40a. Latin to English

Question 1

1. Explain the essential differences involved in introducing questions with -ne, nōnne, and num.

Answer 1

1. -ne, added to a word, indicates a neutral question; nōnne expects the answer “yes”; num expects the answer “no.”

Question 2

2. What word is used to introduce a positive fear clause?

Answer 2

2. nē

Question 3

2b. What word(s) is used to introduce a negative fear clause?

Answer 3

2b. ut (or nē nōn)

Question 4

3. Can you explain why the words used to introduce fear clauses are the opposite of what one might expect?

Answer 4

3. The noun must itself be modified by an adjective [that’s what the book says; I would have thought the answer (from p. 342) was “because they were originally independent jussive clauses.”]

Question 5

4. Magnopere vereor ut imperātor nōbis satis auxiliī mittat.

Answer 5

4. I greatly fear that the general may not send us enough help.

Question 6

5. Fuit fēmina maximā virtūte et fidē atque simillima mātrī.

Answer 6

5. She was a woman of the greatest courage and loyalty and in fact very like her mother.

Question 7

6. Nōlī timēre nē omnēs virī et fēminae magnōrum animōrum Rōmā discēdant.

Answer 7

6. Do not fear that all men and women of great courage will depart from Rome.

Question 8

7. Id quidem est facile dictū sed difficile factū!

Answer 8

7. This is, indeed, easy to say but difficult to do!

Question 9

8. Parentibus placitum domum vēnērunt.

Answer 9

8. They came home to please their parents.

Question 10

9. Nōnne vīs audīre aliquid bonī?

Answer 10

9. You do wish to hear something good, don’t you?

Question 11

10. Vīsne habēre multum sapientiae? Studē Latīnae.

Answer 11

10. Do you wish to have much wisdom? Study Latin!

Question 12

11. Imperāvit tribus mīlitibus ut pācem petītum Rōmam adīrent.

Answer 12

11. He ordered the three soldiers to go to Rome and seek peace.

Question 13

12. Num dubitās hoc dīcere, mī amīce?

Answer 13

12. You do not hesitate to say this, do you, my friend?

Question 14

13. Tū mē hortāris ut sim animō magnō et spem salūtis habeam, sed timeō nē sim īnfīrmior.

Answer 14

13. You urge me to be of great courage and to have hope of safety, but I fear that I may be too weak.

Question 15

14. Ego dīvitiās sapientiae antepōnō. ….

Answer 15

14. For my part I place wealth ahead of wisdom. …

Question 16

14b. Nōn enim arbitror hominēs vītam fēlīcem sine cōpiā pecūniae reperīre posse.

Answer 16

14b For I do not think that human beings can find a happy life without a great deal of money.

Question 17

15. Plūrimī autem virī dīvitēs multum metūs sentiunt.

Answer 17

15. However, very many rich men experience much fear.

Question 18

16. Pauperēs saepe sunt fēlīciōrēs et minus metūs habent.

Answer 18

16. Poor men are often happier and have less fear.

Question 19

17. Pecūnia ipsa nōn est mala:

Answer 19

17. Money itself is not a bad thing;

Question 20

17b sed rēs mentis animīque plūs opis ad fēlīciter vivendum offerunt.

Answer 20

17b. but the things of the mind and the soul offer more help for living happily.

Question 21

18. Novem ex ducibus nōs hortātī sunt ut plūs auxiliī praestārēmus.

Answer 21

18. Nine of the leaders urged us to supply more aid.

Question 22

19. Quīnque ex custōdiīs interfectīs, pater meus cum duōbus ex fīliīs et cum magnō numerō amīcōrum in illam terram līberam fūgit.

Answer 22

19. When five of the guards had been killed, my father fled to that free land with two of his sons and with a large number of friends.

Question 23

20. Numquam satis ōtiī habēbit;

Answer 23

20. Never will he have enough leisure;

Question 24

20b at aliquid otiī melius est quam nihil.

Answer 24

20a. yet some leisure is better than nothing.

Question 25

21. Nostrīs temporibus omnēs plūs metūs et minus speī habēmus.

Answer 25

21. In our times we all have too much of fear and too little of hope.

Question 26

22. Magna fidēs et virtūs omnibus virīs reperiendae sunt.

Answer 26

22. Great faith and courage must be found by all men.