Homework

Just in case you are catching this post late. We are on the final translation of the first sentence  from the beginning of Hobbitvs Ille:

in foramine terrae habitabat *hobbitus: nec foedum,sordidum madidumque foramen, nec extremis lumbricorum atque odore caenoso impletum, nec etiam foramen aridum, inane, harenosum, in quo nihil erat ad considendum aut
edendum aptum; immo foramen-hobbitum, ergo commodum.

Vocabulary:

• hobbitus is an invented word for this adaptation meaning “Hobbit” (1st Declension Noun)
• que(added to the end of another word) means “and”
• Considendum and Edendum are gerunds from the verbs consido and edo.

Translation

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

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The Break Down

in quo nihil erat ad considendum aut edendum aptum (literal translation) in which (the hole), there is nothing befitting for the purpose of sitting or eating

in + ablative= in

quo = quis; indefinite pronoun, “which”

nihil = “nothing” singular neuter

erat = 3rd singular imperfect, from sum, meaning “there is”

ad +accusative = meaning “to or towards”; but here it is ad +gerundive meaning or denoting “purpose”

considendum = consido; gerund referring to foramen, it is a neuter accusative form; meaning “sitting”

aut = “or”

edendum = edo; erund referring to foramen, it is a neuter accusative form; meaning “eating”

aptum = adjective neuter accusative, in reference to nihil, meaning “befitting, proper”

 

immo foramen-hobbitum, ergo commodum = (literal translation) on the contrary, it (is) a hobbit hole, therefore (meaning) comfort. 

immo = adverb, in reality, indeed, on the contrary

foramen = neuter noun, meaning “hole or opening”

hobbitum = hobbit as an adjective for foramen

ergo = therefore

commodum = commodus; adjective neuter accustaive, meaning “comfortable”

 

Well, that was an extremely long sentence and series on Hobbitvs Ille!