Note 428 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)
Lewis Evans translation
Naulum.
"Nor, though your earthly goods be sunk and lost, Lose the poor waftage of the wandering ghost." Hodgson.
Cf. iii., 267, "Nec habet quem porrigat ore trientem." Holyday and Ruperti interpret it, "Do not waste your little remnant in an unprofitable journey to Rome to accuse your plunderer." Gifford says it is merely the old proverb, and renders it, "And though you've lost the hatchet, save the haft."