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Fabulae Faciles 82
The lotus-eaters
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō82.1Postquam tamen pauca mīlia passuum ā lītore Troiae prōgressī sunt, tanta tempestās subitō coorta est ut nūlla nāvium cursum tenēre posset, sed aliae aliās in partīs disicerentur.
But after they had gone a few miles from the shore of Troy, so great a storm suddenly arose that none of the ships could hold its course, but they were scattered in different directions.
Note. tanta … ut … posset: a result clause. aliae aliās in partīs: 'some in one direction, others in another'.
82.2Nāvis autem quā ipse Ulixēs vehēbātur vī tempestātis ad merīdiem dēlāta decimō diē ad lītus Libyae appulsa est.
The ship in which Ulysses himself was sailing was carried south by the force of the storm, and on the tenth day it put in at the coast of Libya.
82.3Ancorīs iactīs Ulixēs cōnstituit nōnnūllōs ē sociīs in terram expōnere, quī aquam ad nāvem referrent et quālis esset nātūra eius regiōnis cognōscerent.
When the anchors had been cast, Ulysses decided to put some of his companions ashore, to bring water back to the ship and to find out what that region was like.
Note. quī … referrent … cognōscerent: a relative clause of purpose, 'to bring back … and to find out'. quālis esset is an indirect question.
82.4Hī igitur ē nāvī ēgressī imperāta facere parābant.
So these men left the ship and got ready to carry out their orders.
82.5Dum tamen fontem quaerunt, quibusdam ex incolīs obviam factī ab iīs hospitiō acceptī sunt.
But while they were looking for a spring, they met some of the inhabitants and were welcomed by them as guests.
Note. obviam factī: obviam fierī + dative means 'to meet'.
82.6Accidit autem ut maior pars vīctūs eōrum hominum in mīrō quōdam frūctū quem lōtum appellābant cōnsisteret.
Now it happened that the greater part of those people's food consisted of a wonderful fruit which they called the lotus.
Note. Accidit ut: 'it happened that', followed by a result clause.
82.7Quam cum Graecī gustāssent, patriae et sociōrum statim oblītī cōnfirmāvērunt sē semper in eā terrā mānsūrōs, ut dulcī illō cibō in perpetuum vēscerentur.
When the Greeks had tasted it, they at once forgot their country and their companions and declared that they would always stay in that land, so as to feed on that sweet food for ever.
Note. gustāssent = gustāvissent. oblītī takes the genitive: patriae et sociōrum. vēscor takes the ablative: dulcī illō cibō.
Vocabulary
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| passus, -ūs, m. | pace (mīlia passuum: miles) |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| tempestās, -tātis, f. | weather; storm, tempest |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| coorior, -orīrī, -ortus | arise |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| cursus, -ūs, m. | running, speed; course, route, voyage; race |
| teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tus | hold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| sed, conj. | but |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| disiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw apart, scatter |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| vehō, vehere, vexī, vectus | carry |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| merīdiēs, -ēī, m. | midday, noon; south |
| dēferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātus | bear or carry away or off |
| decimus, -a, -um | tenth |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| appellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive to, bring to; with or without nāvem, put in |
| ancora, -ae, f. | anchor; in ancorīs, at anchor |
| iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iactus | throw, cast, hurl |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| nōnnūllus, -a, -um | not none, some, several |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| expōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put out, set forth; put on shore, land; explain |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| quālis, -e | of what sort? what kind of? |
| nātūra, -ae, f. | nature, character |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go out or forth, go ashore, disembark |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| fōns, fontis, m. | fountain, spring |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| incola, -ae, m. and f. | inhabitant |
| obviam, adv. | in the way, opposite, face to face; obviam fierī, to meet; obviam īre, to go to meet |
| hospitium, -ī, n. | hospitality |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| accidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall to or upon; befall, happen |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| vīctus, -ūs, m. | sustenance, food |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| mīrus, -a, -um | wonderful, strange |
| frūctus, -ūs, m. | enjoyment; fruit |
| lōtus, -ī, f. | lotus |
| appellō, -pellāre, -pellāvī, -pellātus | call, name |
| cōnsistō, -sistere, -stitī, -stitus | station oneself, take one's stand; consist |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| gustō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | taste |
| patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, country |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| oblīvīscor, -līvīscī, -lītus | forget |
| cōnfirmō, -firmāre, -firmāvī, -firmātus | strengthen, establish; declare, assert |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| semper, adv. | always |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| dulcis, -e | sweet |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| cibus, -ī, m. | food |
| perpetuus, -a, -um | continuous, perpetual; in perpetuum, for all time, forever |
| vēscor, -ī | feed on, eat |