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Capitulum XXV

Thēseus et Mīnōtaurus

  • The imperative of deponent verbs: pollicēre! oblīvīsciminī! — two familiar endings put to a new use
  • pollicitus, oblīta: a participle passive in form and active in meaning
  • The genitive completing a noun: timor mortis, expugnātiō urbis, cupiditās glōriae
  • cupidus glōriae, oblīvīscī fābulae: an adjective and a verb that govern a case
  • ibi where one is, hūc and illūc where one goes: the table of place is completed
  • coepisse, the verb with no present, and moenia, the noun with no singular

54 words

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Words seen

  • fābula story, tale, fable
  • nārrātiō telling, relating, narration
  • mora delay, wait
  • ōlim once, long ago, one day
  • quotannīs every year, yearly
  • forte by chance, as it happened
  • brevī soon, in a short time
  • polliceor to promise
  • oblīvīscor to forget
  • dēserō to desert, to abandon
  • maereō to grieve, to mourn
  • glōria glory, renown
  • auxilium help, aid
  • complūrēs several, a good many
  • rēx king
  • cīvis citizen, townsman
  • moenia city walls, ramparts
  • aedificium building
  • aedificō to build
  • regō to rule, to guide
  • expugnātiō capture by assault, storming
  • mōnstrum monster, portent
  • taurus bull
  • agnus lamb
  • saevus savage, fierce
  • terribilis terrifying, dreadful
  • timidus timid, fearful
  • vorō to devour, to swallow
  • mors death
  • nex violent death, slaying
  • necō to kill, to put to death
  • occīdō to kill, to cut down
  • interficiō to kill, to do away with
  • cupiditās desire, greed
  • cupidus eager (for), greedy (for)
  • labyrinthus labyrinth, maze
  • fīlum thread
  • exitus way out, outcome
  • pateō to lie open, to extend
  • dēscendō to go down, to descend
  • humilis low, humble
  • mīrābilis wonderful, amazing
  • lītus shore, beach
  • saxum rock, boulder
  • currus chariot
  • cōnspectus sight, view
  • prōspiciō to look out, to watch for
  • trahō to drag, to draw
  • parātus ready, prepared
  • ibi there, in that place
  • hūc here (to here), this way
  • illūc there (to there), that way
  • cōnstituō to decide, to establish
  • coepī to have begun, to begin

Sentences seen

  • Quotannīs māter hanc fābulam nārrat, et līberī nārrātiōne dēlectantur.

    Every year the mother tells this story, and the children are delighted by the telling.

  • Ōlim haec fābula ā nūllō crēdēbātur.

    Long ago this story was believed by nobody

  • Ōlim pāstor hanc fābulam nārrābat.

    Long ago the shepherd used to tell this story.

  • Mora longa est sed brevī venient.

    The delay is long, but they will come soon.

  • Quotannīs hanc fābulam nārrat.

    Every year he tells this story.

  • Amīcī, mē audīte et auxilium puerō pollicēminī.

    Friends, listen to me and promise help to the boy.

  • Māter maeret, quia fīlius eius sine glōriā rediit.

    The mother grieves because her son came back without glory

  • Tite auxilium tuum mihi pollicēre.

    Titus, promise me your help!

  • Amīcī morae meae oblīvīsciminī.

    Friends, forget my delay!

  • Glōriae meae oblīvīscere.

    Forget my glory.

  • Cīvēs in moenibus stābant et expugnātiōnem oppidī timēbant.

    The citizens were standing on the walls and were afraid of the storming of the town.

  • Rēx nova aedificia in oppidō aedificārī iussit.

    The king ordered new buildings to be built in the town

  • Cīvēs expugnātiōnem urbis timēbant.

    The citizens feared the storming of the city.

  • Cīvēs alta moenia aedificāvērunt.

    The citizens built high walls.

  • Rēx oppidum rēxit.

    The king ruled the town.

  • Puerī timidī mōnstrum numquam vīdērunt, sed agnōs quotannīs dant.

    The fearful boys have never seen the monster, but they give lambs every year.

  • Taurus terribilis erat, sed iam senex et humilis est.

    The bull was terrifying but now it is old and low

  • Lupus saevus agnum vorāvit.

    The savage wolf devoured the lamb.

  • Timor mōnstrī magnus erat.

    The fear of the monster was great.

  • Agnus timidus est.

    The lamb is fearful.

  • Cupiditās glōriae multōs virōs ad mortem dūxit.

    The desire for glory led many men to their death.

  • Nēmō taurum occīdit: senex erat et ipse mortuus est.

    Nobody killed the bull it was old and it died of itself

  • Vir glōriae cupidus rediit.

    The man eager for glory came back.

  • Nex taurī nihil mūtāvit.

    The slaying of the bull changed nothing.

  • Fēmina glōriae cupida est.

    The woman is eager for glory.

  • Exitum labyrinthī nēmō reperit, quia nūllus est.

    Nobody finds the way out of the labyrinth, because there is none.

  • Aedificium mīrābile erat, sed humile et sine fenestrīs.

    The building was wonderful but low and without windows

  • Nūllus exitus patet.

    No way out lies open.

  • Puella dēscendit et fīlum tenuit.

    The girl went down and held the thread.

  • Exitus patet.

    The way out lies open.

  • Cīvēs ex moenibus lītus prōspiciēbant, nam nāvis in cōnspectū nōn erat.

    From the walls the citizens were watching the shore, for no ship was in sight.

  • Currus per saxa vix trahēbātur.

    The chariot was being dragged with difficulty through the rocks

  • Servī saxum ad lītus trāxērunt.

    The slaves dragged the rock to the shore.

  • Nautae parātī erant et lītus prōspexērunt.

    The sailors were ready and watched the shore.

  • In currū rediit.

    He came back on a chariot.

  • Puella illūc īre cōnstituit, et ibi vērum quaerere coepit.

    The girl decided to go there, and she began to look for the truth there.

  • Ibi cīvēs moenia aedificāre coepērunt.

    There the citizens began to build walls

  • Agnum hūc portā.

    Bring the lamb here!

  • Cīvēs illūc īre cōnstituērunt.

    The citizens decided to go there.

  • Ibi scrībere coepit.

    There he began to write.
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