Chapter 12b. English to Latin

Question 1

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

Answer 1

1. Vōs nōbīs dē voluptātibus adulēscentiae tum scrīpseritis.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

2. Ratiōnēs alterīus fīliae heri nōn fuērunt eaedem.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

3. Nēmō in hanc viam ex utrā portā fūgerat.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

5. Illī adulēscentēs ad tē propter amīcitiam saepe veniēbant.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

7. After a few hours Caesar seized Asia.

Answer 7

7. Post paucās hōrās Caesar Asiam cēpit.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

8. Illa fēmina beāta sōla magnam cupiditātem pācis sēnsit.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

9. Potuistisne bonam vītam sine ūllā lībertāte agere?

Question 10

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

Answer 10

10. Vēritās igitur fuit tōtī populō cāra.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

11. Neuter medicus nōmen patris audīverat.

Question 12

12. Ista regīna amīca ibi nōn diū rēmānsit.

Answer 12

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

Question 13

13. Mātrēs nostrae natūram eius locī nōn intellēxerant.

Answer 13

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

Question 14

14. Vitium autem nūllum invēnerāmus in capite patriae nostrae.

Answer 14

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

Question 15

15. Mittēbant eam mēcum ad eum.

Answer 15

15. They kept sending her to him with me.

Question 16

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

Answer 16

1a. In prīncipiō Deus creāvit caelum et terram;

Question 17

1b. et God created mankind.

Answer 17

1b. et Deus creāvit hominem.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

3. He lived, while he lived, well.

Answer 19

3. Vīxit, dum vīxit, bene.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

4. Adulēscēns vult diū vīvere; senex dīu vīxit.

Question 21

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

Answer 21

5. Nōn ille diū vīxit, sed diū fuit.

Question 22

6. Whoah, you have spoken well!

Answer 22

6. Hui, dīxistī pulchrē!

Question 23

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

Answer 23

7. Sophoclēs ad summam senectūtem tragoediās fēcit.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

9a. Kings held Rome from the beginning;

Answer 25

9a. Rēgēs Rōmam ā prīncipiō habuēre;

Question 26

9b. Lucius Brutus gave freedom to the Romans.

Answer 26

9b. lībertātem Lūcius Brūtus Rōmānis dedit.

Question 27

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

Answer 27

10. Sub Caesare autem lībertātem perdidimus.

Question 28

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

Answer 28

11. Quandō lībertās ceciderit, nēmō līberē dicere audēbit.

Question 29

1. Marcellinus, greetings!

Answer 29

1. Salvē, Marcellīne!

Question 30

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

Answer 30

2. Haec tibi scrībō dē Fundānō, amīcō nostrō,

Question 31

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

Answer 31

3. quod is fīliam cāram et bellam āmīsit.

Question 32

4. That girl had not lived thirteen years,

Answer 32

4. Illa puella nōn XIII annōs vīxerat,

Question 33

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

Answer 33

5. sed natūra eī multam sapientiam dēderat.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

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

Question 35

7. and we loved and praised her.

Answer 35

7. et nōs eam amābāmus laudābāmusque.

Question 36

8. The doctors were not able to help her.

Answer 36

8. Medicī eam adiuvāre nōn poterant.

Question 37

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

Answer 37

9. Quoniam illa autem magnōs animōs habuit,

Question 38

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

Answer 38

10. morbum nimis malum cum patientiā tolerāvit.

Question 39

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

Answer 39

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

Question 40

12. Goodbye.

Answer 40

12. Valē.