23.10.24: Level 2; reading; dē porculō [3]

Dē porculō [3]

Senex autem nōn abīvit, sed fīliō, “Sī fūnis,” inquit, “tē suspenderit, fortasse bovem interficiēs.” Fūnem igitur fīlium suspendere iussit, sed fūnis fīlium suspendere recūsāvit. Itaque senex fūnī dīxit, “Sī mūs tē ēderit, fortasse fīlium suspendēs.” Mūrem igitur fūnem edere iussit, quī senī respondit, “Sī fūnem ēderō, ex ventre labōrābō.” Senex autem īrātus mūrī dīxit, “Sī fēlēs tē fugāverit, fūnem sine dubiō edēs.” Itaque fēlem mūrem fugāre iussit, quae senī respondit, “Sī mūrem fugāverō, sine dubiō quam maximē sitiam. Sī igitur lac mihi dederis, mūrem fugābō.”

Vocabulary and notes

fūnis, -is [3/m]: rope; cord

suspendō, -ere, suspendī [3]: hang (up)

dubium, -ī [2/n]: doubt

sitiō, -īre, sitiī / sitīvī [4]: be thirsty

Note:

maximus, -a, -um │ largest; greatest

> maximē │ most greatly; especially; very much

> quam maximē: as much as possible

Questions

This is the same type of exercise as [C] in the previous post: take a look at these sentences from the text and complete the translations using the words listed below. Don’t think about the Latin verb forms – not yet; once the whole text is completed, we will look at these in detail. The main aim at this point is to understand meaning rather than be side-tracked by grammar.

[i] Senex fīliō suō dīxit:

“Sī fūnis … tē suspenderit, fortasse bovem interficiēs.”

If a rope … __________ you, perhaps you __________ the ox.

[ii] Senex fūnī dīxit:

“Sī mūs tē ēderit, fortasse fīlium suspendēs.”

If a mouse __________ you, perhaps you __________ my son.

[iii] Mūs senī respondit:

“Sī fūnem ēderō, ex ventre labōrābō.”

If I __________ a rope, I __________ from stomach ache.

[iv] Senex mūrī dīxit:

“Sī fēlēs tē fugāverit, fūnem sine dubiō edēs.”

If the cat __________ you away, without doubt you __________  the rope.

[v] Fēles dīxit:

“Sī mūrem fugāverō, sine dubiō quam maximē sitiam. Sī igitur lac mihi dederis, mūrem fugābō.”

If I __________ the mouse, without doubt I __________ as __________ as possible. If, therefore, you __________ me milk, I __________ the mouse,

has chased; has eaten; has hung; have chased away; have eaten; have given; shall be … thirsty; shall chase away; shall suffer; will eat; will hang; will kill