Vitruvius recounts a shipwreck

Knowledge gives hope, and hope, survival. Vitruvius recounts the wash up from a shipwreck.Bene speremus! Hominum enim vestigia video.Let us hope for the best! For I see the traces of men.Bene: well or favorably.Speremus: Let us hope. A hortatory subjunctive in the first person plural present Hominum: genitive of homo (man, human), modifying vestigia.Enim: for or indeed.Vestigia: traces or signs. Neuter plural accusative. Video: I see. First person singular present indicative.