Chapter V: Minerva Et Arachne (Part Iii)

Front 1

Aranea

Back 1

Spider

Front 2

Factis

Back 2

Deeds

Front 3

Iuppiter, Iove

Back 3

Jupiter, Jove

Front 4

Misericordia

Back 4

Pity

Front 5

Rapina

Back 5

Carrying Off, Robbery

Front 6

Muto

Mutare

Mutoavi

Mutatum

Back 6

Change

To Change

Have Changed

Had Changed

Front 7

Neco

Necare

Necavi

Necatum

Back 7

Kill

To Kill

Have Killed

Had Killed

Front 8

Pendeo

Pendare

Pependi

Pensum

Back 8

Hang

To Hang

Have Hanged

Had Hanged

Front 9

Prohibeo

Prohibere

Pependi

Pensum

Back 9

Hang

To Prevent, To Stop, To Prohibit

Have Prevented, Have Stopped, Have Prohibited

Had Prevented, Had Stopped, Had Prohibited

Front 10

Bona

Back 10

Good

Front 11

Longa

Back 11

Long

Front 12

Mala

Back 12

Evil, Bad

Front 13

Minima

Back 13

Very Small, Very Little

Front 14

Optima

Back 14

Very Good, Excellent

Front 15

Suo

Back 15

Its

Front 16

a (ab, before a vowel) + abl

Back 16

From, Away From, By

Front 17

Aeterno

Back 17

Eternally, Forever

Front 18

Deinde

Back 18

Then

Front 19

Itaque

Back 19

And so, And Thus, Therefore

Front 20

Latine

Back 20

In Latin

Front 21

Maxime

Back 21

Very, Exceedingly, Yes Indeed, Especially

Front 22

Minime

Back 22

Least, Not In The Least, Not At All

Front 23

Neque

Back 23

And Not

Front 24

Optime

Back 24

Very Good, Excellent

Front 25

Primo (Primum)

Back 25

First, At First, First In A Series

Front 26

-ba

Back 26

Imperfect tense between the stem and personal endings of the verb.

Front 27

Vocabam

Back 27

I called, was calling, did call, used to call

Front 28

Vocabas

Back 28

You called, were calling, did call, used to call

Front 29

Vocabat

Back 29

He, She, It called, was calling, did call, used to call

Front 30

Vocabamus

Back 30

We called, were calling, did call, used to call

Front 31

Vocabatis

Back 31

You (pl.) called, were calling, did call, used to call

Front 32

Vocabant

Back 32

They called, were calling, did call, used to call

Front 33

Docebam

Back 33

I taught, was teaching, did teach, used to teach

Front 34

Docebas

Back 34

You taught, were teaching, did teach, used to teach.

Front 35

Docebat

Back 35

He, she, it taught, was teaching, did teach, used to teach

Front 36

Docebamus

Back 36

We taught, were teaching, did teach, used to teach

Front 37

Docebatis

Back 37

You (pl.) taught, were teaching, did teach, used to teach

Front 38

Docebant

Back 38

They taught, were teaching, did teach, used to teach

Front 39

Eram

Back 39

I was

Front 40

Eras

Back 40

You were

Front 41

Erat

Back 41

He, She, It was

Front 42

Eramus

Back 42

We were

Front 43

Eratis

Back 43

You were

Front 44

Erant

Back 44

They were

Front 45

Nymphae fabulam longam maxime amabant

Back 45

The nymphs liked the long story very much indeed

Front 46

Haberne Arachne sapientiam?

Back 46

Has Arachne wisdom? (Is she wise.)

Front 47

Sapientiam minme habet. (or) Minime

Back 47

She has very little wisdom. (or) Not in the least.

Front 48

Sapientia est tibi.

Back 48

You have wisdom. (lit., Wisdom is to you.) You are wise.

Front 49

Mihi sunt plus quam tibi.

Back 49

I have more than you have. (lit. To me are more than to you.)

Front 50

Plus

Back 50

More

Front 51

Filius

Back 51

Son

Front 52

Mihi filius est Marcus

Back 52

My son is Mark. (lit., The son to me is Mark.)

Front 53

Quid est nomen tibi?

Back 53

What is your name? (lit., What is the name to you?)

Front 54

Nemo mihi magistra est.

Back 54

No one is my teacher.

Front 55

Mihi nomen est Marcus.

Back 55

My name is Mark.

Front 56

Minerva et Arachne bene laborabant

Back 56

Minerva and Arachne were working well.

Front 57

Primo Minerva lanam glomerabat

Back 57

First Minerva was winding the wool.

Front 58

Formabat picturas pulchras de factis bonis deorum

Back 58

She was forming beautiful pictures about the good deeds of the gods.

Front 59

Pictura fabulas de vita dorum in Olympos narrabant

Back 59

The pictures were telling the stories about the lives of the gods on Olympus.

Front 60

Deinde Arachne lanam glomerbat.

Back 60

Then Arachne was winding the wool.

Front 61

Sed Arachne picturas de factis malis deorum formabat

Back 61

But Arachne made pictures about the bad deeds of the gods.

Front 62

Certe picturae deae erant pulchrae; picturae puellae quoque erant pulchrae.

Back 62

Certainly the pictures of the goddess were beautiful;the pictures of the maiden also were beautiful.

Front 63

Agricolae et nymphae et incolae Lydiae spectabant dum puella et dea laborant.

Back 63

The farmers and nymps and inhabitants of Lydia were looking while thegirl and the goddess work.

Front 64

Nymphae picturas et fabulas puellae ambant; maxime ambant neque longam de rapina Europae a Iove.

Back 64

The nymphs loved the pictures and the stories of the girl; most of all they loved the long story about the rape of Europa by Jove.

Front 65

Sed Minerva erat maxime irata neque amabat fabulas de factis malis deorum.

Back 65

But Minerva was most of all angry and she did not love the story about the bad deeds of the gods.

Front 66

Itaque dea Minerva puellam in araneam mutat.

Back 66

And truly Minerva changes the maiden into a spider.

Front 67

Primo puella est parva; deinda est minor; denique est minima

Back 67

First the girl is small; then she in smaller; lastly she is as small as can be.

Front 68

Arachne se necare temptat, et in filo pendent

Back 68

Arachne attempts to kill herself, and hangs on a string.

Front 69

Sed Minerva misericordiam habet, et puellam se necare prohibet.

Back 69

But Minerva has pity and she prevents the girl from killing herself.

Front 70

"Pende aeterno," dixit.

Back 70

"Hang for Eternity," she said.

Front 71

Ita dea puellam docet et aranea aeterno in filo suo pendent.

Back 71

And so the goddess teaches the girl and thespider hangs for eternity on her string.

Front 72

Poeta Ovidua fabulam de puella superba narrat.

Back 72

The poet Ovid tells the story about the pride of the maiden.

Front 73

Filo

Back 73

On a string or cord.