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Fabulae Faciles 35
The defeat of the Amazons
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō35.1Diū et ācriter pugnātum est; tandem tamen ad sōlis occāsum tanta commūtātiō rērum facta est ut mulierēs terga verterent et fugā salūtem peterent.
The fighting was long and fierce; but at last, toward sunset, so great a change took place that the women turned their backs and sought safety in flight.
35.2Multae autem vulneribus dēfessae dum fugiunt captae sunt, in quō numerō ipsa erat Hippolytē.
Many, exhausted by wounds, were captured while they fled, and among them was Hippolyte herself.
35.3Herculēs summam clēmentiam praestitit, et postquam balteum accēpit, lībertātem omnibus captīvīs dedit.
Hercules showed the greatest mercy, and after he received the belt, he gave freedom to all the captives.
35.4Tum vērō sociōs ad mare redūxit, et quod nōn multum aestātis supererat, in Graeciam proficīscī mātūrāvit.
Then he led his comrades back to the sea, and because not much of the summer was left, he hurried to set out for Greece.
35.5Nāvem igitur cōnscendit, et tempestātem idōneam nactus statim solvit; antequam tamen in Graeciam pervēnit, ad urbem Troiam nāvem appellere cōnstituit, frūmentum enim quod sēcum habēbat iam dēficere coeperat.
So he boarded a ship, and finding suitable weather, set sail at once; but before he reached Greece, he decided to put in at the city of Troy, for the grain which he had with him had already begun to run out.
Vocabulary
| diū, adv. | for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| ācriter, adv. | sharply, fiercely |
| pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | fight |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| sōl, sōlis, m. | sun |
| occāsus, -ūs, m. | setting |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| commūtātiō, -tiōnis, f. | change |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| mulier, mulieris, f. | woman |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |
| fuga, -ae, f. | flight |
| salūs, salūtis, f. | safety, deliverance, escape |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| vulnus, vulneris, n. | wound |
| dēfessus, -a, -um | worn out, exhausted |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| clēmentia, -ae, f. | mercy, kindness |
| praestō, -stāre, -stitī, -stitus | stand in front; show |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| balteus, -ī, m.. | belt, girdle |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| lībertās, -tātis, f. | freedom, liberty |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| captīvus, -a, -um | captive |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| redūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead or bring back; restore |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| multum, -ī, n. | much |
| aestās, -tātis, f. | summer |
| supersum, -esse, -fuī | be over or left, remain |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| mātūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ripen; hasten |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| cōnscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus | climb; nāvem cōnscendere, to climb the ship, go on board, embark |
| tempestās, -tātis, f. | weather; storm, tempest |
| idōneus, -a, -um | suitable, fit; favorable |
| nancīscor, nancīscī, nactus | get, obtain, find |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus | loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea |
| antequam, conj. | before than, sooner than, before |
| perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come through, come, arrive, reach |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| appellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive to, bring to; with or without nāvem, put in |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| frūmentum, -ī, n. | grain |
| enim, conj. | for |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| dēficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | fail |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |