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Fabulae Faciles 94
Who will go ashore?
Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō94.1Brevī spatiō intermissō Graecī īnsulae cuidam appropinquāvērunt in quā Circē, fīlia Sōlis, habitābat.
After a short time had passed, the Greeks approached an island on which Circe, the daughter of the Sun, lived.
94.2Quō cum nāvem appulisset, Ulixēs in terram frūmentandī causā ēgrediendum esse statuit; nam cognōverat frūmentum quod in nāvī habērent iam dēficere.
When he had brought the ship there, Ulysses decided that he must go ashore to get grain; for he had learned that the grain they had in the ship was already running out.
Note. ēgrediendum esse: 'that he must go out' (impersonal gerundive).
94.3Sociīs igitur ad sē convocātīs quō in locō rēs esset et quid fierī vellet ostendit.
So he called his companions together and showed them what situation they were in and what he wanted done.
94.4Cum tamen omnēs memoriā tenērent quam crūdēlī morte necātī essent iī quī nūper ē nāvī ēgressī essent, nēmō repertus est quī hoc negōtium suscipere vellet.
But since they all remembered how cruel a death had been suffered by those who had recently left the ship, no one could be found who was willing to undertake this task.
94.5Quae cum ita essent, rēs ad contrōversiam dēducta est.
Since this was so, the matter came to a dispute.
94.6Tandem Ulixēs cōnsēnsū omnium sociōs in duās partīs dīvīsit, quārum alterī Eurylochus, vir summae virtūtis, alterī ipse praeesse.
At last, with everyone's agreement, Ulysses divided his companions into two groups, of which Eurylochus, a man of the greatest courage, was to command one and he himself the other.
Note. alterī … alterī: 'one … the other'. Both are dative with praeesse.
94.7Tum hī inter sē sortītī sunt uter in terram ēgrederētur.
Then these two drew lots between them to decide which of them should go ashore.
Note. uter … ēgrederētur: an indirect question, 'which of the two should go ashore'.
94.8Hōc factō, Eurylochō sorte ēvēnit ut cum duōbus et vīgintī sociīs rem susciperet.
When this was done, it fell to Eurylochus by lot to undertake the task with twenty-two companions.
Note. Eurylochō sorte ēvēnit ut: 'it fell to Eurylochus by lot that …'.
Vocabulary
| brevis, -e | short |
| spatium, -ī, n. | space, interval; space of time, time |
| intermittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | leave off, interrupt; let pass; pass., be left between, intervene, elapse |
| īnsula, -ae, f. | island |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| appropinquō, -propinquāre, -propinquāvī, -propinquātus | approach to, approach |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| fīlia, -ae, f. | daughter |
| sōl, sōlis, m. | sun |
| habitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | dwell, inhabit |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| appellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive to, bring to; with or without nāvem, put in |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| frūmentor, -ārī, -ātus | fetch grain, forage |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go out or forth, go ashore, disembark |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| statuō, statuere, statuī, statūtus | cause to stand; decide, resolve |
| nam, conj. | for |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| frūmentum, -ī, n. | grain |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| dēficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | fail |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| convocō, -vocāre, -vocāvī, -vocātus | call together, summon, assemble |
| 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 |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| 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 |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| memoria, -ae, f. | memory |
| teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tus | hold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| crūdēlis, -e | cruel |
| mors, mortīs, f. | death |
| necō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | put to death, slay, kill |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| nūper, adv. | newly, lately, recently |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| nēmō, nēminis, m. and f. | no one, nobody |
| reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus | find, discover |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| negōtium, -ī, n. | business, matter; task, trouble, difficulty |
| suscipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | undertake |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| contrōversia, -ae, f. | quarrel, dispute, debate |
| dēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead down or away, bring; nāvem dēdūcere, to draw down or launch a ship |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| cōnsēnsus, -ūs, m. | agreement, consent |
| duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj. | two |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| dīvidō, -videre, -vīsī, -vīsus | divide, separate |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| virtūs, -tūtis, f. | manliness, courage, bravery |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| praesum, -esse, -fuī | be before, preside over, have charge of, command |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| sortior, -īrī, -ītus | cast or draw lots |
| uter, utra, utrum | which? of two |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| sors, sortis, f. | lot |
| ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come out; turn out, happen, befall |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| vīgintī, indecl. adj. | twenty |