Hildegard of Bingen

On Water

Latin Etymology

Deinde venas suas quae in cruribus, et in ventre, ac in pectore, ac in brachiis sunt, sursum manibus suis leviter comprimendo saepe moveat, quatenus coerceantur ne iniustum iter sanguini faciat; sed et caveat ne nimis laboret et ne multum in eundo fatigetur, ne idem sanguis moveatur; et etiam caveat, ne duros et amaros cibos comedat, ne ei iniustam digestionem parent, sed mollia et suavia cibaria interim sumat, quatenus eam interius sanent; et vinum ac cervisiam bibat, quatenus ex his confortetur, ut sanguinem retinere  possit.

Use words from the passage above to give clues to the answers to the questions below.

  1. A manuscript [see above, manibus ] is a document:
    • written by hand
    • written by a male
    • written by someone else
    • written by a preist
  2. An injustice [see above, iniustum ] is something that is:
    • not on time
    • not the only
    • not right
    • not yours
  3. Someone who is fatigued [see above, fatigetur] is:
    • overweight
    • tired
    • controlled by destiny
    • on fire
  4. An interior [see above, interius ] decorator decorates:
    • the insides of houses
    • the outside of houses
    • the entirety of houses
    • the structural layout of houses
  5. If you have spent the evening imbibing [see above, bibat], you have been
    • reading the Bible
    • drinking
    • eating
    • fighting

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