Metamorphoses 11.201–220

Laomedon cheats the gods

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Met. 11.201crēscere difficilī nec opēs exposcere parvās
cumque tridentigerō tumidī genitōre profundī
mortālem induitur fōrmam Phrygiaeque tyrannō
aedificat mūrōs, pactus prō moenibus aurum.rising with difficulty and demanding no small resources; and together with the trident-bearing father of the swelling deep he puts on mortal form and builds walls for the Phrygian tyrant, having bargained for gold in return for the ramparts. Met. 11.205Stābat opus: pretium rēx īnfitiātur et addit,
perfidiae cumulum, falsīs periūria verbīs.The work was standing: the king denies the payment and, as a crowning act of treachery, adds perjury to his lying words. Met. 11.207"Nōn impūne ferēs" rēctor maris inquit et omnēs
inclīnāvit aquās ad avārae lītora Troiae,
inque fretī fōrmam terrās complēvit opēsque
210abstulit agricolīs et flūctibus obruit agrōs.'You will not go unpunished,' said the ruler of the sea, and he tilted all his waters towards the shores of greedy Troy, filled the land until it took the form of a sea, swept away the farmers' wealth and buried the fields beneath the waves. Met. 11.211Poena neque haec satis est: rēgis quoque fīlia mōnstrō
poscitur aequoreō;Nor is this punishment enough: the king's daughter too is demanded for a monster of the sea; Met. 11.212quam dūra ad saxa revīnctam
vindicat Alcīdēs prōmissaque mūnera, dictōs
poscit equōs, tantīque operis mercēde negātā
215bis periūra capit superātae moenia Troiae.when she was chained to the hard rocks, Alcides sets her free and claims the promised reward, the horses agreed on, and, when the payment for so great a labour was refused, he captures the twice-perjured walls of conquered Troy.

Met. 11.216Nec pars mīlitiae, Telamōn, sine honōre recessit,
Hēsionēque datā potītur.Nor did Telamon, a partner in the campaign, come away without honour, and he wins Hesione, given to him. Met. 11.217Nam coniuge Pēleus
clārus erat dīvā: nec avī magis ille superbus
nōmine, quam socerī, sīquidem Iovis esse nepōtī
220contigit haud ūnī, coniūnx dea contigit ūnī.For Peleus was famous for his goddess wife: and he was not prouder of his grandfather's name than of his father-in-law's, since to be the grandson of Jupiter had fallen to more than one, but a goddess for a wife had fallen to him alone.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (104 words)

crēscō, -ere, crēvī, crētum	grow, rise (in power)
difficilis, -e	not easy, difficult
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
ops, opis f.; pl. opēs, -um	help; (pl.) resources, wealth, power
exposcō, -ere, -poposcī	demand earnestly, call for
parvus, -a, -um	little, small
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
que, enclitic conj.	and
tridentiger, -gera, -gerum	trident-bearing (of Neptune)
tumidus, -a, -um	swollen, swelling
genitor, -ōris m.	father
profundus, -a, -um	deep
mortālis, -e	mortal
induō, induere, induī, indūtus	put on; clothe
fōrma, -ae, f.	form, appearance; beauty
tyrannus, -ī m.	tyrant, despot
aedificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	make a building, build
mūrus, -ī, m.	wall
pacīscor, -ī, pactus sum	agree, arrange; pactus: agreed upon
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
moenia, -ium, n. plur.	walls
aurum, -ī, n.	gold
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
opus, operis, n.	work, task
pretium, -ī, n.	price, charge
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
īnfitior, -ārī, -ātus sum	deny
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus	add, put to
perfidia, -ae f.	treachery, bad faith
cumulus, -ī m.	heap, pile
falsus, -a, -um	feigned, pretended, false
periūrium, -ī n.	perjury, a false oath
verbum, -ī, n.	word
nōn, adv.	not
impūne (adv.)	without punishment
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	bear, bring
rēctor, -ōris m.	ruler, guide, director
mare, maris, n.	sea
inquam, inquis, inquit, defective verb	I say, you say, he says
omnis, -e	all, every
inclīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	bend, lean; incline, tend
aqua, -ae, f.	water
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
avārus, -a, -um	greedy, avaricious
lītus, lītoris, n.	shore
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
fretum, -ī, n.	strait
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
compleō, -plēre, -plēvī, -plētus	fill full, fill up
auferō, auferre, abstulī, ablātus	bear away, carry off
agricola, -ae m.	farmer, tiller of the soil
flūctus, -ūs m.	wave
obruō, -ere, -ruī, -rutus	overwhelm, bury, crush
ager, agri, m.	field, land
poena, -ae, f.	penalty, punishment
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
satis, adv.	enough, sufficiently
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
quoque, adv.	also
fīlia, -ae, f.	daughter
mōnstrum, -ī, n.	wonder, monster
poscō, poscere, poposcī	ask, demand
aequoreus, -a, -um	of the sea, sea-
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
dūrus, -a, -um	hard; harsh; difficult
saxum, -ī, n.	rock, stone
revinciō, -īre, -vīnxī, -vīnctum	tie back, fasten
vindicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	punish; claim
prōmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send or put forth, promise
mūnus, mūneris, n.	service, office, duty; present, gift
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
equus, -ī, m.	horse
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
mercēs, mercēdis, f.	pay, reward, wages
negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	say no or not, deny, refuse
bis (adv.)	twice
periūrus, -a, -um	perjured, oath-breaking, lying
capiō, capere, cēpī, captus	take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
superō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	overcome, defeat, conquer
pars, partis, f.	part, side, direction
mīlitia, -ae f.	military service
sine, prep. with abl.	without
honor, -ōris, m.	honor
recēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum	go back, withdraw, retire
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
potior, -īrī, -ītus	become master of, get possession of
nam, conj.	for
coniūnx, coniugis, m. and f.	spouse, husband, wife
clārus, -a, -um	clear, loud; famous
dīva, -ae f.	goddess
avus, -ī, m.	grandfather
magis, comp. adv.	more, rather
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
superbus, -a, -um	proud, arrogant, haughty
nōmen, -minis, n.	name (that by which one is known)
quam, adv.	how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
socer, -erī m.	father-in-law
sīquidem (conj.)	if indeed; since
nepōs, nepōtis, m.	grandson
contingō, -ere, -tigī, -tāctum	touch, reach
haud, adv.	not at all, by no means, not
ūnus, -a, -um	one; only, alone
dea, -ae f.	goddess

Ovid, Metamorphoses XI. Latin text: H. Magnus, Die Metamorphosen des P. Ovidius Naso (Gotha, 1892), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.