515. Si... matris: if the mother finds no grace.

516. neu... partu: and I beg that you have not less regard for her because she was born of my labor.

520. scire... eam: you call knowing where she is, finding her. Iler capture I will forgive, provided he returns her.

522. digna est: deserves.

523. pignus onusque: pledge and care.

525. non... factum: this deed is not an injury. 526. pudori: a disgrace; Dative For Which. 527. tu modo velis: if you will only consent. if everything else be wanting.

266, c; B. 308; H. 515, III.

Ut desint cetera: even

ut is Concessive: 608; A. & G.

528. Quid quod: what (do you say to) the fact that; loosely, but.

529. cedit: yields, is inferior.

sorte: the three brothers Jupiter,

Neptune, and Pluto drew lots for their kingdoms.

530. discidii: of separating them; Objective Genitive. 531. lege certa: with the express condition.

532. sic cautum est: this proviso is made. 533. Cereri certum est: Ceres is determined.

534. ieiunia: her fast; Accusative Plural. 535. simplex thoughtlessly.

:

536. Poeniceum pomum: a pomegranate.

537. sumptaque... grana: and taking seven seeds from the yellow rind. 564. medius: between, as intercessor between.

565. ex aequo equally.

568. Vertitur... oris: the character of her disposition and features is changed immediately.

569. quae: the antecedent is frons: forehead, face.

570. ut: as when. In this myth Proserpina represents the vegetation, the annuals which disappear in winter.

9. DAEDALUS AND ICARUS.

MET. VIII.-183. Daedalus, famous for his skill, had built for King Minos of Crete the Labyrinth to enclose the Minotaur. hating, loathing.

184. loci natalis: of his native land; Objective Genitive.

perosus:

185. Terras... illac: though he blocks my way by land and sea, yet the sky at least is open. We will go that way.

187. possideat: Concessive: 264; A. & G. 266, c; B. 308; H. 515, III. 188. dimittit in: turns to.

189. naturam novat: changes nature. She had not intended man to fly.

pennas: feathers.

190. a minima... sequenti: beginning with the smallest and increasing

in length.

a long one.

longam... sequenti: lit. a shorter one coming just below

191. ut... putes: so that you might think they grew on a slope. quondam: sometimes, often.

192. avenis: with stalks of oats.

193. Tum... the middle and wax at the bottom.

imas: then he fastens them together with flax (thread) at

194. parvo curvamine: with a slight curve (inward).

195. una stabat: was standing by.

196. ignarus se tractare: not knowing that he was handling. pericla: things which would prove dangerous to him. 197. ore renidenti: with beaming face.

modo: now.

sua

199. mollibat (= molliebat): softened, kneaded. This form of the Imperfect belongs to Early Latin and occurs only rarely in poetry, and then for metrical reasons. lusu suo: with his play.

200. manus ultima: the finishing touch. Dative with prep. in composition.

coeptis: upon the work;

203. Medio... curras: to go by a middle route; construe with monet. 204. ne: lest.

demissior: too low.

206. spectare: to look at; that is, to guide your course by the stars as sailors do.

208. me... viam: make your way where I lead; that is, simply follow Pariter: at the same time. praecepta volandi: instructions

me.

how to fly.

210. Inter... seniles: in the midst of the work (fitting on the wings) and the advice, the old man's cheeks grew moist.

212. non iterum repetenda: never again to be repeated. 213. ante: ahead.

comiti: for his companion.

like a bird; the comparison ends with nido.

velut ales:

214. produxit: leads forth; Iterative Perfect in comparisons.

215. damnosas... artes: and teaches him the costly accomplishment.

It cost Icarus his life.

217. aliquis dum captat: some fisherman catching.

dine with trembling rod; the fish jerked the pole.

tremula harun

218. stiva... arator: or plowman leaning on his plowstock.

219. quique and since they; Causal relative: 633; A. & G. 320, e; H. 517. carpere: to make their way through.

220. Iunonia: sacred to Juno.

laeva parte: on the left.

221. fuerant... relictae: had been left behind.

222. dextră erat: was on the right. Samos was on the left, Lebinthus and Calymne on the right.

223. audaci: notice that adjectives of the third declension have i in the Ablative; participles usually have e.

225. Rapidi: destructive.

226. pennarum vincula with which the feathers were fastened on.

228. remigio: here equivalent to wings.

229. caerulea: goes with aqua.

230. nomen: that is, the Icarian Sea, a part of the Aegean.

231. nec iam: no longer.

233. 'Icare' dicebat: adspexit: as he was saying 'Icarus,' he saw. 234. devovit: cursed. sepulcro: Ablative of Place Where.

10. PHILEMON AND BAUCIS.

MET. VIII. 626. huc: to this place; the scene is laid in Phrygia. specie mortali: in the guise of a mortal.

his father, Jupiter.

cumque parente: and with

627. Atlantiades: the grandson of Atlas, Mercury. caducifer: the wand-bearing. With this staff (caduceus) Mercury was wont to close the eyes of men in slumber or wake them.

628. locum requiemque: a resting-place; hendiadys: 698; B. 374, 4 ; H. 636, III., 2.

629. serae: bolts, bars, placed across the doors.

630. stipulis... palustri: thatched with straw and canes from the swamp.

nec iniqua

632. illa casa: in that hut. casa is understood with the first illa. 634. nec... ferendo: and by bearing it with resignation. = et aequa. Notice the fondness of the Latin for the negative. 635. nec refert: it makes no difference (whether).

637. tetigere: reached, came to.

-ne: or.

penates: house.

postes : door.

638. submisso vertice: with bowed heads.

639. posito sedili: placing a seat.

membra relevare: to rest them

selves. membra, corpus, and animus are often used in Latin where we

prefer the reflexive.

640. quo: over which, refers to sedili.

textum: rug.

643. anima anili: with an old woman's breath, by blowing.

647. truncat holus foliis: cuts the leaves from the vegetables.

fork the smoky side of bacon.

holus :

furca... suis: she takes down with a two-pronged

648. tigno: from the rafter.

649. de tergore: from the side.

650. domat... undis: that is, boils it soft.

651. medias fallunt: they while away the intervening.

655. concutiuntque torum: and (finally) they shake up the bedding;

they prepare the couch upon which their guests are to recline at the meal. de: of, giving the material.

656. sponda... salignis: of willow frame and posts; Abl. of Quality. 659. non indignanda: well suited to. The bedstead had no right to complain that the bedclothes were too fine.

660. Accubuere: took their places on the couch, reclined for the meal. succincta with her skirts tucked up.

662. Testa: a pot of earthenware. clivum sustulit: had removed the incline.

Quae postquam: after it.

663. mentae (Nom.): mint; she wiped the table with mint. 664. bicolor: the two-colored, first green, then black.

sincerae :

chaste, the virgin.

665. faece: brine.

baca: berry; that is, olives.

666. intiba... coacti: endives, radishes, cheese.

668. fictilibus: on earthenware dishes.

669. caelatus eodem argento crater: a wine-bowl made out of the same precious metal; that is, earthenware.

beechwood.

fabricata fago: made out of

670. qua cava sunt inlita: smeared on the inside.

671. foci... calentes: the hot fire-place sent forth.

672. nec longae vina senectae: and wines of no great age. For the negative, compare 1. 634.

673. paulum seducta: moved a little to one side.

mensis secundis :

that is, the dessert. This consisted of nuts, dried figs, dates, plums, apples, grapes, honey in the comb.

674. nux: nuts; Singular used collectively.

678. nec... voluntas: that is, and earnest hospitality.

nec iners

pauperque: more closely, and attentive and unsparing. Compare 1. 634. 679. cratera... vina: they see the bowl fill itself of its own accord and the wine increase by itself.

681. novitate: at the strange spectacle.

the palms turned upward.

supinis: up-turned, with

682. timidus: timidly. Take with both subjects.

683. dapibus nullisque paratibus: for their plain dinner.

684. custodia: guardian. The Romans regarded geese as superior to watch-dogs. Once Rome was about to be taken by the Gauls in a nightattack, when geese gave the alarm and the city was saved.

685. dis hospitibus: to their divine guests. 686. celer penna: swift of wing.

domini: the owners.

tardos aetate: them, slow on ac

count of their age; that is, the slow old pair.

690. inmunibus: predicate adjective agreeing with vobis.

691. Modo: only.

693. ite simul: go with us.

with staffs.

baculis levati: supporting themselves

694. vestigia ponere: to place their tracks; that is, to walk.

695. Tantum... quantum: (when) they were as far from the top as. cetera: everything else covered with water.

696. mersa...

697. tantum: only.

tecta poetical Plural.

699. dominis... duobus: small even for two, even its two owners regarded it as a small hut.

700. furcas... columnae : columns took the place of the props.

701. stramina flavescunt: the thatch turns yellow.

702. tellus the earth-floor.

707. Esse sacerdotes poscimus: we ask to be the priests. 708. concordes: in harmony.

videntur: pas

709. auferat... eadem: let the same hour carry us both off. 710. busta: the tomb.

ab illa a rare use instead of the Dative.

711. Vota... sequitur: their prayers are answered. guardians, like custodia: abstract for concrete.

tutela: the

714. frondere: put forth leaves. They were turned into trees. 719. frutex the branches.

720. de gemino corpore: from the two bodies.

11. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE.

MET. X.-1. Inde: thence; from the wedding of Iphis and Ianthe in Crete. croceo: saffron. Brides usually wore veils of yellow or red. Here the god of marriage himself is represented as dressed in yellow. 2. Ciconum: of the Cicones, a people of Thrace.

3. tendit: hastens.

4. Adfuit... quidem: he came, indeed.

Orphea (adj.): of Orpheus.

sollemnia festive. lacrimoso tear-bringing.

:

6. stridula usque fuit: kept hissing.

7. motibus: could not be made to burn by shaking.

8. Exitus... gravior: the sequel was worse than the omen.

9. nova nupta: bride.

naïadum... comitata: accompanied by a

throng of naiads. She, too, was a nymph.

10. occidit fell dead.

talum: heel.

Rhodopeïus vates: the Thracian

11. Quam: her; object of deflevit. bard; that is, Orpheus. Rhodope was a mountain in Thrace.

12. ne non et that he might also. The Purpose depends on descendere. 13. Taenaria porta: by the Taenarian gate; a place in Laconia. 14. leves: light. Ghosts, having no substance, have no weight. functa sepulcro: the unburied were not readily admitted to Tartarus, but were supposed to wander for a long period on the bank of the Styx. 16. nervis: the chords, of the lyre. He played the accompaniment to his song on the lyre.

17. positi: agrees with mundi. numina is Vocative.

18. in quem... creamur: into which all of us mortals fall.