Orpheus Vocab

Question 1

ad oras tendit

Answer 1

he stretched to the shores

Question 2

ad Styga est ausus descedere

Answer 2

he dared to descend to Styx

est ausus is perf

Question 3

ad superas auras

Answer 3

to the upper breezes

Question 4

adfuit ille quidem

Answer 4

that one indeed was present

Question 5

an sit et hic dubito

Answer 5

whether he is here I doubt

sit is pres subj of esse in ind quest

Question 6

arduus, obscurus, caligine densus
opaca

Answer 6

steep, dark, dense with shady mist

Question 7

aut citius sedem properamus ad
unam

Answer 7

or more quickly we hurry to one
seat

citius is comp adv

Question 8

avidusque videndi

Answer 8

and eager of seeing

videndi is gerundive in gen

Question 8

avidusque videndi

Answer 8

and eager of seeing

videndi is gerundive in gen

Question 9

bracchiaque intendens prendique
et prendere certans

Answer 9

both stretching her arms and
struggling to be taken hold of and
to take hold of

intendens and certans both pres
part; prendique is pass inf

Question 10

causa viae est coniunx

Answer 10

the cause of my path is my wife

Question 11

crescentesque abstulit annos

Answer 11

and he stole her increasing years

crescents is pres part acc pl

Question 12

croceo velatus amictu

Answer 12

having been covered with a yellow cloak

velatus is perf pass part

Question 13

cura dolorque animi lacrimaeque
alimenta fuere

Answer 13

the care and grief of his soul and
tears were his nourishment

fuere is syncopated fuerunt

Question 14

exitus auspicio gravior

Answer 14

the ruin was graver than the omen

was is understood; gravior is comp
adj; auspicio is abl of comp

Question 15

famaque si veteris non non est
mentita rapinae

Answer 15

and if the rumor of the old
abduction is not a lie

Question 16

fax lacrimoso stridula fumo usque
fuit

Answer 16

the torch was hissing straight on
with tearful smoke

stridula is pred adj with fuit

Question 17

flexit amans oculos

Answer 17

the loving one bent his eyes

Question 18

iamque iterum moriens

Answer 18

and now dying again

moriens is pres part dep

Question 19

in quam calcata venenum vipera
diffudit

Answer 19

into whom a viper having been
stepped on poured venom

quam is acc after in implying
motion; calcata is perf pass part

Question 20

inde per inmensum aethera

Answer 20

from that place through the
immense upper air

aethera is Greek sing acc

Question 21

nam nupta per herbas dum nova
vagatur

Answer 21

for while the new bride wanders
through the grasses

vagatur is 3 rd pers sing dep

Question 22

ne deficeret metuens

Answer 22

fearing lest she might let down

deficeret is imp subj in fearing clause; metuens is pres part nom

Question 23

ne non temptaret et umbras

Answer 23

lest he not even try the shades

temparet is imp subj in a neg purp clause

Question 24

nec felix attulit omen

Answer 24

he did not bring a lucky omen

Question 25

nec laetos vultus attulit

Answer 25

he did not bring happy faces

Question 26

nec me temptasse negabo

Answer 26

nor will I deny that I had tried temptasse is syncopated tempptavisse (past inf) in a ind statement with me as its acc subj

Question 27

nec procul afuerunt telluris margine summae

Answer 27

nor had they been far from the top of the earth’s edge

Question 28

nequiquam voce vocatur

Answer 28

he is called by the voice in vain vocatur is 3 rd pers sing pres pass

Question 29

nil nisi cedentes infelix arripit auras

Answer 29

she unlucky snatches at nothing except the receding breezes cedentes is pres part acc

Question 30

non est de coniuge quicquam questa suo

Answer 30

she has not complained anything about her own husband est questa is perf act dep

Question 31

non fallere putando

Answer 31

to not be deceived by the thinking putando is gerundive in abl

Question 32

nullosque invenit motibus ignes

Answer 32

and with it having been moved he found no fires motibus is perf pass part in abl

Question 33

occidit in talum serpentis dente receptor

Answer 33

she dies with the tooth of a serpent having been received into her ankle talum is acc after in implying motion; dente receptor is abl abs

Question 34

omnia debemur vobis

Answer 34

all of us are owed to you debemur is 1 st pers pl pres pass

Question 35

orantem frustraque iterum transire volentem portitor arcuerat

Answer 35

the ferryman had kept off the one begging in vain and wanting to cross again orantem and volentem are both pres part acc; acuerat is pluperf ind

Question 36

paulumque morati serius

Answer 36

and having delayed for a short while later morati is perf act part dep; serius is comp adv

Question 37

per ego haec loca plena timoris oro

Answer 37

I pray through these places full of fear loca is acc pl neut

Question 38

perque leves populos

Answer 38

and through the light peoples

Question 39

porrectaque bracchia veros esse putes ramos

Answer 39

and you would have thought that the arms having been stretched out were true branches esse is inf in ind state; putes is pres subj

Question 40

posse pati volui

Answer 40

I wanted to be able to suffer pati is dep inf

Question 41

properata retexite fata

Answer 41

unweave the fates having been hurried properata is perf pass part mod fata; retexite is imp

Question 42

protinus illa relapsa est

Answer 42

that one immediately slipped back relapsa est is perf act dep

Question 43

quam satis postquam deflevit vates

Answer 43

and after the poet wept for her enough quam=et illam (connecting relative)

Question 44

quid enim nisi se quereretur amantam

Answer 44

for what would she complain except her having been loved quereretur is imp subj dep; amantam in pres part

Question 45

quod iam vix auribus ille acciperet

Answer 45

which that one now scarcely was receiving with his ears acciperet is imp subj

Question 46

revolutaque rursus eodem est

Answer 46

and she was rolled back again to the same place revoluta est is perf pass; place is understood

Question 47

sed et hic tamen auguror esse

Answer 47

But however I prophesize that he is here too auguror is dep; he is understood with esse as inf in ind state

Question 48

sed nec sollemnia verba attulit

Answer 48

but he did not bring solemn words

Question 49

septem tamen ille diebus in ripa Cereris sine munere sedit

Answer 49

for seven days however that one sat on the riverbank without the gift of Ceres septem diebus is abl of time within which rather than acc of dur which would be expected; Cereris is metonymy for grain

Question 50

simulacraque functa sepulcro

Answer 50

and the images having experienced burial dep perf act part functa takes abl as obj

Question 51

supera deus hic bene notus in ora est

Answer 51

this god is well known in the upper shores

Question 52

supremumque “vale” dixit

Answer 52

she said a final goodbye

Question 53

turba comitata

Answer 53

having been accompanied by a crowd comitata is perf pass part

Question 54

vastique silentia regni

Answer 54

and the silences of the vast kingdom

Question 55

vicit Amor

Answer 55

Love conquers Amor is personified