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Fabulae Faciles 10
Polydectes is turned to stone
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Perseus. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō10.1Postquam Perseus ad īnsulam nāvem appulit, sē ad locum contulit ubi māter ōlim habitāverat, sed domum invēnit vacuam et omnīnō dēsertam.
After Perseus brought his ship to the island, he went to the place where his mother had once lived, but he found the house empty and completely deserted.
10.2Trīs diēs per tōtam īnsulam mātrem quaerēbat; tandem quartō diē ad templum Diānae pervēnit.
For three days he searched for his mother through the whole island; at last on the fourth day he came to the temple of Diana.
Note. Trīs diēs: 'for three days'. quartō diē: 'on the fourth day'.
10.3Hūc Danaē refūgerat, quod Polydectem timēbat.
Danaë had fled here, because she feared Polydectes.
10.4Perseus ubi haec cognōvit, īrā magnā commōtus est; ad rēgiam Polydectis sine morā contendit, et ubi eō vēnit, statim in ātrium inrūpit.
When Perseus learned this, he was moved to great anger; he hurried without delay to the palace of Polydectes, and when he arrived there, he at once burst into the hall.
10.5Polydectēs magnō timōre adfectus est et fugere volēbat.
Polydectes was struck with great fear and wanted to flee.
10.6Dum tamen ille fugit, Perseus caput Medūsae mōnstrāvit; ille autem simul atque hoc vīdit, in saxum versus est.
But while he was fleeing, Perseus showed him the head of Medusa; and as soon as he saw it, he was turned to stone.
Vocabulary
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| īnsula, -ae, f. | island |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| appellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive to, bring to; with or without nāvem, put in |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus | bring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| māter, mātris, f. | mother |
| ōlim, adv. | once upon a time, once, formerly, of old |
| habitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | dwell, inhabit |
| sed, conj. | but |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| vacuus, -a, -um | empty |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| omnīnō, adv. | altogether, wholly, entirely |
| dēserō, -serere, -seruī, -sertus | desert |
| trēs, tria, plur. adj. | three |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| quartus, -a, -um | fourth |
| templum, -ī, n. | sanctuary, temple |
| perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come through, come, arrive, reach |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| refugiō, -fugere, -fūgī | flee back, run away, retreat |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| timeō, -ēre, -uī | fear |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| rēgia, -ae, f. | palace |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| contendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch, hasten |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| ātrium, -ī, n. | hall |
| inrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptus | burst into or in |
| timor, -ōris, m. | fear |
| adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | do to, move, affect; visit, afflict |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| mōnstrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | point out, show |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| 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) |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |