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Knowledge gives hope, and hope, survival. Vitruvius recounts the wash up from a shipwreck.
Bene speremus! Hominum enim vestigia video.
Let us hope for the best! For I see the traces of men.
Bene: well or favorably.
Speremus: Let us hope. A hortatory subjunctive in the first person plural present
Hominum: genitive of homo (man, human), modifying vestigia.
Enim: for or indeed.
Vestigia: traces or signs. Neuter plural accusative.
Video: I see. First person singular present indicative.
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Knowledge gives hope, and hope, survival. Vitruvius recounts the wash up from a shipwreck.
Bene speremus! Hominum enim vestigia video.
Let us hope for the best! For I see the traces of men.
Bene: well or favorably.
Speremus: Let us hope. A hortatory subjunctive in the first person plural present
Hominum: genitive of homo (man, human), modifying vestigia.
Enim: for or indeed.
Vestigia: traces or signs. Neuter plural accusative.
Video: I see. First person singular present indicative.
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