lapis – stone
CAPUT PRIMUM – Puer Qui Vixit
CAPUT PRIMUM – Puer Qui Vixit
Puer = boy, child (masculine)
Qui = who (relative pronoun)
Vixit = lived, has lived (past tense verb)
p 1 , Dominus et Domina Dursley, qui vivebant in aedibus Gestationis Ligustrorum numero quattuor signatis,
Dominus = Mr., Master, Lord
et = and
Domina = Mrs., Mistress, Lady
Dursley = Dursley (proper name)
qui = who (relative pronoun)
vivebant = they were living, they lived (imperfect tense)
in = in, at
aedibus = houses, buildings (ablative plural)
Gestationis = of Privet (genitive)
Ligustrorum = Drive (genitive)
numero = number (ablative)
quattuor = four
signatis = marked, designated (ablative plural)
non sine superbia dicebant se ratione ordinaria vivendi uti neque se paenitere illius rationis.
non = not
sine = without
superbia = pride (ablative)
dicebant = they were saying, they said (imperfect tense)
se = themselves (reflexive pronoun, accusative)
ratione = method, way, system (ablative)
ordinaria = ordinary, normal (ablative feminine)
vivendi = of living (gerund, genitive)
uti = to use (infinitive)
neque = and not, nor
se = themselves (reflexive pronoun, accusative)
paenitere = to regret, to repent (infinitive)
illius = of that (genitive)
rationis = method, way, system (genitive)
In toto orbe terrarum vix credas quemquam esse minus deditum rebus novis et arcanis,
In toto orbe terrarum = in the whole world/earth (literally “in the whole circle of lands”)
vix = scarcely, hardly, barely
credas = you would believe (2nd person singular subjunctive of “credere”)
quemquam = anyone (accusative of “quisquam”)
esse = to be (infinitive)
minus = less
deditum = devoted, dedicated (accusative masculine singular of “deditus”)
rebus = to things (dative plural of “res”)
novis = new (dative plural of “novus”)
et = and
arcanis = mysterious, secret (dative plural of “arcanus”)
quod ineptias tales omnino spernebant.
quod = because, since, for (causal conjunction)
ineptias = foolish things, nonsense, absurdities (accusative plural of “ineptia”)
tales = such (accusative plural of “talis”)
omnino = completely, entirely, altogether
spernebant = they were despising, they scorned (3rd person plural imperfect of “spernere”) พวกถูกดูถูกเหยียดหยาม
Dominus Dursley praerat societati nomine Grunnings, quae terebras fecit. vir erat amplus et corpulentus nullo fere collo, maximo tamen mystaee. Domina Dursley erat macra et flava et prope alterum tantum colli habebat quam alii homines, quod magno ei usui fuit quod tantum tempus consumebat in collo super sepes hortorum porrigendo, fuiitimes inspectas. Durslei filium parvum nomine Dudley habebant nec usquam, eorum sententia, erat puer splendidior.
Durslei omnia habebant quae volebant, sed rem quandam occultam tenebant, et maxime timebant ne quis hoc secretum cognosceret. putabant enim si de Potteris certior fieret. Domina Potter erat soror Dominae Dursley, sed aliquot iam annos altera cum altera non convenerat; re vera Domina Dursley simulabat se non habere sororem, quod soror et cognatus eius, vir fraudis, erant omnibus modis dissimiles Dursleis. Durslei horrescebant rati quid dictum essent finitimi si in viam suam advenirent Potteri. Durslei sciebant Potteros quoque filium parvum habere, sed cum ne viderant quidem; hic puer erat alia causa cur Potteros arcerent, nolebant enim filium suum Dudley puero tali latitantem esse.
Cum Dominus et Domina Dursley experrecti sunt illa die Martis obscura et tenebrosa quo incipit narratio nostra, caelum nubilum