Lectitō › Fabulae Faciles › Fabulae Faciles: Hercules
Fabulae Faciles 39
The golden boat
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
Tap any word for its meaning and grammar, save words to review, and track your reading.
Read in Lectitō39.1Dum hīc morātur, Herculēs magnum incommodum ex calōre sōlis accipiēbat; tandem igitur īrā commōtus arcum suum intendit et sōlem sagittīs petiit.
While he was staying here, Hercules suffered great discomfort from the heat of the sun; so at last, moved to anger, he drew his bow and aimed his arrows at the sun.
39.2Sōl tamen audāciam virī tantum admīrātus est ut lintrem auream eī dederit.
The Sun, however, so admired the man's daring that he gave him a golden boat.
Note. tantum … ut: another result clause, 'so much … that'.
39.3Herculēs hoc dōnum libentissimē accēpit, nūllam enim nāvem in hīs regiōnibus invenīre potuerat.
Hercules very gladly accepted this gift, for he had not been able to find any ship in these regions.
39.4Tum lintrem dēdūxit, et ventum nactus idōneum post breve tempus ad īnsulam pervēnit.
Then he launched the boat, and finding a suitable wind, reached the island after a short time.
39.5Ubi ex incolīs cognōvit quō in locō bovēs essent, in eam partem statim profectus est et ā rēge Gēryone postulāvit ut bovēs sibi trāderentur.
When he learned from the inhabitants where the oxen were, he set out at once in that direction and demanded of King Geryon that the oxen be handed over to him.
39.6Cum tamen ille hoc facere nōllet, Herculēs et rēgem ipsum et Eurytiōnem, quī erat ingentī magnitūdine corporis, interfēcit.
But since Geryon refused to do this, Hercules killed both the king himself and Eurytion, who was a man of enormous size.
Vocabulary
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| hīc, adv. | here; hereupon |
| moror, -ārī, -ātus | delay, linger, stay |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| incommodum, -ī, n. | inconvenience |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| calor, -ōris, m. | heat |
| sōl, sōlis, m. | sun |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| arcus, -ūs, m. | bow |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| intendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out; stretch, draw, aim |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| sagitta, -ae, f. | arrow |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| audācia, -ae, f. | boldness, audacity |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| tantum, adv. | so much or far, only |
| admīror, -mīrārī, -mīrātus | wonder at, admire |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| linter, lintris, f. | boat, skiff |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| libenter, adv. | willingly, gladly |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| enim, conj. | for |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| dēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead down or away, bring; nāvem dēdūcere, to draw down or launch a ship |
| ventus, -ī, m. | wind |
| nancīscor, nancīscī, nactus | get, obtain, find |
| idōneus, -a, -um | suitable, fit; favorable |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| brevis, -e | short |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| īnsula, -ae, f. | island |
| perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come through, come, arrive, reach |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| incola, -ae, m. and f. | inhabitant |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f. | ox, bull, cow |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask, request, demand |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | not wish, be unwilling |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| magnitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | greatness, size |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |