LVII 5-9 Flashcards
itaque…quidam
and so certain men
fortes…et paratissimi
brave and very ready
fundere suum sanguinem
to pour out/shed their own blood
alienum videre non possunt
can’t stand the sight of someone else’s
quidam…succidunt ac liquuntur animo
some collapse and faint
ad vulneris novi…tractionem inspectionemque
at the handling and inspection of a new wound
quidam ad veteris et purulenti
others at the handling and inspection of an old and festering one (take tractionem and inspectionem)
alii gladium facilius recipiunt
some receive a sword blow more easily
quam vident
than they see one
sensi ergo
so I felt
ut dicebam
as I was saying
quandam non quidem perturbationem
a certain, not actually unease
sed mutationem
but a transformation
rursus
likewise
ad primum conspectum
at the first sight
redditae lucis
of the returning light
alacritas rediit
my cheerfulness returned
incogitata et iniussa
spontaneous and unbidden
illud deinde mecum loqui coepi
then I began to tell myself this
quam inepte…timeremus
how absurd it is that we fear
quaedam magis aut minus
certain things to a greater or lesser degree
cum omnium…finis
since the end of all/everybody’s end
idem esset
is the same
quid enim interest utrum
for what does it matter/what difference does it make whether
vigiliarum ruat an mons
a watch tower or a mountain fall down
supra aliquem
on someone
nihil invenies
you will find it makes no difference
erunt tamen qui
yet/however there will be those who
hanc ruinam magis timeant
(may) fear this latter destruction more
quamvis utraque mortifera aeque sit
although both are equally deadly