Sagae Thessalae 9

Question 0

quamquam fores cubiculi diligenter occlusae erant, per quoddam foramen prosectis naso prius ac mox auribus lamienam pro me passus est.

Answer 0

Although the door of the bedroom had been carefully locked, through a certain hole, his nose and ears having been cut off, he suffered the mutilation instead of me.

Question 1

ad suum nomen igitur ignarus exsurgit, et, in exanimis umbrae modum ultro gradiens, ianuam adit.

Answer 1

At the sound of his name, therefore, he unwittingly gets up and, in the manner of a lifeless ghost walking mechanically, approaches the door.

Question 2

tum sagae ceram in modum prosectarum formatam aurium ei applicant nasumque similem prosecto comparant.

Answer 2

Then the witches attach to him wax formed into the shape of the cut-off ears and provide a similar nose the one cut off.

Question 4

et nunc stat miser hic, praemium non industriae sed lanienae consecutus.’

Answer 4

And now the wretched fellow stands here, having earned a reward not for his diligence but for a mutilation.