M, Fque ch. 8
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:45 pm
First of all... I never noticed this forum before. for shame.
anyway, I have just a few questions to ask of ye venerable textkittens, textfeles and textleones.
#26 - Helena, specie pulchra, salutem petebat iens longe sub luna per oppidum ardens. incolentibus oppidum neque spes erat neque fructus. Di superi prima luce...
to the inhabitants, the city was neither a hope nor an enjoyment? how can something be 'a hope'?
#27 - Ne longum sit, ciues, uobis omnia dicam ut de sententiis huius regis sciatis.
I'm not sure what the first part means. what does longum refer to? an implied tempus?
#30 - Socius nos iussit corpora luce carentium a campo remouere.
the ally bid us remove the dead bodies from the plain (presumably of battle). is luce carentium kind of like 'snuffed' ?(as in 'snuffed out', 'he's snuffed it!') = dead; d-e-d, dead
u.m.g.a.
-Jon
anyway, I have just a few questions to ask of ye venerable textkittens, textfeles and textleones.
#26 - Helena, specie pulchra, salutem petebat iens longe sub luna per oppidum ardens. incolentibus oppidum neque spes erat neque fructus. Di superi prima luce...
to the inhabitants, the city was neither a hope nor an enjoyment? how can something be 'a hope'?
#27 - Ne longum sit, ciues, uobis omnia dicam ut de sententiis huius regis sciatis.
I'm not sure what the first part means. what does longum refer to? an implied tempus?
#30 - Socius nos iussit corpora luce carentium a campo remouere.
the ally bid us remove the dead bodies from the plain (presumably of battle). is luce carentium kind of like 'snuffed' ?(as in 'snuffed out', 'he's snuffed it!') = dead; d-e-d, dead
u.m.g.a.
-Jon