Being sick really sucks... I either can't sleep or I sleep too much, but either way, I can't get out of bed for more than five minutes without feeling like the walking dead. The only bonus is that the only homework that I can seem to work on in bed is Latin, so at least I've had *some* fun. I think I've done all the homework for at least the next week... Tomorrow, I'm telling my mom to hide my textbook and I'm starting on book 1 of the Aeneid, come hell or high water.
But in the meantime, I've got a few questions about the Latin in chapter 21. I couldn't find a few words in the glossary in the back of the book and they didn't seem to be in the columns next to the Latin passages either.
"Arrisit"
"Visne" and "Vis"
I'm sure I should probably know what these words are and I think I got the gist of what it says from the context, but just to make sure, I thought I should ask, what do they mean?
~Rachael
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I believe "vis" and "visne" are forms are "velle," but someone please correct me if I'm wrong. (Check the book on p. 160 for the conjugations.)
And "arrisit" is in the column on p. 34. The book translates it as "smiled at." You sure must be sick, you better get plenty of rest this weekend! :)
Olivia
Thanks, Olivia! I thought I should have known what "vis" and "visne" were... And thank you so much for tracking down "arrisit."
I'm definitely going to get plenty of rest this weekend! I finally found out what's really going on with me and you'll probably laugh when you hear (I did! In relief, if nothing else...).
I went back to the doctor this morning because my arms, and to a lesser degree my legs, were going numb every time I tried to lay down to go to sleep last night, then the numbness stopped going away when I'd get up and move around (this lasted about seven hours by the time I had seen the doctor). And I had panic attacks twice before 7am... Like honest to God, uncontrollable hyperventilation and abject fear induced panic attacks. Very scary...
So this time, I didn't go to the USF clinic (not that they aren't wonderful, but I wanted to see someone who could see me quickly and send me for tests that my insurance would pay for if they were needed). I told my doctor everything that's gone on this entire past week, and after he looked me over, he said all of it, every bit of it, is stress. Severe stress, that's for sure, but nothing more than that.
My immune system was compromised by it and I got a bad head cold, which I'm still getting over. But all the other symptoms not usually associated with a head cold - the nausea, loss of appetite, upset stomach, numbness in the limbs - is all pure stress. The dizziness can be attributed to both the stress and the head cold. The numbness in particular, which really scared me, as I'm sure you can imagine, was caused by the muscles in my shoulders and back tensing to such a degree that they were squeezing the major nerves that run down my arms and legs, cutting off some feeling. Apparently, this can happen quite often when people are under stress for a long time and is not all that uncommon. So if this ever happens to any of you, try not to panic as much as I did because the most likely cause of it is what happened in my case - knotted, tension-filled muscles in the back and shoulders - and not a heart attack, even though it can feel like that's what it must be. But it's a good idea to get it checked out, obviously, because when it gets to this point, it's better to make sure it's nothing more serious, for the sake of peace of mind, if nothing else.
So he gave me a prescription for muscle relaxers to force my back and shoulders to unknot, told me to look into getting massage therapy to relieve the rest, and to take it easy for at least the next few days, so that the cold has time to get better. He also found I'm on the verge of getting an ear infection because the cold is taking so long to clear. So I'm following doctor's orders to the letter 'cause I sure don't want a repeat of this last week...
Oh goodness! I have to giggle abit because that's what the doctors told me a few weeks ago, but it's funny how both of us had completely different symptoms of stress! What a killer, huh? I thought I was having a heart attack though because I had that killer heart burn. I guess we both just have to take it easier. :) I'm glad everything's OK as well.
Olivia
Thanks, Olivia. It is very strange how stress can produce such different reactions in different people. Yep, we both have to take it easier than we have.
Hey girls--
Rachael, this sounds terrible...no wonder you look so downcast in the Roman Lit., I thought Catullus' obscenities were offennding you or sumtin'!
Vis is the second person sg. of velle (irregular). the 'Ne' means that the person asking expects and answer 'Yes! I do want!'
Arrisit is 3rd perfect sg. of arridere< adridere= to smile toward someone, to look someone and smile. Since 'risit' is the perfect of the simple 'ridere', it follows that 'adrisit=arrisit' is the perfect of adridere.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum!
Cheers, feel better, hope 2 c u soon, and healthy,
EM
No, Catullus didn't offend me, he's just rather shocking. I actually quite like Catullus.
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