Ovid - Dipsas the Sorceress

Question 1

est quaedam (quicumque volet cognoscere lenam,

Accepted Answer

There is a woman (whoever wishes to learn about a procuress,

Question 2

audiat), est quaedam nomine Dipsas anus.

Accepted Answer

let him listen), an old woman called Dipsas.

Question 3

ex re nomen habet: nigri non illa parentem

Accepted Answer

She gets her name from nature: she has never seen the

Question 4

Memnonis in roseis sobria vidit equis.

Accepted Answer

mother of black Memon on her rosy horses whilst sober.

Question 5

illa magas artes Aeaeaque carmina novit,

Accepted Answer

She knows the magic arts and the spells of Circe,

Question 6

inque caput liquidas arte recurvat aquas;

Accepted Answer

and by her skill she can turn flowing rivers back to their source;

Question 7

scit bene quid gramen, quid torto concita rhombo

Accepted Answer

well she knows the power each herb possesses, or moving

Question 8

licia, quid valeat virus amantis equae.

Accepted Answer

threads on a whirling wheel, and the fluid from a mare in heat.

Question 9

cum voluit, toto glomerantur nubila caelo;

Accepted Answer

When she wants, clouds gather across the whole sky;

Question 10

cum voluit, puro fulget in orbe dies.

Accepted Answer

when she wants, the sun shines in a clear sky.

Question 11

sanguine, si qua fides, stillantia sidera vidi;

Accepted Answer

I have seen, if you can believe it, the stars dripping with blood;

Question 12

purpureus lunae sanguine vultus erat.

Accepted Answer

even the face of the moon was red with blood.

Question 13

hanc ego nocturnas versam volitare per umbras

Accepted Answer

I think she changes shape and flies through the shades of night

Question 14

suspicor et pluma corpus anile tegi.

Accepted Answer

and her old woman's body is covered with feathers.

Question 15

suspicor, et fama est. oculis quoque pupula dulpex

Accepted Answer

That's what I think, and that is the rumour. In her eyes too

Question 16

fulminat et gemino lumen ab orbe venit.

Accepted Answer

double pupils flash lighting and a beam of light comes from both eyes.

Question 17

evocat antiquis proavos atavosque sepulcris

Accepted Answer

She can summon great-grandfathers and great-great-grandfathers from ancient graves

Question 18

et solidam longo carmine findit humum.

Accepted Answer

and split open solid groung with a long spell.

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