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Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.32

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Created on 2018-10-29 19:09:05
Modified on 2018-11-02 16:44:01
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Latin

English

Interea Psyche cum sua sibi perspicua pulchritudine nullum decoris sui fructum percipit . Spectatur ab omnibus , laudatur ab omnibus , nec quisquam , non rex , non regius , nec de plebe saltem cupiens eius nuptiarum petitor accedit : mirantur quidem divinam speciem , sed ut simulacrum fabre politum mirantur omnes . Olim duae maiores sorores , quarum temperatam formositatem nulli diffamarant populi , procis regibus desponsae iam beatas nuptias adeptae sed Psyche virgo vidua domi residens deflet desertam suam solitudinem , aegra corporis , animi saucia , et quamvis gentibus totis complacitam odit in se suam formositatem . Sic infortunatissimae filiae miserrimus pater , suspectatis caelestibus odiis et irae superum metuens , dei Milesii vetustissimum percontatur oraculum et a tanto numine precibus et victimis ingratae virgini petit nuptias et maritum . Sed Apollo , quamquam Graecus et Ionicus , propter Milesiae conditorem sic Latina sorte respondit

Psyche , for all her conspicuous beauty , reaped no profit from her charms . Gazed at by all , praised by all , no one , neither prince nor commoner , wishing to marry her , sought her hand . They admired her divine beauty of course , but as we admire a perfectly finished statue . Her two elder sisters , whose plainer looks had never been trumpeted through the world , were soon engaged to royal suitors and so made excellent marriages , but Psyche was left at home , a virgin , single , weeping in lonely solitude , ill in body and sore at heart , hating that beauty of form the world found so pleasing . So the wretched girl’s unhappy father , suspecting divine hostility , fearing the gods’ anger , consulted the ancient Miletian oracle of Apollo at Didyma . With prayer and sacrifice he asked the mighty god for a man to marry the unfortunate girl . Apollo , though Greek and Ionian too , favoured the author of this Miletian tale with a reply in Latin :

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Translation Pairs 53 Unique Translation Pairs 53

LAT	ENG	Frequency
numine	mighty god	1
petitor accedit	sought her hand	1
iam beatas nuptias	made excellent marriages	1
desponsae	engaged	1
procis regibus	royal suitors	1
nulli diffamarant populi	never been trumpeted through the world	1
mirantur	admire	1
fabre politum	perfectly finished	1
simulacrum	statue	1
quarum temperatam formositatem	whose plainer looks	1
divinam speciem	divine beauty of course	1
mirantur quidem	They admired her	1
saltem cupiens eius nuptiarum	wishing to marry her	1
virgo	a virgin	1
nec plebe	nor commoner	1
non rex non regius	neither prince	1
percipit	reaped	1
sui decoris	her charms	1
fructum nullum	no profit	1
sua perspicua pulchritudine	her conspicuous beauty	1
duae maiores sorores	two elder sisters	1
sed ut	but as we	1
nec quisquam	no one	1
laudatur ab omnibus	praised by all	1
Spectatur ab omnibus	Gazed at by all	1
sed Psyche	but Psyche	1
vidua	single	1
nuptias et maritum	a man to marry	1
Milesii	Miletian	1
ingratae virgini	unfortunate girl	1
precibus et victimis	prayer and sacrifice	1
conditorem	author	1
oraculum	oracle	1
vetustissimum	ancient	1
percontatur	consulted	1
Latina sorte respondit	reply in Latin	1
Milesiae	Miletian	1
Graecus et Ionicus	Greek and Ionian	1
Apollo	Apollo	1
et irae superum metuens	fearing the gods’ anger	1
domi residens	left at home	1
caelestibus odiis	divine hostility	1
suspectatis	suspecting	1
filiae miserrimus pater	girl’s unhappy father	1
Sic infortunatissimae	the wretched	1
odit in se suam formositatem	hating that beauty of form	1
complacitam	pleasing	1
gentibus totis	world	1
animi saucia	sore at heart	1
aegra corporis	ill in body	1
desertam suam solitudinem	in lonely solitude	1
deflet	weeping	1
Psyche	Psyche	1