A First Latin Reader/22

by Herbert Chester Nutting

Herbert Chester Nutting

A First Latin Reader

Lesson 22
End of the War

1912

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21. The Death of Philip	23.

LESSON 22

End of the War

Quō dētrīmentō perterritus lēgātus^[1] Philippī, quī paucīs cum comitibus ē palūde effūgerat, in silvīs procul latēbat. Quem^[2] Cercās diū frūstra quaesīvit; sed postrēmō Indum senem^[3] cēpit et puellam, quōs viam ostendere coēgit: quō modō in lēgātī castra subitō perventum est.

Ibi Cercās, quamquam comitēs perpaucōs^[4] sēcum habēbat, arma Indōrum, quae humī collocāta erant, audācter rapuit. Quō factō, lēgātus magnā^[5] vōce: “Captus sum,” inquit. Cercās vērō^[6]: “Ubi est cēna? nam vēnī ut vobīscum cēnārem.” Tum lēgātus: “Equīnam^[7] carnem māvīs^[8],” inquit, “an^[9] būbulam^[10]?” Quō auditō, Cercās scīlicet dīxit se mālle būbulam.

Carne sine morā cōnsūmptā, reliquī (noctū enim impetus factus erat) mox humī iacēbant sōpītī; sed Cercās et lēgātus diū vigilābant. Postrēmō Indus^[11] surrēxit et silentiō^[12] ēgressus est; quārē alter^[13] crēdēbat eum exīsse ut arma alia sūmeret. Brevī autem aderat^[14] lēgātus manibus^[15] ferēns insīgnia^[16] quae quondam Philippus gesserat^[17]. “Haec nunc tua^[18] sunt,” inquit, īnsīgniaque ante Cercae pedēs humī posuit. Ita bellum cōnfectum est.

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1. lēgātus: lieutenant.
2. quem: him.
3. senem: aged (from senex).
4. perpaucōs: the prefix per- is intensive.
5. magnā: i.e. loud.
6. Cercās vērō: sc. inquit.
7. equīnam: equīnus, -a, -um, (of) horse.
8. māvīs: what form of mālō?
9. an: conjunction, or.
10. būbulam: būbulus, -a, -um, (of) cow.
11. Indus: the Indian.
12. silentiō: abl., used as adv.
13. alter: the other (i.e. Church).
14. aderat: was back (again).
15. manus: for syntax, cf. nāvibus, p. 6, l. 10.
16. insignia: trappings (insigne, -is, n.).
17. gesserat: had worn.
18. tua: tuus, -a, -um, yours.