The death of Pliny the Elder paragraph 3 Flashcards
iam dies alibi, illic nox omnibus noctibus nigrior densiorque; quam tamen faces multae variaque lumina solvebant.
Now (there was) daylight elsewhere, (but) there (there was) night black and thicker than every other night; however many torches and several lamps relieved it.
placuit egredi in litus, et ex promixo adspicere, num mare fugam praeberet; quod adhuc vastum et adversum manebat.
He decided (lit. it seemed good [to him]) to go down to the shore and to investigate from close by whether the sea might permit any (escape); (but) it still remained swollen (lit. enormous) and hostile.
ibi in abiecto linteo recumbens semel atque iterum frigidam aquam poposcit haustiqu.
There, lying down upon a sail cloth (which had been) thrown down (on to the ground), time and time again he asked for, and drank, cold water.
deinde flammae flammarumque praenuntius odor sulphuris alios in fugam vertunt, excitant illum.
Then flames and the precursor of flames, the smell of sulphur, turn some to flight, (but) arouses him.
innitens servis duobus surrexit et statim concidit.
Leaning on two slaves, he stood up and at once collapsed.
spiritus enim, ut ego credo, densiore caligine obstructus erat, claususque stomachus qui illi natura invalidus et angustus et saepe aestuans erat.
For his breathing, as I believe, had been obstructed by thicker fumes, and his windpipe, which in his case was by nature weak and narrow and often inflamed, was blocked.
ubi dies redditus est (is ab eo quem novissime viderat tertius), corpus inventum est integrum inlaesum opertumque ut fuerat indutus: habitus corporis dormienti quam mortuo similior.
When the day returned [this (day was) the third from that (day) which he had last seen], his body was found intact, unharmed and covered, just as it had been dressed: the appearance of his body (was) more like (someone) sleeping than (someone) dead.
