Chapter 12a. Latin to English

Question 1

1. Vōs nōbīs dē voluptātibus adulēscentiae tum scrīpseritis.

Answer 1

1. You [pl.] will have written (to) us then about the pleasures of youth.

Question 2

2. Ratiōnēs alterīus fīliae heri nōn fuērunt eaedem.

Answer 2

2. The considerations of the other daughter were not the same yesterday.

Question 3

3. Nēmō in hanc viam ex utrā portā fūgerat.

Answer 3

3. No one had escaped into this road from either gate.

Question 4

4. Illī autem ad nōs cum medicā eius nūper vēnērunt.

Answer 4

4. They [male] however have recently come to us with his/her doctor [female].

Question 5

5. Illī adulēscentēs ad tē propter amīcitiam saepe veniēbant.

Answer 5

5. Those young people often came to you [sg.] on account of friendship.

Question 6

6. Eundem timōrem nec in istō cōnsule nec in amīcō eius sēnsimus.

Answer 6

6. We perceived the same fear neither in that consul (of yours) nor in his friend.

Question 7

7. Post paucās hōrās Caesar Asiam cēpit.

Answer 7

7. After a few hours Caesar seized Asia.

Question 8

8. Illa fēmina beāta sōla magnam cupiditātem pācis sēnsit.

Answer 8

8. That fortunate woman alone perceived a great desire for peace.

Question 9

9. Potuistisne bonam vītam sine ūllā lībertāte agere?

Answer 9

9. Were you [pl.] able to lead a good life without any freedom?

Question 10

10. Vēritās igitur fuit tōtī populō cāra.

Answer 10

10. Therefore truth has been dear to the whole people.

Question 11

11. Neuter medicus nōmen patris audīverat.

Answer 11

11. Neither doctor [male] had heard the father’s name.

Question 12

12. That friendly queen did not remain there a long time.

Answer 12

12. Ista regīna amīca ibi nōn diū rēmānsit.

Question 13

13. Our mothers had not understood the nature of that place.

Answer 13

13. Mātrēs nostrae natūram eius locī nōn intellēxerant.

Question 14

14. However, we had found no fault in the head of our country.

Answer 14

14. Vitium autem nūllum invēnerāmus in capite patriae nostrae.

Question 15

15. They kept sending her to him with me.

Answer 15

15. Mittēbant eam mēcum ad eum.

Question 16

1a. In prīncipiō Deus creāvit caelum et terram;

Answer 16

1a. In the beginning God created heaven and earth;

Question 17

1b. et Deus creāvit hominem.

Answer 17

1b. et God created mankind.

Question 18

2. In triumphō Caesar praetulit hunc titulum: “Vēnī, vīdī, vīcī.”

Answer 18

2. In (his) triumph Caesar displayed this placard: “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

Question 19

3. Vīxit, dum vīxit, bene.

Answer 19

3. He lived, while he lived, well.

Question 20

4. Adulēscēns vult diū vīvere; senex dīu vīxit.

Answer 20

4. A young man wants to live a long time; an old man has lived a long time.

Question 21

5. Nōn ille diū vīxit, sed diū fuit.

Answer 21

5. That (man) has not lived a long time, but he has existed for a long time.

Question 22

6. Hui, dīxistī pulchrē!

Answer 22

6. Whoah, you have spoken well!

Question 23

7. Sophoclēs ad summam senectūtem tragoediās fēcit.

Answer 23

7. Sophocles made tragedies to the peak of (his) old age.

Question 24

8. Illī nōn sōlum pecūniam sed etiam vītam prō patriā prōfūndērunt.

Answer 24

8. Those (people) have poured forth not only money but also life for (their) country.

Question 25

9a. Rēgēs Rōmam ā prīncipiō habuēre;

Answer 25

9a. Kings held Rome from the beginning;

Question 26

9b. lībertātem Lūcius Brūtus Rōmānis dedit.

Answer 26

9b. Lucius Brutus gave freedom to the Romans.

Question 27

10. Sub Caesare autem lībertātem perdidimus.

Answer 27

10. Under Caesar, however, we have lost (our) freedom.

Question 28

11. Quandō lībertās ceciderit, nēmō līberē dicere audēbit.

Answer 28

11. When freedom will have fallen, no one will dare to speak freely.

Question 29

1. Salvē, Marcellīne!

Answer 29

1. Marcellinus, greetings!

Question 30

2. Haec tibi scrībō dē Fundānō, amīcō nostrō,

Answer 30

2. I am writing this [lit. “these things”] (to) you about Fundanus, our friend,

Question 31

3. quod is fīliam cāram et bellam āmīsit.

Answer 31

3. because he has lost his dear and beautiful daughter.

Question 32

4. Illa puella nōn XIII annōs vīxerat,

Answer 32

4. That girl had not lived thirteen years,

Question 33

5. sed natūra eī multam sapientiam dēderat.

Answer 33

5. but nature had given (to) her much wisdom.

Question 34

6. Mātrem patremque, frātrem sorōremque, nōs et aliōs amīcōs, magistrōs magistrāsque semper amābat,

Answer 34

6. She always loved her mother and father, her brother and sister, ourselves and other friends, her male and female teachers,

Question 35

7. et nōs eam amābāmus laudābāmusque.

Answer 35

7. and we loved and praised her.

Question 36

8. Medicī eam adiuvāre nōn poterant.

Answer 36

8. The doctors were not able to help her.

Question 37

9. Quoniam illa autem magnōs animōs habuit,

Answer 37

9. Since, however, that (girl) had a great courage [lit. plural],

Question 38

10. morbum nimis malum cum patientiā tolerāvit.

Answer 38

10. she put up with a an excessively evil illness with endurance.

Question 39

11. Nunc, mī amīce, mitte Fundānō nostrō litterās dē fortūna acerbā fīliae eius.

Answer 39

11. Now, my friend, send (to) our Fundanus a letter about the bitter fortune of his daughter.

Question 40

12. Valē.

Answer 40

12. Goodbye.

Question 41

1. review the metrical scheme of an elegiac couplet

The elegaic couplet

_ _ _ _ _
- ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x
_ _
- ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ - - ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ -

What are the three possible places for a caesura?

Answer 41

The elegaic couplet

_ _ _ _ _
- ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ║ ∪ ║ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x
_ _
- ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ - ║ - ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ -

Question 42

2. Read aloud:

Nūper erat medicus

Answer 42

2.

NEWper erAHT mehdickUHS

Question 43

3. Read aloud:

nunc est vespillo Diaulus

Answer 43

3.

NUNC EHST VEHSPILLLow DihOWlus

Question 44

2. Read aloud:

Quod vespillo facit

Answer 44

4.

QWODD VEHSPILLLow fahkIHT

Question 45

6. Read aloud:

fēcerat et medicus.

Answer 45

5.

FAYkerat EHT mehdickUHS

Question 46

7. translate:

Nūper erat medicus, nunc est vespillo Diaulus

Answer 46

6.

Until recently Diaulus was a doctor, now he’s an undertaker.

Question 47

8. translate

Quod vespillo facit, fēcerat et medicus.

Answer 47

7.

What he does as an an undertaker is also what he had done as a doctor.

Question 48

read aloud and translate Martial, Epigram 1.47:

Nūper erat medicus, nunc est vespillo Diaulus

Quod vespillo facit, fēcerat et medicus.

Answer 48

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.