Τότε δὲ τὸν ποταμὸν διαπεράσαντες ᾗ διαβατὸς ἦν, εὕρομεν ἀμπέλων χρῆμα τεράστιον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ὁ στέλεχος αὐτὸς εὐερνὴς καὶ παχύς, τὸ δὲ ἄνω γυναῖκες ἦσαν, ὅσον ἐκ τῶν λαγόνων ἅπαντα ἔχουσαι τέλεια - τοιαύτην παρ᾽ ἡμῖν τὴν Δάφνην γράφουσιν ἄρτι τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καταλαμβάνοντος ἀποδενδρουμένην. ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν δακτύλων ἄκρων ἐξεφύοντο αὐταῖς οἱ κλάδοι καὶ μεστοὶ ἦσαν βοτρύων. καὶ μὴν καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἐκόμων ἕλιξί τε καὶ φύλλοις καὶ βότρυσι. προσελθόντας δὲ ἡμᾶς ἠσπάζοντο καὶ ἐδεξιοῦντο, αἱ μὲν Λύδιον, αἱ δ᾽ Ἰνδικήν, αἱ πλεῖσται δὲ τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνὴν προϊέμεναι. καὶ ἐφίλουν δὲ ἡμᾶς τοῖς στόμασιν· ὁ δὲ φιληθεὶς αὐτίκα ἐμέθυεν καὶ παράφορος ἦν. δρέπεσθαι μέντοι οὐ παρεῖχον τοῦ καρποῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἤλγουν καὶ ἐβόων ἀποσπωμένου. αἱ δὲ καὶ μίγνυσθαι ἡμῖν ἐπεθύμουν· καὶ δύο τινὲς τῶν ἑταίρων πλησιάσαντες αὐταῖς οὐκέτι ἀπελύοντο, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τῶν αἰδοίων ἐδέδεντο· συνεφύοντο γὰρ καὶ συνερριζοῦντο. καὶ ἤδη αὐτοῖς κλάδοι ἐπεφύκεσαν οἱ δάκτυλοι, καὶ ταῖς ἕλιξι περιπλεκόμενοι ὅσον οὐδέπω καὶ αὐτοὶ καρποφορήσειν ἔμελλον.

    ᾗ: dat. sg. f. of relative pronoun, "in which place, where" (S. 1527c).

    τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς: "the part above the ground."

    τὸ δὲ ἄνω: "the upper part."

    ἔχουσαι τέλεια: "being perfect" (S. 1438).

    Δάφνην: Pursued by Apollo, the nymph Daphne was changed into a laurel tree to escape him.

    ἄρτι τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καταλαμβάνοντος: "when Apollo is just seizing her" (S. 2058 and 2070; G. 589 and 590).

    ἀποδενδρουμένην: "turning into a tree."

    ἐξεφύοντο: impf. of ἐκφύω, "branches were growing out of."

    καὶ μὴν καὶ: "and indeed even...."

    ἐκόμων: impf. 3 pl. of κομάω, "their hair was growing long...."

    ἕλιξί: dat. pl. of ἕλιξ "tendrils."

    ἐδεξιοῦντο: impf. of δεξιόομαι, "they greeted us," from δεξία, "right hand."

    προϊέμεναι: pres. part. nom. pl. fem. of προίημι, “sending forth a voice.”

    φιληθεὶς: aor. pass. part., "having been kissed."

    οὐ παρεῖχον: impf. of παρέχω, "they would not allow."

    ἤλγουν καὶ ἐβόων: impf., "they began suffering and crying out."

    αἱ δὲ: "some (of the women)."

    ἐπεθύμουν: impf. 3 pl. of ἐπιθυμέω, "they desired."

    οὐκέτι ἀπελύοντο: impf. of ἀπολύομαι, "no longer were freeing themselves."

    ἐδέδεντο: plupf. of δέω, "they had been bound."

    συνεφύοντο: impf. of συμφύομαι, "they were growing together."

    συνερριζοῦντο: impf. of συρριζόομαι, "they were taking root together."

    ἐπεφύκεσαν: plupf. of φύω, "their fingers had already sprouted branches."

    ὅσον οὐδέπω: "any minute now" (idiomatic, see Mason on Joseph. BJ 2.626)

    καὶ αὐτοί: "they too."

    καρποφορήσειν: fut. infin. with ἔμελλον, "were about to bear fruit."

    VERB LIST

    διαπεράω: go over or across

    διαβατός, -ή, -όν: fordable, crossable

    ἄμπελος, ἡ: a vine, tendril

    τεράστιος, -ον: monstrous

    στέλεχος, -ou, ὁ: a stump

    εὐερνής, -ές: flourishing

    παχύς, -εῖα, -ύ: thick, stout

    λαγών, -όνος, ἡ: a flank

    τέλειος, -α, -ον: complete

    ἄρτι: still, just, just now

    Ἀπόλλων, -ωνος, ὁ: Apollo

    ἀποδενδρόομαι: be turned into a tree

    δάκτυλος, ὁ: a finger

    ἄκρον, -ον, τό: the tip

    ἐκφύω: grow out

    κλάδος, ου, ὁ: a shoot

    μεστός, -ή, -όν: full, filled

    κομάω: let the hair grow long

    ἕλιξ, -ικος, ἡ: a spiral, twisting tendril

    φύλλον, τό: a leaf

    βότρυς, -υος: a cluster or bunch of grapes

    προσέρχομαι: to approach, to come or go to

    ἀσπάζομαι: to welcome kindly, greet

    δεξιόομαι: welcome, greet

    Λύδιος, -α, -ον: Lydian, of Lydia

    Ἰνδικός, -ή, -όν: Indian, of India

    Ἑλλάς, άδος, ἡ: Greece; as fem. adj. Greek

    προίημι: send forth, utter (a sound)

    φιλέω: kiss

    μεθύσκω, aor. 1 ἐμέθῠσα: get drunk

    παράφορος, -ον: reeling, staggering

    δρέπω: pluck, cull

    καρπός, ὁ: fruit

    ἀλγέω: feel pain, suffer

    ἀποσπάω: tear away

    μίγνυμι: mix; (pass.) have intercourse with (+ dat.)

    ἐπιθυμέω: desire

    πλησιάζω: approach, meet with (+ dat.)

    ἀπολύω: loose, set free

    αἰδοῖον, τό: the genitals

    συμφύω: grow together

    συρριζόομαι: take root together

    περιπλέκω: entwine, enfold

    οὐδέπω: not as yet

    καρποφορέω: bear fruit

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    Eric Casey, Evan Hayes, and Stephen Nimis, Lucian True History. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2023. ISBN: .
    https://dcc.dickinson.edu/lucian-true/book-1/1-8