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Fabulae Faciles 93
The bag is opened
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō93.1Novem diēs secundissimō ventō cursum tenuērunt, iamque in cōnspectum patriae suae vēnerant, cum Ulixēs lassitūdine cōnfectus (ipse enim gubernābat) ad quiētem capiendam recubuit.
For nine days they held their course with a most favourable wind, and they had already come in sight of their homeland, when Ulysses, worn out with weariness (for he was steering himself), lay down to rest.
Note. ad quiētem capiendam: gerundive of purpose with ad, 'to get some rest'.
93.2At sociī, quī iam dūdum mīrābantur quid in illō saccō inclūsum esset, cum ducem somnō oppressum vidērent, tantam occāsiōnem nōn omittendam arbitrātī sunt; crēdēbant enim aurum et argentum ibi esse cēlāta.
But the companions, who had long been wondering what was shut up in that bag, when they saw their leader overcome by sleep, thought so good a chance must not be missed; for they believed that gold and silver were hidden there.
93.3Itaque spē lucrī adductī saccum sine morā solvērunt, quō factō ventī "velut agmine factō quā data porta ruunt, et terrās turbine perflant."
So, led on by the hope of gain, they untied the bag without delay, and when this was done the winds, "as if in a column, rush out where a gate is given them and blow across the lands in a whirlwind."
Note. Another quotation from the Aeneid (1.82–83): 'as if in a column, where a gate is given, they rush out'.
93.4Hīc tanta tempestās subitō coorta est ut illī cursum tenēre nōn possent sed in eandem partem unde erant profectī referrentur.
At this so great a storm suddenly arose that they could not hold their course, but were carried back to the same place from which they had set out.
93.5Ulixēs ē somnō excitātus quō in locō rēs esset statim intellēxit; saccum solūtum, Ithacam post tergum relictam vīdit.
Ulysses, woken from sleep, at once understood what a situation they were in; he saw the bag untied and Ithaca left behind.
Note. quō in locō rēs esset: an indirect question, 'what position things were in'.
93.6Tum vērō īrā vehementer exārsit sociōsque obiūrgābat quod cupiditāte pecūniae adductī spem patriae videndae prōiēcissent.
Then indeed he blazed up with anger and kept scolding his companions because, led on by greed for money, they had thrown away the hope of seeing their country.
Vocabulary
| novem, indecl. adj. | nine |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| secundus, -a, -um | following, favorable |
| ventus, -ī, m. | wind |
| cursus, -ūs, m. | running, speed; course, route, voyage; race |
| teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tus | hold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| cōnspectus, -ūs, m. | sight |
| patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, country |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| lassitūdō, -inis, f. | weariness |
| cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| enim, conj. | for |
| gubernō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | steer |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| quiēs, quiētis, f. | rest, repose |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| recumbō, -cumbere, -cubuī | lie back or down |
| at, conj. | but |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| dūdum, adv. | formerly, of old; iam dūdum, this long time |
| mīror, -ārī, -ātus | wonder, wonder at |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| saccus, -ī, m. | bag, sack |
| inclūdō, -clūdere, -clūsī, -clūsus | shut up in, inclose, imprison |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| opprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press against, overpower, crush |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| occāsiō, -ōnis, f. | chance, opportunity |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| omittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | let go, neglect, disregard, throw away, lose |
| arbitror, -ārī, -ātus | consider, think, judge |
| crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | believe |
| aurum, -ī, n. | gold |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| argentum, -ī, n. | silver |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| cēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hide, conceal |
| itaque, adv. | and so, accordingly, therefore |
| spēs, speī, f. | hope |
| lucrum, -ī, n. | gain |
| addūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead to, bring, take; induce, influence |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus | loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| velut | even or just as, as |
| agmen, -minis, n. | band, column |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| porta, -ae, f. | gate; door |
| ruō, -ere, -ī, -itūrus | rush |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| turbō, turbinis, m. | whirlwind, hurricane |
| perflō, -flāre | blow through or over |
| hīc, adv. | here; hereupon |
| tempestās, -tātis, f. | weather; storm, tempest |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| coorior, -orīrī, -ortus | arise |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| sed, conj. | but |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| unde, adv. | whence |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| excitō, -citāre, -citāvī, -citātus | call out, arouse |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus | leave behind, leave |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| vehementer, adv. | violently, vehemently; earnestly; exceedingly, greatly |
| exārdēscō, -ārdēscere, -ārsī, -ārsus | blaze out, be inflamed, rage |
| obiūrgō, -iūrgāre, -iūrgāvī, -iūrgātus | chide, scold, reproach |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| cupiditās, -tātis, f. | desire, longing, eagerness |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| prōiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw forth or down, cast away, throw |