03.01.26: Level 3; language review; Labours of Hercules [3] The Erymanthian boar

Exstitit in monte Erymanthō aper mīrā magnitūdine. Hunc capere iussus Herculēs statim profectus est. Per nivēs diū īnsecūtus aprum, tandem laqueīs implicātum capere potuit, et ad Eurysthēum rettulit.

laqueus, -ī [2/m]: snare; trap

(1) Translate the phrases from the text, and (2) briefly explain the grammatical constructions being used:

[i] aper mīrā magnitūdine

[ii] Hunc capere iussus Herculēs

[iii] diū īnsecūtus aprum

[iv] … (aprum), tandem laqueīs implicātum capere potuit

[v] ad Eurysthēum rettulit

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[i] aper mīrā magnitūdine │ a boar of wondrous size; ablative of description

17.11.25: Level 3; [i] Anaxagoras [ii] Lysander at Sardis; ablative of respect / specification; genitive / ablative of description

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/171125-level-3-i-anaxagoras-ii-lysander.html

11.06.25: Level 3; summary of of the uses of the ablative case [13]: the ablative of description / quality

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/03/110625-level-3-summary-of-of-uses-of.html

[ii] Hunc capere iussus Herculēs │ Hercules, having been ordered to capture it …; iussus, -a, -um: perfect passive participle < iubeō, -ēre [2]: order; command

[iii] diū īnsecūtus aprum │ Having followed the boar for a long time …; īnsecūtus, -a, -um < īnsequor, -ī, īnsecutus sum [3/deponent]: follow; pursue; deponent verb i.e. passive in form but active in meaning = having followed (not *having been followed*)

[iv] … (aprum), tandem laqueīs implicātum capere potuit │ he was finally able to catch it [when / when (after) it had been] entangled in a snare; the perfect passive participle agrees with aprum in the preceding clause; implicātus, -a, -um: perfect passive participle < implicō, -āre, -āvī [1]

[v] ad Eurysthēum rettulit │ brought it back to Eurystheus; rettulit: perfect < referō, referre, rettulī, relātus (bring back)

There appeared on Mount Erymanthus a boar of wondrous size. Having been ordered to catch it, Hercules at once set out. Having for a long time followed the boar through the snows, he was at length able to catch it (when) entangled in a snare, and brought it back to Eurystheus.

Hercules catching the boar of Erymanthus by Simon Frisius, after Antonio Tempesta (ca. 1610–64); Rijksmuseum