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Fabulae Faciles 92
The island of the winds
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō92.1Pauca mīlia passuum ab eō locō prōgressus Ulixēs ad īnsulam Aeoliam nāvem appulit.
When Ulysses had gone a few miles from that place, he brought his ship to the island of Aeolia.
92.2Haec patria erat ventōrum, "Hīc vāstō rēx Aeolus antrō luctantīs ventōs tempestātēsque sonōrās imperiō premit ac vinclīs et carcere frēnat."
This was the home of the winds: "Here in a vast cave King Aeolus rules the struggling winds and the roaring storms with his power, and curbs them with chains and prison."
Note. The words in quotation marks come from Vergil's Aeneid (1.52–54). vinclīs is a short form of vinculīs.
92.3Ibi rēx ipse Graecōs hospitiō excēpit, atque iīs persuāsit ut ad recuperandās vīrīs paucōs diēs in eā regiōne commorārentur.
There the king himself welcomed the Greeks as guests, and persuaded them to stay a few days in that region to recover their strength.
92.4Septimō diē cum sociī ē labōribus sē recēpissent, Ulixēs, nē annī tempore ā nāvigātiōne exclūderētur, sibi sine morā proficīscendum statuit.
On the seventh day, when the companions had recovered from their hardships, Ulysses decided that he must set out without delay, so that he would not be shut out from sailing by the season of the year.
Note. sibi … proficīscendum: 'that he must set out'.
92.5Tum Aeolus, quī sciēbat Ulixem cupidissimum esse patriae videndae, eī iam profectūrō magnum saccum ē coriō cōnfectum dedit, in quō ventōs omnīs praeter ūnum inclūserat.
Then Aeolus, who knew that Ulysses was very eager to see his country, gave him as he was about to set out a large bag made of leather, in which he had shut up all the winds except one.
Note. eī iam profectūrō: 'to him as he was about to set out'; future participle.
92.6Zephyrum tantum solverat, quod ille ventus ab īnsulā Aeoliā ad Ithacam nāvigantī est secundus.
He had let loose only the west wind, because that wind is favourable for one sailing from the island of Aeolia to Ithaca.
92.7Ulixēs hoc dōnum libenter accēpit, et grātiīs prō tantō beneficiō āctīs saccum ad mālum adligāvit.
Ulysses gladly accepted this gift, and after giving thanks for so great a kindness he tied the bag to the mast.
92.8Tum omnibus rēbus ad profectiōnem parātīs merīdiānō ferē tempore ē portū solvit.
Then, when everything was ready for departure, he set sail from the harbour at about midday.
Vocabulary
| 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) |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| īnsula, -ae, f. | island |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| appellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive to, bring to; with or without nāvem, put in |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, country |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ventus, -ī, m. | wind |
| hīc, adv. | here; hereupon |
| vāstus, -a, -um | waste, huge, enormous, vast |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| antrum, -ī, n. | cave |
| luctor, -ārī, -ātus | wrestle, struggle |
| tempestās, -tātis, f. | weather; storm, tempest |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| sonōrus, -a, -um | sounding, loud, noisy |
| imperium, -ī, n. | command; sway, rule |
| premō, premere, pressī, pressus | press, check, restrain |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| vinculum, -ī, n. | bond, chain |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| carcer, -eris, m. | prison |
| frēnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | bridle, restrain |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| hospitium, -ī, n. | hospitality |
| excipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take out or up, receive, welcome, entertain |
| persuādeō, -suādēre, -suāsi, -suāsus | persuade, prevail upon, induce |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| recuperō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | recover |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| commoror, -morārī, -morātus | tarry, linger, delay, stay |
| septimus, -a, -um | seventh |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| nāvigātiō, -ōnis, f. | sailing, navigation, voyage |
| exclūdō, -clūdere, -clūsī, -clūsus | shut out, hinder, prevent |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| statuō, statuere, statuī, statūtus | cause to stand; decide, resolve |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | know |
| cupidus, -a, -um | desirous, eager |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| saccus, -ī, m. | bag, sack |
| corium, -ī, n. | hide, leather |
| cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| praeter, prep. with acc. | before, past, by; besides, except |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| inclūdō, -clūdere, -clūsī, -clūsus | shut up in, inclose, imprison |
| tantum, adv. | so much or far, only |
| solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus | loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| nāvigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | sail |
| secundus, -a, -um | following, favorable |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| libenter, adv. | willingly, gladly |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| beneficium, -ī, n. | well-doing, kindness, service, benefit |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| mālus, -ī, m. | mast |
| adligō, -ligāre, -ligāvī, -ligātus | bind to, bind |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| profectiō, -ōnis, f. | departure, start |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| merīdiānus, -a, -um | midday, noonday; merīdiānum tempus, midday, noon |
| ferē, adv. | nearly, about, almost, for the most part |
| portus, -ūs, m. | harbor, haven, port |