#omnia-volo

[girasolen]

Volo's symbolic association with sunflowers is interesting and a little tragic. Fitting for him. His temple outfit includes a sunflower-like design on the shoulder:

It's not clear where in-universe the design of his outfit comes from. Judging by the shoulder cutouts and the interesting hairstyle, I assume he designed it himself.

However, it's also possible it's derived from Celestic fashion because he's so invested in the history of his people. According to Wikipedia, the sunflower symbolizes "Pure and lofty thoughts, adoration, longevity, loyalty" - all things associated with the long-lived, pious, and deeply spiritual Celestica people. It seems fitting Volo would show his culture in his clothing, intentionally or not.

More than that, Volo himself is a sunflower. Arceus is associated with blinding golden light, circles, and the gift of creation or life, and it's not difficult to link that to the sun. Obviously, sunflowers devotedly follow the sun across the sky, depend on its light and warmth, and even mimic the appearance of the sun. Again, it's easy to see an echo of that in Volo.

The tragic part of Volo's story is that he's devoted so much of his life to his God and tied up so much of his identity in his worship that he's just a shadow of Arceus, the sunflower to the sun, down to the way he tries to emulate it in his clothing.

Volo seems to have nobody he's truly close to. Instead, he pours himself into chasing his sun. He seems to want to be close to Cogita to ask questions about the gods, but she barely tolerates him. He regularly disappears from his merchant's duties to explore ruins alone, seeking more knowledge. He's friendly and familiar with everyone but intentionally remains distant from the kinds of connection one would find in the Clans or Jubilife, to the point that doesn't even consider himself part of the Guild. Cogita has a line of dialogue that directly references this:

""One of those Ginkgo Guild merchants"? You make it sound as if you're not one of them."

Volo has his God, his worship, and very little else. He's a sunflower without the acknowledgement of his sun. He's defined himself by his devotion and thrown away everything in the pursuit of divinity, only to realize he has nothing else.

[merrinla]

I need more of him speaking latin please

Translated spells from devnotes

Flagra – Blaze

Arde – Burn

Maior, fortior – Greater, stronger

Fulgur – Lightning

Glacies – Ice

Acidum – Acid

Dolor – Pain

Malleus – Hammer

Confusio – Confusion

Morere – Die

Veni et iuva me – Come and aid me

Configo – I pierce

Ignis – Fire

Peri – Perish

Macte virtute – Be blessed (for your courage)

Ira et dolor – Wrath and pain

Te curo – I cure you

Treme – Shiver

Quod dico face – Do as I say

Invoco te – I summon you

Tonitrus – Thunder

Deure – Wither

Macesce – Wither

Cudo – I beat

Mortalis – Deadly

Ferio – I strike

Frange – Shatter

Inficio – I poison

Stupefacio – I strike (you) dumb

Impero tibi – I command you

Incende – Set fire

Diminuo te – I shatter you

Tormentum – Torture

Gela – Freeze

Perure – Be consumed

Ira – Wrath

Caedo – I cut

Ex Textura – From the Weave

Detono – I thunder

Mortem tuum sum – I am your death

Venenum – Poison

Tu es nihil – You are nothing

Dissolve – Melt

Dialino – I shred

Torre – Roast

Vis medicatrix – Healing Power

Seco – I carve

 Circulus mortis – Circle of death

Resisto mortem – I resist death

Vita excolatur – Let life be enriched

Voco spicae – I summon spikes

Magis amica veritas – Truth is a better friend

Te video – I see you

Tempestas – Wind

Risum teneatis? – Can you help laughing?

Resisto ignem – I resist fire

Non fit injura – No harm is done

Sphaera mortis – Sphere of death

Corpora sana – Healthy bodies

Diminue – Be diminished

Crescit eundo – It grows as it goes

Intactilis sum – I am untouchable

Ververo – I lash

Obedi me – Obey me

Pulso – Open up

Ad lapidem – To stone

Non compos mentis – (You are) not in control of your faculties

Esurio – Be afraid

Resisto frigus – I resist cold

Omnia mutantur – Everything changes

Signum arcanum – Magic symbol

Ad maiorem dei gloriam – For the greater glory of god

Tenebra – Darkness

Mundus vult decipi – The world wants to be deceived

Nulla salus – There is no salvation

Punge – Sting

Ludus non factum est – The game is not over

Hostium munera – Gifts of enemies

Plue – Let it rain

Esto perpetua – May it be perpetual

Bene curatur – It can be healed well

Non movere – Don’t move

Voco murus – I summon a wall

Morio – You absolute fool

Voco flagella – I summon tentacles

Venustior – More charming

Pallida mors – Pale death

Aresce – Dry up

Resarcio – I repair

Evanesco – I disappear

Vincere est vivere – To conquer is to live

Fiat voluntas dei – May god’s will be done

Et alibi – And elsewhere

Invisibilis – Invisible

Propera – Hurry up

Inaccessus – Inaccessible

Nocturnus – By night

Vos curo – Heal you

Demento te – I drive you insane

Agilius – With more agility

Caveat incantator – Let the caster beware

Inexpugnabilis – Impregnable

Virtus et scientia – Virtue and knowledge

Voco vineae – I summon vines

Tempora mutantur – The times have changed

Maledicte es – You are cursed

Vincit qui patitur – He conquers who endures

Voco potentia – I summon power

Risus abundat – Laughter is abundant

Pulchrior – More beautiful

Da mihi facta – Give me the facts

Ocior – Make haste

Resisto venenum – I resist poison

Horribilissimus – The most horrible

Loquere si tibi placet – Speak if you please

Stabilio – I stabilize

Voco araneae – I summon webs

Te occludo oculos – I close your eyes

Dum vita est, spes est – Where there’s life, there’s hope

Canto te – I enchant you

Caeco te – I blind you

Mors tua, vita mea – Your death, my life

Fiat lux – let there be light

Para bellum – Prepare for war

Volo non fugia – I fly but do not flee

Gigans – Giant

Vivat crescat floreat – May it live and grow

Efferve – Swarm over

Ubi es? – Where are you?

Surge – Arise

Incommodum – Disaster

Siccut cattus – Like a cat

Citius – Faster

Resisto acidum – I resist acid

Mors certa – Death is certain

Te adstringo linguam – I bind your tongue

Ex nihilo – Out of nothing

Sine metu – Without fear

Voco glacies – I summon ice

Minimus – The smallest

Intellego – I understand

Voco nubes – I summon clouds

Auribus teneo lupum – I hold the wolf be the ears

Corruptus – Infected

Ale me – Feed me

Flagello – I whip

Es praedae mei – You are my prey

Cave circulum – Beware of the circle

Amo sanguinem – I love blood

Amicus animalis – Friend of animals

Mors animae – Death of the soul

Cum mortuis in lingua mortua – With the dead in a dead language

Aqua pura – Clear water

In nocte consilium – The night brings advice

Umbrae – Shadows

Tibi do pennas – I give you wings

Te absolvo – I acquit you

Inveniam viam – I will find a way

Irretio in sphaera – I trap you in sphere

Ostende secretorum tuorum – Reveal your secrets

Oculus tempestatis – The eye of the storm

Resurg – You will rise again

Mutatis mutandis – With appropriate changes

Tuebor – I will protect

Aridissimus – Driest

Intelligenti pauca – Few words suffice for he who understands

Eiecto te – I throw you out

Cresceat scientia – Let knowledge grow

Silentium – Silence

Impero te – I command you

Time – Be afraid

Resisto – I resist

Video veritatem – I see the truth

Viam sapientiae – The way of wisdom

Stultissime – You most stupid

Ut ventus – Into the wind

Secreti umbrarum – The secrets of the shadows

Clausus – Locked

Lux in tenebra – Light in darkness

Ab uno disce omnes – From one, learn all

Ad vitam aeternam – To eternal life

Impero mortuos – I command the dead

Morbidus – Diseased

Sol Invictus – Unconquered Sun

Te exsecror – I curse you

Mors incerta, vita certissima – Death is uncertain, life the most certain

Gustas dulcis – You taste so sweet

Fronti nulla fides – Appearances deceive

Dissera – Open up

Expello te – I expel you

Extende – Enlarge

Voco arvina – I summon grease

Vae victis – Woe to the conquered

Scio, Didici, Pecto – I know, for I have studied, with my mind

Vita, Mortis, Careo – Life, and death, I am without

Manus, Potentis, Paro – A hand, powerful, I prepare

Veritas, Credo, Oculos – The truth, I believe, with my eyes

Facio, Voco, Ferre – This I do, I call, to bring you forth

Incertus, Pulcher, Imperio – Uncertain, beautiful things, I command

Cupio, Virtus, Licet – I want, excellence, allowed to me

Praeses, Alia, Fero – Protecting, another, I bring this forth

[luvereity]

Colored my comm from @mmm-asbestos ! I love my sillies so much :3

I pulled Soundwave’s silly little color palette from @/omnia-volo (i luv their TF art so much please please pleaseee go look at it)

[thelooniemoonie]

In regards to recent events

In short: I will not be leaving tumblr.

Yeah I know that in light of the events there is a huge risk for myself and my blog, as well as my side blogs (2 faced soul AU, volo-omnia, etc) but I tend to be quite stubborn and spiteful.

All things considered if worse comes for worse I can always make a new account (I have backed up my blog so there won't be any lost media) but I also have a Pillowfort and Cohost but figured I would put that out there in emergencies. I might have to also compile a list of my mutuals so I don't lose their contacts but that's the jist of it

[ginhaku125]

Update on the Volo eye thing, I looked through my videos and screenshots I took and picked out a few more, though they're barely visible, you actively have to look for them to find them and it's not even that much of his eye

@volo-omnia pointed out that if you stand close to his models you can kinda see it. I think this has happened to me before so when I get to a part of my new safe where Volo is stationary and you can view it up-close away from cutscenes, I'll try to see.

Again, if any of you have found any other instances, feel free to reblog or tag me with them because I'm oddly interested in this. I mean, bro's doing a worse job at hiding his eye then my MC and well, look at her hair

[nathanielthecurious]

dies durus mihi fuit. docere difficillimum est. saepe energia magna mihi est qua furiosus volo omnia de docendo conari et discere. tum nonnumquam res mediocriter eveniunt et me omnino dubito.

also after spending all day every day talking about latin to kids, i have a craving to talk in latin with other people (who already know how to speak latin)

felicem caput anni ~~

[yippeeism]

Nonne calcitrare me?? Bene certa. Fine. Omnia quae cacas feci. Ego stupri eum servo odio habui et singulos dies relinquere volui. Ad litteram eram tantum efficax modus pro mensibus, et omnes me oderunt stupri ad officium meum faciendum. Odi cultorem tam stupri valde. Ego etiam homines stupri alts habent, sed me reprehendere potes cum in tantum confabulationes cum nulla consectaria in transmedio errans homines invenerunt? Servus caballi erat et hodie me homines mingentem ad me adepto cum turbatus sum ut me deciperent. Habere fun cum servo tuo, sed verisimile est incendere in flammas non quod ego non sum solus mod cum spina stupri. Et yeah mentitus sum. Quis assis facis amplius. Populus litteram accipit alapam in carpi ad erroris. Impetus personales accepi omnes temporis fucking sed certus fui irrationalis et biased mod. EGO iustus volo ut paululum etiam cum omnibus stercore qui servo me misit per.

lol cum

[myhiraeth]

@noblehcart​ sent: "Omnia vincit amor, nos et cedamus amori." Because it took a bit of courage to decide to act on the impulsive desire. He was sitting right there. Reading quietly with that quizzical brow and intense set of eyes that she could get lost in. Carefully she sat on his knees, gently prying his book away (taking note of the page number) before draping her arms over his shoulders as she spoke. Shy smile managed to sneak through as she leaned up to pepper his neck then following the line of his jaw in kisses.Words were murmured quietly as she stopped just millimeters from his lips. "Amor est sicut vinum optimum et gustum habere volo."

It’s the Latin that does him in every time. His mother tongue is Ancient Greek, but Latin is the language he loves most. Latin has no connection to his family, to the hatred of his mortal life. It’s simple, beautiful, poetic. 

Like Liesel herself is. 

He’s reading- their most shared pastime- when she moves. He tracks her out of his peripheral without realizing it, always concerned with where she was and what she was doing and if she was alright, and looks up as she nears him, letting her take the book from his hands with no resistance, sky blue eyes watching the softness of her expression. Her words slip off her tongue as sweet and tempting as honey, and he leans back in his seat as she takes her place in his lap, eyes following her every move, the curve of her lips as she speaks. 

She’s in charge, his hands rest loosely on her hips, holding her steady as she leans in to trail kisses along his neck, tilting his head to give her better access. Her lips leave a wake of heat in their absence, until her lips are at his, whispering more honeyed words against his mouth. "si amor est vinum ergo me demergat…” He whispers in return, closing the last scant distance between their lips. 

[dumblemonchickenwing]

I really love the way you draw rouxls kaard you honestly draw him the best I've ever seen, and I also really love the way you draw expressions they always look so goos it's really impressive :)

Thank you v m, Your ask is very nice to me

I am flattered

  though I m surprised [my] way of drawing him the best one in your eyes.. for instance, I've been fanning really hard over omnia-volo ' s Rouxls ever since deltarune ch1 came out

Also I like how m3lssposts draw Rouxls.. and cupcakeshakesnake, and tenderribcage, and gehega .. cozylittleartblog, h0nkb0nk, frazzledazzlin , clockwiseleon, tangelojack, sunsestart, skeleslime-phantom.. (uhhh, to be honest Id have to list every single artist who drew rouxls in the fandom at this point /not joking)

[mercuriicultores]

JUVENALIS – FLORILEGIUM

Satura I: De satura

Stulta est clementia, cum tot ubique vatibus occurras, periturae parcere chartae. (I, 17)

Es clemencia infructuosa conservar unos versos destinados a morir cuando por todos lados encuentras poetas.

Difficile est saturam non scribere. (I, 30)

Es difícil no escribir sátiras.

Probitas laudatur et alget. (I, 74)

La bondad es por todos laudada, pero muere de frío.

Si natura negat, facit indignatio versum. (I, 79)

Si la naturaleza lo niega, de la indignación nace el verso.

Inde ira et lacrimae. (I, 168)

De ahí la ira y las lágrimas.

Satura II: De hypocrise

Frontis nulla fides. (II, 8)

No tengas ninguna fe en las apariencias.

Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes? (II, 24)

¿Quién habría de soportar a los Gracos quejándose de sedición?

Sed illos defendit numerus iunctaeque umbone phalanges: magna inter molles concordia. (II, 46)

Pero en cuanto a éstos, los protege su número y sus unidas falanges escudo con escudo. Grande es la concordia entre los afeminados.

Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. (II, 63)

La censura perdona a los cuervos y castiga a las palomas.

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus. (II, 83)

Nadie de repente se vuelve el más indigno.

Nil animis in corpora iuris natura indulget. (II, 139)

La naturaleza no confiere al alma ningún derecho.

Satura III: De mala vita in Roma

Quid Romae faciam? Mentiri nescio. (III, 41)

¿Qué haré en Roma? No sé mentir.

Non possum ferre, Quirites, Graecam urbem. (III, 60)

No puedo soportar, Quirites, una Roma griega.

Quantum quisque sua nummorum servat in arca, tantum habet et fidei. (III, 143)

Lo que cada uno atesora en riquezas, también es lo que se le debe en fe <en Roma>.

Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. (III, 152)

La infeliz pobreza no tiene nada más duro en sí que el que haga ridículos a los hombres.

Haut facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat res angusta domi… (III, 164)

No facilmente se elevan los hombres a quienes, con sus virtudes, la cosa más corriente les obsta.

Hic vivimus ambitiosa paupertate omnes. Quid te moror? Omnia Romae cum pretio. (III, 182)

Aquí todos vivimos en una ambiciosa pobreza. […] En Roma todo tiene precio.

Satura IV: De insania Imperii (vel de rhombum)

Nemo malus felix, minime corruptor et idem. (IV, 8)

Ningún malo es feliz, sobre todo el corruptor.

Sed quid violentius aure tyranni […]? (IV, 86)

¿Qué hay más violento que la oreja de un tirano […]?

Vitam impendere vero. (IV, 91)

Consagrar la vida a la verdad.

Facile est barbato inponere regi. (IV, 103)

Es fácil engañar a un rey barbado.

Satura V: De parasitis vel de servitudine

Satura VI: De feminis

Credo Pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris visamque diu. (VI, 1)

Creo que el Honor estuvo más tiempo sobre la tierra en la edad de Saturno que en la nuestra.

Et lassata viris necdum satiata recessit. VI, 130)

Y no saciada por los hombres, regresó.

Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno. (VI, 165)

Una rara ave sobre la Tierra muy parecida a un cisne negro.

Facies tua conputat annos. (VI, 199)

Tu cara cuenta años.

Hoc volo, sic iubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas. (VI, 223)

Ésto quiero, así lo ordeno, sea suficiente mi voluntad en lugar de la razón.

Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem moverit. (VI, 242)

Rara es la causa en la que la mujer no esté inmiscuida.

Nunc patimur longae pacis mala, saevior armis luxuria incubvit victumque ulciscitur orbem. (VI, 292)

Ahora sufrimos los males de una larga paz, el lujo, más cruel que las armas, se nos ha echado encima y está vengando nuestro mundo.

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (VI, 347)

¿Pero quién vigila a los vigilantes?

Intolerabilius nihil est quam femina dives. (VI, 460)

No hay nada más intolerable que una mujer rica.

Si tibi displicuit nasus tuus? (VI, 495)

No te gusta tu naríz?

Satura VII: De degeneratione litterarum

Insanabile […] scribendi cacoethes… (VII, 51)

Un vicio incurable de escribir.

Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo. (VII, 202)

El hombre feliz es más raro que un cuervo blanco.

Satura VIII: De nobilitate vel de avaritia

Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus. (VIII, 20)

La única y sola nobleza es la virtud.

Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa fortuna. (VIII, 73)

El sentido común es raro en la fortuna.

Miserum est aliorum incumbere famae. (VIII, 76)

Es cosa miserable sostener la fama propia en la fama de otros.

Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas. (VIII, 83)

Considera como el peor de los males anteponer la vida al pudor (honor, dignidad), y por conservar la vida, perder las causas del vivir.

Satura IX: De libertinis

Quod tamen ulterius monstrum quam mollis avarus? (IX, 38)

¿Qué peor monstruo que un afeimado avaricioso?

Nam lingua mali pars pessima servi. (IX, 121)

Pues la lengua es la peor parte del mal siervo.

Satura X: De votis

Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. (X, 22)

Cantará el pobre ante el ladrón.

Nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses. (X, 78)

Pues este Imperio, que antes concedía mandos, haces, legiones… todo, ahora deja hacer y sólo desea con avidez dos cosas: pan y circo.

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. (X, 356)

Se debe rogar por tener una mente sana en un cuerpo sano.

Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae. (X, 364)

La virtud es la única senda para una vida tranquila.

Satura XI: De gula

Satura XII: De vera amicitia

Satura XIII: De institutione vel de avaritia

Se iudice nemo nocens absolvitur. (XIII, 2)

Nadie, juez de sí mismo, se absuelve culpable.

Victrix fortunae sapientia. (XIII, 20)

La sabiduría vence a la fortuna.

Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulit, hic diadema. (XIII, 105)

Éste obtuvo la cruz como premio por su crimen, aquél una diadema.

Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas ultio. (XIII, 190)

La venganza es siempre el deseo del alma débil y pequeña.

Satura XIV: De superstitione

Maxima debetur puero reverentia si quid turpe paras, nec tu pueri contempseris annos, sed peccaturo obstet tibi filius infans. (XIV, 47)

Al niño se le debe el máximo respeto (la más alta reverencia) […].

Fallit enim vitium specie virtutis et umbra. (XIV, 109)

El vicio engaña con apariencia y sombra de virtud.

Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crevit. (XIV, 139)

El amor al dinero crece conforme crece la riqueza.

Nam dives qui fieri volt, et cito volt fieri. (XIV, 176)

Pues el que quiere llegar a ser rico, también quiere llegar a serlo rápidamente.

Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit. (XIV, 321)

Nunca la naturaleza dice una cosa y la sabiduría otra.

EXCERPTA

Satura I: De satura

I, 1-6

Semper ego auditor tantum? Numquamne reponam vexatus totiens rauci Theseide Cordi? Inpune ergo mihi recitaverit ille togatas, hic elegos? Inpune diem consumpserit ingens Telephus aut summi plena iam margine libri scriptus et in tergo necdum finitus Orestes?

I, 30-39

Difficile est saturam non scribere. Nam quis iniquae tam patiens urbis, tam ferreus, ut teneat se, causidici nova cum veniat lectica Mathonis plena ipso, post hunc magni delator amici et cito rapturus de nobilitate comesa quod superest, quem Massa timet, quem munere palpat Carus et a trepido Thymele summissa Latino; cum te summoveant qui testamenta merentur noctibus, in caelum quos evehit optima summi nunc via processus, vetulae vesica beatae?

I, 81-86

Ex quo Deucalion nimbis tollentibus aequor navigio montem ascendit sortesque poposcit paulatimque anima caluerunt mollia saxa et maribus nudas ostendit Pyrrha puellas, quidquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, gaudia, discursus, nostri farrago libelli est.

Satura II: De hypocrise

II, 1-8

Ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet et glacialem Oceanum, quotiens aliquid de moribus audent qui Curios simulant et Bacchanalia vivunt. indocti primum, quamquam plena omnia gypso Chrysippi invenias; nam perfectissimus horum, si quis Aristotelen similem vel Pittacon emit et iubet archet pluteum seruare Cleanthas. frontis nulla fides […].

Satura III: De mala vita in Roma

III, 41-48

Quid Romae faciam? Mentiri nescio; librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare et poscere; motus astrorum ignoro; funus promittere patris nec volo nec possum; ranarum viscera numquam inspexi; ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat, norunt alii; me nemo ministro fur erit, atque ideo nulli comes exeo tamquam mancus et extinctae corpus non utile dextrae.

Satura VIII: De nobilitate vel de avaritia

VII, 1-12

Stemmata quid faciunt? quid prodest, Pontice, longo sanguine censeri, pictos ostendere vultus maiorum et stantis in curribus Aemilianos et Curios iam dimidios umeroque minorem Corvinum et Galbam auriculis nasoque carentem, [quis fructus generis tabula iactare capaci Corvinum, posthac multa contingere virga fumosos equitum cum dictatore magistros,] si coram Lepidis male vivitur? effigies quo tot bellatorum, si luditur alea pernox ante Numantinos, si dormire incipis ortu luciferi, quo signa duces et castra movebant?

VIII, 20-27

Tota licet veteres exornent undique cerae atria, Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus. Paulus vel Cossus vel Drusus moribus esto, hos ante effigies maiorum pone tuorum, praecedant ipsas illi te consule virgas. prima mihi debes animi bona. Sanctus haberi iustitiaeque tenax factis dictisque mereris? agnosco procerem.

VIII, 30-38

Quis enim generosum dixerit hunc qui indignus genere et praeclaro nomine tantum insignis? Nanum cuiusdam Atlanta vocamus, Aethiopem Cycnum, pravam extortamque puellam Europen. Canibus pigris scabieque vetusta levibus et siccae lambentibus ora lucernae nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo, si quid adhuc est quod fremat in terris violentius; ergo cavebis et metues ne tu sic Creticus aut Camerinus.

Satura X: De votis

X, 356-364

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem, Qui Spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli. monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare; semita certe tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.

Satura XIII: De institutione vel de avaritia

XIII, 107-114

Esponte tamen iuvenes imitantur cetera, solam inuiti quoque avaritiam exercere iubentur. fallit enim vitium specie uirtutis et umbra, cum sit triste habitu vultuque et veste severum, nec dubie tamquam frugi laudetur avarus, tamquam parcus homo et rerum tutela suarum certa magis quam si fortunas seruet easdem Hesperidum serpens aut Ponticus.

Satura XIV: De superstitione

XIV, 159-162

Sed iam serpentum maior concordia. Parcit cognatis maculis similis fera. Quando leoni fortior eripuit vitam leo? Quo nemore umquam expiravit aper maioris dentibus apri.

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BVD ABBOTT AVLVS et LOV COSTELLO GAIVS praesentant: QVIS EST IN PRIMO.

A: CERTE, EGO ILLIS IVVENIBVS TE INTRODVCAM. SCIS, INTERDVM IAM NOVA NOMINA LVSORIBVS PILAE DANTVR.

C: RIDICVLANE NOMINA?

A: NVNC, VIDEAMVS… IN ILLIS SACCIS: QVIS EST IN PRIMO, QVID IN SECVNDO, NESCIO IN TERITO.

C: QVAE SVNT QVAE COMPERIRE VELIM.

A: DICO, “QVIS EST IN PRIMO, QVID IN SECVNDO, NESCIO IN TERTIO-“

C: SCISNE NOMINES ILLORVM IVVENVM?

A: CERTE!

C: BENE. ERGO, QVIS IN PRIMO?

A: SIC!

C: EGO NOMEN IN BASE PRIMA IVVENIS VOLO.

A: QVIS!

C: ILLE IN PRIMO!

A: QVIS!

C: VIR BASIS PRIMAE!

A: QVIS!

C: ILLE PRIMVM LVDAT!

A: QVIS EST IN PRIMO!

C: IAM QVID ME ROGAS?

A: EGO TE NARRO, “QVIS IN PRIMO.”

C: TE EGO ROGO, “QVIS IN PRIMO?”

A: QVOD EST ILLIVS VIRI NOMEN.

C: QVOD EST CVIVS NOMEN?

A: SIC.

C: BENE, NARRA ME.

A: QVIS.

C: ILLE IN PRIMO.

A: QVIS!

C: VIR PRIMAE BASIS.

A: QVIS EST IN PRIMO!

C: HABESNE PACTVM CVM VIR PRIMAE BASIS?

A: PROFECTO.

C: QVIS PACTVM SIGNAT?

A: NECESSARIE!

C: CVM TV STIPENDVM VIRO PRIMAE BASIS PENDAS, QVIS PECVNIAM ACCIPIT?

A: QVISQVE DENARIVS. ET QVIN, ILLE HOC DIGNVS EST.

C: QVIS EST?

A: SIC. INTERDVM VXOR DEVENIT ACCIPITQVE.

C: CVIVS VXOR?

A: SIC.

C: OMNIA COMPERIRE CONOR EST QVID NOMEN IN PRIMA BASE ILLIVS.

A: O MININME, MOMENTVM MANE. NOLI PERMVTARE. QVID EST IN SECVNDO.

C: EGO NON ROGO, “QVIS IN SECVNDO?”.

A: QVIS IN PRIMO.

C: NESCIO.

A: HIC EST IN TERTIO. NVNC DE HOC NON LOQVIMVR.

C: IAM, QVOMODO IN TERTIA BASE PERVENI?

A: TV NOMEN HVIVS DICIS!

C: SI EGO NOMEN IN TERTIA BASE ILLIVS VIRI, QVIS IN TERTIO DIXI.

A: MINIME. QVIS PRIMVM LVDAT.

C: PRIMI OBLIVISCERE! EGO SCIRE VOLO, “QVID ILLIVS IN TERTIO NOMEN?”

A: MINIME. QVID EST IN SECVNDO.

C: HAVD ROGO, “QVIS IN SECVNDO?”!

A: QVIS IN PRIMO.

C: NESCIO.

A: HIC IN TERTIO.

C: EHEV! TE AMABO, FAC IN TERTIA BASE MANEAS, ETIAM NOLI ERRARE.

A: QVAE VOLVIT?

C: IAM, QVIS TERTIAM BASEM LVDAT?

A: IAM, QVID TV INSTAS QVEM IN TERTIA BASE PONI?

C: CVR…? QVEM IBI PONO?

A: SIC. AVT NOS HVNC IBI NOLVMVS.

C: QVID EST NOMEN IN TERTIA BASE ILLIVS?

A: QVID EST IN SECVNDO.

C: HAVDQVAQVAM ROGO, “QVIS IN SECVNDO?”!

A: QVIS EST IN PRIMO.

C: NESCIO.

A & C: TERTIAM BASEM!

C: HABESNE EXCAMPVM?

A: O SIC!

C: NOMEN SINISTRI CAMPANII?

A: CVR.

C: NESCIO. EGO MODO ROGARE COGITAVI.

A: BENE. EGO MODO NARRARE COGITAVI.

C: ERGO NARRA ME: QVIS SINISTRVM CAMPVM LVDAT?

A: QVIS PRIM—

C: MANE EX INCAMPO! EGO SCIRE VOLO, “QVID SINISTRI CAMPANII NOMEN?”

A: QVID IN SECVNDO.

C: HAVD ROGO, “QVIS IN SECVNDO?”!

A: QVIS IN PRIMO.

C: NESCIO.

A & C: TERTIAM BASEM!

C: SINISTRI CAMPANII NOMEN?

A: CVR.

C: QVIA!

A: O, HIC EST MEDIVS CAMPVS.

C: VIDE, HABESNE IACTATOREM?

A: NVNC, NON {BONVS CIRCVLVS/BONA MANVS} SIT SINE IACTATORE.

C: IACTATORIS NOMEN.

A: CRAS.

C: NON VISNE HODIE?

A: IAM NARRO.

C: DEIN FAC.

A: CRAS.

C: QVANDO?

A: QVANDO QVID?

C: QVANDO HODIE TV ME NARRABIS QVIS IACTATOR?

A: IAMQVE AVDI, QVIS NON IACTATOR. QVIS IN PRI-

C: FRANGAM TVVM BRACHIVM, SI ‘QVIS IN PRIMO’ DICIS. QVID EST NOMEN IACTATORIS?

A: QVID IN SECVNDO.

C: NESCIO.

A & C: TERTIAM BASEM!

C: HABESNE CAPTOREM?

A: O, PROFECTO.

C: CAPTORIS NOMEN?

A: HODIE.

C: HODIE. ATQVE CRAS IACTAT.

A: NVNC TV CAPIS.

C: OMNIA IN MANV HABEMVS SVNT DVOS DIES.

A: ITA. EGO HOC MVTARE NEQVEO.

C: AT QVOQVE CAPTOR SVM.

A: QVOD SCIO.

C: IAM, FAC CAPAM, CRAS PRO MEA MANV IACTET, ET GRAVIS FERIATOR SVRGAT.

A: SIC.

C: CRAS PILAM IACIAT. ISTE FERIATOR PILAM LEVITER FERIAT. CVM PILAM LEVITER FERIAT, EGO, BONVS CAPTOR, VELIM ISTVM AD PRIMVM EICERE. ITAQVE PILAM TOLLAM CVIQVE IACIAM?

A: IAM, QVOD EST RECTE PRIMAM REM DIXISTI.

C: NE EGO DE QVO DICAM QVIDEM SCIO!

A: AT QVAE SVNT OMNIA TIBI FACIENDA.

C: ESTNE PILAM AD PRIMAM BASEM IACERE?

A: SIC.

C: NVNC, QVIS EAM HABET?

A: NECESSARIE!

C: SI PILAM AD PRIMAM BASEM IACIO, ALICVI EA CAPIENDA EST. IAM, QVIS CAPIT?

A: NECESSARIE!

C: QVIS CAPIT?

A: NECESSARIE!

C: QVIS?

A: NECESSARIE!

C: NECESSARIE.

A: SIC.

C: ITAQVE, PILAM TOLLO ET AD NECESSARIE IACIO.

A: MINIME MINIME MINIME! TV PILAM AD PRIMAM BASEM IACIS ATQVE QVIS HABET.

C: NECESSARIE.

A: RECTE. PROBE.

C: ITAQVE, PILAM TOLLO ET AD NECESSARIE IACIO.

A: NON IACIS!

C: CVI IACIO?

A: NECESSARIE.

C: QVOD EST QVID DICAS!

A: NE ITA DICIS.

C:  DICO, “AD NECESSARIE IACIO.”

A: MINIME! PILAM CVI IACIO.

C: NECESSARIE.

A: ITA EST.

C: IDEM VT TV!! PILAM AD PRIMAM BASEM IACIO ET QVIS HABET?

A: NECESSARIE.

C: QVIS HABET?

A: NECESSARIE.

C: HVIC HABENDVM EST!! PILAM AD PRIMAM BASEM IACIO. QVISQVIS SIT CAPIT ITA ISTE AD SECVNDO CVRRIT. QVIS PILAM TOLLIT ADQVE QVID, QVIDQVE AD NESCIO, NESCIOQVE AD CRAS IACIT – TRIPLEX RES.

A: SIC.

C: ALIVS SVRGIT – VOLANS LONGE PILAM AD QVIA. CVR? NESCIO. QVI IN TERTIO ET NE FAECEM DO!

A: QVID ERAT?

C: DIXI “NE FAECEM DO!”

A: O, QVI EST NOSTER BREVIS SISTATOR.