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Fabulae Faciles 19
Hercules consults the oracle
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō19.1Herculēs tantum scelus expiāre magnopere cupiēbat.
Hercules greatly wished to atone for so great a crime.
19.2Cōnstituit igitur ad ōrāculum Delphicum īre; hoc enim ōrāculum erat omnium celeberrimum.
So he decided to go to the oracle at Delphi; for this oracle was the most famous of all.
Note. hōc ōrāculum omnium: 'this oracle (was) the most famous of all'.
19.3Ibi templum erat Apollinis plūrimīs dōnīs ōrnātum.
There was a temple of Apollo there, adorned with very many gifts.
19.4Hōc in templō sedēbat fēmina quaedam, nōmine Pȳthia et cōnsilium dabat iīs quī ad ōrāculum veniēbant.
In this temple sat a certain woman named Pythia, and she gave advice to those who came to the oracle.
Note. Hōc in templō: a short preposition often sits between an adjective and its noun.
19.5Haec autem fēmina ab ipsō Apolline docēbātur, et voluntātem deī hominibus ēnūntiābat.
This woman was taught by Apollo himself, and announced the will of the god to people.
19.6Herculēs igitur, quī Apollinem praecipuē colēbat, hūc vēnit.
So Hercules, who especially worshipped Apollo, came here.
19.7Tum rem tōtam exposuit, neque scelus cēlāvit.
Then he explained the whole matter, and did not hide his crime.
Vocabulary
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| scelus, sceleris, n. | wickedness, crime |
| expiō, -piāre, -piāvī, -piātus | expiate |
| magnopere, adv. | greatly, very much, exceedingly; earnestly |
| cupiō, -ere, -īvī, -ītus | desire, long for, wish |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| ōrāculum, -ī, n. | oracle |
| Delphicus, -a, -um | of Delphi, Delphic, Delphian |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| enim, conj. | for |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| celeber, celebris, celebre | frequented; renowned, celebrated |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| templum, -ī, n. | sanctuary, temple |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| ōrnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | equip, adorn |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessus | sit |
| fēmina, -ae, f. | woman |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus | teach, explain |
| voluntās, -tātis, f. | wish, will |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| ēnūntiō, -nūntiāre, -nūntiāvī, -nūntiātus | speak out, announce, make known |
| praecipuē, adv. | especially |
| colō, colere, coluī, cultus | till, cultivate; inhabit; worship |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| expōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put out, set forth; put on shore, land; explain |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| cēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hide, conceal |