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Fabulae Faciles 98
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Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Ulysses. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō98.1Brevī intermissō spatiō Ulixēs ad omnia perīcula subeunda parātus iānuam pulsāvit, et foribus patefactīs ab ipsā Circē benignē exceptus est.
After a short time had passed, Ulysses, ready to face every danger, knocked at the door, and when the doors were opened he was kindly welcomed by Circe herself.
98.2Omnia eōdem modō atque anteā facta sunt.
Everything was done in the same way as before.
98.3Cēnam magnificē īnstrūctam vīdit et accumbere iussus est.
He saw a magnificently laid dinner and was told to lie down to eat.
98.4Mox, ubi famēs cibō dēpulsa est, Circē pōculum aureum vīnō replētum Ulixī dedit.
Soon, when his hunger had been satisfied with food, Circe gave Ulysses a golden cup filled with wine.
98.5Ille etsī suspicātus est venēnum sibi parātum esse, pōculum exhausit; quō factō Circē postquam caput eius baculō tetigit, ea verba locūta est quibus sociōs eius anteā in porcōs converterat.
Although he suspected that poison had been prepared for him, he drained the cup; when he had done so, Circe touched his head with her wand and spoke the words with which she had earlier changed his companions into pigs.
98.6Rēs tamen omnīnō aliter ēvēnit atque illa spērāverat.
But the thing turned out quite differently from what she had hoped.
Note. aliter … atque: 'otherwise than'. After words of likeness and difference, atque means 'than' or 'as'.
98.7Tanta enim vīs erat eius herbae quam Ulixī Mercurius dederat ut neque venēnum neque verba quicquam efficere possent.
For so great was the power of the herb which Mercury had given Ulysses that neither the poison nor the words could have any effect.
98.8Ulixēs autem, ut eī praeceptum erat, gladiō strictō impetum in eam fēcit et mortem minitābātur.
And Ulysses, as he had been told, drew his sword, made an attack on her and threatened her with death.
98.9Circē cum artem suam nihil valēre sēnsisset, multīs cum lacrimīs eum obsecrāre coepit nē sibi vītam adimeret.
When Circe realised that her art was of no use, she began to beg him with many tears not to take her life.
Vocabulary
| brevis, -e | short |
| intermittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | leave off, interrupt; let pass; pass., be left between, intervene, elapse |
| spatium, -ī, n. | space, interval; space of time, time |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| subeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go under; undergo, submit to, sustain, bear, endure |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| iānua, -ae, f. | door |
| pulsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | push or strike against, knock, knock at |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| foris, -is, f. | door |
| patefaciō, -facere, -fēcī, -factus | throw, or lay open, open |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| benignē, adv. | kindly |
| excipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take out or up, receive, welcome, entertain |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| anteā, adv. | before |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| cēna, -ae, f. | dinner |
| magnificē, adv. | splendidly |
| īnstruo, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | build in or into; draw up; equip, furnish, |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| accumbō, -cumbere, -cubuī, -cubitus | lie down (at table) |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| famēs, -is, abl. famē, f. | hunger |
| cibus, -ī, m. | food |
| dēpellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive off or away, drive |
| pōculum, -ī, n. | cup |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
| vīnum, -ī, n. | wine |
| repleō, -plēre, -plēvī, -plētus | fill again or up, fill |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| etsī, conj. | even if, although |
| suspicor, -spicārī, -spicātus | suspect |
| venēnum, -ī, n. | poison |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| exhaurio, -haurīre, -hausī, -haustus | drink up or off, drain |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| baculum, -ī, n. | stick, wand |
| tangō, tangere, tetigī, tāctus | touch |
| verbum, -ī, n. | word |
| loquor, loquī, locūtus | speak |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| porcus, -ī, m. | pig, hog, swine |
| convertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | turn round, turn, change; in fugam convertere, to put to flight |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| omnīnō, adv. | altogether, wholly, entirely |
| aliter, adv. | in another way, otherwise, differently |
| ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come out; turn out, happen, befall |
| spērō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hope |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| enim, conj. | for |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| herba, -ae, f. | herb, plant |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron. | any one, anything |
| efficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or work out, accomplish, effect |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| praecipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take beforehand, anticipate; order, charge |
| gladius, -ī, m. | sword |
| stringō, stringere, strinxī, strictus | draw, unsheathe |
| impetus, -ūs, m. | attack; impetum facere, to charge |
| mors, mortīs, f. | death |
| minitor, -ārī, -ātus | threaten |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ars, artis, f. | art |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| nihil, n., indecl. | nothing |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |
| sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus | perceive, feel |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| lacrima, -ae, f. | tear |
| obsecrō, -secrāre, -secrāvī, -secrātus | beseech, entreat |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| adimō, -imere, -ēmī, -ēmptus | take to oneself, take away |