Chapter 12a. Latin to English Flashcards
1
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- Vōs nōbīs dē voluptātibus adulēscentiae tum scrīpseritis.
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- You [pl.] will have written (to) us then about the pleasures of youth.
2
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- Ratiōnēs alterīus fīliae heri nōn fuērunt eaedem.
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- The considerations of the other daughter were not the same yesterday.
3
Q
- Nēmō in hanc viam ex utrā portā fūgerat.
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- No one had escaped into this road from either gate.
4
Q
- Illī autem ad nōs cum medicā eius nūper vēnērunt.
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- They [male] however have recently come to us with his/her doctor [female].
5
Q
- Illī adulēscentēs ad tē propter amīcitiam saepe veniēbant.
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- Those young people often came to you [sg.] on account of friendship.
6
Q
- Eundem timōrem nec in istō cōnsule nec in amīcō eius sēnsimus.
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- We perceived the same fear neither in that consul (of yours) nor in his friend.
7
Q
- Post paucās hōrās Caesar Asiam cēpit.
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- After a few hours Caesar seized Asia.
8
Q
- Illa fēmina beāta sōla magnam cupiditātem pācis sēnsit.
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- That fortunate woman alone perceived a great desire for peace.
9
Q
- Potuistisne bonam vītam sine ūllā lībertāte agere?
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- Were you [pl.] able to lead a good life without any freedom?
10
Q
- Vēritās igitur fuit tōtī populō cāra.
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- Therefore truth has been dear to the whole people.
11
Q
- Neuter medicus nōmen patris audīverat.
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- Neither doctor [male] had heard the father’s name.
12
Q
- That friendly queen did not remain there a long time.
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- Ista regīna amīca ibi nōn diū rēmānsit.
13
Q
- Our mothers had not understood the nature of that place.
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- Mātrēs nostrae natūram eius locī nōn intellēxerant.
14
Q
- However, we had found no fault in the head of our country.
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- Vitium autem nūllum invēnerāmus in capite patriae nostrae.
15
Q
- They kept sending her to him with me.
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- Mittēbant eam mēcum ad eum.
16
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1a. In prīncipiō Deus creāvit caelum et terram;
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1a. In the beginning God created heaven and earth;
17
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1b. et Deus creāvit hominem.
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1b. et God created mankind.
18
Q
- In triumphō Caesar praetulit hunc titulum: “Vēnī, vīdī, vīcī.”
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- In (his) triumph Caesar displayed this placard: “I came, I saw, I conquered.”
19
Q
- Vīxit, dum vīxit, bene.
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- He lived, while he lived, well.
20
Q
- Adulēscēns vult diū vīvere; senex dīu vīxit.
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- A young man wants to live a long time; an old man has lived a long time.
21
Q
- Nōn ille diū vīxit, sed diū fuit.
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- That (man) has not lived a long time, but he has existed for a long time.
22
Q
- Hui, dīxistī pulchrē!
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- Whoah, you have spoken well!
23
Q
- Sophoclēs ad summam senectūtem tragoediās fēcit.
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- Sophocles made tragedies to the peak of (his) old age.
24
Q
- Illī nōn sōlum pecūniam sed etiam vītam prō patriā prōfūndērunt.
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- Those (people) have poured forth not only money but also life for (their) country.
25
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9a. Rēgēs Rōmam ā prīncipiō habuēre;
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9a. Kings held Rome from the beginning;
26
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9b. lībertātem Lūcius Brūtus Rōmānis dedit.
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9b. Lucius Brutus gave freedom to the Romans.
27
Q
- Sub Caesare autem lībertātem perdidimus.
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- Under Caesar, however, we have lost (our) freedom.
28
Q
- Quandō lībertās ceciderit, nēmō līberē dicere audēbit.
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- When freedom will have fallen, no one will dare to speak freely.
29
Q
- Salvē, Marcellīne!
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- Marcellinus, greetings!
30
Q
- Haec tibi scrībō dē Fundānō, amīcō nostrō,
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- I am writing this [lit. “these things”] (to) you about Fundanus, our friend,
31
Q
- quod is fīliam cāram et bellam āmīsit.
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- because he has lost his dear and beautiful daughter.
32
Q
- Illa puella nōn XIII annōs vīxerat,
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- That girl had not lived thirteen years,
33
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- sed natūra eī multam sapientiam dēderat.
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- but nature had given (to) her much wisdom.
34
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- Mātrem patremque, frātrem sorōremque, nōs et aliōs amīcōs, magistrōs magistrāsque semper amābat,
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- She always loved her mother and father, her brother and sister, ourselves and other friends, her male and female teachers,
35
Q
- et nōs eam amābāmus laudābāmusque.
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- and we loved and praised her.
36
Q
- Medicī eam adiuvāre nōn poterant.
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- The doctors were not able to help her.
37
Q
- Quoniam illa autem magnōs animōs habuit,
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- Since, however, that (girl) had a great courage [lit. plural],
38
Q
- morbum nimis malum cum patientiā tolerāvit.
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- she put up with a an excessively evil illness with endurance.
39
Q
- Nunc, mī amīce, mitte Fundānō nostrō litterās dē fortūna acerbā fīliae eius.
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- Now, my friend, send (to) our Fundanus a letter about the bitter fortune of his daughter.
40
Q
- Valē.
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- Goodbye.
41
Q
- review the metrical scheme of an elegiac couplet
The elegaic couplet
\_ \_ _ _ \_ - ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x
\_ \_
- ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ - - ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ -
What are the three possible places for a caesura?
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The elegaic couplet
_ \_ \_ _ \_
- ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ║ ∪ ║ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x
\_ \_
- ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ - ║ - ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ -
42
Q
- Read aloud:
Nūper erat medicus
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2.
NEWper erAHT mehdickUHS
43
Q
- Read aloud:
nunc est vespillo Diaulus
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3.
NUNC EHST VEHSPILLLow DihOWlus
44
Q
- Read aloud:
Quod vespillo facit
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4.
QWODD VEHSPILLLow fahkIHT
45
Q
- Read aloud:
fēcerat et medicus.
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5.
FAYkerat EHT mehdickUHS
46
Q
- translate:Nūper erat medicus, nunc est vespillo Diaulus
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6.
Until recently Diaulus was a doctor, now he’s an undertaker.
47
Q
- translate
Quod vespillo facit, fēcerat et medicus.
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7.
What he does as an an undertaker is also what he had done as a doctor.
48
Q
read aloud and translate Martial, Epigram 1.47:
Nūper erat medicus, nunc est vespillo Diaulus
Quod vespillo facit, fēcerat et medicus.
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Until recently Diaulus was a doctor, now he’s an undertaker.
What he does as an an undertaker is also what he had done as a doctor.
