{"id":2490,"date":"2023-10-31T15:59:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/?page_id=2490"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:02:18","slug":"5-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"5.4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"85\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2023\/05\/academic-dept-default.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2023\/05\/academic-dept-default.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2023\/05\/academic-dept-default-300x20.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2023\/05\/academic-dept-default-1024x68.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2023\/05\/academic-dept-default-768x51.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer mt-0\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">5.4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5924e470 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-3\/\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-5\/\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(50% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(50% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2490_288b06-be alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2490_336f95-07{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2490_336f95-07 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2490_336f95-07\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">[1] F\u012bn\u012bt\u012bs volupt\u0101tibus vesper\u0101 su\u0101dente conc\u0113dit Ps\u0233ch\u0113 cubitum. Iamque pr\u014dvect\u0101 nocte cl\u0113m\u0113ns qu\u012bdam sonus aur\u0113s eius acc\u0113dit. [2] Tunc virginit\u0101t\u012b suae pr\u014d tanta s\u014dlit\u016bdine metu\u0113ns et pavet et horr\u0113scit et qu\u014dv\u012bs m\u0101l\u014d pl\u016bs timet quod ign\u014drat. [3] Iamque aderat ign\u014dbilis mar\u012btus et torum inscenderat et ux\u014drem sibi Ps\u0233ch\u0113n f\u0113cerat et ante l\u016bcis exortum proper\u0113 discesserat. [4] Statim v\u014dc\u0113s cubicul\u014d praest\u014dl\u0101tae novam n\u016bptam interfectae virginit\u0101tis c\u016brant. Haec di\u016btin\u014d tempore s\u012bc ag\u0113bantur. [5] Atque ut est n\u0101t\u016br\u0101 redditum, novit\u0101s per assiduam c\u014dnsu\u0113t\u016bdinem d\u0113lect\u0101ti\u014dnem e\u012b commend\u0101rat et sonus v\u014dcis incertae s\u014dlit\u016bdinis erat s\u014dl\u0101cium.&nbsp;<br>[6] Intere\u0101 parent\u0113s eius ind\u0113fess\u014d l\u016bctu atque maer\u014dre c\u014dnsen\u0113sc\u0113bant, l\u0101tiusque porr\u0113ct\u0101 f\u0101m\u0101 sor\u014dr\u0113s illae mai\u014dr\u0113s c\u016bncta cogn\u014drant proper\u0113que maestae atque l\u016bgubres d\u0113sert\u014d lare cert\u0101tim ad parentum su\u014drum c\u014dnspectum adf\u0101tumque perr\u0113xerant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2490_9b0154-af > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2490_9b0154-af\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-holder wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-horizontal-holder-mobile wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-horizontal-holder-tablet\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-0e60ed51-0b50-40ea-9173-bad300944b8f\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-holder horizontal-tab-width-mobile horizontal-tab-width-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-title wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-title-mobile-horizontal-tab wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-title-tablet-horizontal-tab\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start; 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this is distinct from the intangible sounds Psyche describes in the previous chapter, as we can infer from the following sentence, where she begins to shake and tremble in fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pr\u014d tanta s\u014dlit\u016bdine:<\/strong> pr\u014d + abl: here, \u201cin the face of.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>qu\u014dv\u012bs m\u0101l\u014d pl\u016bs timet quod ign\u014drat:<\/strong> abl. of comparison: \u201cmore than (she fears) any danger, she fears what she does not know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>et uxorem sibi Ps\u0233ch\u0113n fecerat<\/strong>: This is a euphemistic way of saying that the <em>ignobilis maritus<\/em> has raped Psyche, taking her virginity and apparently bonding Ps\u0233ch\u0113 to him in marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>inscenderat\u2026f\u0113cerat\u2026discesserat\u2026. <\/strong>These pluperfects convey the speed of Cupid\u2019s nocturnal visit, which will be typical for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>interfectae virginit\u0101tis:<\/strong> gen. of specification with <em>curant<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/genitive-adjectives\">A&amp;G \u00a7349d<\/a>), a metaphor for Psyche&#8217;s being \u201cdeflowered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>haec di\u016btin\u014d tempore s\u012bc ag\u0113bantur: <\/strong><em>haec<\/em> refers to the coming and going of Psyche\u2019s intruder, who returns night after night to commit the same offense against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>atque ut est n\u0101t\u016br\u0101 redditum:<\/strong> lit. \u201cas has been brought about by nature;\u201d more idiomatically, \u201cas is usually the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:617-552-4219.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap active\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-0e60ed51-0b50-40ea-9173-bad300944b8f-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-0e60ed51-0b50-40ea-9173-bad300944b8f-tab-1\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<p><strong>pr\u014dveh\u014d, -ere, -vex\u012b, -vectus:<\/strong> to proceed, advance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>horr\u0113sc\u014d, -ere, horru\u012b:<\/strong> to tremble with fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ign\u014dbilis, -e:<\/strong> unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>inscend\u014d, -ere, -\u012b:<\/strong> to climb, ascend, mount<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>exortus, -\u016bs m.:<\/strong> a rising, emergence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>proper\u0113:<\/strong> (adv.) speedily, hastily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>praest\u014dlor, -ar\u012b:<\/strong> to expect, wait for, stand ready<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>assiduus, -a, -um:<\/strong> constant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>commend\u014d, -\u0101re:<\/strong> to entrust, commend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ind\u0113fessus, -a, -um: <\/strong>unceasing, unwearied, tireless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>maeror, -\u014dris m.:<\/strong> mourning, sadness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>c\u014dnsen\u0113sc\u014d, -ere, -senu\u012b:<\/strong> grow old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>l\u016bgubr\u012bs, -e:<\/strong> mournful, in mourning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>cert\u0101tim<\/strong> (adv.): in competition, eagerly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>adf\u0101tus, -\u016bs m.:<\/strong> a speaking to, conversation<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5924e470 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5.4 [1] F\u012bn\u012bt\u012bs volupt\u0101tibus vesper\u0101 su\u0101dente conc\u0113dit Ps\u0233ch\u0113 cubitum. Iamque pr\u014dvect\u0101 nocte cl\u0113m\u0113ns qu\u012bdam sonus aur\u0113s eius acc\u0113dit. [2] Tunc virginit\u0101t\u012b suae pr\u014d tanta s\u014dlit\u016bdine metu\u0113ns et pavet et horr\u0113scit et qu\u014dv\u012bs m\u0101l\u014d pl\u016bs timet quod ign\u014drat. 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