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Fabulae Faciles 83
Bringing the crew back
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō83.1Ulixēs cum ab hōrā septimā ad vesperum exspectāsset, veritus nē sociī suī in perīculō versārentur, nōnnūllōs ē reliquīs mīsit, ut quae causa esset morae cognōscerent.
When Ulysses had waited from the seventh hour until evening, he was afraid that his companions were in danger, and he sent some of the others to find out what the reason for the delay was.
Note. veritus nē … versārentur: after verbs of fearing, nē means 'that'.
83.2Hī igitur in terram expositī ad vīcum quī nōn longē aberat sē contulērunt; quō cum vēnissent, sociōs suōs quasi vīnō ēbriōs repperērunt.
So these men were put ashore and went to a village which was not far away; when they had come there, they found their companions as if drunk with wine.
83.3Tum ubi causam veniendī docuērunt, iīs persuādēre cōnābantur ut sēcum ad nāvem redīrent.
Then, when they had explained the reason for their coming, they tried to persuade them to return to the ship with them.
Note. causam veniendī: gerund in the genitive, 'the reason for coming'.
83.4Illī tamen resistere ac manū sē dēfendere coepērunt, saepe clāmitantēs sē numquam ex eō locō abitūrōs.
But they began to resist and to defend themselves by force, often shouting that they would never leave that place.
Note. clāmitantēs sē … abitūrōs: future infinitive in indirect statement (esse is left out).
83.5Quae cum ita essent, nūntiī rē īnfectā ad Ulixem rediērunt.
Since this was so, the messengers went back to Ulysses without having done their task.
Note. rē īnfectā: ablative absolute, 'with the thing not done', i.e. without success.
83.6Hīs rēbus cognitīs ipse cum omnibus quī in nāvī relictī erant ad locum vēnit; et sociōs suōs frūstrā hortātus ut suā sponte redīrent, manibus eōrum post terga vinctīs invītōs ad nāvem reportāvit.
When he learned this, he himself came to the place with all who had been left in the ship; and after urging his companions in vain to come back of their own accord, he tied their hands behind their backs and carried them back to the ship against their will.
Note. manibus … vinctīs is an ablative absolute: 'with their hands tied'.
83.7Tum ancorīs sublātīs quam celerrimē ē portū solvit.
Then he raised the anchors and sailed out of the harbour as quickly as possible.
Vocabulary
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| hōra, -ae, f. | hour |
| septimus, -a, -um | seventh |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| vesper, vesperī, m. | evening |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| vereor, -ērī, -itus | fear |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| versor, -ārī, -ātus | keep turning, be busy or employed, be |
| nōnnūllus, -a, -um | not none, some, several |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| 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 |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| expōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put out, set forth; put on shore, land; explain |
| vīcus, -ī, m. | village |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| longē, adv. | far |
| absum, abesse, āfuī, āfutūrus | be away, be absent, be distant; be wanting |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus | bring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| quasi, conj. | as if |
| vīnum, -ī, n. | wine |
| ēbrius, -a, -um | drunk |
| reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus | find, discover |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus | teach, explain |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| persuādeō, -suādēre, -suāsi, -suāsus | persuade, prevail upon, induce |
| cōnor, -ārī, -ātus | try, attempt |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| redeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go back, return |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| resistō, -sistere, -stitī | stand back, resist |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| dēfendō, -fendere, -fendī, -fēnsus | ward off; defend |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| saepe, adv. | often, frequently |
| clāmitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | call out |
| numquam, adv. | never |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus | go away, depart |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| nūntius, -ī, m. | messenger; message |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| īnfectus, -a, -um | not done, undone, unaccomplished |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus | leave behind, leave |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| frūstrā, adv. | in vain |
| hortor, -ārī, -ātus | exhort, encourage, urge |
| sponte, f. abl. sing., modified by meā, tuā, suā | of one's own accord, voluntarily |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| vinciō, vincīre, vinxī, vinctus | bind |
| invītus, -a, -um | unwilling |
| reportō, -portāre, -portāvī, -portātus | carry or bring back |
| ancora, -ae, f. | anchor; in ancorīs, at anchor |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| celeriter, adv. | swiftly, quickly |
| portus, -ūs, m. | harbor, haven, port |
| solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus | loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea |