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Question 1

Iudicium sanctique placet sententia montis omnibus,

Answer 1

The judgment and the opinion of the sacred mountain pleased all,

Question 2

arguitur tamen atque iniusta vocatur unius sermone Midae;

Answer 2

however the judgment was challenged by the voice of Midas alone having called it unjust.

Question 3

nec Delius aures humanam stolidas patitur retinere figuram,

Answer 3

The Delmus did not allow stupid ears to remain in human form,

Question 4

sed trahit in spatium villisque albentibus inplet

Answer 4

but extends them in length and fills the ears with white hair

Question 5

instabilesque imas facit et dat posse moveri:

Answer 5

and made the bottom shaky and gave the ability to move.

Question 6

cetera sunt hominis, partem damnatur in unam induiturque

Answer 6

The rest was of a man he was punished in one part and he wore

Question 7

aures lente gradientis aselli.

Answer 7

The ears of a slowly advancing ass

Question 8

ille quidem celare cupit turpique pudore tempora purpureis temptat relevare tiaris;

Answer 8

That one indeed desires to hide and tries to relieve himself from the shameful ugliness of the temples with a purple cap;

Question 9

sed solitus longos ferro resecare capillos

Answer 9

but the servant who was having been accustomed to cut his long hair with a blade

Question 10

viderat hoc famulus, qui cum nec prodere visum dedecus auderet,

Answer 10

had seen it, who since he did not dare to reveal the seen dishonor

Question 11

cupiens efferre sub auras,

Answer 11

desiring to emit under the winds

Question 12

nec posset reticere tamen, secedit humumque effodit et,

Answer 12

not able to keep silent however; withdrew and dug out the ground

Question 13

domini quales adspexerit aures,

Answer 13

and what sort of his ears of his master he saw.

Question 14

voce refert parva terraeque inmurmurat haustae indiciumque suae vocis tellure regesta obruit

Answer 14

In a tiny voice he muttered to the earth and buried evidence with thrown back earth

Question 15

et scrobibus tacitus discedit opertis

Answer 15

and quiet and silent he departs from the covered trench.

Question 16

creber harundinibus tremulis ibi surgere lucus coepit

Answer 16

A thick grove began to sprung up there with trembling reeds

Question 17

et, ut primum pleno maturuit anno, prodidit agricolam:

Answer 17

and as soon as it grew for a full year it betrayed it’s farmer:

Question 18

leni nam motus ab austro

Answer 18

for having been moved; gently by the wind

Question 19

obruta verba refert dominique coarguit aures.

Answer 19

it refers the buried words and exposes the ears of the master.