The next night, Cupid returns to find Psyche still weeping. Having succumbed to her romantic wiles, Cupid allows Psyche to bring her sisters to the palace.

nec mora, cum: a favorite phrase of Apuleius’s; literally “there was no delay, when…”

accubāns: unique instance of accubo + accusative.

haecine: From hōci + ne. –ci is the demonstrative enclitic –ce, which is usually dropped, but sometimes retained for emphasis (A&G §146 n. 1).

pollicēbāre: 2s imperf. (deponent) indicative.

perdia et pernox: from per + diem rather than from perdo; pernox is formed the same way.

pārētō: 2s fut. act. imperative, takes a dative object.

memineris…monitiōnis: Verbs of remembering take the genitive.

serō: adverb (L&S s.v. serus, -a, -um II.B)

sē moritūram: i.e. commit suicide.

adnuat: A substantive clause of result (A&G §567-71), introduced by an implied ut. Ad/annuo can take a dative object.

ōra cōnferat: “converse, talk together (with them)”, lit. “bring their mouths together” (L&S s.v. confero B 2b).

aurī vel monīlium: partitive gen. depending on quibuscumque.

dōnāre: “to endow (acc.) with (abl.).”

terruit nē…quaerat nēve …dēiciat…contingat: Can be taken as a negative purpose clause or a clause of hindering (A&S §558b).

sacrilegā cūriōsitāte: The first reference to a crucial quality that Psyche shares with Lucius.

suggestū: used literally at 5.5.3, of a raised dining couch, but here it metaphorically designates the “height” of her current blessedness from her marriage with Cupid.

prius…quam: Translate together as a subordinating conjunction introducing caream.

nec ipsī Cupidīnī comparō: a very Apuleian inside joke with the reader.

largīre: 2s present (deponent) imperative.

tuae Psychae dulcis anima: Another very Apuleian bilingual pun. On a more serious level, Psyche may unconsciously evoke the Platonic doctrine that the human soul originates in and seeks to reunite with the divine realm.

vī ac potestāte Veneriī susurrūs: It is notable that Venus’ son should be overcome by the power of Venus, notwithstanding her later rejection of the marriage; this also continues the novel’s interest in the seductive power of speech. Cf. Met. 1.1, lepido susurro permulceam.