LI 1-4 Flashcards
quomodo quisque potest
let each man do as he can
istic
that…of yours
eximium
that extraordinary
nobilissimum
most renowned
non reperio
I don’t understand
quare
why
quem…dixerit…unicum
said it was unique
sive
or
apud utrumque
in the writings of both
legi
I have read it
cum…emovant
since…spew out
non tantum…sed etiam
not only…but also
edita
high ones/places
quod crebrius evenit
which happens more frequently
videlicet
obviously
ignis…effertur
the fire is raised
in altissimum
to the highest heights
iacentia
low-lying ones/places
nos, utcumque possumus
I, whenever I can be
contenti sumus Bais
am content at Baiae
quas…reliqui
I left there
postero die quam attigeram
on the day after I arrived
locum…devitandum
a place to be avoided
ob hoc
for this (the following) reason
cum habeat
although it has
quasdam naturales dotes
certain natural qualities
quia…luxuria
that Luxury
illum…desumpsit
has chosen it
sibi celebrandum
to be frequented by herself
quid ergo?
so what, then?
indicendum est odium?
should hatred be declared
ulli loco
for any place?
minime
no
quemadmodum…sic
just as…in the same way
aliqua vestis
some clothes
convenit
suit
sapienti ac probo viro
a wise and honourable man
magis…quam aliqua
more than others
nec ullum colorem ille odit
and he does not hate any colour
sed aliquem…putat
but thinks that some
parum…aptum esse
are unsuitable
frugalitatem professo
for one who has declared frugality
sic…quoque est
in the same way, too, it is
regio…quam
a place that
sapiens vir aut ad sapientiam tendens
a wise man or one striving after wisdom
declinet
might reject
tamquam alienam bonis moribus
as alien to good morals
itaque de secessu cogitans
and so someone thinking about retirement
numquam Canopum eliget
will never choose Canopus
quamvis neminem Canopus…vetet
although Canopus may prevent nobody
esse frugi
from being virtuous/thrifty [frugi is indecl.adv]
ne Baias quidem
nor indeed Baiae
esse coeperunt
they have (nonetheless) begun to be
deversorium vitiorum
dens of iniquity
illic…illic
in the former…in the latter
sibi plurimum luxuria permittit
luxury pampers herself to the utmost degree
tamquam…magis
the more…the more
aliqua licentia
any sort of licence
debeatur loco
is owed to a place
solvitur
lax it becomes
locum eligere debemus
we should choose a place
corpori…moribus salubrem
healthy for the body…for the morals
inter tortores habitare nolim
I should not wish to live among torturers
ne inter popinas quidem
I should not wish to live among fast-food joints
quid necesse est?
why is it necessary
videre ebrios per litora errantes
to see drunks wandering along the shores
comessationes navigantium
the revelries of the sailors
symphoniarum cantibus strepentes lacus
lakes resounding with the songs of choruses
alia quae…luxuria
other things that luxury
non tantum peccat, sed publicat
not only transgresses, but makes public
velut soluta legibus
as if unrestrained by laws