Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 6

English → It CHAPTER II. Level 7/10

On one occasion, when he was drawing them on to speak of antiquity, he began to tell about the most ancient things in our part of the world--about Phoroneus, who is called 'the first,' and about Niobe; and, after the Deluge, to tell of the lives of Deucalion and Pyrrha; and he traced the genealogy of their descendants, and attempted to reckon how many years old were the events of which he was speaking, and to give the dates.

In una certa occasione, mentre li induceva a parlare dell'antichità, cominciò a raccontare delle cose più antiche della nostra parte del mondo -- di Foroneo, che è chiamato 'il primo', e di Niobe; e, dopo il Diluvio, a parlare delle vite di Deucalione e Pirra; e tracciò la genealogia dei loro discendenti, e tentò di calcolare quanti anni avevano gli eventi di cui stava parlando, e di fornire le date.

Thereupon, one of the priests, who was of very great age; said, 'O Solon, Solon, you Hellenes are but children, and there is never an old man who is an Hellene.'

A quel punto, uno dei sacerdoti, che era di età molto avanzata, disse: 'O Solone, Solone, voi Elleni non siete che bambini, e non c'è mai un vecchio che sia un Elleno.'

Solon, bearing this, said, 'What do you mean?'

Solone, udendo ciò, disse: 'Cosa intendete dire?'

'I mean to say,' he replied, 'that in mind you are all young; there is no old opinion handed down among you by ancient tradition, nor any science which is hoary with age.

'Voglio dire,' rispose, 'che nella mente siete tutti giovani; non vi è alcuna opinione antica tramandata tra voi dalla tradizione, né alcuna scienza che sia veneranda per età.

And I will tell you the reason of this: there have been, and there will be again, many destructions of mankind arising out of many causes.

E vi dirò il motivo di ciò: ci sono state, e ci saranno ancora, molte distruzioni dell'umanità derivanti da molte cause.

There is a story which even you have preserved, that once upon a time Phaëthon, the son of Helios, having yoked the steeds in his father's chariot, because he was not able to drive them in the path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt.

C'è una storia che persino voi avete conservato, che una volta Fetonte, il figlio di Elio, avendo aggiogato i destrieri al carro di suo padre, poiché non era in grado di guidarli nel percorso di suo padre, bruciò tutto ciò che era sulla terra, e fu lui stesso distrutto da un fulmine.

Vocabulary

certa: cherta — Feminine adjective meaning 'a certain' or 'particular'.
occasione: okkaz-yoneh — Noun meaning 'occasion,' 'opportunity,' or 'event'.
mentre: mentreh — Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'whereas'.
li: lee — Third-person masculine plural pronoun meaning 'them'.
induceva: inducheva — Imperfect verb meaning 'was inducing' or 'was leading'.
parlare: parlareh — Infinitive verb meaning 'to speak' or 'to talk'.
antichità: antikita — Noun meaning 'antiquity' or 'ancient times'.
cominciò: komincio — Past tense verb meaning 'began' or 'started'.
raccontare: rak-kontareh — Infinitive verb meaning 'to tell' or 'to narrate'.
cose: kozeh — Noun meaning 'things' or 'matters'.
più: pyoo — Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'.
antiche: antikeh — Feminine plural adjective meaning 'ancient' or 'old'.
nostra: nostra — Feminine possessive adjective meaning 'our'.
parte: parteh — Noun meaning 'part,' 'portion,' or 'region'.
mondo: mondo — Noun meaning 'world' or 'universe'.
chiamato: kyamato — Past participle meaning 'called' or 'named'.
primo: preemo — Adjective or noun meaning 'first' or 'the first'.
dopo: dopo — Preposition or adverb meaning 'after' or 'afterwards'.
Diluvio: diluvyo — Noun meaning 'the Flood,' referring to a great deluge.
vite: viteh — Noun meaning 'lives' or alternatively 'vine' (context-dependent).
tracciò: traccio — Past tense verb meaning 'traced' or 'drew out'.
genealogia: jenealojia — Noun meaning 'genealogy' or 'family lineage'.
loro: loro — Pronoun or adjective meaning 'their,' 'them,' or 'they'.
discendenti: dishendenti — Noun meaning 'descendants' or 'offspring'.
tentò: tento — Past tense verb meaning 'tried' or 'attempted'.
calcolare: kalkollareh — Infinitive verb meaning 'to calculate' or 'to compute'.
quanti: kwanti — Interrogative adjective meaning 'how many'.
anni: annee — Noun meaning 'years' (plural of 'anno').
avevano: avevano — Imperfect verb meaning 'they had' or 'there were'.
eventi: eventi — Noun meaning 'events' or 'occurrences'.
cui: kwee — Relative pronoun meaning 'which,' 'whom,' or 'whose'.
stava: stava — Imperfect verb meaning 'was' or 'was staying/doing'.
parlando: parlando — Gerund meaning 'speaking' or 'talking'.
fornire: fornireh — Infinitive verb meaning 'to provide' or 'to supply'.
date: dateh — Noun meaning 'dates' (points in time).
quel: kwel — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (masculine singular).
punto: punto — Noun meaning 'point,' 'moment,' or 'spot'.
sacerdoti: sacherdoti — Noun meaning 'priests' (plural of 'sacerdote').
età: eta — Noun meaning 'age' referring to a period of life.
molto: molto — Adverb or adjective meaning 'very,' 'much,' or 'a lot'.
avanzata: avanzata — Adjective meaning 'advanced' or 'old' (referring to age).
disse: disseh — Past tense verb meaning 'said' (third-person singular).
voi: voy — Second-person plural pronoun meaning 'you' (plural).
siete: syeteh — Second-person plural of 'essere,' meaning 'you are'.
bambini: bambinee — Noun meaning 'children' or 'kids'.
mai: my — Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever'.
vecchio: vekkyo — Adjective or noun meaning 'old' or 'an old man'.
sia: sia — Subjunctive form of 'essere,' meaning 'be' or 'is'.
udendo: udendo — Gerund meaning 'hearing' or 'upon hearing'.
ciò: cho — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'that' (neuter).
Cosa: koza — Interrogative pronoun meaning 'what' or 'thing'.
intendete: intendete — Second-person plural verb meaning 'do you mean' or 'intend'.
dire: direh — Infinitive verb meaning 'to say' or 'to tell'.
Voglio: volio — First-person singular of 'volere,' meaning 'I want'.
rispose: risposseh — Past tense verb meaning 'replied' or 'answered'.
mente: menteh — Noun meaning 'mind' or 'intellect'.
tutti: toottee — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everyone'.
giovani: jovanee — Adjective or noun meaning 'young' or 'young people'.
vi: vee — Pronoun meaning 'you' (indirect object) or 'there'.
alcuna: alkuna — Indefinite adjective meaning 'any' or 'no' (feminine singular).
opinione: opinyoneh — Noun meaning 'opinion' or 'view'.
antica: antika — Feminine adjective meaning 'ancient,' 'old,' or 'antique'.
tramandata: tramandata — Past participle meaning 'handed down' or 'passed on'.
tra: tra — Preposition meaning 'between,' 'among,' or 'in'.
tradizione: traditsyoneh — Noun meaning 'tradition' or 'custom passed down generations'.
né: neh — Conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'neither'.
scienza: shyentsa — Noun meaning 'science' or 'knowledge'.
veneranda: veneranda — Adjective meaning 'venerable' or 'worthy of great respect'.
dirò: diro — First-person future of 'dire,' meaning 'I will say'.
motivo: motivo — Noun meaning 'reason,' 'motive,' or 'cause'.
ci: chee — Pronoun meaning 'us,' 'to us,' or 'there' (existential).
saranno: saranno — Future verb meaning 'there will be' or 'they will be'.
ancora: ancora — Adverb meaning 'still,' 'yet,' or 'again'.
molte: molteh — Feminine plural adjective meaning 'many' or 'a lot of'.
distruzioni: distrutsyonee — Noun meaning 'destructions' or 'catastrophic devastations'.
umanità: umanita — Noun meaning 'humanity' or 'mankind'.
derivanti: derivantee — Participle meaning 'deriving' or 'stemming from'.
cause: kawzeh — Noun meaning 'causes' or 'reasons' (plural).
storia: storya — Noun meaning 'story,' 'history,' or 'account'.
persino: perseeno — Adverb meaning 'even' or 'even so'.
avete: avete — Second-person plural of 'avere,' meaning 'you have'.
conservato: konservato — Past participle meaning 'preserved' or 'kept'.
volta: volta — Noun meaning 'time,' 'occasion,' or 'turn'.
figlio: filyo — Noun meaning 'son' or 'child'.
avendo: avendo — Gerund meaning 'having' (used in compound constructions).
carro: karro — Noun meaning 'chariot' or 'cart'.
suo: suo — Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'its'.
padre: padreh — Noun meaning 'father'.
poiché: poikeh — Conjunction meaning 'since,' 'because,' or 'as'.
grado: grado — Noun meaning 'degree,' 'grade,' or 'capability'.
guidarli: gwidarlee — Infinitive plus pronoun meaning 'to guide them'.
percorso: perkorsso — Noun meaning 'route,' 'path,' or 'course'.
bruciò: brucio — Past tense verb meaning 'burned' or 'scorched'.
tutto: tutto — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all,' 'everything,' or 'whole'.
terra: terra — Noun meaning 'earth,' 'ground,' or 'land'.
fu: fu — Past tense of 'essere,' meaning 'was' or 'it was'.
lui: lwee — Third-person singular masculine pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
stesso: stesso — Adjective meaning 'himself,' 'same,' or 'very'.
distrutto: distrutto — Past participle meaning 'destroyed' or 'ruined'.
fulmine: fulmineh — Noun meaning 'lightning bolt' or 'thunderbolt'.

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