5.3
[1] Sēnsit Psȳchē dīvīnae Prōvidentiae beātitūdinem, monitūsque vōcis informis audiēns et prius somnō et mox lavācrō fatīgātiōnem suī dīluit, [2] vīsōque statim proximō sēmirotundō suggestū, propter īnstrūmentum cēnātōrium rata refectuī suō commodum libēns accumbit. [3] Et īlicō vīnī nectareī edūliumque variōrum fercula cōpiōsa nūllō servīente sed tantum spīritū quōdam impulsa subministrantur. [4] Nec quemquam tamen illa vidēre poterat, sed verba tantum audiēbat excidentia et sōlās vōcēs famulās habēbat. [5] Post opīmās dapēs quīdam introcēssit et cantāvit invīsus et alius citharam pulsāvit, quae vidēbātur nec ipsa. Tunc modulātae multitūdinis cōnserta vox aurēs eius affertur, ut, quamvīs hominum nēmō pārēret, chorus tamen esse patēret.
Psyche is served by invisible servants.
rata governs an indirect statement: refectuī suō commodum (esse).
citharam: A cithara was a guitar or lute-like instrument with seven strings and a flat back and was often played by professional musicians (see example under Media). It was usually associated with Apollo, who was also credited with inventing it.
beātitūdō, -inis f.: blessedness, good fortune
monītus, -ūs m.: an admonition
informis, -e: unformed, shapeless
fatīgātiō, -ōnis f.: fatigue
dīluō, -ere, -uī, -ūtus: to refresh, wash away
semirotundus, -a, -um: semicirculuar (only in Apuleius)
suggēstus, -us m.: platform, raised seat. What’s being described is a Ϲ-shaped dining couch.
cēnātōrius, -ā, -um: pertaining to dining
refēctus, –ūs m.: refreshment
accumbō, -ere, -cubuī, -cubitus: to lie down, recline at table
edūlīs, -e: edible
ferculum, -ī n.: any means of carrying; a tray
tantum (adv): only (L&S s.v. tantus II B)
impellō, -ere, -pepulī, -pulsus: to drive forward (L&S sv. impello, IB)
subministrō, -āre: to supply, furnish
opīmus, -a, -um: fat, rich
daps, dapis f.: banquet, feast
intrōcēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessus: to go into (invented by Apuleius)
īnvīsus, -ā, -um: (L&S 2) unseen
modulor, -arī: to measure rhythmically; (past part.) melodious, musical
cōnserō, -sere, -sēruī, -sertus: to connect, join
Kithara Player. Attic Red Figure attributed to the Brygos Painter ca. 490 BC – 470 BC (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts)