| Sisinnius.
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quid agam: indirect question, introduced by ignoro pessumdatus sum: s.v. pessumdare, or pessum dare queo = possum, with complementary infinitis comprehendere, repetere ascensum: object of comprehendere |
| how does Sisinnius explain the fact that he keeps going around and around in circles and cannot find his way up the mountain? | |
| milites. miris modis omnes illudimur nimiaque lassitudine fatigamur; et si insanum caput diutius vivere sustines, te ipsum et nos perdes. |
omnes: masculine nominative plural, agreeing with subject
of illudimur caput: the Latin word for head can stand for "life" or for
a person - so insanum caput = feminam insanam |
| why do the soldiers insist that Sisinnius find a way to kill Hirena immediately? | |
| Sisinnius. quisquis es meorum, strenue extende arcum, iace sagittam, perfode hanc maleficam. milites. decet. |
strenue: adverb hanc maleficam = Hirenam |
| how do they decide to kill Hirena? | |
| Hirena. infelix, erubesce, Sisinni, erubesce, teque turpiter victum ingemisce, quia tenellae infantiam virgunculae absque armorum apparatu nequivisti superare. |
erbuesce...ingemisce: imperatives
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| why does Hirena tell Sisinnius he should be ashamed of himself? | |
| Sisinnius. quicquid dedecoris accedit, levius tolero, quia te morituram haut dubito. |
quicquid: takes genitive (whatever of...) te morituram: indirect
statement, introduced by dubito |
| what is the only thing that Sisinnius cares about? | |
| Hirena. hinc mihi quam maxime gaudendum, tibi vero dolendum, quia pro tui severitate malignitatis in tartara dampnaberis; |
quam maxime: as much as possible gaudendum...dolendum: future passive participles (gerundives) tui: genitive
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| what does Hirena say is going to happen to Sisinnius? | |
| ego autem, martyrii palmam virginitatisque receptura coronam, intrabo aethereum aeterni regis thalamum; cui est honor et gloria in saecula. |
receptura: future active participle, agrees with subject of intrabo (ego) regis: s.v. rex cui: relative pronoun, antecedent is regis |
| and what does Hirena say is going to happen to her? |
