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3. PERSEUS IS SENT ON HIS TRAVELS
Perseus igitur multôs annôs ibi habitâbat, et cum mâtre suâ vîtam beâtam agêbat. At Polydectês Danaên mâgnopere amâbat, atque eam in mâtrimônium dûcere volêbat. Hôc tamen cônsilium Perseô minimê grâtum erat. Polydectês igitur Perseum dîmittere cônstituit. Tum iuvenem ad sê vocâvit et haec dîxit: "Turpe est hanc îgnâvam vîtam agere; iam dûdum tû adulêscêns es. Quô ûsque hîc manêbis? Tempus est arma capere et virtûtem praestâre. Hinc abî, et caput Medûsae mihi refer."
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| 3. Perseus igitur multôs annôs ibi habitâbat, et cum mâtre suâ vîtam beâtam agêbat. |
igitur: postpositive |
| At Polydectês Danaên mâgnopere amâbat, atque eam in mâtrimônium dûcere volêbat. |
Danaen: Greek ending, feminine accusative singular ducere: complementary infinitive with volebat |
| Hôc tamen cônsilium Perseô minimê grâtum erat. |
tamen: postpositive, which splits the phrase hoc consilium |
| Polydectês igitur Perseum dîmittere cônstituit. |
igitur: postpositive dimittere: complementary infinitive with constituit |
| Tum iuvenem ad sê vocâvit et haec dîxit: |
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| "Turpe est hanc îgnâvam vîtam agere; |
agere: infinitive as noun |
| iam dûdum tû adulêscêns es. |
tu: emphatic use of the nominative pronoun, since the verb (es) already makes it clear that the subject is second person singular |
| Quô ûsque hîc manêbis? |
hic: adverbial ("here," "in this place") |
| Tempus est arma capere et virtûtem praestâre. |
capere, praestare : infinitives as noun |
| Hinc abî, et caput Medûsae mihi refer." |
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