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Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles: Jason 5

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5. THE ANCHOR IS WEIGHED
Intereâ is diês appetêbat quem Iâsôn per nûntiôs êdîxerat, et ex omnibus regiônibus Graeciae multî, quôs aut reî novitâs aut spês glôriae movêbat, undique conveniêbant. Trâditum est autem in hôc numerô fuisse Herculem, dê quô suprâ multa perscrîpsimus, Orpheum, citharoedum praeclârissimum, Thêseum, Castorem, multôsque aliôs quorum nômina sunt nôtissima. Ex hîs Iâsôn quôs arbitrâtus est ad omnia perîcula subeunda parâtissimôs esse, eôs ad numerum quînquâgintâ dêlêgit et sociôs sibi adiûnxit; tum paucôs diês commorâtus, ut ad omnîs câsûs subsidia comparâret, nâvem dêdûxit, et tempestâtem ad nâvigandum idôneam nactus mâgnô cum plausû omnium solvit.

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Intereâ is diês appetêbat quem Iâsôn per nûntiôs êdîxerat,	quem: relative pronoun, agreeing with dies in gender and number
et ex omnibus regiônibus Graeciae multî, quôs aut reî novitâs aut spês glôriae movêbat, undique conveniêbant.	quos: relative pronoun, agreeing with multi in gender and number
Trâditum est autem in hôc numerô fuisse Herculem, dê quô suprâ multa perscrîpsimus,	traditum est: postpositive (notice how traditum est is treated as one word-unit, even though the phrase is two words: postpositives come after the first word-unit) fuisse: infinitive in indirect statement introduced by traditum est quo: relative pronoun, agreeing with Herculem in gender and number multa: i.e., stories about Hercules which come earlier (supra) in the book
Orpheum, citharoedum praeclârissimum, Thêseum, Castorem, multôsque aliôs quorum nômina sunt nôtissima.	multos...alios: split phrase quorum: relative pronoun, agreeing with alios in gender and number
Ex hîs Iâsôn quôs arbitrâtus est ad omnia perîcula subeunda parâtissimôs esse,	quos: relative pronoun, agreeing with eos [in next sentence] in gender and number esse: infinitive in indirect statement introduced by arbitratus est (quos is accusative subject)
eôs ad numerum quînquâgintâ dêlêgit et sociôs sibi adiûnxit;
tum paucôs diês commorâtus, ut ad omnîs câsûs subsidia comparâret, nâvem dêdûxit,	commoratus...deduxit : participle plus verb (he waited... and [then] launched...) compararet: subjunctive with ut
et tempestâtem ad nâvigandum idôneam nactus mâgnô cum plausû omnium solvit.	nactus...solvit : participle plus verb (he found... and [then] set sail...) magno cum plausu omnium = cum magno plausu omnium