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IV. Properties of the Human Body
2. Birth – Life
Оглавлениеin lucem edi– to see the light, come into the world.
ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus– those to whom we owe our being.
tollere 44 or suscipere liberos– to accept as one's own child; to make oneself responsible for its nurture and education.
aliquem in liberorum loco habere– to treat as one's own child.
sexus (not genus) virilis, muliebris– the male, female sex.
patre, (e) matre natus– son of such and such a father, mother.
Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio– Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor.
originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere– to trace one's descent from some one.
Romae natus, (a) Roma oriundus– a native of Rome.
cuias es– what country do you come from?
natione, genere Anglus– an Englishman by birth.
ortus ab Anglis or oriundus ex Anglis– a native of England.
urbs patria or simply patria– native place.
animam, spiritum ducere– to breathe, live.
aera spiritu ducere– to breathe the air.
animam continere– to hold one's breath.
cursu exanimari (B.G. 2. 23. 1) – to run till one is out of breath.
spiritum intercludere alicui– to suffocate a person.
in vita esse– to be alive.
vita or hac luce frui– to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive.
vitam beatam (miseram) degere– to live a happy (unhappy) life.
vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducere– to live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).
dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo– as long as I live.
si vita mihi suppeditat 45– if I live till then.
si vita suppetit– if I live till then.
quod reliquum est vitae– the rest of one's life.
vitae cursum or curriculum46 conficere– to finish one's career.
Homerus fuit 47 multis annis ante Romam conditam– Homer lived many years before the foundation of Rome.
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It was the custom for a Roman father to lift up his new-born child, which was laid on the ground at his feet; hence the expression tollere, suscipere.
45
suppeditare (1) transitive, to supply sufficiently; (2) intrans. to be present in sufficient quantities = suppetere.
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vitae (vivendi) cursus or curriculum = life, career – considering its duration, length. Life = biography is not curriculum vitae, but simply vita, vitae descriptio.
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To live, speaking chronologically, is esse; vivere denotes to be alive, pass one's life, e.g. laute, in otio.
