew into the woods. 18.5Nōlēbant enim cīvēs sermōnem cum eō habēre.For the citizens did not want to have any conversation with him.
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Fabulae Faciles 18
Madness and murder
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| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| proelium, -ī, n. | battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle |
| cōpia, -ae, f. | supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| redūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead or bring back; restore |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| propter, prep. with acc. | on account of, because of |
| victōria, -ae, f. | victory |
| maximē, adv. | very greatly, exceedingly, especially |
| gaudeō, gaudēre, gāvīsus | be glad, rejoice |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| honor, -ōris, m. | honor |
| decorō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | adorn, distinguish |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| fīlia, -ae, f. | daughter |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| mātrimōnium, -ī, n. | marriage; in mātrimōnium dūcere, marry |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| uxor, -ōris, f. | wife |
| beātus, -a, -um | happy, blessed |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| sed, conj. | but |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| furor, -ōris, m. | rage, fury, frenzy, madness |
| incidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall into or upon |
| līberī, -ōrum, m. plur. | children |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsus | cut down, kill |
| brevis, -e | short |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| sānitās, -tātis, f. | soundness; right reason, sanity |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| facinus, facinoris, n. | deed, crime |
| dolor, -ōris, m. | pain, grief; anger |
| adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | do to, move, affect; visit, afflict |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| effugio, -fugere, -fūgī | flee out or away, escape |
| silva, -ae, f. | wood, forest |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | not wish, be unwilling |
| enim, conj. | for |
| cīvis, -is, m. and f. | citizen, fellow-citizen, subject |
| sermō, -ōnis, m. | conversation, talk, speech |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. 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.