Book IV 173-174

Question 1

Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes,

Answer 1

Immediately Rumor goes through the great cities of Libya

Question 2

Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum:

Answer 2

Rumor, than which no other evil is swifter

Question 3

mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo,

Answer 3

she thrives on movement and acquires her strength by going

Question 4

parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras

Answer 4

first she is small because of fear,

Question 5

ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit.

Answer 5

she steps on the earth and hides her head among the clouds

Question 6

illam Terra parens ira inritata deorum

Answer 6

Parent Earth provoked by the wrath of the gods

Question 7

extremam, ut perhibent, Coeo Enceladoque sororem

Answer 7

as they report, gave birth to the last one, a sister to Coeus and

Question 8

progenuit pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis,

Answer 8

Enceladus, swift as to her feet and with swift wings

Question 9

monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae,

Answer 9

a dreaded monster, huge, to her as many feathers with respect to her body

Question 10

tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu),

Answer 10

so many wakeful eyes beneath, marvelous to tell

Question 11

tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit auris.

Answer 11

as many tongues, as many mouths resound, she raises many ears