[14] Flashcards
Iugum sororium consponsae factionis ne parentibus quidem visis
The pair of sisters, pledged together in conspiracy, without even seeing their parents,
recta de navibus scopulum petunt illum praecipiti cum velocitate
straight away headed for that crag from their ships with headlong speed
nec venti ferentis oppertae praesentiam licentiosa cum temeritate prosiliunt in altum.
and without waiting for the presence of the wind to carry them, they left into the depths with wanton recklessness.
nec immemor Zephyrus regalis edicti, quamvis invitus, susceptas eas gremio spirantis aurae solo reddidit.
Zephyr, not unmindful of his royal command, although unwilling, returned them, taken up, to the ground in the lap of the blowing wind.
at illae incunctatae statim conferto vestigio domum penetrant
Yet those women without delay immediately penetrated the house with close-pressed footstep,
complexaeque praedam suam sororis nomen ementientes thensaurumque
and having entwined around their plunder, uttering falsely the name of their sister,
penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes sic adulant:
and thoroughly covering the treasure of their concealed deceit with a happy expression, they thus fawned:
‘Psyche, non ita ut pridem parvula, et ipsa iam mater es.
“Psyche, you are not a little girl as you were before, and you are now in fact a mother.
quantum, putas, boni nobis in ista geris perula;
How much benefit do you think you carry for us in that little pouch;
quantis gaudiis totam domum nostram hilarabis.
with how much joy will you gladden our whole house!
o nos beatas, quas infantis aurei nutrimenta laetabunt.
Oh, how blessed we are, whom the rearing of a golden child will gladden!
qui si parentum, ut oportet, pulchritudini responderit, prorsus Cupido nascetur.
If he will match, as he should, the beauty of his parents, he will definitely be born a Cupid.”
