De Robinsone Crusoëo (continued 3)

↑Ut causās . . . ageret : plead in the law courts.

↑Rēctae ratiōnī cōnsentāneus : consistent with good sense.

↑Vereor ut concēdant : I fear they will not allow.

↑Siquidem . . . cōnstābit : since it will cost.

↑Conveniat : inform.

↑Altum tenent : get into the open sea.

↑Quod quisque . . . dējicerētur : every one held on to whatever he could grasp, for fear of being washed overboard.

↑Antliās : the pumps.

↑Tormentōrum : cannon. (In classical Latin of course tormentum means merely an engine for hurling missiles.)

↑Īnfimō . . . tabulātō : the hold.

↑Dōlia, mercium sarcinae : casks, merchandise.

↑Ut salūtī suae cōnsuleret : look after himself.

↑Quōcum versārētur : with whom he could consort.

↑Aureōs : would, at this date, be guineas.

↑Merās nūgās : mere trifles.

↑Vitrum . . . taeniās : glass, necklaces, knives, scissors, hatchets, ribbons.

↑Fretum : channel.

↑Ventō reflante : the wind being contrary.

↑Tabulā nauticā : chart.

↑Vix . . . licēbat : there was hardly time.

↑Saccharī vectūram : cargo of sugar.

↑Dēprehēnsum : discovered.

↑Sūcī . . . guttae : some drops of juice squeezed from meat.

↑Vernantem cōpiam : flourishing abundance.

↑Caelī jūcunda temperiēs : delightful climate.

↑Retundunt : repress.

↑Stegam : deck.

↑Syrtem : a quicksand.

↑Palmae lātitūdine : a hand's breadth.

↑Reciprocāns : returning.

↑Tugurium : hut.

↑Vicem : fate.

↑Surculōs : young branches.

↑Ultima : the last extremity.

↑Miserābilī . . . articulō : wretched crisis.

↑Eōdemque : and also.

↑Īnstar parietis praeruptum : broken so as to be perpendicular like a wall.

↑Aestuābat : got very hot.

↑Cubitum īre : to go to bed.

↑Genuālibus : with his garters.

↑Oleī . . . expressī : oil of sweet almonds.

↑Linī aut cannabis : flax or cotton.

↑Repetītō fustis ictū : by continual beating with a stick.

↑Saeptō : the hedge.

↑Tudiculae : a mushroom.

↑Aciem cuneō similem : a sharp edge like a wedge.

↑Typīs impressum : printed.

↑Exarātā : cut.

↑Līneīs mēnstruīs : lines marking a month.

↑Virgulae bālaenārum : whalebone.

↑Vīminibus salignīs : willow osiers.

↑Praevertit : anticipates.

↑Referrent : resembled.

↑Subrubrōs : pinkish.

↑Tūbercula : round lumps.

↑Arrīsisset : pleased.

↑Ungue . . . īnstrūctus : provided with a sort of hinder claw.

↑Quadriduum : of four days' length.

↑Sīcubi : if at any time.

↑Mālōs citreās : lemon-trees.

↑Calceāmenta tībiāliaque : boots and stockings.

↑Soccōs : shoes or slippers.

↑Verū . . . idōneōs : to carry the spit.

↑Ad haec cum : when in addition . . .

↑Ephippiīs subjectam : put under their saddles.

↑Īnfēcit : seasoned.

↑Caelī tempestās : weather.

↑Dēsaevierat : had become less wild.

↑Alere : keep alive.

↑Coquī . . . fūnctus : playing the part of a cook.

↑Sī suppetant . . . cōpia : if a man has an abundant supply of all he desires.

↑Cujus . . . conquiēscam : in whose friendship with me I might find repose.

↑Maculāsque : meshes.

↑Culicēsque : gnats.

↑Muriā condiendam : to pickle it with brine.

↑Praebuisset : might have supplied.

↑Identidem omnia expertus : after repeated tests.

↑Nec cōnstābat : nor was it clear.

↑Intextīs rāmālibus : with small branches woven together.

↑Flūctibus sēsē invicem . . . pellentibus : by the waves chasing one another.

↑Aquīs subeuntibus : when it was high water.

↑Tūberibus sōlānōrum : potatoes.

↑Temere : without much reason.

↑Quippe quae : whereas, it . . .

↑Ut vōx faucibus haerēret : it could make no noise.

↑Subsultantēs : frisking.

↑Coāgulātō : curdled.

↑Īnserī : to be grafted.

↑In nūdam . . . excurrēbat : extended into a bare plain.

↑Quae mōliēbātur cōnsilia : the plans he was forming.

↑Certiōra vīsūrus : to get more certain information.

↑Rūdera : rubbish.

↑Solō ita mollī innīxum : rested on ground so rotten.

↑Operāriīs : labourers.

↑Culmō : with thatch.

↑Ārefierent : might be dried.

↑Cācabōs catīnōsque : saucepans and dishes.

↑Operam . . . nāvat : works hard.

↑Retractāret : did over again.

↑Praefīgeret : which he might fix on to . , .

↑Ālitēs : winged.

↑Exācta : finished.

↑Diffluēbant : were dropping to pieces.

↑Tignum : a long pole.

↑Vōcēs : words or expressions.

↑Calceōrum et tībiālium : boots and stockings.

↑Incīsīs . . . trājēcit : he cut holes and drew the thread through.

↑Tunicam brācāsque : coat and breeches.

↑Obsitam : covered over.

↑Unde . . . redīre : from which they say no one returns.

↑Gradum corripere : to hasten its coming.

↑Nē interclūderētur : lest the perspiration should be checked.

↑Bulbum sōlānī frīxum : a dried potato.

↑Rōre madentium : dripping with dew.

↑Ūtilī . . . licēret : he could not devote some time to useful occupation.

↑Nec temere : not unreasonably.

↑Furfure : from the chaff.

↑Superne : at the top.

↑Depsendō : by kneading.

↑Nōn ita contemnendum : by no means to be despised.

↑Cāseōs . . . premere : make cheese.

↑Querendī locus : reason for complaint.

↑Cum quōlibet animante : any living thing.

↑Trīticum : wheat.

↑Īnsertās : which he had planted.

↑Circumcīdere : prune.

↑Scopō : the target.

↑Objēcit sibi : he charged against himself.

↑Fingeret : he imagined.

↑Quam sibi videt, etc. : the shorter the way the better, he thought.

↑Cōnsiliī compos : master of himself.

↑Rūsculum : his country seat.

↑Cuivīs ignāvō . . . fuisset : would have been clear to any block-head.

↑Adaequāret solō : raze to the ground.

↑Cunīculum : an underground passage, like a rabbit's burrow.

↑Sēpositum : stored.

↑Inconditō : confused.

↑Necī addictōs : doomed.

↑Prōstrātum adortī : setting to work on him when he was on the ground.

↑Siste gradum ! : stop!

↑Intorquet : lets fly.

↑Dē mediō tollerētur : should be put out of the way.

↑Expugnātōque : and having made themselves masters of it.

↑Intuentis : as he watched.

↑Hoc facere : to take the latter course.

↑Quid in spatiō . . . interjectō : what was going on in the space intervening . . .

↑Nōndum vacāverat : there had not yet been leisure.

↑Lāneīs : woolly.

↑Rēgem agere : play the king.

↑Eā lēge : on this condition.

↑Vacāret : be ready to do.

↑Comitātū : a court, i.e., followers.

↑Spectātam : tested.

↑Helluōnum : gluttons.

↑Sarmentōrum : dry boughs.

↑Zēae : wheat.

↑Īnsitus . . . amor : innate desire for his own safety.

↑Carnī . . . assīderet : sit down to turn the meat on a spit.

↑Populāribus : fellow-countrymen.

↑Ut . . . vindicāret : that he bound Friday to himself as a servant by a legal right.

↑Quō dēcrētō : this being decided.

↑Pālīs : stakes.

↑Mīrum quantum : it was wonderful how much.

↑Populārium amantior : more attached to his fellow-countrymen.

↑Nōn ūnīus : i.e., more than one.

↑Subāctīs : made soft.

↑Fīla ēdūcendī : of making yarn.

↑Habēre . . . ratiōnem : take account.

↑Terrae continentis : the continent.

↑Praesentius auxilium : more prompt help.

↑Incitātius : with greater impetus.

↑Male multārent : would ill use.

↑Perspectōs : thoroughly well known.

↑Aciē . . . dīrēctā : having turned his gaze eastward.

↑Centiēs superāre : was a hundred times bigger.

↑Strāgulīs : blankets, rugs.

↑Blandītam : fawned.

↑Supellēctilem : gear.

↑Cādōs : casks.

↑Orȳzae : rice.

↑Pulveris nitrātī : gunpowder.

↑Globulōrum plumbeōrum : bullets.

↑Sclopēta : muskets.

↑Caela : chisels.

↑Terebrās : gimlets.

↑Rādulās : razors.

↑Runcīnās : planes.

↑Forficēs : scissors.

↑Forcipēs : tongs.

↑Stanneam, cupream : of tin and copper.

↑Cistās : chests.

↑Ocreārum : leggings.

↑Sclopētōrum manuālium : pistols.

↑Vēnāticōs : for hunting.

↑Pyrothēcam : tinder-box.

↑Dēprōmptās : which he had brought out.

↑Manicīs : the sleeves.

↑Tubō opticō : a telescope.

↑Fūnem incendiārium : lighted tow.

↑Rīmulae : touch-hole.

↑Exspectātiōne Rōbinsōnis : than what Robinson had expected.

↑Collīneāverat : aimed.

↑Āmentem . . . referre : to be like a madman.

↑Rēmigēs dē plēbe : common sailors.

↑Ut ageret animam : give up the ghost.

↑In speculīs : on the watch.

↑Satius dūxit : thought it better.

↑Ūnā colloquendī : talking together.

↑Fabrō lignāriō : carpenter.

↑Irrogātam : ordained.

↑Dūxerant : married.

↑Ad bonam frūgem : good conduct.

↑Ōlim : some time or other.

↑Omnī cōnātū : than all they could try.

↑Frequentem : crowded.

↑Fabrōrum tignāriōrum : carpenters.

Transcriber’s notes

Notes for the first edition

Robinson Crusoe is a book that was adapted numerous times into Latin, and it may be difficult to understand where each version comes from. Here is a small genealogy :

Robinson Crusoe, by Defoe (1719) : the original English version Robinson der Jüngere by Campe, German (1779) : cuts off many digressions, partially rewrites the story, and presents it as a story being told in a family, with many dialogues and moral teachings Robinson Secundus by Lieberkühn (1785) Robinson Secundus by Gedike (1802) : corrections Fata Robinsonis Crusoëi, then Robinson Crusoëus by Goffaux (1807) : cuts off all the family part and keeps only the main story The Story of Robinson Crusoe in Latin by Barnett (1907) : improves the text and cuts off many moral passages Robinson Crusœus by Avellanus (1896) : corrections and notes added Robinsonius Minor by Nagel (1823) Rebilius Cruso by Newman (1884) : rewriting from the general ideas, and cutting off the digressions, with an emphasis on vocabulary Vita discriminaque Robinsonis Crusoei by Avellanus (1928) : no version is currently available online but it appears that it starts as a plain translation and then goes on as its own story when Robinson arrives on the island

Some changes were made in the original text, as follows :

In splenunca habitat → In spelunca habitat

assuefacerat → assuefecerat

tandem ille adgredi → tandem ille aggredi (consistence with the rest of the text)

ad lanam mulgendam → ad lamam mulgendam

utrumque statim agressus → utrumque statim aggressus

fasciculo saggittarum → fasciculo sagittarum

per densisimas frondes → per densissimas frondes

in loco nullis presidiis → in loco nullis praesidiis

Nunc autum absolutis → Nunc autem absolutis

quam celerime afferre ; → quam celerrime afferre ;

nulla erat Europeanorum → nulla erat Europaeanorum

aut decem aut duodecem → aut decem aut duodecim

indissolubili nodo adnectaret → indissolubili nodo adnecteret

cellae intexis ramalibus → cellae intextis ramalibus

duas ejusmodi texit → duas ejusmodi texuit

Multa vero facienda superant → Multa vero facienda supererant

generis humanis originem → generis humani originem

barbaris inruentibus → barbaris irruentibus (consistence)

Ipso die operi destinata → Ipso die operi destinato

Antea vero voluistis → Antea vero voluisti

Paullulum progressi → Paululum progressi (consistence)

ullus fossam transirent → ulli fossam transirent

Notes for the second edition

Various fixes have been made, such as transcriptions errors, new spelling improvements (for the second version), and numerous macron corrections.