Genesis. Serpens in Paradiso.
Brief Comments on the Latin:
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2:25 The phrase scilicet is short for scire licet, kind of like the way we say "you know" in English.
3:1. The antecedent of qui is serpens. Latin often uses a relative pronoun, qui, to join together what would be two separate sentences in English: "(and) he said..."
3:2. The antecedent of cui is serpens. Latin often uses a relative pronoun, qui, to join together what would be two separate sentences in English: "(and) the woman replied to him..."
3:3. The word forte is from the noun fors, meaning "chance" ("by chance, perchance").
3:6. The use of quod to introduce indirect statement is non-classical.
3:7. Cognovissent introduces indirect statement with the accusative subject of the infinitive: se esse. The word perizomata is a Greek word, here in the neuter accusative plural ending. [Note about Greek forms in the Vulgate.]
3:8. Note the parallel construction: abscondit se Adam and (abscondit se) uxor eius.
3:9. Like most Hebrew names , Adam does not decline; here it is in the accusative case, the direct object of vocavit.
3:10. The phrase eo quod means "because" ("on account of the fact, eo, that, quod").
3:11. The use of quod to introduce indirect statement is non-classical.
3:13. Latin often uses a relative pronoun, quae, to join together what would be two separate sentences in English: "(and) she.."
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