{"id":37,"date":"2019-07-24T12:54:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/latin101\/?post_type=chapter&p=37"},"modified":"2020-05-04T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T23:55:35","slug":"reading-chapter-7","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/latin101\/chapter\/reading-chapter-7\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 7","rendered":"Chapter 7"},"content":{"raw":"

DEUCALION AND PYRRHA (PART III)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\r\n

Deucalion and Pyrrha are delighted to be alive, but feel lonely and would like some more company of a human sort.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]\"File:Peter By Peter Paul Rubens - Peter Paul Rubens, Deucalion and Pyrrha 1636, Public Domain<\/span>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n \r\n

Words and phrases in bold are glossed for you below.<\/span><\/h3>\r\nPostquam septem dies, <\/strong>carina in virido campo decurrit. <\/strong>\u201cUbi sumus?\u201d dixit Deucalionus. \u201cHic\u201d, responsavit <\/strong>Pyrrha, \u201cHodie nostram <\/strong>bonam fortunam<\/strong> laudabimus; cras responsa <\/strong>petemus.\u201d Tunc Deucalionus osculum<\/strong> Pyrrhae dedit et dixit, \u201cEheu, quiescere<\/strong> non possum; saxa video sed<\/strong> non alteros<\/strong> et alteras<\/strong>. Sed saxa non nos <\/strong>iuvare possunt; meus cattus<\/strong> non potest iuvare me<\/strong>; tuus catulus<\/strong> non iuvare te<\/strong> poterit. Aqua ceteros <\/strong>et ceteras habet; soli<\/strong> manemus<\/strong>. semper <\/strong>soli erimus.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cPullis frumentum<\/strong> dabo\u201d, responsavit Pyrrha, \u201cCur non pullorum signa legis?\u201d[1]<\/a>Pyrrha sacris pullis frumentum dedit. Deucalionus sacros pullos l\u0113git et dixit, \u201cMagna signa dederunt! Saxa nos iuvare possunt! Responsum pullorum est: \u201cBoni fuisti. Igitur, dei et deae vobis <\/strong>donum dabunt. Si cras saxa post<\/strong> terga iactatis<\/strong>, novos <\/strong>et humanos <\/strong>amicos et amicas videbitis.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cSunt boni pulli\u201d, dixit Pyrrhae; et \u201cO pulli, semper vestra<\/strong> dona et vos laudabo!\u201d, dixit Deucalionus. Signis pullorum bene paruerunt et iactaverunt post terga multa saxa. Formae saxorum subito formae virorum feminarumque fuerunt! Amicas et amicos Pyrrha et Deucalionus nunc habuerunt. Aedificaverunt<\/strong> pullis magnum templum. Bene pullos laudaverunt, et laeti<\/strong>\u00a0fuerunt.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n

Vocabulary in order of appearance in the text above:<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Postquam septem dies: '<\/strong>After seven days'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

in virido campo: \u00a0'<\/strong>on a green plain'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

decurrit: <\/strong>third person singular perfect active indicative of decurro, decurrere, decurri, decursum: <\/em> land. Unfortunately this is one of the small set of verbs where the third person singular looks exactly like the present tense.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

responsavit: <\/strong>from responso, responsare, responsavi, responsatus<\/em>: 'reply'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

nostram: <\/strong>from noster, nostra, nostrum <\/em>(adj.): 'our'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

fortunam: <\/strong>from fortuna, -ae f.: '<\/em>fortune' (in Latin this is more often bad than good, hence Pyrrha\u2019s qualification.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

responsa: <\/strong>from responsum, -i <\/em>n.: '<\/em>answer,' 'reply'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

osculum: <\/strong>from osculum, -i <\/em>n.: 'kiss'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

quiescere: <\/strong>from quiesco, quiescere, quievi, quietum: '<\/em>rest'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

sed: '<\/strong>but' (conj.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

alteros, alteras: <\/strong>from alter, altera, alteros <\/em>(adj.): '<\/em>other'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

ceteros,\u00a0<\/strong>ceteras<\/b>: from ceter, cetera, ceterum <\/em>(adj.): 'the rest', 'the others'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

manemus<\/strong>: from maneo, manere, mansi, mansus: '<\/em>remain'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

nos: '<\/strong>us' (accusative plural of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

me: '<\/strong>me' (accusative singular of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

cattus: <\/strong>from cattus, -i <\/em>m: 'cat'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

te:\u00a0<\/strong>'you' (accusative singular of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

catulus: <\/strong>from catulus, -i <\/em>m.: 'puppy'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

soli: <\/strong>from solus, sola, solum<\/em> (adj.): 'alone'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

frumentum: <\/strong>from frumentum, -i <\/em>n.: 'grain'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

vobis: <\/strong>'to you' (dative plural of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

post<\/strong> terga: '<\/strong>behind (your) backs'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

iactatis: <\/strong>from iacto, iactare, iactavi, iactatus: '<\/em>throw'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

novos<\/strong>: from novus, nova, novum: '<\/em>new'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

humanos: <\/strong>from humanus, humana, humanum: '<\/em>kind', 'humane'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

vestra: <\/strong>from vester, vestra, vestrum: '<\/em>your'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

paruerunt: <\/strong>from pareo, parere, parui: '<\/em>obey'. This verb takes the dative case, which is why signis <\/em>is in the dative.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

aedificaverunt: <\/strong>from aedifico, aedificare, aedificavi, aedificatus<\/em>: 'build'<\/span><\/p>\r\n

laeti: <\/strong>from laetus, laeta, laetum: '<\/em>happy'<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

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[1]<\/a> This is how one told the future via the chickens: you gave them grain and their keepers observed their eating and interpreted the signs. If they did not eat it was a sign you should not go ahead with whatever you had planned. If you didn\u2019t take their advice bad things happened. Very bad things.<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

DEUCALION AND PYRRHA (PART III)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Deucalion and Pyrrha are delighted to be alive, but feel lonely and would like some more company of a human sort.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\"File:Peter
By Peter Paul Rubens – Peter Paul Rubens, Deucalion and Pyrrha 1636, Public Domain<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Words and phrases in bold are glossed for you below.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Postquam septem dies, <\/strong>carina in virido campo decurrit. <\/strong>\u201cUbi sumus?\u201d dixit Deucalionus. \u201cHic\u201d, responsavit <\/strong>Pyrrha, \u201cHodie nostram <\/strong>bonam fortunam<\/strong> laudabimus; cras responsa <\/strong>petemus.\u201d Tunc Deucalionus osculum<\/strong> Pyrrhae dedit et dixit, \u201cEheu, quiescere<\/strong> non possum; saxa video sed<\/strong> non alteros<\/strong> et alteras<\/strong>. Sed saxa non nos <\/strong>iuvare possunt; meus cattus<\/strong> non potest iuvare me<\/strong>; tuus catulus<\/strong> non iuvare te<\/strong> poterit. Aqua ceteros <\/strong>et ceteras habet; soli<\/strong> manemus<\/strong>. semper <\/strong>soli erimus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPullis frumentum<\/strong> dabo\u201d, responsavit Pyrrha, \u201cCur non pullorum signa legis?\u201d[1]<\/a>Pyrrha sacris pullis frumentum dedit. Deucalionus sacros pullos l\u0113git et dixit, \u201cMagna signa dederunt! Saxa nos iuvare possunt! Responsum pullorum est: \u201cBoni fuisti. Igitur, dei et deae vobis <\/strong>donum dabunt. Si cras saxa post<\/strong> terga iactatis<\/strong>, novos <\/strong>et humanos <\/strong>amicos et amicas videbitis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSunt boni pulli\u201d, dixit Pyrrhae; et \u201cO pulli, semper vestra<\/strong> dona et vos laudabo!\u201d, dixit Deucalionus. Signis pullorum bene paruerunt et iactaverunt post terga multa saxa. Formae saxorum subito formae virorum feminarumque fuerunt! Amicas et amicos Pyrrha et Deucalionus nunc habuerunt. Aedificaverunt<\/strong> pullis magnum templum. Bene pullos laudaverunt, et laeti<\/strong>\u00a0fuerunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vocabulary in order of appearance in the text above:<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Postquam septem dies: ‘<\/strong>After seven days’<\/span><\/p>\n

in virido campo: \u00a0‘<\/strong>on a green plain’<\/span><\/p>\n

decurrit: <\/strong>third person singular perfect active indicative of decurro, decurrere, decurri, decursum: <\/em> land. Unfortunately this is one of the small set of verbs where the third person singular looks exactly like the present tense.<\/span><\/p>\n

responsavit: <\/strong>from responso, responsare, responsavi, responsatus<\/em>: ‘reply’<\/span><\/p>\n

nostram: <\/strong>from noster, nostra, nostrum <\/em>(adj.): ‘our’<\/span><\/p>\n

fortunam: <\/strong>from fortuna, -ae f.: ‘<\/em>fortune’ (in Latin this is more often bad than good, hence Pyrrha\u2019s qualification.)<\/span><\/p>\n

responsa: <\/strong>from responsum, -i <\/em>n.: ‘<\/em>answer,’ ‘reply’<\/span><\/p>\n

osculum: <\/strong>from osculum, -i <\/em>n.: ‘kiss’<\/span><\/p>\n

quiescere: <\/strong>from quiesco, quiescere, quievi, quietum: ‘<\/em>rest’<\/span><\/p>\n

sed: ‘<\/strong>but’ (conj.)<\/span><\/p>\n

alteros, alteras: <\/strong>from alter, altera, alteros <\/em>(adj.): ‘<\/em>other’<\/span><\/p>\n

ceteros,\u00a0<\/strong>ceteras<\/b>: from ceter, cetera, ceterum <\/em>(adj.): ‘the rest’, ‘the others’<\/span><\/p>\n

manemus<\/strong>: from maneo, manere, mansi, mansus: ‘<\/em>remain’<\/span><\/p>\n

nos: ‘<\/strong>us’ (accusative plural of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\n

me: ‘<\/strong>me’ (accusative singular of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\n

cattus: <\/strong>from cattus, -i <\/em>m: ‘cat’<\/span><\/p>\n

te:\u00a0<\/strong>‘you’ (accusative singular of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\n

catulus: <\/strong>from catulus, -i <\/em>m.: ‘puppy’<\/span><\/p>\n

soli: <\/strong>from solus, sola, solum<\/em> (adj.): ‘alone’<\/span><\/p>\n

frumentum: <\/strong>from frumentum, -i <\/em>n.: ‘grain’<\/span><\/p>\n

vobis: <\/strong>‘to you’ (dative plural of the personal pronoun)<\/span><\/p>\n

post<\/strong> terga: ‘<\/strong>behind (your) backs’<\/span><\/p>\n

iactatis: <\/strong>from iacto, iactare, iactavi, iactatus: ‘<\/em>throw’<\/span><\/p>\n

novos<\/strong>: from novus, nova, novum: ‘<\/em>new’<\/span><\/p>\n

humanos: <\/strong>from humanus, humana, humanum: ‘<\/em>kind’, ‘humane’<\/span><\/p>\n

vestra: <\/strong>from vester, vestra, vestrum: ‘<\/em>your’<\/span><\/p>\n

paruerunt: <\/strong>from pareo, parere, parui: ‘<\/em>obey’. This verb takes the dative case, which is why signis <\/em>is in the dative.<\/span><\/p>\n

aedificaverunt: <\/strong>from aedifico, aedificare, aedificavi, aedificatus<\/em>: ‘build’<\/span><\/p>\n

laeti: <\/strong>from laetus, laeta, laetum: ‘<\/em>happy’<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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