Lectio Vīcēsima quārta: Amor Iasonis
Mēdēa intereā, fīlia rēgis, ratiōne furōrem et amōrem ratione vincere nōn poterat. “Frūstrā, Mēdēa, repugnās: nesciō quis deus obstat,” ait “nisi hoc est quod amāre vocātur. Cūr iussa patris mihi dūra videntur? Sunt dūrissima. Nē pereat, iuvenis quem modo amō. Quae est causā tantī timōris? Flammae amōris exstinguantur. Quid faciam? Nam mē gravat invītam nova vīs, aliudque cupīdō, mēns aliud suādet: videō meliōrā probōque, dēteriōrā sequor. Cūr, virgō, fīlia rēgis, advenam amās et coniugem dē terrā novā dēsīderās? Haec quoque terra coniugem dare potest. Vīvat an ille occīdat; in deīs est. Vīvat tamen! Quid enim commīsit Iāsōn? Certē virtūs iuvenis mea pectora mōvit.
“At nisi opem tulerō, taurī ignem ex ōre spīrābunt in eum, aut concurret hostibus armātīs tellūre creātīs, aut avidō dracōnī dabitur. Sī hoc patiar, tum mē dē tigride nātam esse et ferrum in pectore habēre fatēbor! Eum pereuntem spectāre nōn possum: taurōs in illum hortārī nōn possum. Dī meliōra dent! Trādamne ego rēgnum parentis atque ope meā servābitur nesciō quis advena? Forsitan ille per mē salvus sine mē vēla dabit atque vir erit alterīus dum ego poenae relinquor? Sī hoc facere potest et aliam praepōnere mihi, occīdat ingrātus! Ego autem nōn arbitror illum haec scelesta et nefāria factūrum esse. Anteā fidem det, priusquam ego auxilium eī dabō, et dī testēs sint! Mihi sē semper dēbēbit Iāsōn, mē in mātrimōnium dūcet. Tum apud Graecōs perque urbēs eōrum honōrābor servātrīx.
“Ergō ego germānam frātremque patremque deōsque et nātālem terram ventīs ablāta relinquam? Pater certē saevus, certē est mea terra barbara. Sed frāter adhūc puer est et soror mēcum stat, et maximus deus intrā mē est! Nōn magna relinquam, magnā sequar. Honōrābor servātrīx iuvenum Graecōrum et terram meliōrem nōscam. Artēs colam oppidōrum hūmāniōrum et, coniuge Aesonidē, fēlīx vīvam et dīs cāra.
“Heu mē miseram, cūr perīcula timeō? Dīcunt mediīs in undīs montēs concurrēre et Charybdem nāvēs vastāre et Scyllam perīculōsam nautīs esse. Nihil timeō, salva in bracchiīs Iāsonis quem amō. Sī quicquid timeō, timeō dē coniuge sōlō”.
| Nōmina | Anglicē | Lexicon | Gram. | Lectio |
| clāva, -ae, f. | club | L&S | 41 | |
| hospes, hospitis, c. | host; guest | L&S | 46 | |
| ictus, ictūs, m. | blow, stroke, beat |
L&S | 41 | |
| latrō, -ōnis, m. | robber, brigand |
L&S | 41 | |
| lectus, -ī, m. | bed, couch |
L&S | 41 | |
| ōra, -ae, f. | shore, sea shore |
L&S | 64 | |
| peregrīnātor, -ōris, m. | stranger, traveller |
L&S | 41 | |
| pīnus, -ūs or -ī, f. | pine tree |
L&S | 41 | |
| prōles, -is, f. | off-spring, son |
L&S | 41 | |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | region, land |
L&S | 41 | |
| rūs, rūris, n. | country |
L&S | 41 | |
| solea, -ae, f. | shoe, sandal |
L&S | 41 | |
| sūs, suis, c. | pig, sow |
L&S | 41 | |
| turtur, -uris, m. | turtle |
L&S | 41 | |
| tyrannus, -ī, m. | tyrant |
L&S | 41 | |
| vōtum, -ī, n. | prayer, offering, vow |
L&S | 41 |
| Prōnōmina | Anglicē | Lexicon | Gram. | Lectio |
| quis, quid | who, what; anyone, anything, someone, something |
L&S | 143 | |
| nēmō, nēminis, m./f. | no one | L&S | 64 |
| Verba | Anglicē | Lexicon | Gram. | Lectio |
| aptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | I fit to, adapt to |
L&S | 184 | |
| arō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | I plow, cultivate |
L&S | 184 | |
| curvō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | I curve, bend, arch |
L&S | 184 | |
| dēmittō, -ere, -misī, -missum | I send away, send down |
L&S | 185 | |
| discēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum | I depart, go away |
L&S | 186 | |
| expōnō, -ere, -posuī, -positum | I put out, display, show |
L&S | 185 | |
| inclīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | I bend, bend over |
L&S | 170 | |
| occīdō, -ere, occīdī, -cīsum | I kill | L&S | 185 | |
| offerō, -ferre, obtulī, oblātum | I offer, present |
L&S | 184 | |
| persuādeō, -ēre, -suāsī, -suāsum | I persuade | L&S | 184 | |
| proficiscor, -ciscī, -fectus sum | I set out |
L&S | 186 | |
| recūsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | I refuse | L&S | 185 | |
| suscipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptum | I undertake, offer |
L&S | 186 | |
| terreō, -ēre, -uī, -itum | I terrify |
L&S | 184 | |
| tollō, -ere, sustulī, sublātum | I raise |
L&S | 184 | |
| trāditur, trādunt | it is said, handed down, people say |
L&S | 184 | |
| ūtor, ūtī, ūsus sum | I use |
L&S | 184 |
| Adiectīva | Anglicē | Lexicon | Gram. | Lectio |
| aptus, apta, aptum | fitting, suitable |
L&S | 41 | |
| ferreus, ferrea, ferreum | iron | L&S | 41 | |
| idōneus, idōnea, idōneum | suitable | L&S | 41 | |
| pūblicus, pūblica, pūblicum | public | L&S | 41 | |
| puerīlis, puerīle | boyish | L&S | 41 | |
| sēcūrus, sēcūra, sēcūrum | secure, free from care |
L&S | 41 | |
| similis, simile | like | L&S | 41 | |
| solūtus, solūta, solūtum | loosened, freed |
L&S | 41 |
| Adverbia | Anglicē | Lexicon | Gram. | Lectio |
| valdē | strongly, very hard |
L&S | 322 |
| Praepositiōnēs | Anglicē | Lexicon | Gram. | Lectio |
| secundum + acc. | after; by, along |
L&S | 323 |