Translate literally the sentence: Pater Tiberis (personification of the river) alveum in quo positi erant ad locum siccum portavit, lupa eos nutrivit, et pastor benignus et sua uxor eos eduxerunt.

I need help translating this sentence. I have the translation for each of the individual words but, I am not quite sure how they all fit together.

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Translate literally the sentence: Pater Tiberis (personification of the river) alveum in quo positi erant ad locum siccum portavit, lupa eos nutrivit, et pastor benignus et sua uxor eos eduxerunt.


I need help translating this sentence. I have the translation for each of the individual words but, I am not quite sure how they all fit together.

anonymous · Answer

What I have so far for the individual words is 
and this is going off of the appendix they give in my course.

Alveum- Little boat
In quo- In which
Positi erant- they had put
ad- towards/near
Locum- place
Succumb- dry
portavit- he/she will carry

Lupa- she-wolf
eos- them
Nutrivit- she will nourish

et pastor- the shepherd
benignus= kind
et sua- and his/her own
uxor- wife
eos-them
eduxerunt- they will raise

word2 · Answer

hey were doing the same assignment , did you ever find the answer?