5.27
[1] Necdum sermōnem Psȳchē fīnierat, et illa vēsānae libīdinis et invidiae noxiae stimulīs agitāta, ē rē concinnātō mendāciō fallēns marītum, quasi dē morte parentum aliquid comperisset, [2] statim nāvem ascendit et ad illum scopulum prōtinus pergit et quamvīs aliō flante ventō caecā spē tamen inhiāns, “Accipe mē,” dīcēns “Cupīdō, dīgnam tē coniugem et tū, Zephyre, suscipe dominam” saltū sē maximō praecipitem dedit. [3] Nec tamen ad illum locum vel saltem mortua pervenīre potuit. Nam per saxa cautium membrīs iactātīs atque dissipātīs et proinde ut merēbātur lacerātīs vīsceribus suīs ālitibus bēstiīsque obvium ferēns pābulum interiit. [4] Nec vindictae sequentis poena tardāvit. Nam Psȳchē rūrsus errābundō gradū pervēnit ad cīvitātem aliam, in quā parī modō soror morābātur alia. [5] Nec sētius et ipsa fallāciē germānitātis inducta et in sorōris scelerātās nūptiās aemula festīnāvit ad scopulum inque simile mortis exitium cecidit.
Psyche tricks both of her sisters into believing Cupid will marry them, resulting in their deaths.
necdum…et: “no sooner…when” (Kenney ad loc.)
ē rē: similar to ē rē nātā, see 5.8
dīgnam tē: dīgnus takes an ablative of the person or object one is worthy of (L&S dīgnus α).
nec … vel saltem: “not even” (Kenney ad 4.32.1)
saxa cautium: “stony crags” (Kenney ad loc.)
proinde ut merēbātur: This phrase appears earlier in 5.11 in reference to the sisters’ self-harm in their feigned mourning; merēbātur < mereor, a deponent equivalent of mereō.
errābundō gradū: ablative of manner: “by a meandering path”
nec sētius: “no less,” take with inducta.
fallāciē germānitātis: “by sisterly deception” (Kenney ad loc.)
in … aemula: Not “eager for,” but more negative: “envious of”mortis exitium: “(violent) manner of death”
vēsānus, -a, -um: insane, raging
concinnō, -āre: to prepare, produce
inhiō, -āre: see 5.23.3
āles, -itis (adj. used as noun): bird
obvius, -a, -um: here with the sense of “easy to access”
vindicta, -ae, f.: vengeance, revenge (L&S vindicta II.B; post-Augustan)
tardō, -āre: to delay, linger
scelerō, -āre: to pollute, defile