LIII 5-8 Flashcards
ut primum stomachum…collegi
when I first settled my stomach
quem scis non
which, as you know, does not
cum mari nausiam effugere
escape nausea at the same time as it escapes the sea
ut corpus unctione recreavi
when I refreshed my body with a rub-down
hoc coepi mecum cogitare
I began to ponder this to myself
quanta…vitiorum nostrorum…oblivio
what great forgetfulness of our failings
etiam corporalium
even those of our bodies
nos…sequeretur
follows us
quae subinde
failings which repeatedly
admonent sui
remind us of their presence
nedum illorum quae
not to speak of those which
eo magis latent
the more they lie hidden
quo maiora sunt
the greater they are
levis aliqua motiuncula
some slight gentle shaking
decipitur
is deceiving
sed cum crevit
but whenever it has grown
et vera febris exarsit
and a true fever has flared up
confessionem exprimit
it forces out a confession
etiam duro et perpessicio
from even a harsh and much-enduring man
pedes dolent
feet hurt
articuli punctiunculas sentient
joints feel pins-and-needles
adhuc dissimilamus
we still disguise it
et…dicimus
and say that
aut talum extorsisse
we have either twisted an ankled
nos aut…laborasse
or over-worked ourselves
in exercitatione aliqua
in some work-out
dubio et incipiente morbo
also, when a disease is beginning doubtfully