Thessaly 5

tunc digito me demonstrans

Then, pointing me out with his finger he said

"nam cum ... custos hic sagacissimus"

"For when this very shrewd guardian

"corporis mei"

of my body

"exsertam vigiliam mihi teneret"

was keeping his extensive watch over me

"sagae quaedam, exuviis meis imminentes"

some witches, eager for my remains

"forma mutata apparuerunt"

appeared in changed form

"cum ... fallere non potuissent"

When they had been unable to deceive

"industriam sedulam eius"

his unremitting diligence

"postremo iniecta somni nebula eum"

finally they threw a cloud of sleep upon him

"in profundam quietem sepeliverunt"

and buried him in a deep slumber

"tum me nomine excitare coeperunt"

then they began to wake me by name

"neque ... desierunt"

and did not stop

"prius ... quam dum"

until

"hebetes artus mei"

my sluggish joints

"et membra frigida"

and cold limbs

"segeniter nituntur"

slowly struggled

"ad artis magicae obsequia"

to obey their magic art

"hic autem, qui vivus erat"

But this man, who was alive

"et tantum sopore mortuus"

and only dead in sleep

"idem mecum nomen forte habet"

by chance has the same name as me

"ad suum nomen igitur"

Therefore at the sound of his own name

"ignarus exsurgit"

he unwittingly got up

"et ... ultro gradiens"

and, proceeding mechanically

"in exanimis umbrae modum"

in the manner of a lifeless ghost

"ianuam adit"

he approached the door