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Quid iam d\u0113 t\u0113 tuus mar\u012btus expect\u014d, quid sp\u0113r\u014d? Et perdia et pernox nec inter amplex\u016bs coniug\u0101l\u0113s d\u0113sinis cruci\u0101tum. [3] Age iam nunc ut vol\u0113s, et anim\u014d tu\u014d damn\u014dsa poscent\u012b p\u0101r\u0113t\u014d. Tantum memineris meae s\u0113riae moniti\u014dnis, cum coeperis ser\u014d paenit\u0113re.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);font-size:29px\">[4] Tunc illa precibus et dum s\u0113 morit\u016bram commin\u0101tur extorquet \u0101 mar\u012bt\u014d cup\u012bt\u012bs adnuat, ut sor\u014dr\u0113s videat, l\u016bct\u016bs mulceat, \u014dra c\u014dnferat. [5] S\u012bc ille novae nuptae precibus veniam tribuit et \u012bnsuper quibuscumque vellet e\u0101s aur\u012b vel mon\u012blium d\u014dn\u0101re concessit, [6] sed identidem monuit ac saepe terruit n\u0113 quand\u014d sor\u014drum pernici\u014ds\u014d c\u014dnsili\u014d su\u0101sa d\u0113 f\u014drm\u0101 mar\u012bt\u012b quaerat n\u0113ve s\u0113 sacrileg\u0101 c\u016bri\u014dsit\u0101te d\u0113 tant\u014d fort\u016bn\u0101rum suggest\u016b pessum d\u0113iciat nec suum poste\u0101 contingat amplexum. [7] Gr\u0101ti\u0101s \u0113git mar\u012bt\u014d iamque laetior anim\u014d &#8220;sed prius,&#8221; inquit &#8220;centi\u0113s moriar quam tu\u014d ist\u014d dulcissim\u014d c\u014dn\u016bbi\u014d caream. Am\u014d enim et effl\u012bctim t\u0113, qu\u012bcumque es, d\u012blig\u014d aeque ut meum sp\u012britum, nec ips\u012b Cupid\u012bn\u012b compar\u014d. [8] Sed istud etiam me\u012bs precibus, \u014dr\u014d, larg\u012bre et ill\u012b tu\u014d famul\u014d Zephyr\u014d praecipe simil\u012b vect\u016br\u0101 sor\u014dr\u0113s hic mih\u012b sistat,&#8221; [9] et imprim\u0113ns \u014dscula su\u0101s\u014dria et inger\u0113ns verba mulcentia et \u012bnser\u0113ns membra cogentia haec etiam blanditi\u012bs astruit: &#8220;m\u012b mell\u012bte, m\u012b mar\u012bte, tuae Psychae dulcis anima.&#8221; [10] V\u012b ac potest\u0101te Veneri\u012b susurr\u016bs inv\u012btus succubuit mar\u012btus et c\u016bncta s\u0113 fact\u016brum spopondit atque etiam l\u016bce proxumante d\u0113 manibus ux\u014dris \u0113v\u0101nuit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .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-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2492_6b4d91-64\"><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-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87\" 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; \"><div role=\"tab\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-tab-0\" aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-panel-0\" aria-selected=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title-wrap active\" style=\"--ub-tabbed-title-background-color: #eeeeee; --ub-tabbed-active-title-color: inherit; --ub-tabbed-active-title-background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title\">Notes<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div role=\"tab\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-tab-1\" aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-panel-1\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title-wrap\" style=\"--ub-tabbed-active-title-color: inherit; --ub-tabbed-active-title-background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title\">Vocabulary<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div role=\"tab\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-tab-2\" aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-panel-2\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title-wrap\" style=\"--ub-tabbed-active-title-color: inherit; --ub-tabbed-active-title-background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title\">Media<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-content\" style=\"\"><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap active\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-panel-0\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-tab-0\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nec mora, cum:<\/strong> a favorite phrase of Apuleius\u2019s; literally \u201cthere was no delay, when\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>accub\u0101ns:<\/strong> unique instance of <em>accubo<\/em> + accusative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>haecine: <\/strong>From <em>h\u014dci<\/em> + <em>ne<\/em>. &#8211;<em>ci <\/em>is the demonstrative enclitic &#8211;<em>ce<\/em>, which is usually dropped, but sometimes retained for emphasis (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/demonstrative-pronouns-paradigms\">A&amp;G \u00a7146 n. 1<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pollic\u0113b\u0101re<\/strong>: 2s imperf. (deponent) indicative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>perdia et pernox:<\/strong> from <em>per + diem <\/em>rather than from <em>perdo<\/em>; <em>pernox <\/em>is formed the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>p\u0101r\u0113t\u014d:<\/strong> 2s fut. act. imperative, takes a dative object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>memineris&#8230;moniti\u014dnis: <\/strong>Verbs of remembering take the genitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ser\u014d<\/strong>: adverb (<a href=\"https:\/\/logeion.uchicago.edu\/serus\">L&amp;S s.v. serus, -a, -um II.B<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>s\u0113 morit\u016bram:<\/strong> i.e. commit suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>adnuat: <\/strong>A substantive clause of result (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/substantive-clauses-result\">A&amp;G \u00a7567-71<\/a>), introduced by an implied <em>ut<\/em>. <em>Ad\/annuo <\/em>can take a dative object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u014dra c\u014dnferat: <\/strong>&#8220;converse, talk together (with them)&#8221;, lit. &#8220;bring their mouths together&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/logeion.uchicago.edu\/confero\">L&amp;S s.v. <em>confero <\/em>B 2b<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>aur\u012b vel mon\u012blium:<\/strong> partitive gen. depending on <em>quibuscumque.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d\u014dn\u0101re:<\/strong> \u201cto endow (acc.) with (abl.).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>terruit n\u0113\u2026quaerat n\u0113ve \u2026d\u0113iciat\u2026contingat: <\/strong>Can be taken as a negative purpose clause or a clause of hindering (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/qu%C4%ABn-and-qu%C5%8Dminus\">A&amp;S \u00a7558b<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sacrileg\u0101 c\u016bri\u014dsit\u0101te<\/strong>: The first reference to a crucial quality that Psyche shares with Lucius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>suggest\u016b: <\/strong>used literally at <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-3\/\">5.5.3<\/a>, of a raised dining couch, but here it metaphorically designates the \u201cheight\u201d of her current blessedness from her marriage with Cupid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>prius&#8230;quam<\/strong>: Translate together as a subordinating conjunction introducing <em>caream.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nec ips\u012b Cupid\u012bn\u012b compar\u014d: <\/strong>a very Apuleian inside joke with the reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>larg\u012bre:<\/strong> 2s present (deponent) imperative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>tuae Psychae dulcis anima<\/strong>: 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>v\u012b ac potest\u0101te Veneri\u012b susurr\u016bs:<\/strong> It is notable that Venus\u2019 son should be overcome by the power of Venus, notwithstanding her later rejection of the marriage; this also continues the novel&#8217;s interest in the seductive power of speech. Cf. <em>Met. <\/em>1.1,<em> lepido susurro permulceam<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-039a5fcd-e8b5-4fa5-bedb-d48934152c87-tab-1\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<p><strong>expostul\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>to demand pressingly, insist on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>coniug\u0101lis, -e: <\/strong>marital, relating to marriage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>damn\u014dsus, -a, -um: <\/strong>destructive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>tantum <\/strong>(adv.): See note on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-3\/\">5.5.3.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>paeniteo, -\u0113re -u\u012b: <\/strong>to be sorry (usually used impersonally, but here personally)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>comminor, -\u0101r\u012b: <\/strong>to menace, to threaten<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>su\u0101de\u014d, -\u0113re, su\u0101s\u012b, su\u0101sus: <\/strong>to recommend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pessum: <\/strong>(adv.) to the ground, down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>centie(n)s:<\/strong> (adv.) a hundred times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>effl\u012bctim:<\/strong> (adv.) agonizingly, desperately<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>aequ<strong>\u0113<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>ut: <\/strong>as much as, equally with (a rare combination, mostly post-classical; <a href=\"https:\/\/logeion.uchicago.edu\/aequus\">L&amp;S s.v. <em>aequus, -a, -um <\/em>II.C.1\u03b6<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vectura, -ae f.: <\/strong>transportation, conveyance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>imprim\u014d, -primere, -press\u012b, -pressus:<\/strong> to press upon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>su\u0101s\u014drius, -a, -um<\/strong>: persuasive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>blanditia, -ae f.: <\/strong>flattery, caresses, sweet talk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>astru\u014d, -ere, -\u016bx\u012b, -\u016bctus: <\/strong>to add<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>susurrus, 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