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cum haec etiam loca prōvinciae clārae vīsitāre cuperem,

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Since I also wanted to visit these places of a famous province,

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iuvenis ego Mīlētō profectus ad spectāculum Olympicum,

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(When I was) a young man having set out from Miletus to the Olympic Games,

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peragrātā tōtā Thessaliā Lārissam pervēnī.

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I travelled through the whole of Thessaly, and arrived at Larissa.

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ac dum urbem pererrāns tenuātō viāticō paupertātī meae fōmenta quaerō,

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And while wandering through the city with my travelling allowance diminished I looked for* remedies for my poverty,

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mediō in forō senem cōnspiciō. īnsistēbat lapidem magnāque vōce praedicābat,

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(and) I caught sight of an old man in the middle of the forum. He was standing on a stone and proclaiming in a loud voice,
- magnāque, historic present, the importance of what he is about to say

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sī quis mortuum custōdīre vellet,

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(that) if anyone wished / was willing to guard a dead man,

  • alliteration Mortuum and magnum(next card) show the great danger
  • assonance of um sound joins these words together
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Magnum praemium acceptūrum esse.

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he would receive a big reward.

  • alliteration Mortuum(previous card) and magnum show the great danger
  • assonance of um sound joins these words together
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et cuīdam praetereuntī “quid hoc” inquam “audiō? hīc mortuī solent aufugere

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And I said to somebody passing by, “What’s this I hear? Do the dead usually run away around here

  • short snappy sentences
  • emphatic positioning
  • his ignorance in making fun
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“tacē,” respondit ille “nam puer et satis peregrīnus es,

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“Be quiet,” he replied, “for you are a boy and a mere stranger,

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meritōque nescīs in Thessaliā tē esse,

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and naturally you don’t know that you are in Thessaly,

  • in Thessaliā, emphatic positioning
  • importance of the place
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ubi sāgae ōra mortuōrum semper dēmorsicant, quae sunt illīs artis magicae suplēmenta”

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where witches always bite pieces out of the faces of the dead, which are extra-ingredients for them in their magic art”

  • assonance of mor
  • eating away to death
  • vivid, frightening
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contrā ego: “quālī custōdēlā” inquam “opus est?”

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In reply I said, “What sort of protection is needed?”

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“iam prīmum” respondit ille “tōtam noctem eximiē vigilandum est apertīs et incōnīvīs oculīs semper in cadāver intentīs,

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“To begin with,” he replied, “all night you must stay fully awake with eyes open and sleepless, directed always at the corpse,

  • totam, first word of speech
  • WHOLE night, very important as first word
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nec aciēs usquam dēvertenda est,

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and your glance must not be turned away anywhere (else),

-acies, line of battle, deadly, this is his only defence

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cum illae pessimae sāgae latenter arrēpant,

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since those very wicked witches creep up secretly,

-latenter, used in an evil sense

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fōrmā in quodvīs animal conversā.

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with their shape changed into any animal.

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nam et avēs et canēs et mūrēs, immō vērō etiam muscās, induunt

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For they take the form of birds, (and) dogs (and) mice, and indeed
Even flies

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hīs cognitīs animum meum commasculō et statim accēdēns senem,

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After finding this out, I strengthened* my spirit and approaching the old man at once,

  • statim, quickens pace, building tension
  • desine,adest, juxtaposition, mo vivid
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“clāmāre” inquam “iam dēsine. adest custōs parātus.”

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I said, “Stop shouting now! A guard is here (and) ready.”

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vix fīnieram, et statim mē perdūcit ad domum quandam,

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Scarcely had I finished, when he led* me at once to a certain house,

-finieram to statim, change to the historic present, reflects a quickening of pace

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ubi dēmōnstrat mātrōnam flēbilem fuscīs vestīmentīs contēctam.

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where he pointed* to a weeping woman dressed in dark clothes.

-flebilem fuscis, chiasmus

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illa surrēxit et ad cubiculum mē indūxit.

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She got up and led me into a bedroom.

-short, STRAIGHT to the bedroom -a quick BJ

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Ibi corpus splendentibus linteīs coopertum manū revēlāvit.

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There she uncovered with her hand a body wrapped in shining-white sheets.

  • Corpus, then description, a build up
  • contrast body and shining white sheet
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ubi singula anxiē dēmōnstrāvit, exiit.

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When she (had) anxiously pointed out the individual features, she went out.

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sīc desōlātus ad cadāveris sōlācium,

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Thus left alone to the care of the corpse,

-SOL, long vowels, gloomy

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perfrictīs oculīs et parātīs ad vigiliam,

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with my eyes rubbed and ready for guard duty,

  • vigiliam
  • guard/ sleeplessness
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dum animum meum permulcēbam cantātiōnibus,

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while I was soothing my mind/spirit with songs,

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usque ad mediam noctem pervigilābam.

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I stayed awake until midnight.

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tum autem mihi formīdō cumulātior cum repente intrōrēpēns mustēla contrā mē cōnstitit oculōsque in mē fixit.

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But then my terror (became) greater when suddenly a weasel, creeping in, stopped in front of me and fixed its eyes on me.

  • Rep,rep,con,con
  • alliteration of t
  • something’s not right, eery
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tanta fidūcia in tantulō animālī mihi turbāvit animum.

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Such great self-confidence in so small an animal disturbed my mind.

-tanta, tantulo, contort, something scarier under its appearance

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dēnique sīc illī “abī,” inquam “scelesta bēstia,

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Finally I spoke to it in this way, “Go away, you wicked beast,

-Abi beginning and end, his panic building

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Antequam meam vim celeriter experiāris! abī!”

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Before you quickly experience my strength! Go away!”

-Abi beginning and end, his panic building

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mustēla terga vertit et ē cubiculō prōtinus exit.

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The weasel turned its back and immediately went out of the bedroom.

  • terra vertit, two backs, two sides, a darker side
  • often used to describe fleeing armies
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sine morā somnus tam profundus mē repente dēmergit,

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Without delay a sleep so deep suddenly overwhelmed me,

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ut nē deus quidem Delphicus ipse facile discernere posset ex duōbus nōbīs iacentibus, quis esset magis mortuus.

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that not even the god of Delphi himself could easily decide from the two of us lying down, who was the more dead!

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tandem prīmā lūce expergitus et magnō pavōre perterritus cadāver accurrō,

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Having woken up at last at dawn and terrified by great panic
I ran over* to the corpse,

-p,p,p, strong emotion, plosive

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et admōtō lūmine revēlātōque eius vultū,

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and after I brought a lamp near and uncovered his face,

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omnia dīligenter īnspiciō: nihil dēest.

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I carefully inspected* everything: nothing was* missing.

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ecce uxor misera flēns intrōrumpit: cadāvere īnspectō reddit sine morā praemium.

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Look, the miserable wife burst* in weeping: when she had inspected the corpse she gave* (me) my reward without delay.

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“per fidem vestram” inquit “cīvēs, per pietātem pūblicam,

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“For the sake of your honour, citizens,” he said, “for the sake of public duty,

  • per, used for oaths
  • extremum, the extreme of wickedness
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perēmptō cīvī subsistite et extrēmum facinus istīus fēminae nefāriae scelestaeque sevēriter vindicāte.

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help a murdered citizen and severely punish the vilest crime of that
wicked and evil woman over there.

-nefaria(fas divine law) legally and religiously wrong

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in adulterī grātiam et ob praedam hērēditāriam exstīnxit venēnō.”

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to please her lover and to steal the inheritance.

-veneno, emphatic, emphasises her reasons

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illa, lacrimīs effūsīs quamque sānctissimē poterat adiūrāns cūnctōs deōs,

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She, with tears streaming down and swearing by all the gods as piously as she could,

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tantum scelus abnuēbat. ergō senex ille: “vēritātis arbitrium in dīvīnam prōvidentiam pōnāmus.

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was denying such a great crime. Therefore that old man
(said): “Let us place the judgement of the truth in divine providence.

-lots of ‘p’ alliteration, stresses the wisdom of seeking divine help

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Zatchlas adest Aegyptius prophēta nōtissimus,

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Zatchlas, the very famous Egyptian prophet,

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quī mihi prōmīsit sē prō magnō praemiō spīritum istīus cadāveris paulīsper ab īnferīs reductūrum esse corpusque animātūrum,

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is here who has promised me that (in return) for a large reward, he would lead back from the dead the spirit of that corpse for a little while and bring the dead-body back to life,

  • inferis, means the underworld
  • dark
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immittō mē turbae et pōne ipsum lectulum lapidem īnsistēns omnia cūriōsīs oculīs spectābam.

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I pushed* myself into the crowd and standing on a stone behind the bier itself I was watching everything with curious eyes.

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iam tumōre pectus cadāveris extollī, iam spīritū corpus implērī.

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Now the chest of the corpse rose with a swell, now the dead-body was filled with breath.

  • repetition of iam, historic infinitives
  • sentence more vivid
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et surgit cadāver et profatur:

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And the corpse rose up* and spoke out:

  • strange word order
  • life is reversed
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“cūr, ōrō, mē post Lēthaea pōcula iam Stygiīs palūdibus innatantem ad mōmentāriae vītae officia redūcitis?

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“Why, I beg, after I have drunk from the waters of Lethe and
was already sailing on the Stygian marshes do you bring me back to the duties of a momentary life?

  • ‘u’ sounds
  • oozy swamp sounds
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dēsine iam, precor, dēsine, ac mē in meam quiētem permitte”

A

Stop now, I pray, stop, and let me go to my rest”

-petition of desine emphasises anger

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haec vōx dē corpore audīta est, sed prophēta aliquantō commōtior

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This voice was heard from the dead-body, but the prophet somewhat more forcefully said,

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“quīn nārrās” inquit “populō omnia dē morte tūa?”

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“Why do you not tell the people all about your death?”

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respondet ille dē lectulō et īmō cum gemitū populum sīc adloquitur:

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He replied* from the bier and with a deep groan he addressed* the people in this way:

-imo, lowest/deep but also used as a reference to the underworld

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“malīs novae nūptae artibus perēmptus et addictus noxiō pōculō,

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“(Having been) murdered by the evil arts of my new bride and the victim of a poisoned cup,

  • malis,emphatic stresses evil methods
  • an involved chiasmus
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torum tepentem adulterō reddidī.

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I have handed over my (still) warm bed to her lover.

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dabō vōbīs documenta vēritātis perlūcida,

A

I shall give you very clear proof(s) of the truth,

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et quod prōrsus alius nēmō cognōverit vel ōmināverit indicābō.”

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and I shall reveal what absolutely nobody else could know or predict.”

-emphatic, absolutely No One could have found this out

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tunc digitō mē dēmōnstrāns:

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Then pointing me out with his finger (he said):

-digito, creepy imagery

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“nam cum corporis meī custōs hic sagācissimus exsertam vigiliam mihi tenēret,

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“For when this very keen-witted guard of my body was keeping an intensive watch for/on me,

  • sagacissimus
  • witches/to clever for them
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sāgae quaedam exuviīs meīs imminentēs fōrmā mūtātā apparuērunt.

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certain witches, eager for my remains, appeared in changed form.

  • imminentes
  • stand over threaten
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cum industriam sēdulam eius fallere nōn potuissent,

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When they had been unable to deceive his determined efforts,

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postrēmō iniectā somnī nebulā eum in profundam quiētem sepelīvērunt.

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finally they threw a cloud of sleep upon him and buried him in a deep slumber.

  • nebula, depth of sleep
  • sepeliverunt, bury, image of death
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tum mē nōmine excitāre coepērunt neque prius dēsiērunt quam dum hebetēs artūs meī et membra frīgida ad artis magicae obsequia sēgniter nītuntur.

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Then they began to wake me with my name and did not stop until my sluggish joints and cold limbs slowly struggled* to obey (the commands of) their magic art.

  • habetes, emphatic in its clause
  • stresses the sluggishness of the corps joints
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hic autem, quī vīvus erat, et tantum sopōre mortuus,

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But this man, who was alive, and only dead asleep,

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idem mēcum nōmen forte habet.

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by chance has the same name as me.

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ad suum nōmen igitur ignārus exsurgit,

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At (the sound of) his own name therefore he unwittingly got up*,

From here onwards (line93h) historic present for vividness

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Et, in exanimis umbrae modum ultrō gradiēns, iānuam adit.

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and proceeding mechanically in the manner of a lifeless ghost, he went to* the door.

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Quamquam forēs cubiculī dīligenter occlūsae erant,

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Although the bedroom doors had been carefully locked,

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per quoddam forāmen prōsectīs nāsō prius ac mox auribus laniēnam prō mē passus est.

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(the witches reached in) through a certain hole and with first his nose and soon his ears cut off he suffered mutilation in stead of me!

-lanienam, a butchers shop, a butchery, horrible

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tum sāgae cēram in modum prōsectārum fōrmātam aurium eī applicant nāsumque similem prōsectō comparant.

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Then the witches attached* wax to him, shaped in the form of the cut off ears and fitted on* a nose like the one (which had been) cut off.

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et nunc stat miser hīc, praemium nōn industriae sed laniēnae cōnsecūtus.”

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And now here stands the poor man, who has earned a reward not for his diligence but for a mutilation!”

  • et nunc hac, 3 short words, arouse pity for the young man
  • neat contrast laeniena,industriae
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hīs dictīs perterritus temptāre fōrmam incipiō.

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Terrified by these words, I began* to examine my appearance.

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Manū nāsum prehendō: sequitur; aurēs pertractō: dēruunt.

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With my hand I grasped* my nose: it came off! I touched my ears: they fell off*!

-4 short sentences, dramatic, realisation, worry

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Ac dum turba dīrēctīs digitīs et nūtibus mē dēnotat, inter pedēs circumstantium frīgidō sūdōre dēfluēns effugiō.

A

Abd while the crowd identified* me with pointed fingers and nods, I made my escape* dripping with cold sweat, between the feet of the people standing arounds.

  • ddd, direct at him, shows everyone is looking at him
  • escape through feet, pathos, feels small, shame
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nec posteā sīc dēbilis ac sīc rīdiculus ad patriam redīre potuī,

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Nor afterwards could I return to my homeland, so maimed and so ridiculous,

  • sic sic, so so
  • emphasis mutilation, ridiculousness
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Sed capillīs hinc inde dēiectīs aurium vulnera cēlāvī, nāsī vērō dēdecus linteolō istō decenter obtēxī.

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But with my hair grown long on both sides I have hidden the wounds of my ears, and indeed I have covered the disgrace of my nose for decency’s sake with this patch.

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