5.3.2.10: 3.600–10

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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, pass
rubesco, -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 expect
prospicio, -ere, -exi, -ectum	to look forward/ into the distance to look out, exercise foresight, discern
en (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, garb
gradus, -us, m.	step, pace