4C(ii) Verres trumps up a charge

Question 1

quae ubi iste audīuit, nōn mediocrī īnsāniā et furōre sē gerere omnibus uidēbātur;

Answer 1

When THIS one heard these things, he seemed to everyone to conduct himself with no ordinary craziness and rage;

Question 2

hōc modō agēbat, quia nōn potuerat argentum Diodōrō auferre.

Answer 2

he was acting in this manner, because he had not been able to take the silver from Diodorus.

Question 3

Diodōrō igitur absentī minābātur, clāmābat pālam, lacrimābātur.

Answer 3

Therefore he was threatening the absent Diodorus, he was shouting openly, he was weeping.

Question 4

postrēmō seruōs suōs iussit Diodōrum tōtā prōuinciā conquīrere;

Answer 4

Finally he ordered his slaves to look for Diodorus throughout the whole province;

Question 5

sed ille iam castra commōuerat et pōcula collēgerat;

Answer 5

but that one had moved camp and had collected his cups;

Question 6

illō tempore Rōmae habitābat.

Answer 6

at that time he was living in Rome.

Question 7

Verrēs igitur, quī aliquō modō Diodōrum in prōuinciam reuocāre uolēbat, hanc ratiōnem excōgitābat:

Answer 7

Verres, therefore, who wanted to call Diodorus back to the province in any way possible, thought up this plan:

Question 8

cōnstituit Diodōrum, quem absentem esse sciēbat, fīctī cuiusdam crīminis accūsāre.

Answer 8

he decided to accuse Diodorus, whom he knew to be absent, of a certain trumped up charge.

Question 9

rēs clāra erat tōtā Siciliā, Verrem argentī cupiditāte hominem absentem accūsāuisse.

Answer 9

The affair was famous in all of Sicily, that Verres had accused an absent man because lust for silver.

Question 10

intereā Diodōrus Rōmae sordidātus circum patrōnōs atque hospitēs quōs cognōuerat circumībat, …

Answer 10

Meanwhile Diodorus in Rome, dressed in mourning, was going round his patrons and the hosts whom he knew, …

Question 11

… et rem omnem nārrābat.

Answer 11

… and he was reporting the whole affair.

Question 12

quae ubi pater amīcīque Verris audiērunt, …

Answer 12

When the father and friends of Verres heard this [which when they heard], …

Question 13

… litterās uehementīs istī mittēbant rem clāram esse tōtā Rōmā et inuidiōsam;

Answer 13

… they began sending strongly worded letters to THAT one (that) the affair was famous and unpopular in all Rome;

Question 14

perspicuum esse omnia illa propter argentum fierī;

Answer 14

(and that) it was obvious that all those things were taking place because of silver;

Question 15

īnsānīre eum;

Answer 15

(and that) he was crazy;

Question 16

cauēre oportēre;

Answer 16

(and that) he ought to be careful;

Question 17

peritūrum esse hōc ūnō crīmine.

Answer 17

(and that) he would be done for on this one accusation.

Question 18

quās ubi Verrēs perlēgit, sēnsit sē stultē fēcisse;

Answer 18

When Verres read through these (letters) [which (letters) when he read through them], he realized that he had acted foolishly;

Question 19

nam prīmum annum prōuinciae sibi esse;

Answer 19

for (he realized that) he had (his) first year of the province;

Question 20

sē nūllam pecūniam hōc tempore habēre.

Answer 20

(and he realized that) he at this time had no money.

Question 21

furōrem suum igitur nōn pudōre, sed metū et timōre repressit;

Answer 21

His rage, therefore, he restrained not because of a sense of shame, but out of fear and apprehension;

Question 22

Diodōrum absentem condemnāre nōn ausus est.

Answer 22

he did not dare to condemn the absent Diodorus.

Question 23

Diodōrus intereā, Verre praetōre, prope triennium prōuinciā domōque caruit.

Answer 23

Meanwhile Diodorus, while Verres was praetor, for almost three years stayed away from his province and his home.

Question 24

quid plūra dīcam?

Answer 24

Why will I say more?

Question 25

nihil hōc clārius esse potest, iūdicēs.

Answer 25

Nothing can be clearer, judges.

Question 26

eō tempore, Verre praetōre, tōtā Siciliā, …

Answer 26

At that time, when Verres was praetor, in all of Sicily, …

Question 27

… nēmo poterat cōnseruāre aut domī retinere eās rēs quās Verrēs magis concupīuerat.

Answer 27

… no one could keep safe or keep at home those things which Verres had desired more.