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Fabulae Faciles: Hercules & JASON Latin&Text&with&Facing&Vocabulary&and&Commentary& & excerpted&from&Geoffrey&Steadman’s&volume&of&the&Fabulae'Faciles' Ritchie’s Fabulae Faciles Latin Text with Facing Vocabulary and Commentary First Edition © 2012 by Geoffrey D. Steadman revised April 2013, March 2014 All rights reserved. Subject to the exception immediately following, this book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. The author has made an online version of this work available (via email) under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. The terms of the license can be accessed at creativecommons.org. Accordingly, you are free to copy, alter, and distribute this work freely under the following conditions: (1) You must attribute the work to the author (but not in any way that suggests that the author endorses your alterations to the work). (2) You may not use this work for commercial purposes. (3) If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license as this one. ISBN-13: 978-0-9843065-5-8 ISBN-10: 0-9843065-5-2 Published by Geoffrey Steadman Cover Design: David Steadman Fonts: Times New Roman [email protected] vii How to Use this Commentary Research shows that, as we learn how to read in a second language, a combination of reading and direct vocabulary instruction is statistically superior to reading alone. One of the purposes of this book is to encourage active acquisition of vocabulary. 1. Master the core vocabulary list as soon as possible. Develop a daily regimen for memorizing vocabulary and forms before you begin reading. Start with an intensive review of the running core list on the next page. Although a substantial number of core vocabulary words come within the first few lessons of the commentary, readers have encountered most of these words in first-year Latin and should be able to master the list quickly. Once readers have reviewed these words, I recommend that they consult and memorize slightly less frequent words in Fabulae Faciles as they encounter them. 2. Read actively. Read in Latin word order. Initially, readers have a tendency both (a) to scan through the entire Latin sentence quickly to order to attain a sense of the constructions and (b) to treat the sentence as a puzzle and jump around the passage from subject to verb to object and so on. As you acquire more vocabulary and your comfort with the Latin increases, make reading in Latin word order your primary method. It is a lot of fun and with persistence very satisfying as well. Develop the habit of making educated guesses as you read. The purpose of the graded reader to provide you with an opportunity to encounter difficult constructions, particularly subjunctive clauses and indirect discourse, so frequently that you cannot help but to develop proficiency identifying and translating them. Make educated guests as you read. If you guess correctly, the commentary will reaffirm your knowledge of the Latin. If you answer incorrectly, you will become more aware of your weaknesses and therefore more capable of correcting them. 3. Reread a passage immediately after you have completed it. Repeated readings not only help you commit Latin to memory but also increase your ability to read the Latin as Latin. Always read the words out loud (or at least whisper them to yourself). While you may be inclined to translate the text into English as you reread, develop the habit of reading Latin as Latin. 4. Reread the most recent passage immediately before you begin a new one. This additional repetition will strengthen your ability to recognize vocabulary, forms, and syntax quickly, bolster your confidence, and most importantly provide you with much-needed context as you begin the next selection in the text. xii Abbreviations abs. absolute impf. imperfect pl. plural acc. accusative imper. impersonal plpf. pluperfect act. active indic. indicative pred. predicate adj. adjective i.o. indirect object prep. preposition adv. adverb ind. indirect pres. present app. appositive inf. infinitive pron. pronoun comp. comparative inter. interrogative quest. question dat. dative m. masculine reflex. reflexive dep. deponent n. neuter rel. relative d.o. direct object nom. nominative seq. sequence f. feminine obj. object sg. singular fut. future pple. participle subj. subject gen. genitive pass passive superl. superlative imp. imperative pf. perfect voc. vocative 12 Heracles 13. HERCULES AND THE SERPENTS 1 phicls, frter Herculis, magn vce exclmvit; sed Herculs ipse, fortissimus puer, haudququam territus est. Parvs manibus serpents statim prehendit, et colla erum magn v compressit. Tl mod serpents puer interfectae sunt. Alcmna autem, 5 mter puerrum, clamrem audverat, et martum suum somn excitverat. Ille lmen accendit et gladium suum rapuit; tum ad puers properbat, sed ubi ad locum vnit, rem mram vdit, Herculs enim rdbat et serpents mortus mnstrbat. 10 14. THE MUSIC-LESSON Herculs puer corpus suum dligenter exercbat; magnam partem di in palaestr consmbat; didicit etiam arcum intendere et tla conicere. Hs exercittinibus vrs eius cnfirmtae sunt. In music etiam Lin centaur rudibatur (centaur autem equ 15 erant sed caput hominis habbant); huic tamen art minus dligenter studbat. Hic Linus Herculem lim obiurgbat, quod nn studisus erat; tum puer rtus citharam subit rapuit, et omnibus vribus caput magistr nflcis percussit. Ille ict prstrtus est, et paul post vt excessit, neque quisquam poste id officium suscipere 20 voluit. 15. HERCULES ESCAPES SACRIFICE D Hercule haec etiam inter alia nrrantur. lim dum iter facit, in fns Aegyptirum vnit. Ibi rx qudam, nmine Bsris, ill 25 tempore rgnbat; hic autem vir crdlissimus homins immolre cnsuverat. Herculem igitur corripuit et in vincula conicit. Tum Heracles 13 accend, -ere, -nd, -nsum: kindle, light, 2 rtus, -a, -um: angry, 5 Aegypti, -rum m.: Egyptians, 1 Linus, - m.: Linus, 2 Alcmena, -ae f.: Alcmena, 4 lmen, lminis n.: light, 3 alius, -a, -ud: other, another, else, 9 magister, magistr m.: teacher, 1 arcus, -s m.; bow, 4 maritus, - m.: husband, 3 ars, artis f.: skill, craft, art, 5 minus: less, 1 Bsris, -idis m.: Busiris, 1 mrus, -a, -um: wonderful, amazing, 7 centaurus, - m.: centaur, 12 monstr (1): to show, demonstrate, 3 cithara, -ae f.: cithera, lyre, 1 mortuus, -a, -um: dead, 7 clmor, -ris m.: shout, roar, applause, 4 msica, -ae f.: music, 1 collum, - n.; neck, 6 nrr (1): to narrate, relate, 7 comprim, -ere, -press: press together, 2 nmen, nminis, n.: name, 12 confirm (1): make strong, strengthen, 5 obiurg (1): child, scold, reproach, 2 consuesc, -ere, -v, -sutum: to accustom, 3 officium, -i, n.: duty, 2 consm, -ere, -mps, -mptum: take, spend 9 lim: once, formerly, 10 corripi, -ere, -u, -reptus: snatch (up), 6 palaestra, -ae f.: wrestling-court, 1 crdlis, -e: cruel, bitter, bloody, 6 parvus, -a, -um: small, 3 diligenter: carefully, diligently, 3 percuti, -ere, -cuss, -cussum: strike, 2 disc, -ere, didic: to learn, come to know, 1 poste: after this, afterwards, 7 equus, - m.: horse, 7 prehend, -ere, -hend, -hnsum: seize, 5 rudi, -re, -v, -tum: instruct, 1 proper (1): to hasten, 1 excd, -ere, -cess, -cessum: go out, depart, 2 prostern, -ere, -strv, -tum: to lay out, 3 excit (1): excite, rouse, incite, 8 quisquam, quidquam: anyone, anything, 4 exclm (1): cry out, 3 rapi, -ere, rapu, raptum: to seize, snatch, 5 exerce, -re, -u, -ercitum: train, exercise. 1 rgn (1): to rule, reign, 3 exercitti, -tinis f.: training, exercise, 1 ride, -re, rs, -rsum: to laugh, 1 fnis, -is m./f.: end, limit, border, boundary, 12 serpns, serpentis f.: serpent, 6 fortis, -e: strong, brave, valiant, 5 somnus, - m.: sleep, 14 frter, -tris m.: brother, 5 stude, -re, -u: be eager, be enthusiastic, 1 gladius, - m.: sword, 10 studisus, -a, -um: eager, diligent, studious, 1 haudququam: not at all, in no way, 2 suscipi, -ere, -cp, -ceptum: undertake, 14 ictus, -s m.: strike, blow, 4 tlis, -e: such, 6 immol, -re, -v, -tum: sacrifice, 1 tlum, - n.: weapon, arrow, spear, 3 Inflx, -flcis: unhappy, unfortunate, 2 terre, -re, -u, territum: to terrify, scare, 5 intend, -ere, -nd, -ntum: stretch out, aim, 4 vinculum, - n.: bond, chain, 4 inter: between, among (+ acc.), 10 vta, -ae, f.: life, 9 phicls, -is m.: Iphicles, 1 vx, vcis, f.: voice, 9 1 magn vce: in a loud…; abl. of manner, stude, ‘be eager or enthusiastic for (dat.)’ loses prep. ‘cum’ when there is an adj. 16 minus: comp. adv. modifies dligenter 3 magn v: with great force; abl. of manner; 18 vribus: cf. line 14, abl. of means, note irreg. abl. sg. vs that this word is 3rd decl. while vir, vir 4 tl mod: in such a way; abl. of manner, ‘man’ is 2nd decl. abl. sg. 3rd decl. i-stem adj. tlis, -e 19 paul: (by) a little; abl. of degree of 12 puer: from boyhood difference modifies adverbial post, ‘later’ 13 di: partitive gen. sg. 5th decl. dis 20 vt excessit: euphemism for dying didicit: pf. disc id officium: this duty; demon. adj. 14 vrs: strength; fem. pl. of vs, which 24 D: about… translates as ‘force’ in the sg. haec: these (things); neuter acc. pl. eius: gen. sg., is, ea, id 25 nmine: by name; abl. of respect 16 huic…art: dat. sg. ars, artis f.; obj. of ill tempore: at…; abl. of time when 14 Heracles nntis dmsit et diem sacrifici dxit. Mox ea dis appetbat, et 1 omnia rt parta sunt. Mans Herculis catns ferres vinctae sunt, et mola salsa in caput eius inspersa est.