During his journey home, Odysseus had to undergo many adventures, for example the one with the one-eyed giant Polyphem:
Complete
the Latin text with the words and phrases below each section. Note that the
word order in the English and Latin texts is sometimes different.
Vocabulary
domō,
-āre, -uī, domitus [1]: subdue; tame
hospitium,
-ī [2/n]: right of hospitality, the host’s duty
iactō,
-āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: toss (about)
inscius,
-a, -um: unsuspecting
spelunca,
-ae [1/f]: cave
[1]
Ulysses,
(1) after Troy (2) had been captured by this trick, set out for
his homeland but, (3) tossed about for a long time over the waves (4) by
opposing winds, he endured (5) many hardships. Who (6) does
not know that even that Polyphemus (7) was subdued by him, (8) whose
cave he had entered unknowingly?
Ulixēs, (1) __________ dolō eius Troia (2) __________, patriam petīvit, sed ventīs (4) __________ diū per undās (3) __________ (5) __________ sustinuit. Quis (6) __________ ab eō etiam Polyphēmum illum (7) __________, (8) __________ spēluncam īnscius intrāverat?
adversīs;
cuius; domitum esse; expugnāta est; iactātus; ignōrat; multaque mala; postquam
[2]
[i]
In vain Ulysses (1) had warned him about the duties of hospitality; in
vain had he tried (2) to keep him (3) from his wicked deeds: for
Polyphemus had shouted, “(4) I have never honored the gods!”
[i]
Frūstrā
Ulixēs eum dē hospitiō (1) __________, frūstrā eum (3) __________ (2) __________
studuerat: Polyphēmus enim clāmāverat, “Ego deōs numquam (4) __________!”
[ii]
He
had already killed (5) some of the Greeks, when Ulysses employed a
trick: he (6) offered him wine, and he taught Polyphemus (7) (who was) filled
with wine, that he (8) was called (9) “Nobody.”
[ii]
Iam (5) __________
Graecōs necāverat, cum Ulixēs dolum adhibuit: vīnum eī (6) __________,
Polyphēmum (7) __________ docuit sē (9) __________ (8) __________.
[iii]
(10)
“Nobody,” he said, “pleases me; for he has filled me (11) with great
delight. Therefore I will grant a fine gift (12) to Nobody: I will
kill (13) Nobody last!” Then Polyphemus (14) gives himself over to
sleep.
(10) “__________,”
inquit ille, “mihi placet; nam (11) __________ mē implēvit. Itaque (12) __________
dōnum pulchrum tribuam: (13) __________ ultimum necābō!” Tum Polyphēmus (14) __________.
admonuerat;
arcēre; coluī; impiīs factīs; magnō gaudiō; Nēminem; Nēminem; Nēminī; Nēmō;
nōnnūllōs; praebuit; somnō sē dat; vīnō implētum; vocārī
22.07.25: Level 3;
pronominal adjectives [4]; [i] nūllus, -a, -um: no, not any, none, no one [ii]
nōnnūllus, -a, -um: some, several, a few
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/04/220725-level-3-pronominal-adjectives-4.html
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[1]
Ulixēs,
(1) postquam dolō eius Troia (2) expugnāta est, patriam petīvit,
sed ventīs (4) adversīs diū per undās (3) iactātūs (5) multaque
mala sustinuit. Quis (6) ignōrat ab eō etiam Polyphēmum illum (7) domitum
esse, (8) cuius spēluncam īnscius intrāverat?
[2]
[i]
Frūstrā
Ulixēs eum dē hospitiō (1) admonuerat, frūstrā eum (3) impiīs factīs
(2) arcēre studuerat: Polyphēmus enim clāmāverat, “Ego deōs numquam (4) coluī!”
[ii]
Iam
(5) nōnnūllōs Graecōs necāverat, cum Ulixēs dolum adhibuit: vīnum eī (6)
praebuit, Polyphēmum (7) vīnō implētum docuit sē (9)
Nēminem (8) vocārī.
[iii]
(10) “Nēmō,” inquit ille, “mihi placet; nam (11) magnō gaudiō mē implēvit. Itaque (12) Nēminī dōnum pulchrum tribuam: (13) Nēminem ultimum necābō!” Tum Polyphēmus (14) somnō sē dat.

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