Lesson 5.4 Ovid

ICARUS FALLING

Take this first:

Aliquis vidit hos, dum captat pisces tremula harundine.

aliquis – someone

vidit – he sees

hos – them

dum – while

captat – he tries to catch

pisces – fish

tremula – trembling

harundine – rod

Tremula and harundine are in the ablative case, which tells us that something is being done with them. So the whole sentence is clear.

Someone sees them, while he catches fish with a trembling rod.