Hi, I’m new to the forum, but have been following for sometime. Just for fun, I decided to go back to relearn the Latin I learned many years ago in High School. Iv’ve been through D’Ooge’s book twice, and now I’m working on Greenrough’s second year Latin. On Page 6, story #9 (The Lion and the Mouse) line 6 it says:
Iam devoraturus erat bestiolam, miserabiliter tamen oranti benigne vitam condonavit
My problem is with “miserabiliter”. I guess it is an adverb, but I don’t see how it fits into the sentance. I translate the sentance:
“He was about to devour the little creature, but benevolently made a gift of life to the praying (mouse).”
So how do I translate “miserabiliter” and where do I put it in my sentance?
Thanks for your help, and for running such a great forum.