13.04.25: Level 3; The story of Arion [3]

In hās angustiās redāctus* Arīōn, in puppī stetit, omnī ōrnātū suō indūtus**. Tum ūnum ē carminibus canere incēpit. Nautae suāvī carmine captī ē puppī mediam in nāvem concessērunt. Ille omnī ōrnātū indūtus, captā citharā, carmen perēgit. Cantū perāctō in mare sē prōiēcit. Tum nautae Corinthum nāvigāvērunt.

vocabulary

cantus, -ūs [4/m]: song

cithara, -ae [1/f]: lyre

concēdō, concēdere, concessī, concessus [3]: (here) go away

peragō, peragere, perēgī, perāctus [3]: (here) finish; complete

puppis, -is [3/f]: stern of a ship; note: this noun has alternative accusative forms i.e. puppim or puppem

Note: if you use the Youtube video to which I’ve given a link, the presenter writes an error i.e. ē *puppā*, but this is a 3^rd declension noun and its ablative is puppī.

* In hās angustiās redāctus

angustia, -ae [1/f]: narrowness; scarcity; the noun the most often appears in the plural i.e. angustiae, -ārum referring to the singular English concept of ‘difficulty’ or ‘distress’

redigō, -redigere, redēgī, redāctus [3]: drive back; (here) reduce to a certain emotional state; In hās angustiās redāctus Arīōn … │ Arion, having been reduced to a state of distress …

** omnī ōrnātū suō indūtus

induō, -ere, induī, indutus [3]: put on (clothes)

ōrnātus, -ūs [4/m]: dress; apparel

If you watch the video link, the presenter does not give a precise translation of this, rendering the phrase as “Having put on …”; that isn’t correct because indūtus is a perfect passive participle that translates as “dressed”. Similarly, he is rather vague about the translation of ōrnātus:

… omnī ōrnātū suō indūtus … │ … dressed in all his apparel i.e. his fine attire; ōrnātus, -ūs, from the verb ornō, -āri, -āvī, -ātus [1] (decorate; Engl. derivatives: ornate, ornament) suggests fine or splendid clothing. 

questions

1. Where did Arion stand? (1)
2. What was his appearance? (1)
3. What did he start to do? (1) Aim for precision: Tum ūnum ē carminibus canere incēpit.
4. How did the sailors react to this? (3)
5. What did Arion do when the song was finished? (1)
6. What did the sailors finally do? (1)

notes

[1] ablative absolute

with X having been Y-ed

[X] captā ¦ [Y] chitarā │ with the lyre ¦ having been taken (up) = after the lyre had been taken up

[X] cantū ¦ [Y] perāctō │ with the song ¦ having been finished = after the song was finished

[2] Again, note the use of the perfect passive participle:

Nautae suāvī carmine captī … │ The sailors, having been captivated / (who had been) captivated by the sweet song, …

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Reduced to this state of distress, Arion, dressed in all his finery, stood on the stern. He started playing one of the songs. Captivated by the sweet song, the sailors went away to the centre of the ship. He, dressed in all his splendid apparel, once his lyre had been taken up, finished the song. Once the song was finished, he threw himself into the sea. Then the sailors sailed to Corinth.