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Fabulae Faciles 24
The Erymanthian boar
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō24.1Tum vērō iussus est Herculēs aprum quendam capere quī illō tempore agrōs Erymanthiōs vāstābat et incolās huius regiōnis magnopere terrēbat.
Then Hercules was ordered to capture a certain boar which at that time was laying waste the fields of Erymanthus and greatly frightening the people of this region.
24.2Herculēs rem suscēpit et in Arcadiam profectus est.
Hercules undertook the task and set out for Arcadia.
24.3Postquam in silvam paulum prōgressus est, aprō occurrit.
After he had gone a little way into the forest, he met the boar.
Note. aprō: dative with occurrit, 'ran into the boar'.
24.4Ille autem simul atque Herculem vīdit, statim refūgit; et timōre perterritus in altam fossam sē prōiēcit.
But as soon as the boar saw Hercules, it at once ran away; and terrified, it threw itself into a deep ditch.
Note. timōre perterritus: you need not translate both words; 'terrified' is enough.
24.5Herculēs igitur laqueum quem attulerat iniēcit, et summā cum difficultāte aprum ē fossā extrāxit.
So Hercules threw a noose which he had brought, and with the greatest difficulty dragged the boar out of the ditch.
Note. summā cum difficultāte: with an adjective, cum often stands between the adjective and its noun.
24.6Ille etsī fortiter repugnābat, nūllō modō sē līberāre potuit; et ab Hercule ad Eurystheum vīvus relātus est.
Although it fought back bravely, it could not free itself in any way; and it was carried back alive by Hercules to Eurystheus.
Note. Eurystheus is said to have been so scared by the boar that he hid in a jar.
Vocabulary
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| aper, aprī, m. | wild boar |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| Erymanthius, -a, -um | of Erymanthus, Erymanthian |
| vāstō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | lay waste |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| incola, -ae, m. and f. | inhabitant |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| magnopere, adv. | greatly, very much, exceedingly; earnestly |
| terreō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | frighten, terrify |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| suscipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | undertake |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| silva, -ae, f. | wood, forest |
| paulum, adv. | a little, somewhat |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| simul, adv. | at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| refugiō, -fugere, -fūgī | flee back, run away, retreat |
| timor, -ōris, m. | fear |
| perterreō, -terrēre, -terrui, -territus | thoroughly frighten, terrify |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| fossa, -ae, f. | ditch, trench |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| prōiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw forth or down, cast away, throw |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| laqueus, -ī, m. | noose |
| adferō, adferre, attulī, adlātus | bear to, bring |
| iniciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw in or upon; cause, inspire |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| difficultas, -tātis, f. | difficulty |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| extrahō, -trahere, -trāxī, -trāctus | draw or drag out, release, rescue |
| etsī, conj. | even if, although |
| fortiter, adv. | bravely |
| repugnō, -pugnāre, -pugnāvī, -pugnātus | fight against, struggle, resist |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | set free, free, liberate, release |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| vīvus, -a, -um | alive, living |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |