Saturday, July 31, 2010

PUER

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: PUER.

Aliud legunt pueri, aliud viri, aliud senes. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, but this time it is a triple expression: "one thing... another thing... and yet another thing," aliud...aliud...aliud.

Quod puer non didicit, non discet vir. ~ Note: Note the use of the future, discet.

Quod puer non didiceris, seni tibi discendum erit. ~ Note: The gerundive expresses the idea of an agent in the dative case: seni tibi, "you will have to learn it (when you are) an old man."

Ea pueri discant quibus sunt senes usuri. ~ Note: Note the elegant future active participle: sunt senes usuri, "they, (as) old men, are going to use."

Ne puero gladium. ~ Note: Compare the earlier saying: Capra gladium. This one gives you a negative particle, ne, a dative, puero, and an accusative object for the implied verb, gladium. The dative gives you the clue about how to put this one together: Don't (give) a sword to a boy. This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.5.18.

Puero gladium ne committas. ~ Note: This expresses the same idea as the previous saying, this time with an explicit verb: committas.

Fabulae decent pueros. ~ Note: Although you are more likely to see decet in an impersonal expression, it is also a verb which can take a personal subject, including a third-person plural subject as here: fabulae.

Disce, puer, tenero dum flos tibi floret in aevo.

Bis puer senex. ~ Note: Erasmus gives the saying in the plural - Bis pueri senes - Adagia, 1.5.36.

Stultus puerque vera dicunt.

Melior est puer pauper et sapiens rege sene et stulto. ~ Note: Note the ablative noun phrase, rege sene et stulto, which is used to express the comparison. The words are from the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, 4.

Erudiendi pueri in aetate tenera.

Saepe sibi proprium fecit puer ipse flagellum.

Saepe suum proprium fecit puer ipse flagellum.

Indulge veniam pueris.

Est pueris carus qui non est doctor amarus.

Vae terrae, cuius rex puer est.

Vae tibi, terra, cuius rex puer est.

Non puero cultellum.

Etiam puer et stultus opportuna loquuntur.

Nullam ex magnitudine utilitatem camelus cepit: quo vult, eo convertit eum puer.

Vera dicunt ebrii, fatui, pueri.

Cui puer assuescit, maior dimittere nescit.

Quod puer assuescit, senior dimittere nescit. ~ Note: You can also find the saying expressed this way: Quod puer assuescit, leviter dimittere nescit.

Pueri ac vinum vera profantur. ~ Note: This expands on the idea of "in vino veritas." Compare also the English expression "out of the mouths of babes."

Puer, sacer est locus; extra mingito.

Ebrius, insipiens, pueri dicunt tibi verum. ~ Note: Si secretarum seriem vis noscere rerum, / ebrius, insipiens, pueri dicunt tibi verum.

Vae pueri terrae: saepissime sunt ibi guerrae.

Huic puero panis datur, alter transit inanis.

Peccantem puerum quisquis non corrigit, odit.

Infelix patria est, pueros ubi purpura vestit.

Si puer hoc sciret, quantum doctrina valeret, raro dormiret, sed nocte dieque studeret. ~ Note: This is a verse couplet:

Disce puer, dum tempus adest aevo iuvenili, ut quo te recrees habeas aetate senili. ~ Note: This is a verse couplet: Disce puer, dum tempus adest aevo iuvenili, / ut quo te recrees habeas aetate senili.

Parce, puer, stimulis, et fortius utere loris.

Nescire quid antea quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.

Ideo pueri ediscimus sententias, ut viri facti utamur illis. ~ Note: Ideo pueri ediscimus sententias, ut viri facti utamur illis / in magnarum rerum deliberationibus. (Sutor)

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