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Fabulae Faciles 48
The return of Atlas
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō48.1Atlās intereā abierat et ad hortum Hesperidum, quī pauca mīlia passuum aberat, sē quam celerrimē contulerat.
Meanwhile Atlas had gone away and had made his way as fast as possible to the garden of the Hesperides, which was a few miles away.
48.2Eō cum vēnisset, causam veniendī exposuit et fīliās suās vehementer hortātus est ut pōma trāderent.
When he had arrived there, he explained the reason for his coming and strongly urged his daughters to hand over the apples.
48.3Illae diū haerēbant; nōlēbant enim hoc facere, quod ab ipsā Iūnōne (ita ut ante dictum est) hoc mūnus accēpissent.
For a long time they hesitated; for they did not want to do this, because they had received this gift from Juno herself (as was said before).
Note. quod … accēpissent: the subjunctive shows the reason as the daughters' own: 'because (as they said) they had received'.
48.4Atlās tamen aliquandō iīs persuāsit ut sibi pārērent, et pōma ad Herculem rettulit.
Atlas, however, at last persuaded them to obey him, and brought the apples back to Hercules.
48.5Herculēs intereā cum plūrīs diēs exspectāvisset neque ūllam fāmam dē reditū Atlantis accēpisset, hāc morā graviter commōtus est.
Meanwhile Hercules, when he had waited several days and had received no news of Atlas's return, was greatly troubled by this delay.
48.6Tandem quīntō diē Atlantem vīdit redeuntem, et mox magnō cum gaudiō pōma accēpit; tum, postquam grātiās prō tantō beneficiō ēgit, ad Graeciam proficīscī mātūrāvit.
At last, on the fifth day, he saw Atlas returning, and soon received the apples with great joy; then, after he thanked him for so great a kindness, he hurried to set out for Greece.
Vocabulary
| intereā, adv. | in the meantime, meanwhile |
| abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus | go away, depart |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| hortus, -ī, m. | garden |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| passus, -ūs, m. | pace (mīlia passuum: miles) |
| absum, abesse, āfuī, āfutūrus | be away, be absent, be distant; be wanting |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| 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 |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| expōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put out, set forth; put on shore, land; explain |
| fīlia, -ae, f. | daughter |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| vehementer, adv. | violently, vehemently; earnestly; exceedingly, greatly |
| hortor, -ārī, -ātus | exhort, encourage, urge |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| pōmum, -ī, n. | fruit, apple |
| trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| diū, adv. | for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp |
| haereō, haerēre, haesī, haesūrus | stick; hesitate |
| nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | not wish, be unwilling |
| enim, conj. | for |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| mūnus, mūneris, n. | service, office, duty; present, gift |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| aliquandō, adv. | at some time or other; finally, at length |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| persuādeō, -suādēre, -suāsi, -suāsus | persuade, prevail upon, induce |
| pāreō, -ēre, -uī | obey |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| plūrēs, -a, plur. adj. | more, many, several |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| ūllus, -a, -um | any |
| fāma, -ae, f. | report, rumor |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| reditus, -ūs, m. | return |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| graviter, adv. | severely, seriously |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| quīntus, -a, -um | fifth |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| redeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go back, return |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| gaudium, -ī, n. | gladness, joy |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| beneficium, -ī, n. | well-doing, kindness, service, benefit |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| mātūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ripen; hasten |