topic; clothing; Neo-Latin [2]; 08-10

Topic / Level 4;  clothing; Neo-Latin [8] Traupman (1)

[1] Priscilla buys clothes

A (Saleslady): Hello. How can I help you? | A ( __________ ): Salvē. __________ tibi ministrāre __________?

B (Priscilla): Hello. I want to buy a dress. | B (Priscilla): Salvē. Ego stolam __________ __________.

A: What colour do you want? | A: __________ colōrem __________?

B: I want a blue dress. | B: Stolam __________ cupiō.

A: Do you want anything else? | A: Cupisne __________ aliud?

B: Yes, I want a pair of shoes. | B: Ita, __________ __________ cupiō.

A: Do you want to buy sandals? | A: Cupisne emere __________?

B: No. I want white shoes. | B: Mīnimē. __________ __________ cupiō.

A: We have nice silk dresses today. | A: Habēmus hōdiē vestēs __________ __________.

B: No, thank you. How much do these (items) cost? | B: Benīgnē. __________ haec cōnstant?

A: Ten dollars in all. | A: Decem dōllarīs __________.

B: Here are your ten dollars. | B: Ecce __________ decem dōllarōs.

albōs; bellās; caeruleam; cupis; emere; ex tōtō; pār; possum; quantī; quem; quicquam; quōmodo; sandalia; sēricās; soccōrum; soccōs; tibi; vestiāria; volō

____________________

A: Salvē. Quōmodo tibi ministrāre possum?
B: Salvē. Ego stolam emere volō.
A: Quem colōrem cupis?
B: Stolam caeruleam cupiō.
A: Cupisne quicquam aliud?
B: Ita, pār soccōrum cupiō.
A: Cupisne emere sandalia?
B: Mīnimē. Soccōs albōs cupiō.
A: Habēmus hōdiē vestēs sēricās bellās.
B: Benīgnē. Quantī haec cōnstant?
A: Decem dōllarīs ex tōtō.
B: Ecce tibi decem dōllarōs.

[2]

Vestiārius: Salvē. Quōmodo tibi ministrāre possum?

Petrus: Salvē. Velim emere mihi aliquot vestīmenta hīberna.

V: Em, habēmus paenulās scorteās ex Hispāniā.

P: Bene. Cupiō paenulam. Vēnditāsne digitālia?

V: Habeō digitālia scortea et lānāta.

P: Dā mihi duo paria digitālium lānātōrum. Egeō etiam pilleō lānātō.

V: Vīsne emere tībiālia lānāta?

P: Sānē, egeō duōbus paribus.

V: Vīsne quicquam aliud?

P: Cingulum scorteum, sī praestō est.

V: Cingula semper in hāc tabernā vestiāriā praestō sunt. Quot cingula cupis?

P: Ūnum, opīnor, satis est.

V: Quamobrem egēs hīs vestīmentīs hībernīs?

P: Quia ego iter factūrus sum trāns Alpēs in Germāniam.

[i] What type of clothes does Peter want to buy?

[ii] Which two items are made of leather?

[iii] Which three items are made of wool?

[iv] What are always available in the shop?

[v] Why does Peter need these clothes? (3)

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[i] winter clothes (vestīmenta hīberna)

[ii] raincoat (paenula scortea); belt (cingulum scorteum)

[iii] gloves (digitālia lānāta); cap (pilleus lānātus); socks/stockings (tībiālia lānāta)

[iv] belts (cingula)

[v] He is going to make a journey (1) across the Alps (1) into Germany (3) (iter factūrus sum trāns Alpēs in Germāniam).

Topic / Level 4;  clothing; Neo-Latin [9] Traupman (2)

[3]

[a]

Māter: Lēda et Vanēssa, vōsne parātae estis ad convīvium quod Marīa agitat?

Lēda: Māter, ego habeō nihil prōrsus quod geram.

Māter: Nūgās! Habēs vērō cēnātōria bellissima. Habēs enim tālārem vestem roseam et tālārem vestem violāceam et tālārem vestem caeruleam.

Lēda: Ita rēs est. At ego eās omnēs abhinc trēs diēs ad fullōnicam attulī.

Māter: Vanessa, tū utique sat superque vestēs habēs. Quoad ego sciō, tū habēs pulchrās tunicās manicātās et tunicās sine manicīs. Dā Lēdae ūnam ex tuīs tunicīs.

Vanessa: Māter, Lēda semper vestēs meās mūtuātur. Praetereā, mea tunica coccinea et tunica viridis sunt veterēs et trītae.

[i] What five colours are mentioned?

[ii] In which order are the following first referred to?

always borrowing clothes _____

ankle-length dress _____

dresses with sleeves _____

getting ready for a party _____

having more than enough clothes _____

having nothing to wear _____

laundry _____

old and worn out dresses _____

‘party’ dress; dinner dress _____

sleeveless dresses _____

[b]

M: Lēda!

L: Quid est?

M: Cūrā ut abeās curriculō ad fullōnicam et petās vestēs tuās.

L: Eī operam dabō extemplō, māter.

M: Et tū, Vanessa . . .

V: Quid?

M: Sī vīs īre exōrnāta ad convīvium, tibi licet gerās meās inaurēs et monīle gemmātum.

V: Grātiās, māter.

M: Lēda, tibi licet gerās meam armillam et monīle baccātum.

L: Papae! Quāle convīvium id erit!

[1] Find the Latin:

[i] “all decked out”

[ii] bracelet

[iii] earrings

[iv] gem-studded necklace

[v] pearl necklace

[vi] I’ll see to that

[vii] if you want to go

[viii] see to it / make sure that you go … and fetch …

[ix] you may wear

[2] How do we know that …

[i] the mother treats her daughters equally?

[ii] that Leda will enjoy the party?

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[a]

[i]

pink; violet; blue; scarlet / deep red; green

[ii]

Māter: Lēda et Vanēssa, (1) vōsne parātae estis ad convīvium quod Marīa agitat?

Lēda: Māter, (2) ego habeō nihil prōrsus quod geram.

Māter: Nūgās! Habēs vērō (3) cēnātōria bellissima. Habēs enim (4) tālārem vestem roseam et tālārem vestem violāceam et tālārem vestem caeruleam.

Lēda: Ita rēs est. At ego eās omnēs abhinc trēs diēs ad (5) fullōnicam attulī.

Māter: Vanessa, (6) tū utique sat superque vestēs habēs. Quoad ego sciō, tū habēs pulchrās tunicās (7) manicātās et tunicās (8) sine manicīs. Dā Lēdae ūnam ex tuīs tunicīs.

Vanessā: Māter, Lēda (9) semper vestēs meās mūtuātur. Praetereā, mea tunica coccinea et tunica viridis sunt (10) veterēs et trītae.

[ii]

always borrowing clothes [9]

ankle-length dress [4]

dresses with sleeves [7]

getting ready for a party [1]

having more than enough clothes [6]

having nothing to wear [2]

laundry [5]

old and worn out dresses [10]

‘party’ dress; dinner dress [3]

sleeveless dresses [8]

[b]

[1]

[i] exōrnata

[ii] armillam

[iii] inaurēs

[iv] monīle gemmātum

[v] monīle baccatum

[vi] Eī operam dabō

[vii] Sī vīs īre

[viii] Cūra ut abeās ... et petās

[ix] tibi licet gerās

[2]

[i] She shares her jewelry evenly between them.

[ii] She exclaims "Papae! Quāle convīvium id erit!" | "Wow! What a party that will be!"

Topic / Level 4;  clothing; Neo-Latin [10] Traupman (3) “fingers and thumbs”

We explore Neo-Latin words to explain the choices and establish their legitimacy.

Traupman uses digitālia as a Neo-Latin rendering for ‘gloves’ < (CL) digitālis, -e: of / belonging to the finger. It is not listed at the Neo-Latin Lexicon, nor does the original CL adjective refer to any form of clothing worn on the hand.

In an earlier post we saw the noun chīrothēcae to convey ‘gloves’ which, although not Classical Latin, is Mediaeval and derived from Anc. Gk χείρ [kheír] ‘hand’ + θήκη [thḗkē] ‘envelope’

Sometimes there are tenuous, but nonetheless interesting connections with original vocabulary, one of which is digitābula:

https://neolatinlexicon.org/latin/glove_mitten/

The Neo-Latin Lexicon lists digitābula [2/n/pl] as an alternative to chīrothēcae, but the former is only attested once in Dē rē rūsticā (Varro) in his advice regarding the picking the olives.

Dē olīvētō oleam, quam manū tangere possīs ē terrā ac scālīs, legere oportet potius quam quatere, quod ea quae vāpulāvit macēscit nec dat tantum oleī. Quae manū stricta, melior ea quae digitīs nūdīs, quam illa quae cum digitābulīs, dūritiēs enim eōrum quod nōn sōlum stringit bācam, sed etiam rāmōs glūbit ac relinquit ad gelicidium retēctōs.

Regarding the olive harvest: what you can reach by the hand from the ground or by ladders,  you should gather rather than shake, because the fruit which has been bruised [literally: that which has been beaten] dries out and it does not yield so much oil. Those picked by hand, those are better (picked) with bare fingers than those (picked) with gloves because the hardness of these (gloves) not only bruises the berry, but also strips the bark from the tree branches and leaves them exposed [literally: uncovered] to the frost.

The term digitābulum to convey our modern concept of ‘gloves’ is a fairly big lexical jump. The translation above, although I have adapted it, uses that English rendering and, of course, it conveys the need for some form of hand protection. However, the original sense is more likely referring to a type of thimble or finger-guard made of a hard material given Varro’s remarks that they can damage the berry [image #1]. One suggestion is that the word describes a type of “claw” used for the purpose of harvesting. Both interpretations are plausible but, irrespective of what Varro had in mind, they are highly unlikely to have been gloves, and [image #2] our two workers in the olive grove mosaic are not using them!

In Italian rastrello refers to a rake, and image #3 shows a light-weight version being used in modern olive picking. The original Latin word is rāstellus, -ī [2/m], a diminutive of rāstrum, -ī [2/n]: hoe. We may be tempted to think that this is what Varro has in mind, except that he does not use that word in this context since these types of strong hoe were used at ground level for digging up soil.