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Fabulae Faciles 90
Out under the sheep
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō90.1Polyphēmus ubi sociōs suōs abiisse sēnsit, furōre atque āmentiā impulsus Ulixem iterum quaerere coepit; tandem cum portam invēnisset, saxum quō obstrūcta erat āmōvit, ut pecus in agrōs exīret.
When Polyphemus realised that his friends had gone away, driven by fury and madness he began to search for Ulysses again; at last, when he had found the entrance, he moved away the rock with which it was blocked, so that the flock could go out into the fields.
90.2Tum ipse in introitū cōnsēdit, et ut quaeque ovis ad hunc locum vēnerat, eius tergum manibus trāctābat, nē virī inter ovīs exīre possent.
Then he himself sat down in the entrance, and as each sheep came to this place, he felt its back with his hands, so that the men could not get out among the sheep.
Note. ut quaeque ovis … vēnerat: ut with the indicative means 'as' or 'when'.
90.3Quod cum animadvertisset Ulixēs, intellēxit omnem spem salūtis in dolō magis quam in virtūte pōnī.
When Ulysses noticed this, he realised that all hope of safety lay in cunning rather than in courage.
90.4Itaque hoc cōnsilium iniit.
So he formed this plan.
90.5Prīmum trīs quās vīdit pinguissimās ex ovibus dēlēgit, quās cum inter sē vīminibus coniūnxisset, ūnum ex sociīs suīs ventribus eārum ita subiēcit ut omnīnō latēret; deinde ovīs hominem sēcum ferentīs ad portam ēgit.
First he chose three of the sheep that he saw were the fattest, and when he had tied them together with osiers, he tucked one of his companions under their bellies so that he was completely hidden; then he drove the sheep, carrying the man with them, to the entrance.
Note. trīs quās vidit pinguissimās: 'the three that he saw were fattest'. ventribus eārum: dative with subiēcit, 'under their bellies'.
90.6Id accidit quod fore suspicātus erat.
What he had expected would happen did happen.
Note. fore = futūrum esse, the future infinitive of sum.
90.7Polyphēmus enim postquam terga ovium manibus trāctāvit, eās praeterīre passus est.
For Polyphemus, after he had felt the backs of the sheep with his hands, let them go past.
90.8Ulixēs ubi rem tam fēlīciter ēvēnisse vīdit, omnīs sociōs suōs ex ōrdine eōdem modō ēmīsit; quō factō ipse novissimus ēvāsit.
When Ulysses saw that the thing had turned out so successfully, he sent out all his companions one after another in the same way; when this was done, he himself got away last of all.
Note. novissimus: 'last'.
Vocabulary
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus | go away, depart |
| sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus | perceive, feel |
| furor, -ōris, m. | rage, fury, frenzy, madness |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| āmentia, -ae, f. | madness |
| impellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive or urge on, incite, urge |
| iterum, adv. | again, a second time |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| porta, -ae, f. | gate; door |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| obstruō, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | build against, block up |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| āmoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move away |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| pecus, pecoris, n. | herd, flock, cattle |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| exeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go out |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| introitus, -ūs, m. | entrance |
| cōnsīdō, -sīdere, -sēdī, -sessus | sit down |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| ovis, -is, f. | sheep |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| trāctō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | handle, touch, feel |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| animadvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | turn the mind to, observe |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| spēs, speī, f. | hope |
| salūs, salūtis, f. | safety, deliverance, escape |
| dolus, -ī, m. | trick, craft |
| magis, comp. adv. | more, rather |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| virtūs, -tūtis, f. | manliness, courage, bravery |
| pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on |
| itaque, adv. | and so, accordingly, therefore |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| ineō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go into, enter; adopt |
| prīmum, adv. | first, in the first place |
| trēs, tria, plur. adj. | three |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| pinguis, -e | fat |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| dēligō, -ligere, -lēgī, -lēctus | choose out, choose, select |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| vīmen, -minis, n. | osier |
| coniungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus | join together, join |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| venter, ventris, m. | belly |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| subiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw or place under |
| omnīnō, adv. | altogether, wholly, entirely |
| lateō, -ēre, -uī | lie hid, be concealed |
| deinde, adv. | then, next |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| accidō, -cidere, -cidī | fall to or upon; befall, happen |
| suspicor, -spicārī, -spicātus | suspect |
| enim, conj. | for |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| praetereō, -īre, -iī, -itus | pass by |
| patior, patī, passus, bear | suffer, allow |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| tam, adv. | so |
| fēlīciter, adv. | happily, fortunately, successfully |
| ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come out; turn out, happen, befall |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| ēmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send out or forth |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| ēvādō, -vādere, -vāsī, -vāsus | go forth, get away, escape |