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Notes of Norton Edition

Notes of Penguin Edition

Dixero si quid fortè jocosius, hoc mihi juris cum venia dabis

Latin

normal, but smaller

Frontispiece of Volume V

"If I say anything too facetius, you will grant it to me indulgently"

FL: "If in my words I am too free, perchance too light, this bit of liberty you will indulgently grant me"

Si quis calumnietur levius esse quam decet Theologum, aut mordacius quam deceat Christianus

Latin

normal but smaller

Frontispiece of Volume V

"Should anyone judge my writings harshly as being in a lighter vein than suits a theologian or more biting than is appropriate to a Christian-not I, but Demmocritus said it"

There is no translation in this edition.

Si quis Clericus, aut Monachus, verba joculatoria, risum moventia serat anathema esto

Latin

italics

Frontispiece of Volume V

This quote is not present in Norton Edition

FL: "If any priest or monk using jesting words, exciting laughter, let him be denounced". This quote was added by Sterne in the second edition and it is present in Penguin and Florida Edition.

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch I

(Perì physeos) "On Nature"

"On Nature"

Catachresis

Greek

Latin alphabet

Vol V,
Ch I

Rhet: "misuse of words"

Misuse of words

mort main

French

normal

Vol V,
Ch I

"Dead hand"

Dead hand

Barbati

Italian

italics

Vol V,
Ch VII

"Bearded ones" (philosophers)

Bearded people

Ecclaircissement

French

normal

Vol V,
Ch XIV

"Enlightenment"

Enlightment

TRISTRA-pædia

Latin?

italics, capital letters

Vol V,
Ch XVI

"Tristram’s encyclopaedia"

Tristram’s encyclopaedia

Duodecimo

Latin

italics

Vol V,
Ch XVI

"The 12^th"

"the 12th one"

Basilicon

Greek

Latin alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XXVII

"Ointment"

Ointment

de sede vel subjecto circumcisionis

Latin

italics

Vol V,
Ch XXVII

"On the foundation or subject of circumcision"

"On the foundation or subject of circumcision"

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(Kalepès nosou, kai dysiatou apallagè, en ànthraka kàlousin)

"A release from a terrible and painful disease, and hard to cure, which they call anthrax"

FL: "a release from a terribile desease and hard to cure, that they call anthrax"

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(Ta temnòmena ton ethnòn polygonòtata, kai polyanthropòtata eìnai)

"Nations practicing circumcision are the most prolific and populous"

FL: "circumcised races are most prolific and most populous"

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(Kathariòtetos eìneken)

"For the sake of cleanliness"

FL: "for the sake of cleanliness"

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XXVIII

(O Ilos, ta didoìa peritemnètai, tautò poièsai kai tous àm’autò summàchous katanankàsas)

"Ilus is circumcised and compels the allies with him to do the same"

There is no translation of this quote in Penguin Edition

Scrutoir

French

normal

Vol V,
Ch XXX

"Escritoire"

Escritoire

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XXXI

(Oìkon mèn pròtista, gynaikà te, boùn t’arotèra)

"First of all, a horse, a woman and a ploughing ox"

FL: "first and foremost a house, a wife and a ox for the ploughing"

Ars longa... vita brevis

Latin

italics

Vol V,
Ch XXXIV

"Art is long, life is short"

Art is long, life is short

Quod omne animal post coitum est triste

Latin

italics

Vol V,
Ch XXXVI

"After coition all animals are sad"

"after coition every creation is dejected"

-ing

Greek
English

Greek alphabet

Vol V,
Ch XLII

(typto-ing): "Working away at it", the verb used as a paradigm in Greek grammar

"Poundig, slogging away, or a bilingual pun (tiptoe-ing)"