Atalanta et Hippomenēs (Pars Secunda)

Iam populus paterque cursum· promissum pōscunt. Iam Hippomenēs Venerem hōc modō invocat: “Ō dea Venus, iuvā ignēs amōris quōs dedistī.” Venus, his precibus adducta et mōta, sine morā auxilium dat.

Est ager in parte optimā īnsulae Cyprī quae est sacra deae Venerī. In mediō agrō stat nōn sōlum templum sed etiam arbor in quā sunt rāmī aureī et pōma aurea. Forte Venus tria pōma ab hāc arbore carpta portābat quae iuvenī dedit. “Pōma sunt pulcherrima,” inquit Hippomenēs, “sed quōmodō pōmīs vincere possum?” Dea eum pōmōrum ūsum docuit.

Nunc dēmum cornua concinunt, quae signum cursūs dant. Duo cursōrēs trāns summum cursum volāre videntur. Spectātōrēs clāmant: “Curre, Hippomenēs, ī, ī, propera sine morā! Nunc vincēs!” Hērōs gaudet; gaudet sēcrētō virgō quoque. Facile virgō eum superāre potest; saepe dubitat, saepe invīta eum relinquit. Mēta longē abest. Hippomenēs est dēfessus. Nunc ūnum dē tribus pōmīs ā Venere datīs iacit.

Hoc pōmum aureum iactum spectat dēsīderatque virgō. Relinquit cur­sum et pōmum manū carpit. Quia intereā Hippomenēs eam superat, spectātōrēs clāmant et plausum dant.

Iterum illa celeriter currit, iterum iuvenem post tergum relinquit. Iterum Hippomenēs virginem secundō pōmō remorātam superat. Sed iterum Atalanta eum facile praeterit. Pars ultima cursūs adest. Hērōs dēfessus vix currere potest. “Nunc,” inquit, “ades, dea adōrāta, auctor amōris,” et tertium pōmum aureum oblīquē in agrum iacit. Virgō dubitāre vidētur; dēsīderat pōmum quod in agrō est petere, sed cursum relinquere nōn desiderat. Venus superat. Virgō in agrum currit et Venus pōma graviōra facit. Propter moram pretiōsam virgō superātur.

Hērōs autem nec Venerī dōna dedit nec in ārā deae tūra posuit. Venus igitur, quae erat magnopere īrāta, duōs amantēs in leōnēs trānsfōrmāvit.

”Vocabula”

Nōmina Anglicē Lexicon Gram. Lectio
*auctor, -ōris, m. author L&S 62
cursor, -ōris, m. runner L&S 62
Cyprus, -ī, f. the island of Cyprus L&S 46
*hērōs, -ōis, m. hero L&S 82
*liber, -brī, m. book L&S 47
mēta, -ae, f. goal, post L&S 41
*pāgina, -ae, f. page L&S 41
prex, precis, f. (usually plural) prayer L&S 57
sententia, -ae, f. thought, sentence L&S 41
*signum, -ī, n. signal, sign L&S 46
*tabula, -ae, f. board, plank, table L&S 41
*ūsus, -ūs, m. use, practice L&S 89
Verba Anglicē Lexicon Gram. Lectio
*addūcō, -ere, -dūxī, -ductum I bring to, draw to, influence L&S 186
*adōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum I adore L&S 184
carpō, -ere, carpsī, carptum I pick, pluck L&S 186
concinō, -ere, -uī I sound in a chorus L&S 186
*currō, -ere, cucurrī, cursum/td> I run L&S 186
*dūco, -ere, dūxī, ductum I lead L&S 186
*gaudeō, -ēre, gavīsus sum I rejoice L&S 192
*iaciō, -ere, iēcī, iactum I throw L&S 186
*inquit He/she/it says, said L&S 206
*pōscō, -ere, poposcī I request, demand L&S 186
*praetereō, -īre, -iī, itum I go past, pass by L&S 203
*prōmittō, -ere, -mīsī, prōmissum I promise L&S 186
*scrībō, -ere, scripsī, scriptum I write L&S 186
Adjectīva Anglicē Lexicon Gram. Lectio
*aureus, -a, -um golden L&S 110
dēfessus, -a, -um tired, worn out, weary L&S 110
invītus, -a, -um unwilling L&S 110
*medius, -a, -um middle of L&S 110
*mōtus, -a, -um moved, influenced L&S 110
remorātus, -a, -um delayed again, hindered L&S 110
*summus, -a, -um top of, highest L&S 110
*tertius, -a, -um third L&S 110
Adverbia Anglicē Lexicon Gram. Lectio
dēmum at last, finally L&S 217
*facile easily L&S 126
*forte by chance L&S 103
*iam now, already L&S 215
longē far away L&S 214
intereā meanwhile L&S 217
magnopere very greatly L&S 215
oblīquē to the side L&S 214
*quōmodō how, in what manner L&S 412
sēcrētō secretly, apart L&S 214
vix scarcely, with difficulty L&S 217
Coniuntiōnēs Anglicē Lexicon Gram. Lectio
*igitur therefore L&S 324
nec . . . nec neither . . . nor L&S 328
nōn sōlum . . . sed etiam neither . . . nor L&S 322