Sagae Thessalae 10

Question 0

manu nasum perhendo: sequitur; aures pertracto: deruunt.

Answer 0

I grasp my nose with my hand: it comes away; I touch my ears: they fall off.

Question 1

his dictis perterritus temptare formam incipio.

Answer 1

Thoroughly petrified by these words, I begin to examine my face.

Question 2

ac dum turba directis digitis et nutibus me donatat, inter pedes cirumstantium frigido sudore defluens effugio.

Answer 2

And while the crowd identifies me with pointing fingers and nods, I escape between the feet of the bystanders, dripping with cold sweat.

Question 3

nec postea sic debilis ac sic ridiculus ad patriam redire potui, sed capillis hinc inde deiectis aurium vulnera celavi, nasi vero dedecus linteolo isto decenter obtexi.

Answer 3

Nor afterwards, so maimed and so ridiculous, could I return to my native land, but with my hair grown long on both sides I hid the wounds of my ears, and what is more, the humiliating condition of my nose, I covered up decently with this patch.