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vénit. Is this present or perfect? How do you know?
8. Graeás. The Graeae were three old women who had one eye and one tooth in common, and took turns in using them.
9. galeam. This belonged to Pluto, the god of the underworld of the dead, and whosoever wore it was invisible. The story is that Perseus compelled the Graeae to tell him how to obtain the helps to his enterprise by seizing their tooth and eye.
11. pedibus, 'on his feet,' dative of indirect object.
induit. See the note on 3, 13.
áera. _Áér_ is borrowed from Greek, and keeps this Greek form for its accusative.
12. volábat. Distinguish between _voló, voláre_, and _voló, velle_.
13. céterís. _Céterí_ is used to denote all not already named ('the other'), while _alií_ denotes some of those who have not been already named ('other').
14. specié horribilí, 'of terrible appearance.' ablative of description. A noun never stands alone in this construction,
eárum. See the note on 3, 22.
15. contécta. This and factae below are used as predicate adjectives, not to form the pluperfect passive with erant. Translate, therefore, 'were covered.' not 'had been covered.'
18. vertébantur. The imperfect here denotes customary action, one of its regular uses.
19. Ille. See the note on 3, 16.
20. hóc modó, ablative of manner.
21. vénit, dormiébat. The perfect simply expresses an action which took place in past time, the imperfect tells of a state of things existing at that past time.
25. fugit. When dum means 'while,' 'as,' it is followed by the present indicative, even when used of past events.
26. fécit. Like postquam, ubi has the present or perfect indicative, where English would use the pluperfect.
5. 2. illó tempore, ablative of time.
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