Lectio Vīcēsima septima: Thēseus Troezēne
Thēseus erat fīlius Aegeī, rēgis Athēniēnsium. Aethra, fīlia rēgis Trōezenīī, erat māter eī. Ille quoque prōlēs Neptūnī fuisse trāditur; quam ob rem Thēseus appellātus est Neptūnius hērōs, et deum maris semper colēbat. Troezēne igitur aetātem puerīlem in rēgiā mātris avīque Pitthēī ēgit; nam pater eius Athēnās redīverat. Aegeus autem discēdēns Troezēne sub magnum saxum soleās et gladium suum cēlāverat et Aethrae imperāverat ut Thēsēum iuvenem ad sē Athēnās mitteret. “Ubi puer tam validus crēscit ut saxum removēre possit, mitte eum ad mē ut sē patrī dēmōnstret.” Ubi tempus aderat, Aethrā prōlem ad saxum dūxit. Iuvenis rogāvit cūr Aethrā hūc dūceret. Tum māter fābulam dē Aegeō exposuit. Quamquam erat labor difficillimus, Thēseus saxō remōtō soleās et gladium cēpit. Gladiō indūtus, Thēseus sē parāvit ut Athēnās proficīscerētur.
Avus Pitthēus, valdē cōnātus eī persuādēre ut iter per mare faceret, eī nāvem offerēbat; Thēseus autem, cupiēns similem Herculis cognātī sē facere, per isthmum īre cōnstituit ut populōs perīculō līberāret; nam scīvit illam regiōnem esse plēnam mōnstrōrum et latrōnum.
Prīmō diē Thēseus prōlem claviferentem Vulcānī superāvit; posteā clāvam illīus semper portābat, memoriam prīmae victōriae. Deinde ille occīdit Sinem magnīs vīribus male ūsum quī tam validus erat ut pīnus ad terram curvāre posset. Arboribus solūtīs corpora hominum lātē per āera iaciēbat. Eum Thēseus eōdem modo necāvit.
Sequēns viam secundum ōram, Thēseus venit ad montēs altōs. Nam scīvit in quō locō Scīrōn latrō habitāret et in quō saxō sedēret. Hic latrō peregrīnātōribus imperāvit ut pedēs lavārent; sed cum hī sē inclīnābant ut ita facerent, ille eōs in mare ictū pedis dēmīsit. In marī ingēns turtur illōs dēvorābat. Thēseus autem pedēs Scīrōnis lavāre recūsāvit. Quem ē saxō sublātum in mare iēcit. Prope Eleusinam hērōs sūem feram interfēcit ut agricola in illō locō nunc sēcūrus rūrī agrōs suōs arāre posset.
Allī tyrannī et latrōnēs ā Thēseō superātī sunt, in quibus erat Procrūstēs quī incolās prope Athēnās terrēbat. Trāditum est eum habuisse lectum ferreum in quō omnēs peregrīnātōrēs pōnēbat. Sī quis hospes longior erat, aut caput aut pedēs secābat. Sī quis minor erat, Procrūstēs eum tendēbat ut lectō aptāret. Aegīdēs Procrūstēn in eōdem lectō necāvit.
Multī poētae nārrant quōmodo Thēseus aliōs latrōnēs mōnstraque superāverit et in quibus regiōnibus populī vōta pūblica fortissimō hērōī suscipiant. Factus erat hērōs, fīlius idōneus rēgī Athēniēnsium.
| Nōmina |
Anglicē |
Lexicon |
Gram. |
Lectio |
| clāva, -ae, f. |
club |
L&S |
41 |
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| hospes, hospitis, c. |
host; guest |
L&S |
46 |
|
| ictus, ictūs, m. |
blow, stroke, beat
|
L&S |
41 |
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| 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 |
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| turtur, -uris, m. |
turtle
|
L&S |
41 |
|
| tyrannus, -ī, m. |
tyrant
|
L&S |
41 |
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| 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 |
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| curvō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
I curve, bend, arch
|
L&S |
184 |
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| dēmittō, -ere, -misī, -missum |
I send away, send down
|
L&S |
185 |
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| discēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum |
I depart, go away
|
L&S |
186 |
|
| expōnō, -ere, -posuī, -positum |
I put out, display, show
|
L&S |
185 |
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| 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 |
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