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Question 1

Sic denique altera: ‘quoniam nos originis nexus pro tua incolumitate periculum quidem ullum ante oculos habere compellit,

Answer 1

Thus, at last the other one [said], ‘Because the obligation of family ties compelled us, on behalf of our safety, to not have even any danger before our eyes,

Question 2

viam, quae sola deducit iter ad salutem, diu diuque cogitatam monstrabimus tibi.

Answer 2

we will reveal a way to you, which demonstrated a path alone to salvation for a long time and was considered for a long time.

Question 3

novaculam praeacutam, adpulsu etiam palmulae lenientis exasperatam, tori qua parte cubare consuesti,

Answer 3

Conceal secretly a sharpened razor incited by the impact even of your soft palm, in the bed at the place where you rest,

Question 4

latenter absconde lucernamque concinnem, completam oleo, claro lumine praemicantem subde aliquo claudentis aululae tegmine.

Answer 4

place an oil lamp ready for use filled with oil, glittering forth with a bright light underside kind of covering of an enclosing small pot,

Question 5

omnique isto apparatu tenacissime dissimulato, postquam sulcatos intrahens gressus cubile solitum conscenderit,

Answer 5

with all that preparation hidden, after he will have climbed, dragging a furrowed trail to his usual bed,

Question 6

iamque porrectus et exordio somni prementis implicitus altum soporem flare coeperit,

Answer 6

and already stretched out and enveloped in the beginning of overwhelming sleep, he will have commenced to breathe in deep sleep,

Question 7

toro delapsa nudoque vestigio pensilem gradum paullulatim minuens, caecae tenebrae custodia liberata lucerna,

Answer 7

having slipped out of bed, with bare feet, walking on tip toes (diminishing a hanging step) little by little, with the lamp having been freed from its guard of hidden darkness,

Question 8

praeclari tui facinoris opportunitatem de luminis consilio mutuare et ancipiti telo illo audaciter,

Answer 8

obtain the right time for your noble crime from the determination fo the light and procure boldly with that two-edged weapon,

Question 9

prius dextera sursum elata, nisu quam valido noxii serpentis nodum cervicis et capitis abscide.

Answer 9

before raised on high with the right hand, cut a node of the neck and head, of the noxious snake with a thrust as strongly as possible.

Question 10

nec nostrum tibi deerit subsidium; sed cum primum illius morte salutem tibi feceris,

Answer 10

Our reinforcement will not lack for you: but as soon as you make safety for yourself from death by him.

Question 11

anxiae praestolatae advolabimus cunctisque istis opibus tecum relatis, votivis nuptiis hominem te iungemus homini.

Answer 11

We will hasten towards, anxiously stood ready, and unite you, a human, with a human being, render in vowed marriage with all that wealth.’