Unique Expressions and Insights on Eating Meat for Profit

Vocabulary and Functional Chunks for Eating Flesh for Money

adeo quidem ut obiurgentur aegri frequenter indeed so much so that the sick are being scolded frequently Nota Bene: obiugentur is pres pass subj in result clause

aliqua inveniemus blandimenta, quibus saporem mutemus we will find some blandishment/ flattery with which we might change the flavor Nota Bene: mutemus is ind subj

apud quasdam gentes scimus adhuc legem servari we know that among certain races the law is still saved Nota Bene: servari is pass inf in ind state

arte quadam corrumpitur, et stomacho conciliatur averso it is corrupted by a certain art and it is brought together/ won over for the stomach having been turned away

astante populo with people standing nearby Nota Bene: ablative absolute

carnem suam faciant peiorem they make their own flesh worse Nota Bene: faciant is pres subj in result clause

excaecabat pecuniae ingens fama oculos animosque miserorum the huge rumor of money was making blind the eyes and the spirits of the miserable ones Nota Bene: ingens with fama instead of pecuniae is transferred epithet

finge te non humana viscera comesse fashion that you are not eating human organs

hac condicione percipient quae dedi they will receive that which I have given on this condition

his admoneo amicos meos I warn my friends with these things

idem fecerunt in ultima fame they did the same in the farthest hunger

inventae sunt matres, quae liberorum suorum tenerent semesa in sinu corpora mothers have been found who were holding the half-eaten bodies of their own children in their curve/ lap Nota Bene: inventae sunt is perf pass; teneren is imp subj; semesa corpora is acc pl neut

ne recusent quae iubeo lest they should refuse that which I order Nota Bene: recusant is pres subj in neg purpose clause

nec quicquam aliud in hac epulatione captabant nor did they seize any other thing in this feast

neque enim ulla caro per se placet for not any flesh is pleasing through itself

nisi tantum ne esurirent except only that they were not hungry Nota Bene: esurient is imp subj

omnes, qui in testamento meo legata habent everyone who has legacies in my testament Nota Bene: legata is acc pl neut

operi modo oculos just cover the eyes Nota Bene:

oppressi ab Hannibale humanas edere carnes having been pressed down by Hannibal, they ate human flesh Nota Bene: edere is syncopated form of ederunt

praeter libertos meos except for my freedmen

quibus animis devoverint spiritum meum, eisdem etiam corpus consumant let them consume by body also with the same minds with which they will have cursed my spirit Nota Bene: consumant is ind pres subj expressing let

sequetur imperium it will follow an order Nota Bene: sequetur is in fut tense

si comederint if they will have consumed [it]

si corpus meum in partes conciderint if they will have cut up my body into parts

si exemplis vis quoque probari consilium if you also want the plan to be proven by examples Nota Bene: probari is pass inf complementing vis

si promiseris illi pro unius horae fastidio if you promise to that one for the aversion of one hour Nota Bene: unius is irreg gen of unus

ut a propinquis suis consumantur defuncti so that dead men should be consumed by their relatives Nota Bene: consumantur is pres pass subj in purpose clause