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Fabulae Faciles 99
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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 Lectitō99.1Ulixēs autem ubi sēnsit eam timōre perterritam esse, postulāvit ut sociōs suōs sine morā in hūmānam speciem redūceret (certior enim factus erat ā deō Mercuriō eōs in porcōs conversōs esse); nisi id factum esset, sē dēbitās poenās sūmptūrum ostendit.
But when Ulysses saw that she was thoroughly frightened, he demanded that she bring his companions back to human shape without delay (for he had been told by the god Mercury that they had been changed into pigs); unless this were done, he made it clear that he would exact the penalty she deserved.
Note. certior factus erat: certiōrem facere means 'to inform'; in the passive, 'he had been informed'.
99.2Circē hīs rēbus graviter commōta eī ad pedēs sē prōiēcit, et multīs cum lacrimīs iūre iūrandō cōnfirmāvit sē quae ille imperāsset omnia factūram.
Circe, greatly moved by this, threw herself at his feet, and with many tears swore on oath that she would do everything he commanded.
Note. iūre iūrandō: 'by an oath'. quae ille imperāsset omnia: 'everything that he ordered'.
99.3Tum porcōs in ātrium immittī iussit.
Then she ordered the pigs to be let into the hall.
99.4Illī datō signō inruērunt, et cum ducem suum agnōvissent, magnō dolōre adfectī sunt quod nūllō modō eum dē rēbus suīs certiōrem facere poterant.
At a given signal they rushed in, and when they recognised their leader, they were greatly distressed because they could in no way tell him what had happened to them.
99.5Circē tamen unguentō quōdam corpora eōrum ūnxit; quō factō sunt omnēs statim in hūmānam speciem reductī.
But Circe rubbed their bodies with a certain ointment; when this was done, they were all at once brought back to human shape.
99.6Magnō cum gaudiō Ulixēs suōs amīcōs agnōvit, et nūntium ad lītus mīsit, quī reliquīs Graecīs sociōs receptōs esse dīceret.
Ulysses recognised his friends with great joy, and sent a messenger to the shore to tell the rest of the Greeks that their companions had been recovered.
99.7Illī autem hīs rēbus cognitīs statim ad domum Circaeam sē contulērunt; quō cum vēnissent, ūniversī laetitiae sē dēdidērunt.
When they learned this, they went at once to Circe's house; and when they had come there, they all gave themselves up to rejoicing.
Vocabulary
| autem, conj. | moreover; but, however; now |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus | perceive, feel |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| timor, -ōris, m. | fear |
| perterreō, -terrēre, -terrui, -territus | thoroughly frighten, terrify |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask, request, demand |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| hūmānus, -a, -um | of man, human |
| speciēs, -ēī, f. | sight, appearance, shape |
| redūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead or bring back; restore |
| certus, -a, -um | determined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform |
| enim, conj. | for |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| porcus, -ī, m. | pig, hog, swine |
| convertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | turn round, turn, change; in fugam convertere, to put to flight |
| nisi, conj. | if not, unless |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | owe; with infin., ought |
| poena, -ae, f. | penalty, punishment |
| sūmō, sūmere, sūmpsī, sūmptus | take under or up, take; poenam sūmere, to exact or inflict punishment |
| ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out before, show, explain |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| graviter, adv. | severely, seriously |
| commoveō, -movēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | move, rouse; disturb |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| pēs, pedis, m. | foot |
| prōiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw forth or down, cast away, throw |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| lacrima, -ae, f. | tear |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| iūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | swear; iūs iūrandum, oath |
| cōnfirmō, -firmāre, -firmāvī, -firmātus | strengthen, establish; declare, assert |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| ātrium, -ī, n. | hall |
| immittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send or let in |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| signum, -ī, n. | sign, signal |
| inruō, -ruere, -ruī | rush in |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| agnōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus, recognize | |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| dolor, -ōris, m. | pain, grief; anger |
| adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | do to, move, affect; visit, afflict |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| unguentum, -ī, n. | ointment |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| ungō, ungere, ūnxī, ūnctus | smear, anoint |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| gaudium, -ī, n. | gladness, joy |
| amīcus, -ī, m. | friend |
| nūntius, -ī, m. | messenger; message |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| Circaeus, -a, -um | of Circe |
| cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus | bring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| ūniversus, -a, -um | all together, whole, entire, all |
| laetitia, -ae, f. | joy |
| dēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give away or up |