The Werewolf (Petronius)

[Phoebus Apollo]

Sorry to revive an old thread 2 years later, but did anyone figure out how to translate the very last line of this chapter (62.14) , specifically the bit I've put in bold:


ego si mentior, genios vestros iratos habeam.

Translations I've looked at render it stuff like 'may your guardian spirits damn/punish me' but I'm pretty sure this isn't a literal translation ...I'm not sure whether iratum...habeo is some sort of idiom?

 

[rothbard]

Sorry to revive an old thread 2 years later, but did anyone figure out how to translate the very last line of this chapter (62.14) , specifically the bit I've put in bold:


ego si mentior, genios vestros iratos habeam.

I think "mihi" is understood, so that the sentence literally translates as "If I lie, may I have your genii angry with me".

By the way, I notice that this online version of the text has "Ut larua intravi" instead of "In larvam intravi", which makes more sense.

 

[Dantius]

Yes, "iratum aliquem habere" = "to have someone angry (at you)".

 

[Phoebus Apollo]

I think "mihi" is understood, so that the sentence literally translates as "If I lie, may I have your genii angry with me".

By the way, I notice that this online version of the text has "Ut larua intravi" instead of "In larvam intravi", which makes more sense.

Yes, "iratum aliquem habere" = "to have someone angry (at you)".

Thank you both!

 

[Hermes Trismegistus]

What about "circummingo, circummingere"?
What does that verb mean?

 

[Pacifica]

To pee around.