LIII 5-8

Question 1

ut primum stomachum…collegi

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when I first settled my stomach

Question 2

quem scis non

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which, as you know, does not

Question 3

cum mari nausiam effugere

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escape nausea at the same time as it escapes the sea

Question 4

ut corpus unctione recreavi

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when I refreshed my body with a rub-down

Question 5

hoc coepi mecum cogitare

Answer 5

I began to ponder this to myself

Question 6

quanta…vitiorum nostrorum…oblivio

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what great forgetfulness of our failings

Question 7

etiam corporalium

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even those of our bodies

Question 8

nos…sequeretur

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follows us

Question 9

quae subinde

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failings which repeatedly

Question 10

admonent sui

Answer 10

remind us of their presence

Question 11

nedum illorum quae

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not to speak of those which

Question 12

eo magis latent

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the more they lie hidden

Question 13

quo maiora sunt

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the greater they are

Question 14

levis aliqua motiuncula

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some slight gentle shaking

Question 15

decipitur

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is deceiving

Question 16

sed cum crevit

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but whenever it has grown

Question 17

et vera febris exarsit

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and a true fever has flared up

Question 18

confessionem exprimit

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it forces out a confession

Question 19

etiam duro et perpessicio

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from even a harsh and much-enduring man

Question 20

pedes dolent

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feet hurt

Question 21

articuli punctiunculas sentient

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joints feel pins-and-needles

Question 22

adhuc dissimilamus

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we still disguise it

Question 23

et…dicimus

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and say that

Question 24

aut talum extorsisse

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we have either twisted an ankled

Question 25

nos aut...laborasse

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or over-worked ourselves

Question 26

in exercitatione aliqua

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in some work-out

Question 27

dubio et incipiente morbo

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also, when a disease is beginning doubtfully

Question 28

quaeritur nomen

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a name is sought;

Question 29

qui ubi ut

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when it

Question 30

talaria coepit intendere

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has begun to swell the ankles

Question 31

et utrosque dextros pedes fecit

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and has made both feet look like right ones

Question 32

necesse est podagram fateri

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we must admit we have gout

Question 33

contra evenit

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the opposite occurs

Question 34

in his morbis quibus

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in these diseases in which

Question 35

afficiuntur animi

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minds are affected

Question 36

quo quis peius se habet

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the worse someone is

Question 37

minus sentit

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the less he feels it

Question 38

non est quod mireris

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it is not the sort of thing that should surprise you

Question 39

Lucili carissime

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dearest Lucilius

Question 40

nam qui leviter dormit

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for he who sleeps lightly

Question 41

et species...capit

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both grasps at visions

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secundum quietem

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in his sleep

Question 43

et aliquando

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and at another time

Question 44

dormire se...cogitat

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contemplates sleeping

Question 45

dormiens

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while he is sleeping

Question 46

gravis sopor etiam somnia extinguit

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heavy sleep also extinguishes dreams

Question 47

animumque...mergit

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and sinks the consciousness

Question 48

altius...quam ut...sit

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too deeply to be

Question 49

in ullo intellectu sui

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aware of itself

Question 50

quare vitia sua nemo confitetur?

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why will nobody admit his own failings?

Question 51

quia etiamnunc

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because even now

Question 52

in illis est

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he is in their grasp

Question 53

vigilantis est...indicium

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it is an indication of someone who is awake

Question 54

somnium narrare

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to relate his dreams

Question 55

et...sanitatis...est

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and of health

Question 56

vitia sua confiteri

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to admit one's failings

Question 57

expergiscamur, ergo

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let us wake up, therefore

Question 58

ut...possimus

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in order to be able

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errores nostros...coarguere

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to expose our errors as what they are

Question 60

sola autem nos philosophia excitabit

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but only philosophy will awaken us

Question 61

sola somnum excutiet gravem

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only she will shake off our deep sleep

Question 62

illi te totum dedica

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dedicate the whole of yourself to her

Question 63

dignus illa es

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you are worthy of her

Question 64

illa digna te est

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she is worthy of you

Question 65

ite in complexum alter alterius

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go into one another's embrace

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omnibus aliis rebus te nega

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deny yourself all other things

Question 67

fortiter, aperte

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bravely, openly

Question 68

non est quod

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it is not the sort of thing which

Question 69

precario philosopheris

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you study because others demand it