Day 2 Flashcards
Haec inter medios labores urbisque fremitum
He did these things amid the work and the bustle of the city.
In secessu solum balinei tempus studiis eximebatur
Away from the city only the time for bathing was taken away from studying
Cum dico balinei, de interioribus loquor
When I say bathing, I am speaking about the inner rooms
Nam dum destringitur tergiturque, audiebat aliquid aut dictabat
For while he is rubbing himself down and drying himself, he was listening to something or was dictating.
In intinere quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacabat
On a journey as though released from his other concerns, he made time for this one thing
Ad latus notarius cum libro et pugillaribus, cuius manus hieme manicis muniebantur, ut ne caeli quidem asperitas ullum studii tempus eriperet
At his side was a secretary with a book and writing tablets whose hands were protected in winter with long sleeves so that not even the harshness of the weather might take away any time of study
Qua ex causa Romae quoque sella vehebatur
For which reason at Rome he was also carried in a chair
Repeto me correptum ab eo, quod ambularem
I remember that I was scolded by him because i was walking
‘Poteras’ inquit ‘has horas non perdere’
You could not waste these hours
Nam perire omne tempus arbitrabatur, quod studiis non impenderetur. Vale.
For he thought that all time was wasted which was not devoted to studying. Farewell.