Section 4E(i) Cleomenes in charge of the fleet Flashcards
ēgreditur Cleomenēs ē portū.
Cleomenes leaves (from) the harbor.
ēgredientem eum sex nāuēs sēmiplēnae sequuntur.
Six half-full ships follow him as he departs.
Verrēs tamen, …
Verres, however, …
… quī multīs diēbus nōn erat uīsus,
… who had not been seen in many days, …
… tum Cleomenem ēgredientem nāuīsque sequentīs īnspiciēbat:
… was at that time watching Cleomenes as he departed and the ships (that were) following:
quibus vīsīs, …
when those things had been seen [which things having been seen]…
… homo ille, praetor populī Romānī, stetit soleātus, cum palliō purpureō, …
… that man, a praetor of the Roman people, stood (there) in slippers, with a purple cloak, …
… mulierculā quādam nīxus in lītore.
… leaning on [having leaned on] some sort of (somehow morally suspect) woman on the shore.
cum classis quīntō diē Pachȳnum dēnique adpulsasesset, …
When the fleet had finally landed at Pachynus on the fifth day [i.e. in four days] …
… nautae, coāctī fame, rādīcēs palmārum agrestium colligere coepērunt.
… the sailors, having been compelled by hunger, began to collect the roots of wild palms.
Cleomenēs, quī putābat sē mox alterum Verrem fore, …
Cleomenes, who was thinking that he would soon be another Verres, …
… tōtōs diēs in lītore manēbat pōtāns atque amāns.
… was remaining on the shore for all the days drinking and loving.
ecce autem repente, …
Behold, however, suddenly …
… ēbriō Cleomenē, …
… while Cleomenes was drunk, …
… nautīs cibō egentibus, …
… while the sailors were lacking food, …
… nūntiātur nāuīs praedōnum esse in portū Odyssēae.
… a ship of pirates was reported to be in the harbor of Odyssea.
nostra autem classis erat, Cleomenē pōtante et ēbriō, in portū Pachȳnī.
Our fleet , however, was, while Cleomenes was drinking and was drunk, in the harbor of Pachynus.
quōs praedōnēs cum uīdisset adeuntīs, …
When he had seen those [lit. which] pirates approaching, …
… prīnceps Cleomenēs in nāue suā mālum ērigī, praecīdī ancorās imperāuit …
… Cleomenes first ordered the mast to be erected on his ship, the anchors to be cut …
… et cēterās nāuīs sē sequī iussit.
… and he ordered the other ships to follow him.
cum nāuis Cleomenis, cuius celeritās incrēdibilis erat, breuī tempore Helōrum aduolāuisset fugiēns, …
Although Cleomenes’ ship, the speed of which was unbelievable, had in a short time flown escaping to Helorus, …
… cēterī tamen, ut poterant, paulō tardius Helōrum nāuigābant, …
… nevertheless the others, as they were able, sailed a little later to Helorus, …
… nōn praedōnum impetum fugientēs sed imperātōrem sequentēs.
… not fleeing the attack of the pirates but following (their) general.
tum nāuēs postrēmae fugientēs in perīculō prīncipēs erant;
Then the ships last in escaping were the first in danger;
