14.10.26: Level 1-2 (review): Julia (a Latin Reader) [1] (2)

Ad Iūliae casam pīrāta venit. Rubra est pīrātae tunica, splendidae sunt galea et hasta. Iūlia prope casae portam stat et pīrātam spectat; pīrātae hastam et galeam et tunicam rubram amat et laudat. Pīrāta quoque Iūliam et casam et rosās laudat. "Ō Iūlia," inquit, "pulchra es puella et pulchrae sunt rosae tuae. Nāvicula mea pulchra est. Alta est prōra nāviculae meae. In extrēmā nāviculā stō et nāviculam gubernō. Alba est nāvicula mea; nunc prope ōram maritimam stat."

Tum Iūlia cum pīrātā ad ōram maritimam ambulat et nāviculam albam spectat. Iūlia et pīrāta prōram nāviculae multīs rosīs ōrnant. Subitō pīrāta puellam in nāviculam iactat. Multae sunt lacrimae puellae, sed frūstrā--pīrāta in extrēmā nāviculā stat et nāviculam gubernat.

[1]

galea, -ae [1/f]: helmet

hasta, -ae [1/f]: spear

lacrima, -ae [1/f]: tear

nāvicula, -ae [1/f]: small ship, boat

pīrāta, -ae [1/m]: pirate

porta, -ae [1/f]: gate

prōra, -ae [1/f]: prow

tunica, -ae [1/f]: tunic

[2]

altus, -a, -um: high, deep

extrēmus, -a, -um: outermost, end

splendidus, -a, -um: bright, splendid

[3]

gubernō, gubernāre [1]: steer

iactō, iactāre [1]: throw

ōrnō, ōrnāre [1]: adorn

stō, stāre [1]: stand

veniō, venīre [4]: come

inquit [irregular]: (s)he says

[4]

in (+ abl.): in, on

frūstrā: in vain

nunc: now

subitō: suddenly

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A pirate comes to Julia’s cottage. The pirate’s tunic is red; his helmet and spear are splendid. Julia stands near the cottage door and looks at the pirate; she loves and praises the pirate’s spear, helmet, and red tunic. The pirate also praises Julia, her cottage, and her roses.

O Julia, he says, you are a beautiful girl and your roses are beautiful. My little ship is beautiful. The prow of my ship is high. I stand at the end of the ship and steer it. My ship is white; now it lies near the seashore.

Then Julia walks with the pirate to the seashore and looks at the white ship. Julia and the pirate decorate the prow of the ship with many roses. Suddenly the pirate throws the girl into the ship. There are many tears of the girl, but in vain—the pirate stands at the end of the ship and steers it.