LVII 1-4 Flashcards
cum…deberem…repetere
when I had to return
a Bais…Neapolim
from Baiae to Naples
facile credidi tempestatem esse
it was easy for me to believe that there was a storm
ne iterum navem experirer
so that I did not experience a boat trip again
et…tota via
and yet the whole road
tantum luti…fuit
was so full of mud
ut possim videri
that I may seem
nihilominus navigasse
to have sailed nonetheless
mihi illo die perpetiendum fuit
on that day I had to endure
totum athletarum fatum
the whole fate of athletes/wrestlers
a ceromate
after an anointing
nos haphe excepit
the yellow sand covered me
in crypta Neapolitana
in the tunnel of/at Naples
nihil…longius
nothing was/is longer
illo carcere
than that prison
nihil…obscurius
nothing darker
illis facibus
than those torches
quae nobis praestant
which stand out to us
non ut per tenebras videamus
not so that we may see through the darkness
sed ut ipsas
(agreeing with tenebras) but so that we may see the darkness itself
ceterum
moreover
etiam si locus haberet lucem
even if the place were to have light
pulvis auferret
the dust would take it away
quoque res gravis et molesta
which is also a heavy and annoying thing
in aperto
in the open
quid illic
what is it like in that place