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Fabulae Faciles 43
Hercules finds the theft
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō43.1Posterō diē simul atque ē somnō excitātus est, Herculēs fūrtum animadvertit et bovēs āmissōs omnibus locīs quaerēbat.
The next day, as soon as Hercules woke from sleep, he noticed the theft and searched everywhere for the lost oxen.
43.2Hōs tamen nūsquam reperīre poterat, nōn modo quod locī nātūram ignōrābat, sed quod vestīgiīs falsīs dēceptus est.
But he could not find them anywhere, not only because he did not know the lie of the land, but because he was deceived by the false tracks.
43.3Tandem cum magnam partem diēī frūstrā cōnsūmpsisset, cum reliquīs bōbus prōgredī cōnstituit.
At last, when he had spent a large part of the day in vain, he decided to go on with the rest of the oxen.
43.4At dum proficīscī parat, ūnus ē bōbus quōs sēcum habuit mūgīre coepit.
But while he was getting ready to set out, one of the oxen which he had with him began to low.
43.5Subitō iī quī in spēluncā inclūsī erant mūgītum reddidērunt, et hōc modō Herculem certiōrem fēcērunt quō in locō cēlātī essent.
Suddenly those which had been shut up in the cave lowed in answer, and in this way told Hercules where they had been hidden.
Note. certiōrem fēcērunt: 'informed (him)'.
43.6Ille vehementer īrātus ad spēluncam quam celerrimē sē contulit, ut praedam reciperet.
Furious, he went to the cave as fast as he could, to recover his property.
43.7At Cācus saxum ingēns ita dēiēcerat ut aditus spēluncae omnīnō obstruerētur.
But Cacus had rolled down a huge rock in such a way that the entrance of the cave was completely blocked.
Vocabulary
| posterus, -a, -um | following, next |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| 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) |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| excitō, -citāre, -citāvī, -citātus | call out, arouse |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| fūrtum, -ī, n. | theft |
| animadvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | turn the mind to, observe |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f. | ox, bull, cow |
| āmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send away, lose |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| nūsquam, adv. | nowhere |
| reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus | find, discover |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| modo, adv. | only |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| nātūra, -ae, f. | nature, character |
| ignōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | be ignorant of |
| sed, conj. | but |
| vestīgium, -ī, n. | track, foot-print |
| falsus, -a, -um | feigned, pretended, false |
| dēcipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | catch, deceive |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| frūstrā, adv. | in vain |
| cōnsūmō, -sūmere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptus | take completely, use up, consume, spend |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| at, conj. | but |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| mūgiō, -īre, -īvī | low, bellow |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| spēlunca, -ae, f. | cave, cavern |
| inclūdō, -clūdere, -clūsī, -clūsus | shut up in, inclose, imprison |
| mūgītus, -ūs, m. | lowing, bellowing |
| reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give back, return, restore; render |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| certus, -a, -um | determined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| cēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hide, conceal |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| vehementer, adv. | violently, vehemently; earnestly; exceedingly, greatly |
| īrātus, -a, -um | angered, enraged, angry, furious |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| celeriter, adv. | swiftly, quickly |
| cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus | bring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| praeda, -ae, f. | booty, spoil, plunder |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| dēiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw down, cast, drive out of one's course |
| aditus, -ūs, m. | approach, entrance |
| omnīnō, adv. | altogether, wholly, entirely |
| obstruō, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | build against, block up |