venatio, part 2

Question 1

postquam ad mediam paludem navigavimus, Barbillus Phormioni signum dedit.

Answer 1

When we approached the marsh, the water was becoming muddier, and reeds thicker.

Question 2

haedos Phormio in aquam iniecit.

Answer 2

Phormio threw the kids into the water.

Question 3

sanguis haedorum crocodilos trahebat, qui praecipities haedos petebant.

Answer 3

The blood of the baby goats was dragging the crocodiles,which were heading straight for the kids.

Question 4

tum Æthiopes crocodilos agitare coeperunt.

Answer 4

Then the Ethiopians began to hunt the crocodiles.

Question 5

hastas emittebant et crocodilos interficiebant.

Answer 5

They were throwing spears and killing the crocodiles.

Question 6

magna erat fortitudo crocodilorum, maior tamen peritia Æthiopum.

Answer 6

Great was the courage of the crocodiles, greater however the skill of the Ethiopians.

Question 7

mox multi crocodile mortui erant.

Answer 7

Soon many crocodiles were dead.

Question 8

subito ingentem clamorem audivimus.

Answer 8

Suddenly we heard a large clamor.

Question 9

Phormio dominium vocabat, quod hippopotamus, quem Æthiopes e palude excitaverant, scapham Barbilli everterat.

Answer 9

Phormio was calling his master, because the hippopotamus, which the Ethiopians had awakened, overturned Barbillus’ boat.

Question 10

Barbillum et tres servos in aquam deiecerat.

Answer 10

It had thrown Barbillus and three slaves into the water.

Question 11

quamquam ad Barbillum et ad servos, qui in aqua natabant, celeriter navigavimus, crocodile iam eos circumvenerant.

Answer 11

Although we quickly navigated to Barbillus and the slaves, who were swimming in the water, the crocodiles already encircled them.

Question 12

hastas in crocodilos statim emisimus.

Answer 12

We threw spears into the crocodiles at once.

Question 13

tum Phormio, nos ad ripam fluminis duxit, ubi scaphae, quas comparaverat, deligatae erant.

Answer 13

Then Phormio, led us to the bank of the river, where boats, which he had obtained, were tied

Question 14

ubi crocodilos depulimus, Barbillum et unum servum servare potuimus.

Answer 14

When we drove off the crocodiles, we were able to save Barbillus and one slave.

Question 15

sed postquam Barbillum ex aqua traximus, eum invenimus vulneratum.

Answer 15

But after we dragged Barbillus from the water, we found him wounded.

Question 16

hasta, quam servus emiserat, umerum Barbilli percusserat.

Answer 16

The spear, which a slave had thrown, had struck Barbillus’s shoulder.

Question 17

postquam scaphas conscendimus, ad paludem, in qua crocodile latebant, caute navigavimus. ubi paludi appropinquavimus, aqua limosior fiebat, harundinesque densiores.

Answer 17

after we boarded the boats, to the swamp, in which the crocodiles were lying hidden, we cautiously sailed.