There are some very useful points in this video although I have no expertise in Vincent’s choice of books.
Crās iter
faciam | I’ll be travelling tomorrow [literally: I shall make a
journey]
et nunc rēs meās
parō. | … and now I’m preparing my things.
Quid habeō in capsā?
| What do I have in the (suit)case?
Vestīmenta sānē …
| Clothes, of course …
…etiam nōnnūllōs
librōs portābō mēcum. | … I’ll also bring some books with me.
Quī sunt librī? |
What are the books / Which books are they?
Librī ēvangeliōrum
quattuor Iuvencī … | Juvencus's four books of the Gospels …
… ut semper cum itineror
hunc librum portō mēcum … | … as I always bring this book with me when I’m
travelling …
… Dē imitātiōne
Chrīstī … | … concerning the imitation of Christ …
… Catēchismus
Conciliī Tridentīnī. | … The Catechism of the Council of Trent.
Sānē in itinere
nōn poterō perlegere hunc librum … | Of course I won’t be able to finish
reading this book / read the whole book on the journey.
… sed fortasse
nonullōs locōs animī causā legam … | … but perhaps I’ll read some / a few
passages for the sake of enjoyment …
… et parvum
Missāle. | … and a small missal.
Nunc cubitum eō.
| I’m going to bed now.
In crāstinum. |
See you tomorrow.
[1]
legō, -ere [3]:
read
perlegere [3]: read through / to the
end
per: as a
preposition (+ accusative): means ‘through’ or ‘across’
per-: as a prefix
conveys:
[i] with
adjectives: very, e.g. magnus, -a, -um (large) > permagnus, -a, -um (very
large)
[ii] with verbs:
indicates that an action is carried out right to the end
permaneō [2]: stay until the end; Engl. deriv: permanent
perdiscō, -ere [3]: learn thoroughly; learn by heart
pernoctō, -āre [1]: spend the night (e.g. be /
sleep somewhere through the entire night)
[2]
iter, itineris
[3/n]: journey; (Mil.) march; Engl. deriv: itinerary
in itinere: on the journey
iter faciō, -ere [3-iō]: travel (make a journey); march
itineror, -ārī [1/deponent]: (Late Latin) travel
[3] cubitum
eō | I’m going to bed [literally: I am going to lie down / sleep]
cubō, -āre [1];
perfect: cubuī; supine: cubitum
cubitum, the supine form of the verb, was
actually discussed in the group very recently:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/1033721322572469
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/1033724789238789
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/1033723109238957
In this context,
it is used with a verb of motion to indicate the purpose:
cubitum eō | I am going to sleep
A synonym also
uses a supine: Dormītum eō. | I am going to sleep < dormiō,
-īre [4], dormīvī, dormītum
[4] Quid habeō in capsā?
| What do I have in the suitcase?
Vincent uses a
Neo-Latin intepretation for the noun:
https://neolatinlexicon.org/latin/suitcase/
The Romans had a
very wide range of terms to describe bags, just as we have today. However, they
are rarely referred to, and it is sometimes tricky to picture the type of bag
they are talking about.
Classical Latin capsa,
-ae [1/f] can mean ‘case’ or ‘box’ but it was often used to mean a
cylindrical holder for books – and it is depicted in a fresco [see image].
A close
examination of some words in their original context helps us to formulate some
idea. This excerpt from Plautus gives three words in the same speech. Note that
the character refers to viāticum, -ī [2/n]: travelling-money;
provision for a journey
Nunc ībō in
tabernam, [i] vāsa atque argentum tibi referam. rēctē est
obsignātum in [ii] vīdulō [iii] marsūpium cum viāticō:
id tibi iam hūc adferam.
- I’ll go to the inn now and bring you the bags and cash. Duly under seal in the bag is the wallet with the travelling money. I’ll bring it here to you directly.
[i] vāsa,
-ōrum [2/n/pl]: while it most commonly occurs with the meaning of
‘vessels’ or ‘utensils’, it can also refer to baggage, i.e. a plural concept; a
synonym is sarcīnae, -ārum [1/f/pl], again denoting more than one
item of luggage
[ii] vīdulus,
-ī [2/m]; the noun refers to some form of large travelling case, sometimes
defined as a portmanteau. Both here and in other contexts in Plautus, the
term is a convincing rendering of our modern concept of a suitcase, and is also
listed at the Neo-Latin Lexicon.
[iii] marsūpium,
-ī [2/n]: the English derivative is marsupial referring
to animals that bear their young in a pouch; a small pouch full of
money, translated here as ‘wallet’ – and elsewhere as ‘purse’ – is a valid
Neo-Latin rendering even if, in the ancient Roman period, such items did not
look the same as they do now.
detail of a wall-painting from Pompeii: 1st c. CE
legal document on a sealed wax tablet next to a capsa holding 7 papyrus scrolls
