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Fabulae Faciles 36
Laomedon and the sea-monster
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō36.1Lāomedōn quīdam illō tempore regnum Troiae obtinēbat.
A certain Laomedon at that time held the kingship of Troy.
36.2Ad hunc Neptūnus et Apollō annō superiōre vēnerant, et cum Troia nōndum moenia habēret, ad hoc opus auxilium obtulerant.
Neptune and Apollo had come to him the year before, and since Troy did not yet have walls, they had offered their help for this work.
36.3Postquam tamen hōrum auxiliō moenia cōnfecta sunt, nōlēbat Lāomedōn praemium quod prōposuerat persolvere.
But after the walls were finished with their help, Laomedon refused to pay the reward which he had promised.
36.4Neptūnus igitur et Apollō ob hanc causam īrātī mōnstrum quoddam mīsērunt speciē horribilī, quod cottīdiē ē marī veniēbat et hominēs pecudēsque vorābat.
So Neptune and Apollo, angry for this reason, sent a monster of horrible appearance, which came out of the sea every day and devoured people and cattle.
36.5Trōiānī autem timōre perterritī in urbe continēbantur, et pecora omnia ex agrīs intrā mūrōs compulerant.
And the Trojans, terrified, kept themselves inside the city, and had driven all their cattle from the fields inside the walls.
Note. continēbantur: 'kept themselves' (inside the city).
36.6Lāomedōn hīs rēbus commōtus ōrāculum cōnsuluit, ac deus eī praecēpit ut fīliam Hēsionem mōnstrō obiceret.
Laomedon, moved by these things, consulted the oracle, and the god instructed him to throw his daughter Hesione to the monster.
Vocabulary
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| regnum, -ī, n. | royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm |
| obtineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| superior, -ius, adj. | higher; former, previous, preceding |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| nōndum, adv. | not yet |
| moenia, -ium, n. plur. | walls |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| auxilium, -ī, n. | help, aid |
| offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātus | bear to, proffer, offer |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | not wish, be unwilling |
| praemium, -ī, n. | reward |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| prōpōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put or set before, offer, propose; set forth, say |
| persolvō, -solvere, -solvī, -solūtus | pay completely, pay |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| ob, prep. with acc. | on account of, for; in compounds, to, against |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| īrātus, -a, -um | angered, enraged, angry, furious |
| mōnstrum, -ī, n. | wonder, monster |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| speciēs, -ēī, f. | sight, appearance, shape |
| horribilis, -e | dreadful, terrible, horrible |
| cottīdiē, adv. | daily, every day |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| pecus, pecudis, f. | head of cattle, beast, sheep, goat |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| vorō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | swallow whole, devour |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| timor, -ōris, m. | fear |
| perterreō, -terrēre, -terrui, -territus | thoroughly frighten, terrify |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| contineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold together, keep within, shut up in; bound |
| pecus, pecoris, n. | herd, flock, cattle |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| intrā, prep. with acc. | within |
| mūrus, -ī, m. | wall |
| compellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive together, drive |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| ōrāculum, -ī, n. | oracle |
| cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus | consult |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| praecipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take beforehand, anticipate; order, charge |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| fīlia, -ae, f. | daughter |
| obiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw in the way or to |