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ducere formam: to take

402. mora: after a while, gradually.

shape.

404. ut quaedam, sic non manifesta: though a certain, yet not clear.

videri potest: can be seen.

405, sed uti de marmore coepta: but as if begun out of marble. 406. non exacta satis: not quite finished.

signis statues.

407. Quae ex illis pars: the part of them which.
408. in corporis usum into flesh (to serve as flesh).
412. traxere: took on.

413. de femineo iactu: from the woman's throwing.
414. Inde: from this cause.
415. documenta: proof.

experiens: capable of enduring.
simus nati: Indirect Question.

3. PHAËTHONG

MET. II.-1. Regia Solis: the palace of the Sun. originally an adjective from rex. one of the seven hills of Rome. the name of the hill was transferred to the Imperial Palace. bus alta columnis : raised up on lofty columns. participle from alo.

Regia (sc. domus): Our word palace comes from Palatium, Augustus had his dwelling there, and

pus.

sublimialtus: high, originally

2. clara... pyropo: resplendent with flashing gold and flame-like pyropyropus: a gold-bronze mixture.

3. cuius...tegebat: (statues of) shining ivory filled up its high gable. The gables of Grecian temples were covered with statues.

4. argenti lumine: with the light of silver.

folding-doors.

5. superabat opus: the workmanship surpassed.

mulceo) the Softener, the Smith: Vulcan.

bifores valvae: the

Mulciber (from

6. caelarat (that is, caelaverat): had engraved in bas-relief. object of cingentia; girding the enclosed land.

terras:

8. Tritona canorum: the tuneful Triton, the loud-blowing trumpeter. 9. ambiguum of doubtful shape; Proteus had the power of assuming various forms. He could become a lion, a serpent, water, etc., to suit his pleasure.

10. Aegaeona: Aegaeon was a marine giant with a hundred arms. 11. Dorida: Doris was the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids. 12. in mole on a cliff, on the bank.

13. pisce vehi: to be riding on fishes; Ablative of Means.

Dat. of Possessor.

una facies: the same features.

14. non diversa tamen: and yet not entirely different. sororum: but such as sisters ought to have.

15. gerit has on it.

17. Haec super: over these; this position is poetical.

omnibus :

qualem...

18. signaque... sinistris: and six stars on the right wing of the door

and as many on the left. The twelve signs of the zodiac are meant. fores (Pl.): usually means door and not wing.

acclivi

19. Quo: to this place, to the palace. simul: as soon as. limite by the uphill path. Clymeneia proles: that is, Phaethon, the son of Clymene, the wife of the Ethiopian king Merops. 20. dubitati: doubted; it is to remove this doubt and ascertain his true origin that Phaethon makes this visit to his father. house; poetical Plural; tectum properly means roof.

21. vultus: poetical Plural.

22. consistitque procul: but stops far off. was not able to bear the light nearer; notice the and ferebat, which are used in different senses. force of the Imperfect with the negative. 24. in solio: on his throne.

tecta:

neque lumina: for he play on the words fert Notice also the peculiar

claris... zmaragdis: shining with

brilliant emeralds. Notice that initial zm here is treated like a mute and liquid, and does not make the preceding syllable long.

25. A dextra laevaque stabat: on the right and left stood.

26. spatiis aequalibus: at equal intervals.

27. Ver novum: the Spring was called new on account of the fresh vegetation. cinctum florente corona: wreathed with a garland of

flowers.

28. spicea serta : wreaths of ears of grain.

30. canos... capillos: with his bristling white hair. capillos: Acc. of Respect.

31. Ipse Sol loco medius: Sol himself placed in the middle, occupying a central position. loco: Abl. of Respect. rerum novitate paventem: awed by the strange scene; lit. trembling at the strangeness of things. paventem agrees with iuvenem, the object of vidit. novitate is Ablative of Cause.

33. Quae viae tibi causa: what is the cause of your journey. Abl. of Place Where, without the preposition; see on Met. 1. 95. 34. haud infitianda parenti: not to be denied by your father. the Dative is the regular case of the Agent with Gerundives. Gerundive of the deponent verb. This is usual. 35. publica: common, belonging to all; compare Met. 1. 135:

Communemque prius ceu lumina solis et auras.

inmensi mundi: of the measureless universe.

arce:

parenti: Notice the

39. credar: Subjv. in a Relative Clause of Design: 630; A. & G. 317, 2; B. 282, 2; H. 497, 1. animis nostris: from my mind.

rem: doubt.

41. deposuit radios: laid aside the rays.

erro

42. tu meus...es: you deserve to be recognized as my son; lit. you do not deserve to be denied to be mine; the Inf. with dignus is poetical, the regular prose construction being qui with the Subjunctive.

nec...et:

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both... not... and. The English is not as fond of the expression both as the Latin.

43. veros edidit ortus: has disclosed your true origin; poetic Plural. 44. Quoque ... feras: and that you may not doubt it, ask any favor you like, that you may receive it at my hands = and you will receive it. dubites, feras: Subjv. of Design; quo is used especially with comparatives to express Design.

45. Promissis (Dat.): to my promise.

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46. palus the stagnant water, that is, the Styx, the underground stream over which the dead had to pass. dis iuranda: by which the

gods must swear.

iuro here used as a transitive verb; more common

dis: Dat. of Agent.

is per with the Accusative. oculis incognita nostris: unknown to my eyes; the rays of the sun cannot reach the realm of darkness.

47. bene: completely (lit. well); may be fairly omitted in translation. desierat had ceased, from desino. currus... paternos: when the other asks for his father's chariot; insert when, to suit the English idiom. currus: poetical Plural.

48. in diem for a day.

alipedum... equorum: the control and guidance of the wing-footed steeds. alipedum swift. Their wings are not represented as placed on their feet.

49. Qui and he.

50. Temeraria vox, etc.: my speech has been proved rash by yours. Your request shows that my promise was rash.

51. promissa non dare: not to give what has been promised.

Unreal Wish: 260; A. & G. 267; B. 279; H. 483, 2.

liceret :

52. solum hoc tibi negarem: this is the only thing that I should refuse negarem involved condition, Unreal form, the clause of Wish

you.

ing taking the place of the Protasis, si liceret, negarem.

53. voluntas: wish.

54. Magna goes with munera: a great favor, unsuited to your (slight) strength and such youthful years.

57. quam... fas est: than what it is lawful for the gods to attain. 58. nescius adfectas: in your ignorance you aim at.

nescius: in

predicative attribution. Placeat...licebit: though each god may have a good opinion of his own powers.

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62. non agat: could not drive, Potential Subjunctive.

63. prima via: the first part of the way.

recentes in the morning when they are fresh.

qua: up it.

mane

64. enitantur: can make their way, Subjunctive of Characteristic.

65. unde... timor: and often even I am frightened when I behold the sea and lands from there.

terror, i.e. the sight terrifies me.

videre fit timor: to see them becomes a

67. Ultima... est: the last part of the way is descending.

68. quae... undis: who receives me by placing water beneath me. 69. ne... · praeceps: that I shall fall headlong. Tethys the wife of Oceanus. The heavenly bodies, disappearing below the horizon, were thought to set in the ocean.

89. que in poetry -que and et are often, for metrical reasons, placed with the second instead of the first word of the clause.

in.

90. Scilicet... petis: you are asking, are you not?

91. timendo: by fearing; Gerund.

94. patrias curas: the anxiety of a father.

deprendere discover.

intus: inside, there

96. eque tot ac tantis bonis: and from so many great blessings. eque: que is, as a rule, not joined to monosyllabic prepositions. 97. patiere: Future. The first clause has the effect of a condition, the second that of a conclusion. It is not uncommon for the Protasis to be expressed by an Imperative: see 593, 4; A. & G. 310, b; B. 305, 2; H. 507, I.

vero nomine in reality.

98. Deprecor: I beg you not to ask. 100. Quid properly meaning what, is loosely used for why; see 333, R. 2; A. & G. 240, a; B. 176, 3, a; H. 454, 2. colla: neck; poetic

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101. dubita: the Impv. with ne is poetical: 270 and R. 2; A. & G. 269, note; B. 281, 2; H. 489; prose requires noli with Infinitive.

vimus: I have sworn by.

iura

102. quodcumque optaris, dabitur: whatever you ask will be given. optaris optaveris: Fut. Perfect. Notice the exactness of the Latin;

the request must be made before it is granted.

103. monitus: his warnings; Accusative.

104. premit clings to. currus: Objective Genitive: 363, 2; A. & G. 217; B. 200; H. 396, III. Notice the Singular here, but Plural again in l. 107 as in l. 47. There is no difference of meaning. The Singular Genitive gives a more convenient form for the metre than the Plural. So in 1. 318 and 1. 327.

105. qua licuit, cunctatus: having hesitated as far as (= as long as) it was permitted.

106. Vulcania munera: the gift of Vulcan; poetical Plural like currus. 107. temo: the pole. summae curvatura rotae: that is, the rim or

felloe.

108. radiorum ordo: the row of spokes.

109. per iuga... Phoebo: chrysolites and (other) gems placed in order over the yoke gave back bright light from the reflection of the sun.

111. magnanimus: courageous, ambitious.

the workmanship.

opus perspicit: examines

112. vigil: the wakeful. Aurora is an early riser. in the ruddy east.

rutilo ab ortu :

ab is frequently to be translated in or on in

giving directions; so particularly in phrases as a laeva, a dextra, a

tergo.

114. agmina cogit: brings up the rear, closes the file.

115. Lucifer: the Morning Star.

in the sky-as if on guard duty.

caeli statione: from his outpost novissimus: last.

116. Quem...vidit: when the Titan saw him sinking to the earth and the world blushing. Ovid's astronomy is at fault; the Morning Star would not be setting at sunrise.

117. extremae lunae: of the waning moon; shortly before the new velut evanescere: vanishing, as it were.

moon.

118. iungere in prose ut iungant; the Infinitive to express Design is poetical. Titan: he, the Sun, whose father Hyperion was a Titan. quickly; adjective in predicative attribution.

119. celeres mentes: goes with quadrupedes.

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120. ambrosiae suco saturos: satiated with the juice of ambrosia; the Sun's steeds use divine food.

praesaepibus: from the stalls; con

strue with ducunt. In prose a preposition would be used.

121. addunt: put on.

122. sacro medicamine contigit: touched with sacred ointment.

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126. his saltem: at least these. Previous warnings had been rejected. 127. fortius utere loris: use the reins with might, make greater use of the reins.

128. labor: the trouble, the difficulty.

129. directos quinque per arcus: straight across the five zones. .(at right angles) agrees with arcus.

directos:

placeat: Imperative Subjunctive. 130. sectus... fine: the path is cut obliquely in a wide curve, and, confined to three zones; it avoids the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

132. que: with the preceding que, connects Arcton and polum. que... que, both . . . and, is mainly poetical.

133. Hac sit iter: let the journey be by this road.

134. ferant Subjunctive of Design.

135. nec... nec neve... neve.

caelum and terra are subjects.

summum molire per aethera: raise

it to the highest part of the sky, move it through.

136. Altius egressus: if you go too high.

137. tutissimus: most safely.

138. Neu te dexterior declinet rota: let not the chariot go too far to the right and turn you.

139. pressam: low-lying; referring to its position in the sky. 141. quae iuvet opto: and I pray that she may assist you.

iuvet:

Complementary Final clause, with ut understood; or a Wish, with opto parenthetical.

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