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scopulus, -i, m.
rock, cliff, crag
haereo, -ere, haesi, haesum
to hang, stick, cleave, cling, sit fast
addisco, -scere, -dici (here + inf.)
to learn in addition, learn further
moderor, -ari, -atus
to moderate, temper; guide, govern
regimen, -inis, n.
here: ‘steering-oar’
Olenius, -a, -um [= Gk Ôlenios]
Olenian, poetic for Achaian
pluvialis, -is, -e
rainy
capella, -ae, f.
she-goat; star in the constellation Auriga
Taygete, -es, f.
a daughter of Atlas and Pleione
one of the PleiadesHyades, -um, f.
the Hyades (a group of seven stars)
daughters of Atlas, sisters of the PleiadesArctos, -i, f.
Great and Lesser Bear, North Pole
puppis, -is, f.
stern; ship
forte (adverb; from fors)
perchance
Chius, -a, -um
of the island Chios, Chian
applico, -are, -avi, -atum (ad)
here middle/passive:
to bring into contact, put in (at)
(of persons): to land (at)
adduco, -cere, -xi, -ctum
here middle/passive:
to lead or bring
(of persons): to sail (a ship) to
levis, -is, -e
light (with short -e-) [contrast lêvis = smooth]
saltus, -us, m.
a jump, leap
udus, -a, -um
wet, moist, damp, humid
immitto, -ittere, -isi, -issum
middle/passive (+ dat.):
to cause to go, send
to throw oneself, leap (on or into)
3.600–10
nox ibi consumpta est; aurora rubescere primo 600
coeperat: exsurgo laticesque inferre recentis
admoneo monstroque viam, quae ducat ad undas;
ipse quid aura mihi tumulo promittat ab alto
prospicio comitesque voco repetoque carinam.
“adsumus en” inquit sociorum primus Opheltes, 605
utque putat, praedam deserto nactus in agro,
virginea puerum ducit per litora forma.
ille mero somnoque gravis titubare videtur
vixque sequi; specto cultum faciemque gradumque:
nil ibi, quod credi posset mortale, videbam. 610
Study Questions
- Identify and explain the mood of ducat (602).
- Identify and explain the mood of promittat (603).
- What kind of clause does ut (606) introduce? (Consider the mood of putat.)
- What does the -que after ut (606) link?
- What kind of ablative is virginea … forma?
- What kind of ablatives are mero and somno?
- Parse credi (610).
- Identify and explain the mood of posset (610).
Stylistic Appreciation
- Analyze the rhetorical design of 601 (exsurgo...) — 604 (...carinam), paying particular attention to symmetry and order.
- Analyze the design of 607 and the gender-issues it raises.
Discussion Points
- Why does Opheltes believe that a beautiful, intoxicated young boy they chanced upon in an empty field makes for a suitable victim of kidnapping? What kind of character/ society does his reaction evoke?
- How does Acoetes identify Bacchus?
consumo, -ere, -sumpsi, -sumptum
to take up, consume;
of time: to spend, passrubesco, -ere, rubui
to grow red, turn red, redden
exsurgo, -ere, surrexi
to rise up, get up
latex, -icis, m.
liquid, fluid, water
recens, -entis
fresh, young, recent
promitto, -ere, -misi, -missum
to send/ put forth
to forebode, foretell, predict
to promise, hold out, cause to expectprospicio, -ere, -exi, -ectum
to look forward/ into the distance
to look out, exercise foresight, discernen (interjection)
lo! behold! see! see there!
nanciscor, -i, nactus/ nanctus
to get, obtain; meet with, stumble on
virgineus, -a, -um
maidenly, virginal
merum, -i, n.
pure, unmixed wine
titubo, -are, -avi, -atum
to stagger, totter, reel
cultus, -us, m.
care, cultivation, refinement, style
style of dress, external appearance, garbgradus, -us, m.
step, pace
3.611–20
et sensi et dixi sociis: “quod numen in isto
corpore sit, dubito; sed corpore numen in isto est!
quisquis es, o faveas nostrisque laboribus adsis;
his quoque des veniam!” “pro nobis mitte precari!”
Dictys ait, quo non alius conscendere summas 615
ocior antemnas prensoque rudente relabi.
hoc Libys, hoc flavus, prorae tutela, Melanthus,
hoc probat Alcimedon et, qui requiemque modumque
voce dabat remis, animorum hortator, Epopeus,
hoc omnes alii: praedae tam caeca cupido est. 620
Study Questions