{"id":2953,"date":"2025-11-13T20:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/?page_id=2953"},"modified":"2025-12-13T20:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T01:20:13","slug":"5-27","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-27\/","title":{"rendered":"5.27"},"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\">5.27<\/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\/5-26\/\" 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\/5-28\/\" 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-id2953_6f2f6c-47 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2953_6f2f6c-47 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2953_6f2f6c-47 > .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% - 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[3] Nec tamen ad illum locum vel saltem mortua perven\u012bre potuit. Nam per saxa cautium membr\u012bs iact\u0101t\u012bs atque dissip\u0101t\u012bs et proinde ut mer\u0113b\u0101tur lacer\u0101t\u012bs v\u012bsceribus su\u012bs \u0101litibus b\u0113sti\u012bsque obvium fer\u0113ns p\u0101bulum interiit. [4] Nec vindictae sequentis poena tard\u0101vit. Nam Ps\u0233ch\u0113 r\u016brsus err\u0101bund\u014d grad\u016b perv\u0113nit ad c\u012bvit\u0101tem aliam, in qu\u0101 par\u012b mod\u014d soror mor\u0101b\u0101tur alia. [5] Nec s\u0113tius et ipsa fall\u0101ci\u0113 germ\u0101nit\u0101tis inducta et in sor\u014dris sceler\u0101t\u0101s n\u016bpti\u0101s aemula fest\u012bn\u0101vit ad scopulum inque simile mortis exitium cecidit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66 > .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-column2953_10fae6-66 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2953_10fae6-66 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and 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aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-1e625517-fd68-4fc2-9b87-416827c281e1-panel-2\" 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\">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 ub-hide\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-1e625517-fd68-4fc2-9b87-416827c281e1-panel-0\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-1e625517-fd68-4fc2-9b87-416827c281e1-tab-0\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Psyche tricks both of her sisters into believing Cupid will marry them, resulting in their deaths.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>necdum\u2026et:<\/strong> \u201cno sooner\u2026when\u201d (Kenney ad loc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0113 r\u0113: <\/strong>similar to <em>\u0113 r\u0113 n\u0101t\u0101<\/em>, see <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-8\/\">5.8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d\u012bgnam t\u0113: <\/strong><em>d\u012bgnus<\/em> takes an ablative of the person or object one is worthy of (L&amp;S <a href=\"https:\/\/logeion.uchicago.edu\/dignus\"><em>d\u012bgnus<\/em><\/a> \u03b1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nec \u2026 vel saltem: <\/strong>\u00a0\u201cnot even\u201d (Kenney <em>ad <\/em>4.32.1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>saxa cautium: <\/strong>\u201cstony crags\u201d (Kenney ad loc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>proinde ut mer\u0113b\u0101tur: <\/strong>This phrase appears earlier in <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-11\/\">5.11<\/a> in reference to the sisters\u2019 self-harm in their feigned mourning;<strong> <\/strong><em>mer\u0113b\u0101tur <\/em>&lt; <em>mereor<\/em>, a deponent equivalent of <em>mere\u014d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>err\u0101bund\u014d grad\u016b: <\/strong>ablative of manner: \u201cby a meandering path\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nec s\u0113tius: <\/strong>\u201cno less,\u201d take with <em>inducta.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>fall\u0101ci\u0113 germ\u0101nit\u0101tis: <\/strong>\u201cby sisterly deception\u201d (Kenney ad loc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>in \u2026 aemula: <\/strong>Not \u201ceager for,\u201d but more negative: \u201cenvious of\u201d<strong>mortis exitium: <\/strong>\u201c(violent) manner of death\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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 ub-hide\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-1e625517-fd68-4fc2-9b87-416827c281e1-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-1e625517-fd68-4fc2-9b87-416827c281e1-tab-1\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<p><strong>v\u0113s\u0101nus, -a, -um:<\/strong> insane, raging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>concinn\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>to prepare, produce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>inhi\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>see <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-23\/\">5.23<strong>.<\/strong>3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0101les, -itis <\/strong>(adj. used as noun): bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>obvius, -a, -um: <\/strong>here with the sense of \u201ceasy to access\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vindicta, -ae, f.<\/strong>: vengeance, revenge (<a href=\"https:\/\/logeion.uchicago.edu\/vindicta\">L&amp;S <em>vindicta <\/em>II.B<\/a>; post-Augustan)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>tard\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>to delay, linger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sceler\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>to pollute, defile<\/p>\n\n<\/div><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap 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