This is for people who Know Their Latin, but specifically for keriarentikai and cerberusia, who were kind enough to offer their help regarding a Latin passage I need to translate. I thought it best to make it a post instead of a million messages written back and forth so it’s clearer and more easily accessible.
It’s from a sixteenth century print and I left in some conventions that go along with that, such as j and i as well as v and u being interchangeable - please don’t let that deter you!
Okay, here it is:
Abijcit hunc Dominus, qui spem temerarius omnem
Credit in humanis uiribus esse sitam.
Iure Panomphaeus maledicit cuilibet, ipsi
Qui sibi posse putat ferre salutis opem.
En exempla tibi, si forte exempla requiris,
Plus quibus hoc dictum lucis habere putas
Efferus hic, firma, ualida* tyrannus in arce,
Haud sibi ui quenquam credidit esse parem:
s* nunc exilio, quid sit cognoscit, egestas.
Cum patris expulsus sit ditione sui.
* I’m not quite sure what is going on here. The respective parts look like this in the print:
With the “dictum”, I’m not sure if this is some kind of ornament or an abbreviation. If the latter, these bows usually mean “er” or “r” but I’m not quite sure here.
As for the “valida...”, the 3-like thing is the abbreviation for “et”, I know that much. However, I’m not clear on the one before that. Is that a “q” with another abbreviation above it? Can you guys guess the ending here?
And the “nunc” thing, this might be a weird “&”? Which would be kind of odd as there’s a very clear “&” sign just a few lines above that. But hopefully you can figure that out with context.
So, I hope this isn’t too much or too inconvenient to ask. Please don’t hesitate to get back to me if there’s any uncertainty or ambiguity. Thanks so much for your help already!