How would the Romans express this sentence below? (I mean in latin, of course).
"Oh, how the little piggies will grunt when they hear how the
Old Boar suffered."
"Oh, how the little piggies will grunt when they hear how the
Old Boar suffered."
Oh, how the little piggies will grunt..
- Thread starter Hermes Trismegistus
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This is from Book 9 of Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. I am not sure what haris means.
si suculae verris supplicium scissent: haud dubio irruptis haris afflictum absoluere properent
Slightly different tenses here (which is where all of the rest come from) Lib XI Fo XCIIII under Mors Regneri
si suculae verris supplicium scirent, haud dubio irruptis haris, afflictum absolvere proprararent
si suculae verris supplicium scissent: haud dubio irruptis haris afflictum absoluere properent
Slightly different tenses here (which is where all of the rest come from) Lib XI Fo XCIIII under Mors Regneri
si suculae verris supplicium scirent, haud dubio irruptis haris, afflictum absolvere proprararent
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=hara
The original is rather different from the English inspired by it, but if Hermes still wants the meaning of the English rather than the original, I guess we can make the translation a bit closer to the original with respect the words used thus:
Oh, ut grunnient suculae ubi supplicium verris veteris audient.
The original is rather different from the English inspired by it, but if Hermes still wants the meaning of the English rather than the original, I guess we can make the translation a bit closer to the original with respect the words used thus:
Oh, ut grunnient suculae ubi supplicium verris veteris audient.
Maybe I was too dogmatic. I wonder if Ragnar's last words were recorded in another chronicle, and Saxo Grammaticus copied them.
Yes I think the English translation comes from the Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok, which was apparently partially sourced from Saxo Grammaticus
what's the difference between CUM and UBI? could I use cum instead of ubi without losing its meaning? and by the way where can I get the gesta danorum in PDF or mobi originally in Latin?