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Fabulae Faciles 87
A plan is made
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Read in Lectitō87.1Ortā lūce Polyphēmus iam ē somnō excitātus idem quod hesternō diē fēcit; correptīs enim duōbus ē reliquīs virīs carnem eōrum sine morā dēvorāvit.
At daybreak Polyphemus, now woken from sleep, did the same as on the day before; for he seized two of the remaining men and devoured their flesh without delay.
Note. Ortā lūce: 'at dawn', literally 'the light having risen'.
87.2Tum, cum saxum āmōvisset, ipse cum pecore suō ex spēluncā prōgressus est; quod cum Graecī vidērent, magnam in spem sē post paulum ēvāsūrōs vēnērunt.
Then, when he had moved the rock away, he himself went out of the cave with his flock; and when the Greeks saw this, they came to hope strongly that they would escape in a little while.
87.3Mox tamen ab hāc spē repulsī sunt; nam Polyphēmus, postquam omnēs ovēs exiērunt, saxum in locum restituit.
But they were soon thrown back from this hope; for after all the sheep had gone out, Polyphemus put the rock back in its place.
87.4Reliquī omnī spē salūtis dēpositā lāmentīs lacrimīsque sē dēdidērunt; Ulixēs vērō, quī, ut suprā dēmōnstrāvimus, vir magnī fuit cōnsilī, etsī intellegēbat rem in discrīmine esse, nōndum omnīnō dēspērābat.
The rest gave up all hope of safety and gave way to lamentation and tears; but Ulysses, who, as we have shown above, was a man of great good sense, although he understood that things were at a crisis, did not yet despair entirely.
Note. vir magnī cōnsilī: genitive of description, 'a man of great good sense'. cōnsilī is a short form of cōnsiliī.
87.5Tandem, postquam diū haec tōtō animō cōgitāvit, hoc cōnsilium cēpit.
At last, after he had thought this over a long time with all his mind, he formed this plan.
87.6Ē lignīs quae in spēluncā reposita erant pālum magnum dēlēgit.
From the wood that had been stored in the cave he chose a large stake.
87.7Hunc summā cum dīligentiā praeacūtum fēcit; tum, postquam sociīs quid fierī vellet ostendit, reditum Polyphēmī exspectābat.
He made it sharp at the end with the greatest care; then, after he had shown his companions what he wanted done, he waited for Polyphemus to return.
Vocabulary
| orior, -īrī, -tus | arise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn |
| lūx, lūcis, f. | light |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| excitō, -citāre, -citāvī, -citātus | call out, arouse |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| hesternus, -a, -um | of yesterday, yesterday's, |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| corripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptus | seize, snatch, snatch up |
| enim, conj. | for |
| duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj. | two |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| carō, carnis, f. | flesh |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| dēvorō, -vorāre, -vorāvī, -vorātus | swallow down, swallow, devour |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| āmoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move away |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| pecus, pecoris, n. | herd, flock, cattle |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| spēlunca, -ae, f. | cave, cavern |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| spēs, speī, f. | hope |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| paulum, adv. | a little, somewhat |
| ēvādō, -vādere, -vāsī, -vāsus | go forth, get away, escape |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| repellō, repellere, reppulī, repulsus | drive back or away, repulse, repel |
| nam, conj. | for |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| ovis, -is, f. | sheep |
| exeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go out |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| restituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set up again, put back, restore |
| salūs, salūtis, f. | safety, deliverance, escape |
| dēpōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put down, deposit; lay aside, give up; ē memoriā dēpōnere, to forget |
| lāmenta, -ōrum, n. plur. | lamentation |
| lacrima, -ae, f. | tear |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| dēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give away or up |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| suprā, adv. and prep. with acc. | above, before |
| dēmōnstrō, -mōnstrāre, -mōnstrāvī, -mōnstrātus | point out, show; make known |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| etsī, conj. | even if, although |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| discrīmen, -crīminis, n. | crisis, peril, danger |
| nōndum, adv. | not yet |
| omnīnō, adv. | altogether, wholly, entirely |
| dēspērō, -spērāre, -spērāvī, -spērātus | despair |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| diū, adv. | for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| cōgitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | consider, think over |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| lignum, -ī, n. | wood |
| repōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put or set back; store up or away |
| pālus, -ī, m. | stake |
| dēligō, -ligere, -lēgī, -lēctus | choose out, choose, select |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| dīligentia, -ae, f. | care, diligence, industry |
| praeacūtus, -a, -um | sharp at the end, pointed, sharp |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out before, show, explain |
| reditus, -ūs, m. | return |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |