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11:37
Plantae a planitie nuncupatae, quia non rotundae, ut in quadrupedibus, ne stare non possit bipes homo, sed planae atque longiores formatae sunt, ut stabile corpus efficerent. Sunt autem plantae anteriores partes, quae etiam de multis ossibus constant. Calcis prima pars plantae: a callo illi nomen inpositum, quo terram calcamus; hinc et calcaneus. Solum inferior pars pedis, dictum quia eo terrae vestigia inprimimus. Sed et solum dicitur omne quod aliquid sustinet, quasi solidum: unde et terra solum, quod cuncta sustineat; et solum pedis, quod totam corporis molem portat. Viscera non tantum intestina dicimus, sed quidquid sub corio est, a visco, quod est inter cutem et carnem.
腳掌(plantae)得名於其扁平(planities),因為它們並非圓的——不像四足獸那樣——以免兩足的人無法站立,而是被造成扁平而略長,好使身體穩固。腳掌乃是前端部分,也由許多骨頭構成。腳跟(calx)是腳掌的最前部:其名取自我們以之踏(calcamus)地的胼胝(callus);由此也有跟骨(calcaneus)。腳底(solum)是足的下部,如此稱呼是因為我們以之在地上印下足跡。但凡是支撐某物之物,也稱為「solum」,意即堅固(solidum):故大地也稱為「solum」,因為它支撐萬物;足底也稱 solum,因為它承載全身的重量。我們稱「內臟」(viscera)者,不僅指腸子,而是指皮膚之下的一切,源自「viscus」,即介於皮與肉之間之物。
The soles (plantae) are named from their flatness (planities), because they are not rounded, as in four-footed beasts, lest a two-footed man should be unable to stand, but are made flat and rather long, so as to render the body stable. Now the soles are the forward parts, which also consist of many bones. The heel (calx) is the first part of the sole: its name is imposed from the callus with which we tread (calcamus) the earth; hence also the heel-bone (calcaneus). The bottom (solum) is the lower part of the foot, so called because with it we imprint our footsteps upon the earth. But 'solum' is also said of everything that supports something, as being solid (solidum): whence also the earth is called 'solum,' because it supports all things; and the sole of the foot, because it carries the whole mass of the body. We call 'viscera' not only the intestines, but whatever is beneath the skin, from 'viscus,' which is that which lies between the skin and the flesh.
11:38
Item viscera vitalia, id est circumfusa cordis loca, quasi viscora, eo quod ibi vita, id est anima, continetur. Item viscera capita nervorum ex sanguine et nervis copulata. Item lacerti, sive mures, quia sic in singulis membris cordis loco sunt ut cor in media totius corporis parte, appellanturque a nomine similium animalium sub terra delitescentium. Nam inde musculi a murium similitudine: idem etiam et tori, quod illic viscera torta videantur. Cor a Graeca appellatione derivatum, quod illi KARDIAN dicunt, sive a cura. In eo enim omnis sollicitudo et scientiae causa manet. Qui ideo pulmoni vicinus est ut, cum ira accenditur, pulmonis humore temperetur.
同樣地,還有生命的「內臟」(viscera vitalia),即環繞心臟的部位,彷彿「viscora」,因為生命——即靈魂——在那裡被含藏。同樣地,「內臟」也指筋的端頭,由血與筋聯結而成。同樣地,還有肌肉(lacerti),或稱「鼠」(mures),因為它們在各肢中處於心臟的地位,正如心臟居於全身的中央;它們得名於藏匿於地下的相似動物。因此肌肉(musculi)之名取自其與鼠(mures)的相似;同樣也稱為「torus」,因為在那裡內臟顯得扭曲(torta)。心臟(cor)源自希臘語詞,因為他們稱之為 KARDIA,或源自「憂慮」(cura)。因為一切的掛慮與知識之源都駐於其中。故它靠近肺,好使當它被怒火點燃時,能被肺的濕潤所調節。
Likewise the vital 'viscera,' that is, the regions surrounding the heart, as though 'viscora,' because there life, that is the soul, is contained. Likewise the 'viscera' are the heads of the sinews, joined together out of blood and sinews. Likewise the muscles (lacerti), or 'mice' (mures), because they are in the several limbs in the place of the heart, just as the heart is in the middle part of the whole body; and they are named from creatures that lie hidden beneath the earth. For thence the muscles (musculi) are so called from their likeness to mice (mures); the same are also called 'tori,' because there the viscera appear twisted (torta). The heart (cor) is derived from a Greek term, for they call it KARDIA, or else from 'care' (cura). For in it abide all anxiety and the source of knowledge. It is therefore near the lungs, so that when it is kindled with anger, it may be tempered by the moisture of the lungs.
11:39
Huius duae arteriae sunt, e quibus sinistra plus sanguinem habet, dextra plus spiritum: unde et in dextro brachio pulsum inspicimus. Praecordia sunt loca cordis vicina quibus sensus percipitur; et dicta praecordia eo quod ibi sit principium cordis et cogitationis. Pulsus vocatus, quod palpitet; cuius indicio aut infirmitatem intellegimus aut salutem. Huius duplex est motus; aut simplex, aut conpositus. Simplex, qui ex uno saltu constat; conpositus, qui ex pluribus motibus inordinatus et inaequalis existit. Qui motus certa habent spatia; dactylicum percussum, quamdiu sine vitio sunt; si quando vero citatiores sunt, ut DORKADAZONTES, aut leniores, ut MURMIZONTES, mortis signa sunt.
它有兩條動脈,其中左邊含較多血,右邊含較多氣(spiritus):故我們在右臂察看脈搏。心前區(praecordia)是靠近心臟、藉之而感知覺受的部位;之所以稱為 praecordia,是因為那裡有心臟與思想的源頭(principium)。脈搏(pulsus)如此得名是因為它跳動(palpitet);藉其表徵,我們得知疾病或健康。其運動有二:或單純,或複合。單純者由單一次跳動構成;複合者由多次運動而生,紊亂而不均。這些運動有其固定的間隔:只要無誤,便呈揚抑格(dactylic)節拍;但每當它們較急促,如 DORKADIZONTES(如羚羊般),或較緩弱,如 MYRMIZONTES(如螞蟻般),便是死亡的徵兆。
It has two arteries, of which the left has more blood, the right more breath (spiritus): whence it is in the right arm that we examine the pulse. The praecordia are the regions near the heart by which sensation is perceived; and they are called praecordia because there is the origin (principium) of the heart and of thought. The pulse (pulsus) is so named because it throbs (palpitet); by its indication we understand either sickness or health. Its motion is twofold: either simple or composite. Simple, which consists of a single beat; composite, which arises from several movements, disordered and unequal. These movements have fixed intervals: a dactylic beat, so long as they are without fault; but whenever they are more rapid, as the DORKADIZONTES ('gazelle-like'), or more languid, as the MYRMIZONTES ('ant-like'), they are signs of death.
11:40
Venae dictae, eo quod viae sint natantis sanguinis, atque rivi per corpus omne divisi, quibus universa membra inrigantur. Sanguis ex Graeca etymologia nomen duxit, quod vegetetur et sustentetur et vivat. Sanguis autem est dum in corpore est, effusus vero cruor dicitur. Nam cruor vocatus ab eo quod effusus decurrit, vel ab eo quod currendo corruat. Alii cruorem interpretantur sanguinem corruptum qui emittitur. Alii aiunt vocatum sanguinem quod suavis sit. Sanguis autem non est integer, nisi in iuvenibus. Nam dicunt physici minui sanguinem per aetatem; unde et in senibus tremor est. Proprie autem sanguis animae possessio est: inde genas lacerare mulieres in luctu solent;
血管(venae)之所以如此稱呼,是因為它們是流動之血的通道(viae),彷彿遍佈全身的溪流,藉之滋潤一切肢體。血(sanguis)之名取自希臘文詞源,因為它被鼓動、被維持而活著。它在身體中時稱為 sanguis,但一旦流出便稱為 cruor(血漿、血污)。因為 cruor 之得名,是由於它流出後往下奔流,或由於它在奔流中傾覆(corruat)。另有人將 cruor 解為被排出的敗壞之血。又有人說 sanguis 之名是因為它甘甜(suavis)。但血唯有在年輕人身上才完整。因為自然哲學家說血隨著年齡而減少;因此老年人便有顫抖。然而,血正確地說乃是靈魂的所有物:故婦人在哀悼時習慣抓破雙頰;
The veins (venae) are so called because they are the ways (viae) of the flowing blood, and as it were streams distributed throughout the whole body, by which all the limbs are irrigated. Blood (sanguis) has drawn its name from a Greek etymology, because it is quickened, sustained, and lives. Now it is 'sanguis' while it is in the body, but when poured out it is called 'cruor' (gore). For 'cruor' is named from the fact that, poured out, it runs down, or from the fact that in running it collapses (corruat). Others interpret 'cruor' as corrupted blood that is expelled. Others say that 'sanguis' is so called because it is sweet (suavis). But the blood is not whole except in the young. For the natural philosophers say that the blood is diminished with age; whence too there is trembling in the old. Properly, however, the blood is the possession of the soul: hence women are wont to tear their cheeks in mourning;
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inde et purpureae vestes et flores purpurei mortuis praebentur. Pulmo ex Graeco trahit vocabulum. Graeci enim pulmonen PLEUMON vocant, eo quod cordis flabellum sit, in quo PLEUMA, id est spiritus inest, per quod et agitantur et moventur; unde et pulmones vocati sunt. Nam Graece PLEUMA spiritus dicitur, qui flando et exagitando aerem amittit et recipit; a quo moventur pulmones et palpitant et aperiendo se ut flatum capiant, stringendo, ut eiciant. Est enim organus corporis. Iecur nomen habet eo quod ignis ibi habeat sedem, qui in cerebro subvolat.
故紫色的衣服與紫色的花也獻給死者。肺(pulmo)從希臘文取其名。因為希臘人稱肺為 PLEUMON,因為它是心臟的風扇,其中含有 PNEUMA,即氣息,肺藉之而被鼓動、被推移;故它們也稱為「pulmones」。因為在希臘文中 PNEUMA 意指「氣息」,它藉著吹送、鼓動空氣而將之呼出、吸回;肺藉此而運動、跳動——藉張開自己以吸入氣息,藉收縮以將之呼出。因為它是身體的一件器官(organum)。肝(iecur)之所以得名,是因為火(ignis)在那裡有其座位,並向上飛入腦中。
hence too purple garments and purple flowers are offered to the dead. The lung (pulmo) draws its name from the Greek. For the Greeks call the lung PLEUMON, because it is the fan of the heart, in which is the PNEUMA, that is, the breath, through which the lungs are both stirred and moved; whence too they are called 'pulmones.' For in Greek PNEUMA means 'breath,' which by blowing and stirring the air gives it forth and takes it back; by this the lungs are moved and throb, and by opening themselves that they may take in the breath, and by contracting, that they may expel it. For it is an instrument (organum) of the body. The liver (iecur) has its name because fire (ignis) has its seat there, which flies up into the brain.
11:42
Inde ad oculos ceterosque sensus et membra diffunditur, et calore suo ad se sucum ex cibo tractum vertit in sanguinem, quem ad usum pascendi nutriendique singulis membris praebet. In iecore autem consistit voluptas et concupiscentia iuxta eos qui de physicis disputant. Fibrae iecoris sunt extremitates, sicut [et] extremae partes foliorum in intibis, sive quasi linguae eminentes. Dictas autem fibras quod apud gentiles in sacris ad Phoebi aras ferebantur ab ariolis, quibus oblatis atque subcensis responsa acciperent. Splen dictum a supplemento ex contraria parte iecoris, ne vacua existeret: quem quidam etiam risus causa factum existimant.
血從那裡分佈到眼睛與其餘感官及肢體,且它藉自身的熱把從食物中汲取的汁液轉化為血,供給各肢以餵養、滋養之用。此外,按那些論說自然之事者所言,愉悅與慾望駐於肝中。肝葉(fibrae)是它的末端,猶如苦苣葉子最外緣的部分,或像伸出的舌頭。它們之所以稱為 fibrae,是因為在異教徒中,占卜者在祭儀中把它們帶到菲比斯(Phoebus)的祭壇;當它們被獻上、被焚燒後,他們便得著神諭。脾(splen)如此稱呼,是因為它作為一種補充,位於肝的對側,以免那部分空虛:有些人甚至認為它是為了笑而被造的。
Thence it is diffused to the eyes and the other senses and the limbs, and by its heat it turns the juice drawn from food into blood, which it supplies to the several limbs for the purpose of feeding and nourishing. In the liver, moreover, reside pleasure and desire, according to those who dispute concerning natural things. The lobes (fibrae) of the liver are its extremities, like the outermost parts of the leaves in endives, or like tongues jutting out. They are called 'fibrae' because among the pagans they were carried by soothsayers in the sacred rites to the altars of Phoebus, and when these had been offered and burned, they received responses. The spleen (splen) is so called from being a supplement, on the opposite side from the liver, lest that part should be empty: and some suppose it to have been made for the sake of laughter.
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Nam splene ridemus, felle irascimur, corde sapimus, iecore amamus. Quibus quattuor elementis constantibus integrum est animal. Fel appellatum, quod sit folliculum gestans humorem, qui vocatur bilis. Stomachus Graece os vocatur, eo quod ostium ventris sit, et ipse cibum excipiat atque in intestina transmittat. Intestina dicuntur, eo quod corporis interiore parte cohibentur; quae idcirco longis nexibus in circulorum ordinata sunt modo, ut susceptas escas paulatim digerant, et superadditis cibis non inpediantur. Omentum membranum, quod continet intestinorum maiorem partem, quod EPIPLOUN Graeci vocant. Disseptum intestinum, quod discernit ventrem et cetera intestina a pulmonibus, a corde.
因為我們以脾發笑,以膽發怒,以心理解,以肝去愛。當這四種要素配比得當時,生物便健全。膽囊(fel)如此得名,是因為它是承載一種體液的小囊(folliculus),那體液稱為膽汁(bilis)。胃(stomachus)在希臘文中稱為「口」(os),因為它是腹的門戶(ostium),它自身接納食物並將之送入腸中。腸(intestina)之所以如此稱呼,是因為它們被容納於身體的內部(interior);因此它們以盤繞的方式、以長長的迴環排列,好使它們把攝入的食物逐漸消化,而不致被上面添加的食物所阻礙。網膜(omentum)是包住大部分腸子的膜,希臘人稱之為 EPIPLOON。橫膈(disseptum)是那分隔的膜,把腹與其餘腸子與肺、與心臟分開。
For with the spleen we laugh, with the gall we grow angry, with the heart we understand, with the liver we love. And when these four elements are in due proportion, the living creature is sound. The gall-bladder (fel) is so named because it is a little sac (folliculus) carrying the humour which is called bile (bilis). The stomach (stomachus) is called in Greek 'mouth' (os), because it is the doorway (ostium) of the belly, and it itself receives the food and passes it on into the intestines. The intestines (intestina) are so called because they are contained in the inner (interior) part of the body; and for this reason they are arranged in the manner of coils with long windings, so that they may gradually digest the food they have taken in, and not be hindered by food added on top of it. The omentum (omentum) is the membrane that holds the greater part of the intestines, which the Greeks call EPIPLOON. The midriff (disseptum) is the partition-membrane which separates the belly and the other intestines from the lungs and from the heart.
11:44
Caecum intestinum, quod sit sine foramine et exitu; quem Graeci TUFLON EUTERON dicunt. Ieiuna tenue intestinum, unde et ieiunium dicitur. Venter autem et alvus et uterus inter se differunt. Venter est qui acceptos cibos digerit, et apparet extrinsecus, pertinetque a pectore ad inguinem, et dictus venter quod per totum corpus vitae alimenta transmittat. Alvus est qui cibum recipit, et purgari solet. Sallustius (Hist. I, frag. 52): 'Simulans sibi alvum purgari.' Et vocatum alvum quod abluatur, id est purgetur: ex ipso enim sordes stercorum defluunt. Vterum solae mulieres habent, in quo concipiunt, ad similitudinem cauliculi.
盲腸(caecum intestinum)是那沒有開口與出口的腸;希臘人稱之為 TYPHLON ENTERON。「ieiunum」(空腸)是細腸,禁食(ieiunium)也由此得名。腹(venter)、下腹(alvus)與子宮(uterus)三者彼此有別。腹是消化所接納之食物者,它顯露於外,由胸延伸至鼠蹊部,稱為 venter,因為它把生命(vita)的養分傳送遍及全身。下腹(alvus)是接納食物並習於被清瀉者。撒路斯提烏斯說:「佯稱他的腹正在清瀉。」它之所以稱為 alvus,是因為它被沖洗(abluatur),即被清瀉:因為糞穢從它往下流出。子宮(uterus)唯有婦女才有,她們在其中懷孕,其形狀彷彿一株小小的甘藍莖。
The blind gut (caecum intestinum) is that which is without opening or outlet; the Greeks call it TYPHLON ENTERON. The 'ieiunum' is the thin intestine, whence too fasting (ieiunium) is named. Now the belly (venter), the paunch (alvus), and the womb (uterus) differ among themselves. The belly is that which digests the food it has received, and it appears on the outside, and reaches from the breast to the groin, and is called 'venter' because it transmits the sustenance of life (vita) throughout the whole body. The paunch (alvus) is that which receives the food and is wont to be purged. Sallust says: 'Pretending that his bowel was being purged.' And it is called 'alvus' because it is washed out (abluatur), that is, purged: for from it the filth of the excrement flows down. The womb (uterus) only women have, in which they conceive, after the likeness of a little cabbage-stalk.
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Tamen auctores uterum pro utriusque libet sexus ventre plerumque ponunt, nec poetae tantummodo, sed et ceteri. Vocatus autem uterus, quod duplex sit et ab utraque in duas se dividat partes, quae in diversum diffusae ac replexae circumplicantur in modum cornu arietis; vel quod interius inpleatur foetu. Hinc et uter, quod aliquid intrinsecus habuerit, membra et viscera. Aqualiculus autem proprie porci est; hinc ad ventrem translatio. Matrix dicitur, quod foetus in eo generetur: semen enim receptum confovet, confotum corporat, corporatum in membra distinguit. Vulva vocata quasi valva, id est ianua ventris, vel quod semen recipiat, vel quod ex ea foetus procedat.
不過,作者們大多用「uterus」來指兩性中任一性的腹,不僅詩人如此,其餘作者亦然。它之所以稱為 uterus,是因為它是雙重的,並從兩側各自分為兩部分,這些部分向相反方向展開、又折回,如公羊角般盤繞;或因為它內部被胎兒充滿。故也有「uter」(皮囊)一詞,因為它內部藏有某物,即肢體與內臟。但「aqualiculus」本義專指豬的胃;由此轉用於腹。它稱為「matrix」(母胎),因為胎兒在其中生成:因為它溫暖所接納的種子,把溫暖後的種子成形,把成形後的分化為肢體。「vulva」(陰門)如此得名,彷彿「valva」,即腹的門(ianua),或因為它接納種子,或因為胎兒從它出來。
Nevertheless authors for the most part use 'uterus' for the belly of either sex, and not only the poets but the rest as well. Now it is called 'uterus' because it is double and divides itself from either side into two parts, which, spread out in opposite directions and folded back, are coiled around after the manner of a ram's horn; or because it is filled within with the foetus. Hence too the word 'uter' (wineskin), because it holds something within, that is, limbs and viscera. But the 'aqualiculus' belongs properly to the pig; hence the transference to the belly. It is called 'matrix' because the foetus is generated in it: for it warms the seed once received, embodies it once warmed, and once embodied distinguishes it into limbs. The 'vulva' is so called as though 'valva,' that is, the door (ianua) of the belly, either because it receives the seed, or because from it the foetus proceeds.
11:46
Vesica dicta, quia sicut vas aqua, ita de renibus urina collecta conpletur, et humore distenditur. Cuius usus in volucribus non habetur. Vrina autem dicta, sive quod urat, seu quia ex renibus egeritur. Cuius indicio et salus et aegritudo futura monstratur. Qui humor vulgo lotium dicitur, quod eo lota, id est munda, vestimenta efficiantur. Semen est quod iactum sumitur aut a terra aut ab utero ad gignendum vel fructus vel foetus.
膀胱(vesica)如此得名,是因為正如器皿被水充滿,它也被從腎臟收集來的尿液充滿,並被那液體所脹滿。它的功用在鳥類身上並不存在。尿(urina)如此稱呼,或因為它灼燒(urat),或因為它從腎(renes)排出。藉其表徵,可顯示將來的健康或疾病。此液體俗稱「lotium」,因為衣物藉之被洗淨(lota),即被弄乾淨。種子(semen)是那被撒出後、由土地或子宮接收以生產果實或後裔者。
The bladder (vesica) is so called because, just as a vessel is filled with water, so it is filled with the urine collected from the kidneys, and is distended with the fluid. Its use is not found in birds. Urine (urina) is so called either because it burns (urat), or because it is discharged from the kidneys (renes). By its indication both future health and future sickness are shown. This fluid is commonly called 'lotium,' because by it garments are washed (lota), that is, made clean. Seed (semen) is that which, once cast, is taken up either by the earth or by the womb for the begetting of either fruits or offspring.
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Est enim liquor ex cibi et corporis decoctione factus ac diffusus per venas atque medullas, qui inde desudatus in modum sentinae concrescit in renibus, eiectusque per coitum, et in utero mulieris susceptus calore quodammodo viscerum et menstrualis sanguinis inrigatione formatur in corpore. Menstrua supervacuus mulierum sanguis. Dicta autem menstrua a circuitu lunaris luminis, quo solet hoc venire profluvium; luna enim Graece MENE dicitur. Haec et muliebria nuncupantur; nam mulier solum animal menstruale est. Cuius cruoris contactu fruges non germinant, acescunt musta, moriuntur herbae, amittunt arbores fetus, ferrum rubigo corripit, nigrescunt aera.
因為它是由食物與身體的消化所產生、並經血管與骨髓而擴散的液體,它從那裡滲出,如艙底積水般在腎臟中凝濃,經交合而排出,被婦女的子宮接納,藉內臟的某種熱與經血的滋潤,在體內成形。經血(menstrua)是婦女多餘的血。它之所以稱為 menstrua,是取自月光的週期,此排流習於隨之而來;因為月亮在希臘文中稱為 MENE。這些也稱為「muliebria」(婦女之事);因為唯有婦女是有月經的動物。因這血污的接觸,莊稼不發芽,新酒變酸,草木枯死,樹木失去果實,鐵被鏽侵蝕,銅變黑。
For it is a fluid produced by the digestion of food and body and diffused through the veins and marrow, which, sweated out from there, thickens in the kidneys after the manner of bilge-water, and, expelled through coitus and received in the woman's womb, is by a certain warmth of the viscera and by the irrigation of the menstrual blood formed into a body. The menses (menstrua) are the superfluous blood of women. And they are called 'menstrua' from the cycle of the moon's light, by which this flow is wont to come; for the moon is called MENE in Greek. These are also named 'muliebria' (the woman's things); for woman alone is a menstruating animal. By the contact of this gore crops do not germinate, new wines turn sour, plants die, trees lose their fruit, iron is seized by rust, and bronze grows black.
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Si qui canes inde ederint, in rabiem efferuntur. Glutinum asphalti, quod nec ferro nec aquis dissolvitur, cruore ipso pollutum sponte dispergitur. Post plurimos autem dies menstruos ideo semen non esse germinabile, quia iam non est menstrualis sanguis, a quo perfusum inrigetur. Tenue semen locis muliebribus non adhaerere; labitur enim nec habet vim adhaerendi. Similiter et crassum vim non habet gignendi, quia muliebri sanguini miscere se non potest propter nimiam sui spissitudinem. Hinc et steriles mares vel feminas fieri; vel per nimiam seminis vel sanguinis crassitudinem, vel propter nimiam raritatem. Primum autem aiunt cor hominis fingi, quod in eo sit et vita omnis et sapientia;
若有狗吃了它,便會發狂。瀝青的膠質——它既不被鐵也不被水所溶解——一旦被這血污污染,便自行散開。此外,在極多天之後,經血的種子便不能孕育,因為已不再有經血從上澆灌以滋潤它。稀薄的種子不能附著於婦女的部位;因為它滑落,沒有附著之力。同樣,濃稠的種子沒有生育之力,因為它由於過度稠密而不能與婦女的血相混。故此,男或女之所以不育,或因種子或血過於濃稠,或因過於稀薄。此外,他們說人的心臟最先被塑成,因為一切生命與智慧都在其中;
If any dogs have eaten of it, they are driven to madness. The glue of asphalt (bitumen), which is dissolved neither by iron nor by water, being polluted by this gore, disperses of its own accord. Now after very many days the menstrual seed is not fertile, because there is no longer menstrual blood by which, when it has flowed over it, it might be irrigated. Thin seed does not adhere to the female parts; for it slips away and has no power of clinging. Likewise thick seed has no power of generating, because it cannot mingle itself with the female blood on account of its excessive density. Hence too males or females become sterile, either through excessive thickness of the seed or blood, or through excessive thinness. Now they say that the heart of a human being is fashioned first, because in it are both all life and wisdom;
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deinde quadragesimo die totum opus expleri; quod ex abortionibus, ut ferunt, collecta sunt. Alii foetus a capite sumere dicunt exordium. Vnde et in avium foetus primum oculos fingi in ovis videmus. Foetus autem nominatus, quod adhuc in utero foveatur. Cuius secundae dicuntur folliculus, qui simul cum infante nascitur continetque eum; dictus, quia et cum editur sequitur. Nasci autem patribus similes aiunt, si paternum semen validius sit; matribus, si matris; hac ratione similes exprimi vultus: qui autem utriusque parentis figuram reddunt, aequaliter mixto paterno maternoque semine concipiuntur.
然後在第四十天整個工作完成;他們說,這是從流產的胎兒觀察歸納而得的。另有人說胎兒是從頭開始成形。故我們在鳥的胎兒中也看到眼睛最先在蛋中成形。胎兒(foetus)如此得名,是因為它仍在子宮中被溫養(foveatur)。它的胞衣(secundae)稱為小囊(folliculus),它與嬰兒一同出生並包裹著他;如此稱呼,是因為當孩子被生出時它也隨之而出。此外,他們說:若父親的種子較強,孩子生來像父親;若母親的較強,則像母親;照此推理,面容的相似便產生了。但那些兼具父母雙方形貌者,是在父種與母種均等混合時受孕的。
then on the fortieth day the whole work is completed; which has been gathered, as they report, from miscarriages. Others say that the foetus takes its beginning from the head. Whence too in the foetuses of birds we see that the eyes are shaped first in the eggs. Now the foetus (foetus) is so named because it is still fostered (foveatur) in the womb. Its afterbirth (secundae) is called the little sac (folliculus), which is born together with the infant and contains it; and it is so called because it follows even when the child is brought forth. Now they say that children are born like their fathers if the paternal seed is stronger; like their mothers, if the mother's is stronger; and by this reasoning likenesses of countenance are produced. But those who reproduce the figure of both parents are conceived when the paternal and maternal seed are mixed equally.
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Avorum proavorumque similes fieri, quia sicut in terra multa semina occulta, sic et in nobis semina celantur figuras parentum redditura. Ex paterno autem semine puellas nasci et ex materno pueros, quia omnis partus constat duplici semine, cuius pars maior cum invaluit occupat similitudinem sexus. In corpore nostro quaedam tantum utilitatis causa facta sunt, ut viscera: quaedam et utilitatis et decoris, ut sensus in facie, et in corpore manus ac pedes: quorum membrorum et utilitas magna est, et species decentissima. Quaedam tantum decoris, ut mamillae in viris, et in utroque sexu umbilicus. Quaedam discretionis, ut in viris genitalia, barba promissa, pectus amplum;
他們變得像祖父與曾祖父,因為正如在地中有許多種子隱藏著,同樣在我們裡面也隱藏著將要重現祖先容貌的種子。女孩從父種而生,男孩從母種而生,因為每次生育都由雙重的種子構成,其中較大的一份一旦佔了上風,便取得其性別的相似。在我們的身體中,某些部分只是為了實用而造,如內臟;某些既為實用也為美觀,如面上的感官,以及身上的手與足:這些肢體的實用甚大,形貌也極為得體。某些只為美觀,如男子的乳頭,以及兩性都有的肚臍。某些為了區別,如男子有生殖器、下垂的鬍鬚、寬闊的胸膛;
They become like their grandfathers and great-grandfathers, because just as in the earth many seeds are hidden, so also in us seeds are concealed that will reproduce the features of our ancestors. From the paternal seed girls are born and from the maternal, boys, because every birth consists of a double seed, of which the greater part, when it has prevailed, takes possession of the likeness of its sex. In our body certain things have been made only for the sake of usefulness, such as the viscera; certain things both for usefulness and for beauty, such as the senses in the face, and the hands and feet in the body: of which limbs both the usefulness is great and the appearance most seemly. Certain things only for beauty, such as the nipples in men, and in either sex the navel. Certain things for distinction, such as in men the genitals, the flowing beard, the broad chest;
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in mulieribus leves genae, et angustum pectus; ad concipiendos autem et portandos foetus renes et latera dilatata. Quod ad hominem et ad partes attinet corporis ex parte dictum est, nunc aetates eius subiungam. II. DE AETATIBVS HOMINVM. Gradus aetatis sex sunt: infantia, pueritia, adolescentia, iuventus, gravitas atque senectus. Prima aetas infantia est pueri nascentis ad lucem, quae porrigitur in septem annis. Secunda aetas pueritia, id est pura et necdum ad generandum apta, tendens usque ad quantumdecimum annum. Tertia adolescentia ad gignendum adulta, quae porrigitur usque ad viginti octo annos. Quarta iuventus firmissima aetatum omnium, finiens in quinquagesimo anno.
在婦女,則有光滑的雙頰與狹窄的胸;且為了懷胎與孕育後裔而有寬闊的腰與脅。關於人及身體各部,已扼要說了一部分;如今我要接著談他的年歲。二、論人的年歲。年歲的階段有六:嬰兒期、兒童期、少年期、青年期、成熟期(gravitas)與老年期。第一期是嬰兒期,指誕生到光明中的孩子,延續七年。第二期是兒童期(pueritia),即純潔而尚不適於生育者,直至第十四年。第三期是少年期,已長成而能生育,延續至二十八歲。第四期是青年期(iuventus),乃一切年歲中最強健者,止於第五十年。
in women, smooth cheeks and a narrow chest; and, for the conceiving and carrying of offspring, broadened loins and flanks. As regards man and the parts of the body, enough has been said in part; now I shall append his ages. II. ON THE AGES OF MAN. The stages of age are six: infancy, childhood, adolescence, youth, maturity (gravitas), and old age. The first age is infancy, of the child being born into the light, which is extended over seven years. The second age is childhood (pueritia), that is, pure and not yet apt for begetting, reaching up to the fourteenth year. The third is adolescence, grown up for begetting, which extends up to twenty-eight years. The fourth is youth (iuventus), the most robust of all the ages, ending in the fiftieth year.
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Quinta aetas senioris, id est gravitas, quae est declinatio a iuventute in senectutem; nondum senectus sed iam nondum iuventus, quia senioris aetas est, quam Graeci PRESBUTEN vocant. Nam senex apud Graecos non presbyter, sed GERON dicitur. Quae aetas a quinquagesimo anno incipiens septuagesimo terminatur. Sexta aetas senectus, quae nullo annorum tempore finitur; sed post quinque illas aetates quantumcumque vitae est, senectuti deputatur. Senium autem pars est ultima senectutis, dicta quod sit terminus sextae aetatis. In his igitur sex spatiis philosophi vitam discripserunt humanam, in quibus mutatur et currit et ad mortis terminum pervenit.
第五期是年長者之期,即成熟期(gravitas),乃是由青年趨向老年的下降;尚非老年,卻已不再是青年,因為它是年長者之期,希臘人稱之為 PRESBYTES。因為在希臘人中,老人不稱 presbyter,而稱 GERON。此期始於第五十年,終於第七十年。第六期是老年期(senectus),它不受任何年數所限;而是在那五個年期之後,凡生命所餘的,都歸算於老年。此外,「senium」(衰邁)是老年的最後一段,如此稱呼是因為它是第六期的終點(terminus)。因此,哲學家們在這六個階段中描述了人的一生,人生在其中變化、奔馳,並抵達死亡的界限。
The fifth age is that of the older man, that is, maturity (gravitas), which is the decline from youth into old age; not yet old age, but already no longer youth, because it is the age of an older man, whom the Greeks call PRESBYTES. For among the Greeks an old man is called not 'presbyter' but GERON. This age, beginning at the fiftieth year, is bounded at the seventieth. The sixth age is old age (senectus), which is limited by no span of years; but after those five ages, whatever there is of life is reckoned to old age. Now 'senium' is the last portion of old age, so called because it is the end (terminus) of the sixth age. In these six spans, therefore, the philosophers have described human life, in which it is changed and runs its course and arrives at the boundary of death.
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Pergamus ergo breviter per praedictos gradus aetatum, etymologias eorum in homine demonstrantes. Infans dicitur homo primae aetatis; dictus autem infans quia adhuc fari nescit, id est loqui non potest. Nondum enim bene ordinatis dentibus minus est sermonis expressio. Puer a puritate vocatus, quia purus est, et necdum lanuginem floremque genarum habens. Hi sunt ephebi, id est a Phoebo dicti, necdum [pronati] viri, adolescentuli lenes. Puer autem tribus modis dicitur, pro nativitate, ut Esaias (9,6): 'Puer natus est nobis.' Pro aetate, ut octoennis, decennis. Vnde est illud: Iam puerile iugum tenera cervice gerebat. Pro obsequio et fidei puritate, ut Dominus ad prophetam (Ierem. 1,7):
因此讓我們簡略地歷數上述各年歲的階段,展示它們在人身上的詞源。第一期之人稱為嬰兒(infans);他之所以稱為 infans,是因為他還不懂得說話(fari),即不能言語。因為當牙齒尚未排列妥當時,言語的表達便較少。男孩(puer)得名於純潔(puritas),因為他純潔,尚未有雙頰的絨毛與紅暈。這些便是 ephebi,即得名於菲比斯(Phoebus),尚未長成的男子,只是面容光滑的年輕少年。但「puer」有三種用法:就出生而言,如以賽亞所說:「有一嬰孩為我們而生。」就年齡而言,如八歲、十歲。故有那句詩:「他已在稚嫩的頸上背負孩童的軛。」就順服與信德之純潔而言,如主對先知所說:
Let us therefore pass briefly through the aforesaid stages of the ages, demonstrating their etymologies in man. A man of the first age is called an infant (infans); and he is called 'infans' because he does not yet know how to speak (fari), that is, he cannot talk. For while the teeth are not yet well ordered, there is less expression of speech. A boy (puer) is named from purity (puritas), because he is pure and does not yet have the down and bloom of the cheeks. These are the ephebi, that is, named from Phoebus, not yet grown men, but smooth young lads. But 'puer' is said in three ways: with respect to birth, as Isaiah says: 'A child is born to us.' With respect to age, as an eight-year-old, a ten-year-old. Whence is that verse: 'Already he bore the childish yoke on his tender neck.' With respect to submission and purity of faith, as the Lord says to the prophet:
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'Puer meus es tu, noli timere,' dum iam Ieremias longe pueritiae excessisset annos. Puella est parvula, quasi pulla. Vnde et pupillos non pro condicione, sed pro aetate puerili vocamus. Pupilli autem dicti quasi in oculis, hoc est a parentibus orbi. Hi autem vere pupilli dicuntur quorum patres ante decesserunt quam ab his nomen acceperint. Ceteri orbi vocantur orphani, idem qui et pupilli; illud enim Graecum nomen est, hoc Latinum. Nam et in psalmo, ubi legitur (10,14): 'Pupillo tu eris adiutor,' Graecus habet ORFANO. Puberes a pube, id est a pudenda corporis, nuncupati, quod haec loca tunc primum lanuginem ducunt.
「你是我的孩子,不要懼怕」——儘管耶利米那時早已遠遠超過了孩童的年歲。女孩(puella)是小小者,彷彿「pulla」(幼小之物)。故我們也稱他們為「pupilli」(孤兒),不是按其境況,而是按孩童的年齡。孤兒(pupilli)之所以如此稱呼,彷彿「在眼中」(in oculis),即失去了父母。但那些父親在他們從父那裡得名之前便已亡故者,才真正稱為 pupilli。其餘失怙者稱為「orphani」,與 pupilli 同義;因為前者是希臘語詞,後者是拉丁語詞。因為在詩篇中,那裡讀到「你必作孤兒(pupillus)的幫助」,希臘文作 ORPHANO。「puberes」(成年者)得名於陰部(pubes),即身體的羞處(pudenda),因為這些部位那時最初長出絨毛。
'You are my child, do not fear,' although Jeremiah had by then far exceeded the years of childhood. A girl (puella) is a little one, as though a 'pulla' (young thing). Whence too we call them 'pupilli' (orphans) not by reason of their condition but by reason of childish age. Now orphans (pupilli) are so called as though 'in the eyes' (in oculis), that is, bereaved of their parents. But those are truly called 'pupilli' whose fathers passed away before they received a name from them. The rest bereaved are called 'orphani,' the same as 'pupilli'; for the former is a Greek word, the latter Latin. For in the Psalm, where it is read, 'You will be a helper to the orphan (pupillus),' the Greek has ORPHANO. The 'puberes' are named from the pubes, that is, from the shameful part of the body (pudenda), because these places then first grow the down.
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Quidam autem ex annis pubertatem existimant, id est eum puberem esse qui quattuordecim annos expleverit, quamvis tardissime pubescat: certissimum autem puberem esse qui et ex habitu corporis pubertatem ostendit et generare iam possit. Puerperae sunt, quae annis puerilibus pariunt. Vnde et Horatius (C. 4,5,23): Laudatur primo prole puerpera [nato]. Et dictae puerperae vel quod primo partu gravantur, vel quod primum pueros pariunt. Adolescens dictus, eo quod sit ad gignendum adultus, sive a crescere et augeri. Iuvenis vocatus, quod iuvare posse incipit; ut in bubus iuvenci, cum a vitulis discesserint. Est enim iuvenis in ipso aetatis incremento positus, et ad auxilium praeparatus.
但有些人按年數計算成年,即已滿十四歲者便是「puber」,儘管他長出絨毛極遲:然而最確定的是,凡以身體的狀態顯示成年、且已能生育者,才是 puber。「puerperae」是那些在孩童之年生育者。故賀拉斯也說:「初產的母親首先因其後裔而受讚。」它們之所以稱為 puerperae,或因為她們被頭一胎生產所累,或因為她們初次生下孩子。「adolescens」(少年)如此得名,是因為他為生育而長成(adultus),或源自生長與增益。「iuvenis」(青年)如此得名,是因為他開始能幫助(iuvare);正如在牛群中,小公牛(iuvenci)脫離了牛犢之時。因為 iuvenis 乃是處於年歲增長之中、預備要施予援助者。
But some reckon puberty from the years, that is, that he is a 'puber' who has completed fourteen years, even though he grow the down very late: yet it is most certain that he is a 'puber' who both shows puberty by the condition of his body and is already able to generate. 'Puerperae' are those who give birth in their childish years. Whence too Horace says: 'The mother in childbed is praised first for her offspring.' And they are called 'puerperae' either because they are burdened by their first childbirth, or because they first bring forth children. The 'adolescens' is so called because he is grown up (adultus) for begetting, or from growing and increasing. A 'iuvenis' (young man) is so named because he begins to be able to help (iuvare); as among cattle the young bullocks (iuvenci), when they have departed from being calves. For a 'iuvenis' is one set in the very increase of age, and prepared to give aid.
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Nam iuvare hominis est opus aliquod conferentis. Sicut autem trecesimus perfectae aetatis est annus in hominibus, ita in pecudibus ac iumentis tertius robustissimus. Vir nuncupatus, quia maior in eo vis est quam in feminis: unde et virtus nomen accepit; sive quod vi agat feminam. Mulier vero a mollitie, tamquam mollier, detracta littera vel mutata, appellata est mulier. Vtrique enim fortitudine et inbecillitate corporum separantur. Sed ideo virtus maxima viri, mulieris minor, ut patiens viri esset; scilicet, ne feminis repugnantibus libido cogeret viros aliud appetere aut in alium sexum proruere. Dicitur igitur mulier secundum femineum sexum, non secundum corruptionem integritatis:
因為幫助(iuvare)乃是那貢獻某種工作之人的職分。但正如第三十年在人身上是成熟之年,同樣在牲畜與駝獸身上,第三年是最強健的。男子(vir)之所以如此稱呼,是因為他裡面的力量(vis)大於婦女:故「德能」(virtus)也由此得名;或因為他藉力(vis)作用於女子。然而,婦女(mulier)得名於柔軟(mollities),彷彿「mollier」(較柔軟者),刪去或更換一個字母,便稱為 mulier。因為二者以其身體的強弱而區分。但男子的力量之所以最大,婦女的較小,是為使她順服於男子;也就是說,免得婦女若抗拒,情慾便逼使男子去尋求別的,或衝向另一性別。因此,「婦女」(mulier)是就女性而言,並非就其貞潔的任何敗壞而言:
For to help (iuvare) is the task of a man who contributes some work. But just as the thirtieth year is that of perfect age in human beings, so in cattle and beasts of burden the third year is the most robust. A man is called 'vir' because there is greater strength (vis) in him than in women: whence also 'virtue' (virtus) has received its name; or because he acts upon woman by force (vis). Woman, however, is named from softness (mollities), as though 'mollier' (softer), with a letter removed or changed, is called 'mulier.' For each is distinguished by the strength and the weakness of their bodies. But therefore the strength of a man is greatest, that of a woman lesser, so that she might be submissive to the man; namely, lest, women resisting, lust should compel men to seek something else or to rush upon the other sex. 'Woman' (mulier), therefore, is said with respect to the female sex, not with respect to any corruption of her integrity:
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et hoc ex lingua sacrae Scripturae. Nam Eva statim facta de latere viri sui, nondum contacta a viro, mulier appellata est, dicente Scriptura (Genes. 2,23): 'Et formavit eam in mulierem.' Virgo a viridiori aetate dicta est, sicut et virga, sicut et vitula. Alias ab incorruptione, quasi virago, quod ignoret femineam passionem. Virago vocata, quia virum agit, hoc est opera virilia facit et masculini vigoris est. Antiqui enim fortes feminas ita vocabant. Virgo autem non recte virago dicitur, si non viri officio fungitur. Mulier vero si virilia facit, recte virago dicitur, ut Amazona. Quae vero nunc femina, antiquitus vira vocabatur; sicut a servo serva, sicut a famulo famula, ita a viro vira.
而這是出自聖經的語言。因為夏娃在剛從她丈夫的肋旁被造成、尚未被男子觸碰之時,便被稱為「婦女」(mulier),正如經上所說:「他把她造成一個女人。」童貞女(virgo)得名於較青綠(viridior)的年歲,正如嫩枝(virga)與小母牛(vitula)一般。另一說則源自無玷污,彷彿「virago」,因為她不知女性的情慾。「virago」如此得名,是因為她做男子的本分(virum agit),即她行剛毅之事,具有男性的活力。因為古人便如此稱呼剛強的婦女。但童貞女不宜稱為 virago,除非她履行男子的職分。然而婦女若行剛毅之事,便宜稱為 virago,如亞馬遜女戰士。但如今稱為「femina」者,古時稱為「vira」;正如從「servus」(男奴)出「serva」(女奴),從「famulus」(男僕)出「famula」(女僕),照樣從「vir」(男子)出「vira」。
and this is from the language of Sacred Scripture. For Eve, immediately after she was made from the side of her husband, not yet touched by a man, was called 'woman' (mulier), as Scripture says: 'And he formed her into a woman.' A virgin (virgo) is named from a greener (viridior) age, just as a shoot (virga) is, and just as a heifer (vitula) is. Otherwise, from incorruption, as though 'virago,' because she knows not the female passion. A 'virago' is so called because she does the man's part (virum agit), that is, she does virile deeds and is of masculine vigour. For the ancients used thus to call strong women. But a virgin is not rightly called a 'virago,' unless she performs the office of a man. Yet a woman, if she does virile deeds, is rightly called a 'virago,' as an Amazon. But she who is now 'femina' was in ancient times called 'vira'; just as from 'servus' (male slave) comes 'serva' (female slave), and from 'famulus' (manservant) 'famula' (maidservant), so from 'vir' (man) 'vira.'
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Hinc et virginis nomen quidam putant. Femina vero a partibus femorum dicta, ubi sexus species a viro distinguitur. Alii Graeca etymologia feminam ab ignea vi dictam putant, quia vehementer concupiscit. Libidinosiores enim viris feminas esse tam in mulieribus quam in animalibus. Vnde nimius amor apud antiquos femineus vocabatur. Senior est adhuc viridior. In sexto libro Ovidius (Met. 12,464):: Senior, Inter iuvenemque senemque.: Terentius (Hec. 11): Quo iure sum us(us) adulescentior. (Adulescentior) non utique magis adolescens, sed minus; ut senior minus sene, ubi comparativus gradus minus significat a positivo.
故有些人認為「virgo」(童貞女)之名也由此而來。但「femina」(女子)得名於股(femora)的部位,那裡女性的特徵與男子的相區別。另有人認為 femina 是按希臘文詞源、得名於火般的力量(ignea vis),因為她慾望熾烈。因為無論在婦女或動物中,雌性都比雄性更耽於情慾。故過度的愛在古人中稱為「femineus」(女性的)。「senior」(年長者)仍略帶青綠。奧維德在第六卷中說:「那年長者,介於青年與老人之間。」泰倫提烏斯說:「我憑何權利表現得較年輕些(adulescentior)。」「adulescentior」意指並非更是少年,而是較少些;正如「senior」意指比老人稍少些,此處比較級所指的少於原級。
Hence too some think comes the name of 'virgo.' But 'femina' is named from the parts of the thighs (femora), where the character of the sex is distinguished from that of the man. Others think that 'femina' is named by a Greek etymology from fiery force (ignea vis), because she desires vehemently. For females are more given to lust than males, both in women and in animals. Whence excessive love was among the ancients called 'feminine' (femineus). A 'senior' (older man) is still somewhat greener. In the sixth book Ovid says: 'The elder, between the young man and the old.' Terence says: 'By what right have I acted as the somewhat younger man (adulescentior).' 'Adulescentior' means not more of an adolescent, but less; just as 'senior' means less than an old man, where the comparative degree signifies less than the positive.
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Ergo senior non satis, sicut iunior inter iuvenem, sicut pauperior intra ditem et pauperem. Senes autem quidam dictos putant a sensus diminutione, eo quod iam per vetustatem desipiant. Nam physici dicunt stultos esse homines frigidioris sanguinis, prudentes calidi: unde et senes, in quibus iam friget, et pueri, in quibus necdum calet, minus sapiunt. Inde est quod convenit sibi infantum aetas et senum: senes enim per nimian aetatem delirant; pueri per lasciviam et infantiam ignorant quid agant. Senex autem tantum masculini generis est, sicut anus feminini; nam anus dicitur sola mulier. Anus autem appellata a multis annis, quasi annosa. Nam si commune esset nomen, cur diceret Terentius (Eun.
因此「senior」並非全然如此,正如「iunior」(較年輕者)介於青年之間,如「pauperior」(較貧窮者)介於富人與窮人之間。此外,有些人認為老人(senes)得名於感覺(sensus)的減退,因為藉著老年他們已變得愚昧。因為自然哲學家說血較冷者愚昧,血較熱者精明:故老人——他們裡面已冷——與男孩——他們裡面尚未熱——都較不明智。因此嬰兒與老人的年歲彼此相合:因為老人由於年歲過高而昏聵;男孩由於嬉戲與幼稚而不知自己在做什麼。此外,「senex」(老人)只屬陽性,正如「anus」(老婦)屬陰性;因為 anus 只用於婦人。但 anus 得名於多年(anni),彷彿「annosa」(高齡的)。因為若它是通性名詞,泰倫提烏斯又何必說
Therefore 'senior' is not fully so, just as 'iunior' (younger) lies between youth, as 'pauperior' (poorer) lies between the rich man and the poor. Now some think that old men (senes) are so called from the diminution of sense (sensus), because through old age they have already become foolish. For the natural philosophers say that men of colder blood are foolish, those of warmer blood prudent: whence too old men, in whom it is already cold, and boys, in whom it is not yet warm, are less wise. Hence it is that the age of infants and of old men suits itself: for old men through excessive age grow delirious; boys through wantonness and infancy do not know what they are doing. Now 'senex' is only of the masculine gender, just as 'anus' (old woman) is of the feminine; for 'anus' is said only of a woman. But 'anus' is named from many years (anni), as though 'annosa' (aged). For if it were a common noun, why would Terence say
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357): 'senem mulierem'? Hinc et vetula, quia vetusta. Sicut autem a sene senectus, ita ab anu anilitas nominata est. Canities autem vocata a candore, quasi candities. Vnde est illud: 'florida iuventus, lactea canities,' prout diceret candida. Senectus autem multa secum et bona adfert et mala. Bona, quia nos ab inpotentissimis dominis liberat, voluptatibus inponit modum, libidinis frangit impetus, auget sapientiam, dat maturiora consilia. Mala autem, quia senium miserrimum est debilitate et odio. 'Subeunt' enim (Virg. Georg. 3,67) 'morbi tristisque senectus'. Nam duo sunt quibus minuuntur corporis vires, senectus et morbus.
「一個老婦人」(senem mulierem)呢?故也有「vetula」(小老婦),因為她年邁(vetusta)。但正如從「senex」出「senectus」(老年),照樣從「anus」出「anilitas」(老婦之態)。此外,白髮(canities)得名於白亮(candor),彷彿「candities」。故有那句話:「盛放的青春,乳白的華髮」,彷彿他說「潔白」。但老年為人帶來許多善與惡。善的一面,因為它使我們脫離最專橫的主人,為享樂設限,折斷情慾的衝勢,增添智慧,賜予更成熟的忠告。惡的一面,因為衰邁(senium)以其虛弱與可憎而至為悲慘。因為,正如維吉爾所說:「疾病與淒涼的老年悄然襲來。」因為使身體的力量減損者有二:老年與疾病。
'an old woman' (senem mulierem)? Hence too 'vetula' (little old woman), because she is aged (vetusta). But just as from 'senex' comes 'senectus' (old age), so from 'anus' 'anilitas' (old-womanhood) is named. Now grey hair (canities) is named from whiteness (candor), as though 'candities.' Whence is that phrase: 'flowering youth, milk-white grey hair,' as though he might say 'candid.' But old age brings with it many things both good and bad. Good, because it frees us from the most tyrannical masters, sets a limit to pleasures, breaks the onset of lust, increases wisdom, gives more mature counsels. But bad, because old age (senium) is most wretched with weakness and hatred. For, as Virgil says, 'diseases and sad old age steal upon us.' For there are two things by which the strengths of the body are diminished: old age and disease.
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Mors dicta, quod sit amara, vel a Marte, qui est effector mortium [sive mors a morsu hominis primi, quod vetitae arboris pomum mordens mortem incurrit]. Tria sunt autem genera mortis: acerba, inmatura, naturalis. Acerba infantum, inmatura iuvenum, merita, id est naturalis, senum. Mortuus autem ex qua parte orationis declinetur incertum est. Nam sicut ait Caesar, ab eo quod est morior in participio praeteriti temporis in 'tus' exire debuit, per unum scilicet U, non per duo. Nam ubi geminata est littera U, nominativus est, non participium, ut fatuus, arduus. Convenienter itaque factum ut quemadmodum id, quod significat, non potest agendo, ita et ipsud nomen non possit loquendo declinari.
死亡(mors)如此得名,是因為它苦(amara),或源自瑪爾斯(Mars),他是死亡的製造者〔或「mors」源自頭一個人的咬齧(morsus),因為他咬了禁樹的果子而招致死亡〕。此外,死亡有三種:夭折(acerba)、早逝(immatura)與自然之死。夭折是嬰兒的,早逝是青年的,該得的——即自然之死——是老人的。但「mortuus」(死者)一詞由哪一種詞類變化而來,尚不確定。因為,正如凱撒所說,它本應由「morior」(我死)在過去分詞中以「tus」結尾,即以單一個 U,而非兩個。因為凡 U 這字母重疊之處,便是名詞而非分詞,如「fatuus」(愚蠢的)、「arduus」(陡峭的)。因此恰如其分地產生了這樣的結果:正如它所指之物不能有所作為,這名詞本身在言語中也不能被變化。
Death (mors) is so called because it is bitter (amara), or from Mars, who is the causer of deaths [or 'mors' from the bite (morsus) of the first man, because, biting the apple of the forbidden tree, he incurred death]. Now there are three kinds of death: untimely (acerba), premature (immatura), and natural. The untimely is that of infants, the premature that of young men, the deserved—that is, the natural—that of old men. But it is uncertain from what part of speech the word 'mortuus' (dead) is declined. For, as Caesar says, from 'morior' (I die) it ought to have ended in 'tus' in the past participle, namely with a single U, not with two. For where the letter U is doubled, it is a noun, not a participle, as 'fatuus' (foolish), 'arduus' (steep). And so it fittingly came about that, just as that which it signifies cannot act, so also the name itself cannot be declined in speech.
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Omnis autem mortuus aut funus est, aut cadaver. Funus est, si sepeliatur. Et dictum funus a funibus accensis, quos ante feretrum papyris cera circumdatis ferebant. Cadaver autem est, si insepultum iacet. Nam cadaver nominatum a cadendo, quia iam stare non potest. Quod dum portatur, exsequias dicimus: crematum reliquias: conditum iam sepultum. Corpus autem consuetudine dicitur, ut illud (Virg. Georg. 4,255): Tum corpora luce carentum. Defunctus vocatus, quia conplevit vitae officium. Nam dicimus functos officio, qui officia debita conpleverunt; unde est et honoribus functus. Hinc ergo defunctus, quod ab officio sit vitae depositus, sive quod sit diem functus.
此外,凡死者若非「funus」(喪禮)便是「cadaver」(屍體)。若被埋葬,便是 funus。「funus」得名於點燃的繩索(funes),他們過去把裹著蠟紙草的繩索抬在棺架之前。但若曝屍未葬,便是 cadaver。因為 cadaver 得名於墜倒(cadere),因為它再也不能站立。當它被抬送時,我們稱之為「exsequiae」(送葬行列);被焚燒後,稱「reliquiae」(遺骸);被安放後,便已是「sepultum」(已葬)。但按習慣稱之為「corpus」(身體),如那句詩:「於是那些失去光明者的身體。」人稱為「defunctus」(亡故者),因為他已完成生命的職分。因為我們說那些已履行所欠職責者「盡了職」(functos officio);故也有人「盡了尊榮之職」(honoribus functus)。因此「defunctus」,是因為他已從生命的職分上被卸下,或因為他「盡了時日」(diem functus)。
Now every dead person is either a 'funus' (funeral) or a 'cadaver' (corpse). It is a 'funus' if it is buried. And 'funus' is named from the kindled cords (funes) which they used to carry before the bier, wrapped with waxed papyrus. But it is a 'cadaver' if it lies unburied. For 'cadaver' is named from falling (cadere), because it can no longer stand. While it is carried, we call it 'exsequiae' (funeral procession); when burned, 'reliquiae' (remains); when laid away, it is now 'sepultum' (buried). But it is called 'corpus' (body) by custom, as in that verse: 'Then the bodies of those lacking light.' A person is called 'defunctus' (deceased) because he has completed the office of life. For we say that those have 'discharged' an office (functos officio) who have completed the duties they owed; whence too one who has 'discharged' honours (honoribus functus). Hence, then, 'defunctus,' because he has been laid down from the office of life, or because he has 'discharged his day' (diem functus).
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Sepultus autem dictus, eo quod iam sine pulsu et palpitatione est, id est sine motu. Sepelire autem est condere corpus. Nam humare obruere dicimus, hoc est humum inicere. III. DE PORTENTIS. [l] Portenta esse Varro ait quae contra naturam nata videntur: sed non sunt contra naturam, quia divina voluntate fiunt, cum voluntas Creatoris cuiusque conditae rei natura sit. Vnde et ipsi gentiles Deum modo Naturam, modo Deum appellant. Portentum ergo fit non contra naturam, sed contra quam est nota natura. Portenta autem et ostenta, monstra atque prodigia ideo nuncupantur, quod portendere atque ostendere, monstrare ac praedicare aliqua futura videntur.
此外,人稱為「sepultus」(已葬),是因為他如今沒有脈搏(pulsus)與跳動,即沒有運動。而埋葬(sepelire)即是把身體收藏起來。因為我們說「humare」(掩埋)即是覆蓋,也就是把泥土(humus)撒在其上。三、論怪異。瓦羅說,怪異(portenta)是那些看似違反自然而生之物:但它們並不違反自然,因為它們藉神的旨意而發生,既然造物主的旨意就是每一受造之物的本性。故連異教徒自己也時而稱神為自然,時而稱之為神。因此怪異之發生並非違反自然,而是違反那被人所認知的自然。此外,怪異(portenta)、預兆(ostenta)、異象(monstra)與奇兆(prodigia)之所以如此稱呼,是因為它們似乎預示(portendere)並顯示(ostendere)、指明(monstrare)並宣告(praedicare)某些將來之事。
Now one is called 'sepultus' (buried) because he is now without pulse (pulsus) and throbbing, that is, without motion. And to bury (sepelire) is to put away the body. For we say 'humare' (to inter) is to cover over, that is, to cast earth (humus) upon it. III. ON PORTENTS. Varro says that portents are those things which seem to be born contrary to nature: but they are not contrary to nature, because they come to pass by the divine will, since the will of the Creator is the nature of each created thing. Whence too the pagans themselves call God now Nature, now God. A portent, therefore, comes about not contrary to nature, but contrary to nature as it is known. Now portents (portenta) and ostents (ostenta), monsters (monstra) and prodigies (prodigia) are so named because they seem to portend (portendere) and to show (ostendere), to demonstrate (monstrare) and to declare (praedicare) certain things to come.
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Nam portenta dicta perhibent a portendendo, id est praeostendendo. Ostenta autem, quod ostendere quidquam futurum videantur. Prodigia, quod porro dicant, id est futura praedicant. Monstra vero a monitu dicta, quod aliquid significando demonstrent, sive quod statim monstrent quid appareat; et hoc proprietatis est, abusione tamen scriptorum plerumque corrumpitur. Quaedam autem portentorum creaciones in significationibus futuris constituta videntur. Vult enim deus interdum ventura significare per aliqua nascentium noxia, sicut et per somnos et per oracula, qua praemoneat et significet quibusdam vel gentibus vel hominibus futuram cladem; quod plurimis etiam experimentis probatum est.
因為他們認為「portenta」得名於預示(portendere),即預先顯明(praeostendere)。而「ostenta」,是因為它們似乎顯示(ostendere)某種將來之事。「prodigia」,是因為它們宣示(porro dicere),即預告未來之事。但「monstra」得名於警示(monitus),因為它們藉指明某事而昭示(demonstrare),或因為它們立即顯示(monstrare)所現之象;這才是本義,儘管大多被作者們鬆散的用法所訛變。此外,某些怪異的生成似乎是為預示將來之事而設。因為神有時願藉某些有害的出生來預示將來之事,正如也藉夢與神諭,好使他預先警告並向某些民族或個人預示將臨的災禍;此事已被極多的經驗所證實。
For they hold that 'portenta' are so called from portending (portendere), that is, from foreshowing (praeostendere). But 'ostenta,' because they seem to show (ostendere) something to come. 'Prodigia,' because they speak forth (porro dicere), that is, foretell future things. But 'monstra' are named from warning (monitus), because by signifying something they demonstrate (demonstrare), or because they at once show (monstrare) what appears; and this is the proper meaning, though for the most part it is corrupted by the loose usage of writers. Now certain creations of portents seem to be appointed for the signifying of future things. For God sometimes wills to signify things to come through certain harmful births, as also through dreams and through oracles, by which he may forewarn and signify to certain peoples or persons a coming disaster; which has been proved by very many experiences.
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Xerxen quippe vulpis ex equa creata solvi regnum portendit. Alexandro ex muliere monstrum creatum, quod superiores corporis partes hominis, sed mortuas habuerit, inferiores diversarum bestiarum, sed viventes, significasse repentinam regis interfectionem: supervixerant enim deteriora melioribus. Sed haec monstra quae in significationibus dantur non diu vivunt, sed continuo ut nata fuerint occidunt. Inter portentum autem et portentuosum differt. Nam portenta sunt quae transfigurantur, sicut fertur in Vmbria mulierem peperisse serpentem. Vnde Lucanus (1,563): Matremque suus conterruit infans. Portentuosa vero levem sumunt mutationem, exempli causa cum sex digitis nati.
如此,一隻由母馬所生的狐狸向薛西斯(Xerxes)預示了他王國的瓦解。向亞歷山大,一個由婦人所生的怪物——它身體的上部是人的、卻是死的,下部是各種野獸的、卻是活的——預示了那王突然被殺:因為較劣的部分活過了較優的部分。但這些作為徵兆而出現的怪物並不久活,而是一出生便立即死去。此外,「portentum」(怪異)與「portentuosum」(怪異性的)之間有別。因為「portenta」是那些被變形之物,如據報導,在翁布里亞(Umbria)有一婦人生下一條蛇。故盧坎(Lucan)說:「她自己的嬰兒使那母親驚駭。」但「portentuosa」只受輕微的改變,例如當孩子生來有六指之時。
Thus a fox born from a mare portended to Xerxes the dissolution of his kingdom. To Alexander a monster born from a woman, which had the upper parts of a human body, but dead, and the lower parts of diverse beasts, but living, signified the king's sudden slaying: for the worse parts had outlived the better. But these monsters, which are given in signs, do not live long, but die immediately as soon as they are born. Now there is a difference between a 'portentum' and a 'portentuosum.' For 'portenta' are those things that are transfigured, as it is reported that in Umbria a woman gave birth to a serpent. Whence Lucan says: 'And her own infant terrified the mother.' But 'portentuosa' undergo a slight change, for example when children are born with six fingers.
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Portenta igitur vel portentuosa existunt alia magnitudine totius corporis ultra communem hominum modum, quantus fuit Tityon in novem iugeribus iacens, Homero testante: alia parvitate totius corporis, ut nani, vel quos Graeci Pygmaeos vocant, eo quod sint statura cubitales. Alii a magnitudine partium, veluti capite informi, aut superfluis membrorum partibus, ut bicipites et trimani, vel cynodontes, quibus gemini procedunt dentes. Alii a defectu partium, in quibus altera pars plurimum deficit ab altera, ut manus a manu, vel pes a pede. Alii a decisione, ut sine manu aut capite generata, quos Graeci steresios vocant. Alia praenumeria, quando solum caput aut crus nascitur.
因此,怪異或怪異性之物是存在的:有些是全身的巨大超乎人的通常尺度,如提堤俄斯(Tityos),據荷馬所證,橫臥竟達九畝之地;有些是全身的細小,如侏儒(nani),或希臘人所稱的俾格米人(Pygmaei),因為他們身高只有一肘。有些是部分的巨大,如頭部畸形,或肢體有多餘的部分,如雙頭者(bicipites)與三手者(trimani),或「cynodontes」(犬齒者),他們生出雙排牙齒。有些是部分的缺損,其中一部分遠遜於另一部分,如手不及手、足不及足。有些是切除,如生來沒有一隻手或頭者,希臘人稱之為「steresioi」。有些是數目過多,即只生出一個頭或一條腿。
Portents, therefore, or portentous things, exist: some by the magnitude of the whole body beyond the common measure of men, such as was Tityos, lying over nine acres, as Homer testifies; others by the smallness of the whole body, such as dwarfs (nani), or those whom the Greeks call Pygmies, because they are of a cubit's stature. Others by the magnitude of parts, as with a misshapen head, or with superfluous parts of the limbs, as those with two heads (bicipites) and three hands (trimani), or 'cynodontes,' from whom double teeth protrude. Others by the defect of parts, in whom one part falls far short of the other, as hand from hand, or foot from foot. Others by amputation, as those generated without a hand or a head, whom the Greeks call 'steresioi.' Others by numerical excess, when only a head or a leg is born.
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Alia, quae in parte transfigurantur, sicut qui leonis habent vultum vel canis, vel taurinum caput aut corpus, ut ex Pasiphaë memorant genitum Minotaurum; quod Graeci ETEROMORFIAN vocant. Alia, quae ex omni parte transfigurantur in alienae creationis portentum, ut ex muliere vitulum dicit historia generatum. Alia, quae sine transfiguratione mutationem habent locorum, ut oculos in pectore vel in fronte, aures supra tempora: vel sicut Aristoteles tradidit quendam in sinistra parte iecur, in dextera splen habuisse. Alia secundum connaturationem, ut in alia manu digiti plures connaturati et cohaerentes reperiuntur, in alia minus, sive in pedibus.
有些是部分被變形者,如那些有獅或犬的面孔,或牛的頭或身者,如他們所述彌諾陶洛斯(Minotaurus)是由帕西法厄(Pasiphaë)所生;希臘人稱之為 HETEROMORPHIA(異形)。有些是全然被變形為異類受造之怪異者,如史書所說有一頭牛犢由一婦人所生。有些是無變形而有部位改換者,如眼睛長在胸上或前額,耳朵長在太陽穴之上:或如亞里斯多德所述,有人肝在左側、脾在右側。有些是按先天的融合,如一隻手上發現有較多手指融合黏連在一起,另一隻手上較少,或腳上亦然。
Others, which are transfigured in part, such as those who have the face of a lion or a dog, or a bull's head or body, as they relate that the Minotaur was begotten of Pasiphaë; which the Greeks call HETEROMORPHIA. Others, which are wholly transfigured into the portent of an alien creation, as history says that a calf was begotten from a woman. Others, which have a change of positions without transfiguration, as eyes in the chest or in the forehead, ears above the temples: or, as Aristotle relates, one who had his liver on the left side and his spleen on the right. Others according to congenital fusion, as when in one hand more fingers are found fused together and cohering, and in the other fewer, or likewise in the feet.
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Alia secundum inmaturam et intemperatam creationem, sicut hi qui dentati nascuntur sive barbati vel cani. Alia conplexu plurimarum differentiarum, sicut illud quod praediximus (§ 5) in Alexandro multiforme portentum. Alia conmixtione generis, ut ANDROGUINOI et HERMAFRODITAI vocantur. Hermaphroditae autem nuncupati eo quod eis uterque sexus appareat. HERMES quippe apud Graecos masculus, AFRODITE femina nuncupatur. Hi dexteram mamillam virilem, sinistram muliebrem habentes vicissim coeundo et gignunt et pariunt. Sicut autem in singulis gentibus quaedam monstra sunt hominum, ita in universo genere humano quaedam monstra sunt gentium, ut Gigantes, Cynocephali, Cyclopes, et cetera.
有些是按不成熟而失度的生成,如那些生來已有牙、或有鬍鬚、或白髮者。有些是由極多差異的組合,如我們前面在亞歷山大之例中所提到的那多形怪異。有些是由性別的混合,如那些稱為 ANDROGYNOI(雌雄同體)與 HERMAPHRODITAI(陰陽人)者。陰陽人(hermaphroditae)之所以如此稱呼,是因為在他們身上兩性都顯現。因為在希臘人中,HERMES 稱為男性,APHRODITE 稱為女性。這些人右乳為男性,左乳為女性,藉輪流交合而既生育又生產。此外,正如在各個民族中人們之間有某些怪物,同樣在整個人類中也有某些怪異的民族,如巨人(Gigantes)、狗頭人(Cynocephali)、獨眼巨人(Cyclopes)等等。
Others according to immature and intemperate creation, such as those who are born already toothed, or bearded, or grey-haired. Others by a combination of very many differences, such as that multiform portent which we mentioned before in the case of Alexander. Others by a mixing of gender, such as those called ANDROGYNOI and HERMAPHRODITAI. Hermaphrodites are so named because in them either sex appears. For HERMES among the Greeks is called the male, APHRODITE the female. These, having the right breast masculine and the left feminine, by coupling in turn both beget and bring forth. Now just as in individual nations there are certain monsters among men, so in the whole human race there are certain monstrous nations, such as the Giants, the Cynocephali, the Cyclopes, and the rest.
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Gigantes dictos iuxta Graeci sermonis etymologiam, qui eos GUEGUENEIS existimant, id est terrigenas, eo quod eos fabulose parens terra inmensa mole et similes sibi genuerit. GUE enim terra appellatur: GUENOS genus; licet et terrae filios vulgus vocat: quorum genus incertum est. Falso autem opinantur quidam inperiti de Scripturis sanctis praevaricatores angelos cum filiabus hominum ante diluvium concubuisse, et exinde natos Gigantes, id est nimium grandes et fortes viros, de quibus terra conpleta est. Cynocephali appellantur eo quod canina capita habeant, quosque ipse latratus magis bestias quam homines confitetur. Hi in India nascuntur. Cyclopes quoque eadem India gignit;
巨人(Gigantes)之所以如此稱呼,是按希臘語的詞源,他們認為巨人是 GEGENEIS,即地生者,因為,如神話所言,母親大地生下他們,其軀體龐大無比且與自己相似。因為 GE 稱為「地」,GENOS 稱為「族類」;儘管民眾也稱他們為「大地之子」,其世系不明。但某些無知之人,作為聖經的曲解者,錯誤地認為在洪水之前有天使與人的女子同寢,於是生下了巨人,即極其高大剛強的人,大地被他們充滿。狗頭人(Cynocephali)之所以如此稱呼,是因為他們有狗的頭,其吠叫聲更表明他們是野獸而非人。這些人生在印度。獨眼巨人(Cyclopes)也是那同一個印度所生的;
The Giants (Gigantes) are so called according to the etymology of the Greek tongue, who suppose them to be GEGENEIS, that is, earth-born, because, as the fable goes, mother Earth begot them of immense bulk and like to herself. For GE is called 'earth,' GENOS 'race'; though the common people too call them 'sons of the earth,' whose lineage is uncertain. But certain ignorant men falsely opine, as perverters of the Holy Scriptures, that before the flood angels lay with the daughters of men, and that thence were born the Giants, that is, exceedingly great and strong men, with whom the earth was filled. The Cynocephali are so called because they have dogs' heads, and their very barking confesses them to be beasts rather than men. These are born in India. The Cyclopes also that same India begets;
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et dictos Cyclopes eo quod unum habere oculum in fronte media perhibentur. Hi et AGRIOFAGUITAI dicuntur, propter quod solas ferarum carnes edunt. Blemmyas in Libya credunt truncos sine capite nasci, et os et oculos habere in pectore. Alios sine cervicibus gigni, oculos habentes in humeris. In ultimo autem Orientis monstruosae gentium facies scribuntur. Aliae sine naribus, aequali totius oris planitie, informes habentes vultus. Aliae labro subteriori adeo prominenti ut in solis ardoribus totam ex eo faciem contegant dormientes. Aliis concreta ora esse, modico tantum foramine calamis avenarum pastus haurientes. Nonnulli sine linguis esse dicuntur, invicem sermonis utentes nutum sive motum.
他們之所以稱為獨眼巨人(Cyclopes),是因為據說他們在前額正中只有一隻眼睛。他們也稱為 AGRIOPHAGITAI,因為他們只吃野獸的肉。利比亞的布倫米人(Blemmyae),他們相信生來是沒有頭的軀幹,而口與眼長在胸上。另有些生來沒有頸項,眼睛長在肩上。此外,在最遠的東方,記載著各民族怪異的面貌。有些沒有鼻孔,整個面部表面是平的,容貌無形。有些下唇突出到這般地步,以致他們睡覺時在烈日的酷熱中用它遮住整張臉。有些口是閉合長死的,只藉燕麥稈經一個小孔攝取營養。有些據說沒有舌頭,彼此以點頭或手勢代替言語。
and they are called Cyclopes because they are said to have a single eye in the middle of the forehead. These are also called AGRIOPHAGITAI, because they eat only the flesh of wild beasts. The Blemmyae in Libya they believe are born as trunks without a head, and to have their mouth and eyes in the chest. Others are begotten without necks, having their eyes in their shoulders. In the farthest East, moreover, monstrous faces of peoples are recorded. Some are without nostrils, the whole surface of the face being level, having shapeless countenances. Others have the lower lip so protruding that in the heats of the sun they cover their whole face with it while sleeping. Others have their mouths grown shut, and taking in nourishment only through a small opening by means of oat-straws. Some are said to be without tongues, using a nod or gesture to one another in place of speech.
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Panotios apud Scythiam esse ferunt, tam diffusa magnitudine aurium ut omne corpus ex eis contegant. PAN enim Graeco sermone omne, OTA aures dicuntur. Artabatitae in Aethiopia proni, ut pecora, ambulare dicuntur: quadragesimum aevi annum nullus supergreditur. Satyri homunciones sunt aduncis naribus; cornua in frontibus, et caprarum pedibus similes, qualem in solitudine Antonius sanctus vidit. Qui etiam interrogatus Dei servo respondisse fertur dicens (Hieron. vit. Paul. erem. 8): 'Mortalis ego sum unus ex accolis heremi, quos vario delusa errore gentilitas Faunos Satyrosque colit.' Dicuntur quidam et silvestres homines, quos nonnulli Faunos ficarios vocant.
他們說,Panotii(大耳人)在西徐亞(Scythia),其耳朵展開之大,足以用之遮蓋全身。因為 PAN 在希臘語中意指「一切」,OTA 意指「耳朵」。埃塞俄比亞的 Artabatitae 據說像牲畜一樣俯身行走:沒有人能活過第四十歲。薩堤爾(Satyri)是有鉤狀鼻孔的小人;他們前額有角,腳與山羊相似,正如聖安東尼(Antony)在曠野中所見。據報導,其中一個被問及時,向神的僕人回答說:「我是必死的,是曠野居民中的一個,被種種謬誤所迷惑的異教把我們當作法翁與薩堤爾來敬拜。」也有人說有某些林間之人,有些人稱之為愛無花果的法翁(Fauni ficarii)。
The Panotii, they say, are in Scythia, with ears of such spreading size that they cover their whole body with them. For PAN in the Greek tongue means 'all,' and OTA 'ears.' The Artabatitae in Ethiopia are said to walk stooping like cattle: none passes beyond the fortieth year of life. The Satyrs are little men with hooked nostrils; they have horns on their foreheads, and are similar to goats in their feet, such as Saint Antony saw in the desert. One of them, when questioned, is reported to have answered the servant of God, saying: 'I am mortal, one of the dwellers of the desert, whom heathendom, deluded by manifold error, worships as Fauns and Satyrs.' There are also said to be certain woodland men, whom some call fig-loving Fauns (Fauni ficarii).
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Sciopodum gens fertur in Aethiopia singulis cruribus et celeritate mirabili: quos inde SKIOPODAS Graeci vocant, eo quod per aestum in terra resupini iacentes pedum suorum magnitudine adumbrentur. Antipodes in Libya plantas versas habent post crura et octonos digitos in plantis. Hippopodes in Scythia sunt, humanam formam et equinos pedes habentes. In India ferunt esse gentem quae MAKROBIOI nuncupantur, duodecim pedum staturam habentes. Est et gens ibi statura cubitalis, quos Graeci a cubito pygmaeos vocant, de qua supra diximus, (§ 7). Hi montana Indiae tenent, quibus est vicinus oceanus.
據說影足人(Sciopodes)住在埃塞俄比亞,只有一條腿,且迅捷得驚人:希臘人因此稱他們為 SKIOPODES,因為在酷熱中他們仰臥在地上,用其巨大的腳為自己遮蔭。利比亞的對蹠人(Antipodes)腳掌反轉朝後、長在腿的後方,每隻腳掌有八趾。馬足人(Hippopodes)在西徐亞,有人的形體與馬的腳。他們說,印度有一個民族稱為 MACROBIOI(長壽者),身高十二呎。那裡也有一個身高一肘的民族,希臘人按肘(cubitus)稱他們為俾格米人,我們在上面已經提過。這些人佔據印度的山區,大洋與他們相鄰。
The race of the Sciopodes is said to be in Ethiopia, with single legs and of marvellous swiftness: the Greeks call them SKIOPODES for this reason, because in the heat they lie on the ground on their backs and are shaded by the magnitude of their feet. The Antipodes in Libya have soles turned backwards behind their legs, and eight toes on each sole. The Hippopodes are in Scythia, having human form and horses' feet. In India, they say, there is a nation which is called MACROBIOI, having a stature of twelve feet. There is also there a nation of a cubit's stature, whom the Greeks from the cubit call Pygmies, of whom we spoke above. These hold the mountainous regions of India, to whom the ocean is neighbouring.
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