84.1Postquam eā tōtā nocte rēmīs contendērunt, postrīdiē ad terram ignōtam nāvem appulērunt.After they had rowed hard that whole night, the next day they brought the ship to an unknown land. 84.2Tum, quod nātūram eius regiōnis ignōrābat, ipse Ulixēs cum duodecim ē sociīs in terram ēgressus loca explōrāre cōnstituit.Then, because he did not know what that region was like, Ulysses himself went ashore with twelve of his companions and decided to explore the place. 84.3Paulum ā lītore prōgressī ad spēluncam ingentem pervēnērunt, quam habitārī sēnsērunt; eius enim introitum et nātūrā locī et manū mūnītum esse animadvertērunt.Going a little way from the shore, they came to a huge cave, which they realised was lived in; for they noticed that its entrance had been fortified both by the nature of the place and by hand.Note. habitārī: present passive infinitive, 'that it was lived in'. 84.4Mox, etsī intellegēbant sē nōn sine perīculō id factūrōs, spēluncam intrāvērunt; quod cum fēcissent, magnam cōpiam lactis in vāsīs ingentibus conditam invēnērunt.Soon, although they understood that they would be doing this at some risk, they went into the cave; and when they had done so, they found a great quantity of milk stored in huge vessels.
84.5Dum tamen mīrantur quis in eā sēde habitāret, sonitum terribilem audīvērunt, et oculīs ad portam tortīs mōnstrum horribile vīdērunt, hūmānā quidem speciē et figūrā, sed ingentī magnitūdine corporis.But while they were wondering who lived in that dwelling, they heard a terrible noise, and turning their eyes to the entrance they saw a dreadful monster, human indeed in appearance and shape, but of enormous size of body. 84.6Cum autem animadvertissent mōnstrum ūnum oculum tantum habēre in mediā fronte positum, intellēxērunt hunc esse ūnum ē Cyclōpibus, dē quibus fāmam iam accēperant.And when they noticed that the monster had only one eye, set in the middle of its forehead, they realised that this was one of the Cyclopes, of whom they had already heard reports.Note. ūnum oculum tantum: 'only one eye'. tantum here is an adverb.