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Fabulae Faciles 51
The realm of Pluto
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō51.1Ut autem mānēs Stygem hōc modō trānsierant, ad alterum veniēbant flūmen, quod Lēthē appellābātur.
As soon as the spirits had crossed the Styx in this way, they came to another river, which was called Lethe.
51.2Ex hōc flūmine aquam bibere cōgēbantur; quod cum fēcissent, rēs omnīs in vītā gestās ē memoriā dēpōnēbant.
They were forced to drink water from this river; and when they had done this, they put out of their memory everything they had done in life.
Note. quod cum fēcissent: a connecting relative + cum: 'and when they had done this'.
51.3Dēnique ad sēdem ipsīus Plūtōnis veniēbant, cuius introitus ā cane Cerberō custōdiēbātur.
Finally they came to the home of Pluto himself, whose entrance was guarded by the dog Cerberus.
51.4Ibi Plūtō nigrō vestītū indūtus cum uxōre Prōserpinā in soliō sedēbat.
There Pluto, clothed in black, sat on a throne with his wife Proserpina.
51.5Stābant etiam nōn procul ab eō locō tria alia solia, in quibus sedēbant Mīnōs, Rhadamanthus, Aeacusque, iūdicēs apud īnferōs.
Not far from that place there also stood three other thrones, on which sat Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, the judges of the underworld.
51.6Hī mortuīs iūs dīcēbant et praemia poenāsque cōnstituēbant.
These gave judgment on the dead and decided rewards and punishments.
51.7Bonī enim in Campōs Ēlysiōs, sēdem beātōrum, veniēbant; improbī autem in Tartarum mittēbantur ac multīs et variīs suppliciīs ibi excruciābantur.
For the good came into the Elysian Fields, the home of the blessed; but the wicked were sent into Tartarus and were tortured there with many different punishments.
Vocabulary
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| mānēs, -ium, m. plur. | spirit, shade |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go across or over, cross |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| flūmen, -minis, n. | river |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| appellō, -pellāre, -pellāvī, -pellātus | call, name |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| bibō, bibere, bibī | drink |
| cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctus | drive together, collect; compel |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, wear; carry on, do |
| memoria, -ae, f. | memory |
| dēpōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put down, deposit; lay aside, give up; ē memoriā dēpōnere, to forget |
| dēnique, adv. | lastly, finally |
| sēdēs, -is, f. | seat, abode |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| introitus, -ūs, m. | entrance |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| canis, -is, m. and f. | dog |
| custōdiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | guard |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| niger, nigra, nigrum | black |
| vestītus, -ūs, m. | clothing |
| induō, induere, induī, indūtus | put on; clothe |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| uxor, -ōris, f. | wife |
| solium, -ī, n. | seat, throne |
| sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessus | sit |
| stō, stāre, stetī, status | stand |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| procul, adv. | at or from a distance, far |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| trēs, tria, plur. adj. | three |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| iūdex, iūdicis, m. | judge |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| īnferī, -ōrum, m. plur. | inhabitants of the underworld, the dead, the shades |
| mortuus, -a, -um | dead |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| praemium, -ī, n. | reward |
| poena, -ae, f. | penalty, punishment |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| enim, conj. | for |
| campus, -ī, m. | plain, field |
| Elysius, -a, -um | Elysian |
| beātus, -a, -um | happy, blessed |
| improbus, -a, -um | wicked. in, prep, with acc., into, in, to, upon; with abl., in, on |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| varius, -a, -um | various |
| supplicium, -ī, n. | punishment, torture |
| excruciō, -cruciāre, -cruciāvī, cruciātus | torture |