1.1 Tū you fīlī O son cui for whom hunc this quārtum fourth librum book scrībō I write trēs the three priōrēs earlier ones iam already lēgistī you have read et and artem the art tē yourself tenēre to hold putās you think
1.2 Nōmen name meum my geris you bear nam for Artemidōrus Artemidorus vocāris you are called ut like pater your father sed but nōmen the name patris of the father nōndum not yet est is ars the art patris of the father
1.3 Iuvenis a young man eō at that tempore time erās you were ingeniō of wit ācrī sharp et and linguā of tongue prōmptā ready neque nor ego I tē you ob on account of eam that rem thing minus less amābam did love
1.4 Meministīne do you remember diem the day quō on which Ephesī at Ephesus mēcum with me in in porticū the colonnade sedēbās you were sitting cum when mercātor merchant ille that Tyrius Tyrian ad to nōs us accessit came up
1.5 Eum that diem day hīc here tibi for you in into memoriam memory redūcam I shall bring back nōn not ut so that tē you reprehendam I may rebuke sed but quia because plūs more ex from errōre error tuō your discēs you will learn quam than ex from multīs many praeceptīs precepts meīs my
2.1 Illō on that ipsō very diē day māne in the morning priusquam before quisquam anyone somnium a dream nōbīs to us nārrāret could relate tū you mē me rogāverās had asked ut that historiam the story satyrī of the satyr iterum again nārrārem I should tell quam which puer as a boy saepe often audīverās you had heard
2.2 Fāma est the story is Alexandrum Alexander rēgem king Macedonum of the Macedonians Tyrum Tyre urbem the city diū for a long time obsēdisse to have besieged neque and not expugnāre to take by storm potuisse to have been able
2.3 Trāditum est it has been handed down eum him labōre by toil et and morā by delay fessum wearied nocte by night somniāsse to have dreamed satyrum a satyr in on clipeō shield suō his saltāre to dance
2.4 Ferunt they say Aristandrum Aristander vātem the seer rēgis of the king nōmen the name satyrī of the satyr quod which Graecē in Greek satyros satyros dīcitur is said in into duās two partēs parts dīvīsisse to have divided sa sa et and Tyros Tyros id est that is tua yours est is Tyrus Tyre
2.5 Memoriae prōditum est it has been recorded rēgem the king hōc in this respōnsō answer cōnfīsum having trusted obsidiōnem the siege ācrius more fiercely urgēre to press coepisse to have begun et and urbem the city brevī in a short time cēpisse to have taken
2.6 Haec these things cum when nārrāvissem I had told tū you oculīs with eyes ardentibus blazing exclāmāvistī cried out nihil nothing in in arte art nostrā our pulchrius more beautiful esse to be quam than tālem such a verbī of a word dīvīsiōnem division
2.7 Ego I autem however tē you monuī warned Aristandrum Aristander nōn not verbīs with words lūsisse to have played ut so that ingeniōsus clever vidērētur he might seem sed but quia because rēx the king Graecus Greek Graecē in Greek somniāvisset had dreamed et and dē about ūnā one rē thing cōgitāret was thinking dē about urbe the city obsessā besieged
2.8 Verba words enim for in in somniō a dream tum then dēmum only aliquid something significāre to signify cum when ipsī to the very somniantī dreamer nōta known essent they were et and ad to vītam the life eius of him pertinērent they belonged
2.9 Tū you rīsistī laughed quasi as if senex an old man nimis too cautus cautious essem I were
3.1 Paulō a little post later accessit came up vir a man quīdam certain fuscus dark et and barbātus bearded vestītū in dress peregrīnō foreign quī who sē himself Malchum Malchus vocārī to be called et and Tyrī at Tyre nātum esse to have been born dīxit said
3.2 Mercātor a merchant erat he was purpuram purple Tyriam Tyrian in into Ītaliam Italy vehere to carry solēbat he was accustomed et and nāvem ship suam his in in portū harbour Ephesiō the Ephesian iam already onerātam loaded habēbat he had
3.3 Graecē in Greek loquēbātur he was speaking sed but tardē slowly et and cum with multīs many errōribus errors ut so that appārēret it was clear eum him linguam language nostram our in in negōtiīs business nōn not in in scholīs schools didicisse to have learned
3.4 Nārrāvit he related sē himself proximā on the last nocte night somniāsse to have dreamed nāvem ship suam his ad at prōmunturium the headland Maleae of Malea in onto saxa the rocks impingī to be dashed mālum the mast frangī to be broken mercēs the goods in into mare the sea dēlābī to slip down sē himself ipsum himself inter among flūctūs the waves natāre to swim
3.5 Addidit he added sē himself in in somniō the dream perterritum esse to have been terrified et and ita so expergefactum woken ut that statim at once tunicam tunic suam his explōrāret he examined num whether madida wet esset it was
3.6 Rogāvit he asked quid what hoc this somnium dream portenderet foretold nam for sē himself post after trēs three diēs days nāvigātūrum esse to be about to sail
4.1 Antequam before ego I quicquam anything interrogārem could ask tū you memor mindful Aristandrī of Aristander respondistī answered
4.2 Dīxistī you said nōmen the name Maleae of Malea sonō in sound simile like esse to be vōcī to the word Graecae Greek mēla mela quae which et both pōma fruits et and pecora flocks significāret signified itaque and so naufragium a shipwreck ibi there factum made opēs riches significāre to signify quae which ē from nāve the ship frāctā broken quasi as if ē from cornū the horn cōpiae of plenty effunderentur were being poured out
4.3 Addidistī you added mare the sea quod because it omnēs all mercēs goods acciperet received quasi as it were mercātōrem a merchant esse to be quī who omnia everything emeret bought itaque and so mercēs the goods in into mare the sea dēlāpsās having slipped down celeriter quickly vēnditum īrī to be going to be sold
4.4 Malchus Malchus quī who vix scarcely intellegēbat understood quid what dīcerēs you were saying tamen nevertheless laetus glad fiēbat was becoming nam for hominēs people libenter gladly crēdunt believe bona good things sibi to themselves praedīcī to be foretold
4.5 Ego I tacēbam was silent sed but nōn not quia because tibi with you assentīrer I agreed
5.1 Tum then Malchum Malchus rogāvī I asked quā in what linguā language domī at home loquerētur he spoke
5.2 Respondit he answered sē himself cum with parentibus his parents semper always linguā in the language patriā of his fathers locūtum esse to have spoken Graecē in Greek tantum only in in forō the market et and in in portū the harbour
5.3 Rogāvī I asked deinde next num whether umquam ever vōcem the word mēla mela audīvisset he had heard
5.4 Ille he negāvit said no et and quid what ea it significāret signified rogāvit asked
5.5 Tum then tibi to you ostendī I showed Aristandrum Aristander tuum your hīc here nihil nothing valēre to avail quōmodo how enim for somnium a dream huic to this hominī man per through vōcem a word loquerētur could speak quam which numquam never audīvisset he had heard
5.6 Deinde then Malchum Malchus rogāvī I asked quotiēns how often Maleam Malea praeternāvigāvisset he had sailed past
5.7 Respondit he answered sē himself eam it vīciēs twenty times fortasse perhaps praeternāvigāvisse to have sailed past et and semper always timuisse to have feared quod because nautae sailors dīcerent said eum him quī who Maleam Malea flexisset had rounded domūs home oblīvīscī to forget dēbēre to have to
5.8 Rogāvī I asked etiam also num whether proximīs in the last diēbus days dē about nāve ship suā his sollicitus anxious fuisset he had been
5.9 Negāvit he said no nāvem the ship enim for novam new esse to be et and gubernātōrem the steersman perītum skilled et and sē himself dē about pretiō the price purpurae of purple magis more quam than dē about marī the sea cōgitāvisse to have thought
5.10 Hoc this mihi to me magnī of great mōmentī weight esse to be vīsum est seemed nam for sī if dē about naufragiō shipwreck cōgitāns thinking cubitum to bed īsset he had gone somnium the dream fortasse perhaps nihil nothing nisi except īnsomnium an insomnium fuisset would have been hesternī of yesterday's metūs fear reliquiae the leavings
5.11 Nunc now vērō however somnium the dream nec neither ā from metū fear ortum erat had arisen nec nor per through figūrās figures loquēbātur was speaking sed but rem the thing ipsam itself apertē openly ostendēbat was showing nāvem the ship locum the place saxa the rocks flūctūs the waves
5.12 Tālia such somnia dreams Graecī the Greeks theōrēmatica theorematic vocant call quia because id that ipsum very thing quod which vidētur is seen ēvenit comes about neque and not ūllā any arte art egent they need
5.13 Itaque and so Malchō to Malchus dīxī I said mē me nūllam no in in somniō the dream allēgoriam allegory vidēre to see sed but apertum an open perīculum danger et and eum him monuī I advised ut that sī if posset he could nāvigātiōnem the voyage differret he should put off
5.14 Addidī I added tamen however somnium a dream nōn not esse to be dēcrētum a decree mē me nescīre not to know num whether nāvis the ship peritūra esset was going to perish sed but scīre to know quid what somnium the dream ostendisset had shown et and illum him ipsum himself dēbēre to have to cōnstituere decide quid what faceret he should do
5.15 Malchus Malchus quī who paulō a little ante before laetus glad fuerat had been trīstis sad factus est became et and duōs two nummōs coins dedit gave alterum one tibi to you alterum the other mihi to me quasi as if neutrī neither plūs more crēderet he trusted
5.16 Postquam after abiit he went away tū you mihi to me īrātus angry dīxistī said mē me hominem the man sine without causā cause terruisse to have frightened et and tē yourself sī if sōlus alone fuissēs you had been eum him laetum glad dīmissūrum fuisse would have sent away
5.17 Respondī I answered coniectōrem an interpreter nōn not ideō for this reason sedēre to sit ut that hominēs people laetōs glad dīmitteret he might send away sed but ut that vērum the truth dīceret he might speak quantum as far as scīre to know posset he could
5.18 Tum then tū you tacuistī fell silent sed but ex from vultū face tuō your vidēbam I saw tē you mihi me nōndum not yet crēdere to believe
6.1 Post after quattuor four ferē about mēnsēs months Malchus Malchus rediit came back macer thin et and sordidē shabbily vestītus dressed
6.2 Nārrāvit he related sē himself nāvigātiōnem the voyage distulisse to have put off sed but nāvem the ship retinēre to hold back nōn not potuisse to have been able quod because mercēs the goods aliīs to other mercātōribus merchants iam already prōmissae essent had been promised itaque and so nāvem the ship cum with gubernātōre the steersman et and nautīs the sailors sine without sē himself dīmīsisse to have sent off
6.3 Nāvem the ship ad at Maleam Malea tempestāte by a storm in onto saxa the rocks impulsam esse to have been driven nautās the sailors omnēs all praeter except ūnum one puerum boy ad to lītus the shore natāvisse to have swum mercēs the goods omnēs all periisse to have perished
6.4 Sē himself igitur therefore vīvum alive esse to be sed but pauperem poor nec and not scīre to know utrum whether mihi to me grātiās thanks agere to give an or mē me accūsāre to accuse dēbēret he ought
6.5 Rogāvit he asked cūr why somnium the dream sē himself ipsum himself inter among flūctūs the waves natantem swimming ostendisset had shown cum when ipse he himself Ephesī at Ephesus sēdisset had sat siccus dry et and tūtus safe
6.6 Respondī I answered mercātōrī for a merchant nāvem the ship et and mercēs the goods quasi as it were corpus a body esse to be et and somnia dreams saepe often hominem the man prō in place of rēbus the things ipsīus of himself ostendere to show nec and not tamen however hoc this certō for certain affirmāre to affirm poteram was I able
6.7 Fortasse perhaps sī if ipse he himself nāvigāvisset had sailed cum with puerō boy illō that periisset he would have perished fortasse perhaps ad to lītus the shore natāvisset he would have swum ut like cēterī the rest
6.8 Id that nēmō no one scit knows neque neither ego I neque nor ille he neque nor somnium the dream
6.9 Illud this tantum only cōnstat is agreed somnium the dream nāvem a ship frāctam broken ad at Maleam Malea ostendisse to have shown et and nāvem the ship ad at Maleam Malea frāctam esse to have been broken
6.10 Malchus Malchus diū for a long time tacuit was silent deinde then dīxit said sē himself posthāc hereafter nōn not Graecē in Greek somniātūrum esse to be going to dream sed but linguā in the language patriā of his fathers nē so that not quis anyone verbīs with words suīs his lūderet might play
6.11 Tum then tē you aspiciēns looking at rīsit he laughed et and abiit went away
7.1 Hanc this rem matter fīlī O son nōn not ideō for this reason tibi to you nārrāvī I have told ut that tē you pudeat it may shame sed but ut that trēs three rēs things meminerīs you may remember
7.2 Prīmum first nōn not omnia all somnia dreams per through figūrās figures loquī to speak quaedam some id that ipsum very thing dīcere to say quod which ostendant they show et and coniectōrem the interpreter quī who in in iīs them figūrās figures quaerat seeks similem like esse to be medicō to a physician quī who dum while pulsum the pulse numerat he counts vulnus the wound apertum open nōn not videat sees
7.3 Deinde next verba words in in somniō a dream nihil nothing valēre to avail nisi except in in linguā the language somniantis of the dreamer Aristandrum Aristander enim for nōn not ingeniō by wit vīcisse to have won sed but quod because rēgem king suum his nōvisset he had known
7.4 Postrēmō lastly prius sooner hominem the man interrogandum esse to have to be questioned quam than respondendum a reply to have to be given tū you enim for respondistī answered priusquam before quicquam anything dē about illō him scīrēs you knew ego I tacuī kept silent dōnec until et both somnium the dream et and hominem the man cognōvissem I had come to know
7.5 Satyrus satyr ille that Alexandrī of Alexander pulcher beautiful est is et and meritō rightly eum him amās you love sed but inter among mīlle a thousand somnia dreams vix scarcely ūnum one satyrum satyr inveniēs you will find naufragia shipwrecks autem but multa many
7.6 Hanc this quoque also rem matter in in tabellīs tablets meīs my inter among somnia dreams theōrēmatica theorematic nōtāvī I have noted down et and errōrem error tuum your adscrīpsī I have written beside it ut so that fīlius son tuus your ōlim one day ex from patre father suō his discat may learn sīcut just as tū you ex from tuō yours