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Fabulae Faciles 27
The fate of Pholus
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō27.1Postquam reliquī fūgērunt, Pholus ex spēluncā ēgressus est, et corpora spectābat eōrum quī sagittīs interfectī erant.
After the rest had fled, Pholus came out of the cave, and looked at the bodies of those who had been killed by the arrows.
27.2Magnopere autem mīrātus est quod tam levī vulnere exanimātī erant, et causam eius reī quaerēbat.
He was greatly amazed that they had died from so slight a wound, and he tried to find the cause of this.
27.3Adiit igitur locum ubi cadāver cuiusdam centaurī iacēbat, et sagittam ē vulnere trāxit.
So he went up to the place where the body of one of the centaurs lay, and drew an arrow out of the wound.
Note. locum: adeō here takes a direct object, 'approached the place'.
27.4Haec tamen sīve cāsū sīve cōnsiliō deōrum ē manibus eius lapsa est, et pedem leviter vulnerāvit.
But whether by chance or by the plan of the gods, it slipped from his hands, and slightly wounded his foot.
27.5Ille extemplō dolōrem gravem per omnia membra sēnsit, et post breve tempus vī venēnī exanimātus est.
At once he felt a severe pain through all his limbs, and after a short time he was killed by the force of the poison.
27.6Mox Herculēs, quī reliquōs centaurōs secūtus erat, ad spēluncam rediit, et magnō cum dolōre Pholum mortuum vīdit.
Soon Hercules, who had chased the other centaurs, returned to the cave, and with great grief saw that Pholus was dead.
27.7Multīs cum lacrimīs corpus amīcī ad sepultūram dedit; tum, postquam alterum pōculum vīnī exhausit, somnō sē dedit.
With many tears he buried the body of his friend; then, after he had drained another cup of wine, he gave himself up to sleep.
Vocabulary
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| spēlunca, -ae, f. | cave, cavern |
| ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go out or forth, go ashore, disembark |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| spectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | look at or on |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| sagitta, -ae, f. | arrow |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
| magnopere, adv. | greatly, very much, exceedingly; earnestly |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| mīror, -ārī, -ātus | wonder, wonder at |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| tam, adv. | so |
| levis, -e | light, slight |
| vulnus, vulneris, n. | wound |
| exanimō, -animāre, -animāvī, -animātus | put out of breath, fatigue, tire, exhaust; stupefy; kill |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| adeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go to, approach |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| cadāver, -eris, n. | dead body, corpse, carcass |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| centaurus, -ī, m. | centaur |
| iaceō, -ēre, -uī | lie, be prostrate |
| trahō, trahere, trāxī, trāctus | draw, drag |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| 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 |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| lābor, lābī, lapsus | slip, glide, fall |
| pēs, pedis, m. | foot |
| leviter, adv. | slightly |
| vulnerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | wound |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| extemplō, adv. | immediately, straightway, at once |
| 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 |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| brevis, -e | short |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| venēnum, -ī, n. | poison |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| redeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go back, return |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| mortuus, -a, -um | dead |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| lacrima, -ae, f. | tear |
| amīcus, -ī, m. | friend |
| sepultūra, -ae, f. | burial |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| pōculum, -ī, n. | cup |
| vīnum, -ī, n. | wine |
| exhaurio, -haurīre, -hausī, -haustus | drink up or off, drain |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |