Chapter 14a. Latin to English

Question 1

1. Magnam partem illārum urbium post multōs annōs vī et cōnsiliō capiēbat.

Answer 1

1. He was taking a great portion of those cities after many years by means of violence and thought.

Question 2

2. Ante Caesaris ipsīus oculōs trāns viam cucurrimus et cum amīcīs fūgimus.

Answer 2

2. Before the eyes of Caesar himself we ran across the road and fled with (our) friends.

Question 3

3. Nēmō vitia sua videt, sed quisque illa alterīus.

Answer 3

3. No one sees his/her own faults, but each (of us sees) those of another.

Question 4

4. Monuitne nūper eōs dē vīrībus illārum urbium in Asiā?

Answer 4

4. Has he/she recently warned them [male] about the strength [lit. plural] of those cities in Asia?

Question 5

5. Ipsī autem lībertātem cīvium suōrum magnā cum cūrā aluerant.

Answer 5

5. They themselves, however, had fostered the the freedom of their state with great care.

Question 6

6. Nōmina multārum urbium ab nōminibus urbium antīquārum trāximus.

Answer 6

6. We have drawn the name of many cities from the names of ancient cities.

Question 7

7. Pars cīvium dīvitiās cēpit et per urbem ad mare cucurrit.

Answer 7

7. A portion of the citizens took riches and ran through the city to the sea.

Question 8

8. Hodiē multae nūbēs in caelō sunt signum īrae acerbae deōrum.

Answer 8

8. Today many clouds in the sky are a sign of the gods’ bitter anger.

Question 9

9. Illud animal heri ibi cecidit et sē trans terram ab agro trahēbat.

Answer 9

9. That animal fell yesterday and dragged itself from a field across the land.

Question 10

10. That wicked tyrant did not long preserve the rights of these citizens.

Answer 10

10. Ille tyrannus malus iūra hōrum cīvium nōn diū servāvit.

Question 11

11. Great is the force of the arts.

Answer 11

11. Magna est vīs artium.

Question 12

12a. His wife was standing there with her (own) friends

Answer 12

12a. Uxor eius ibi stābat cum amīcīs suīs,

Question 13

12b. and doing that with patience.

Answer 13

12b. et id fēcit cum patientiā.

Question 14

13. Cicero felt and said the same thing concerning his own life and the nature of death.

Answer 14

13. Cicerō idem sēnsit dīxitque dē vītā suā et natūrā mortis.

Question 15

1. Et Deus aquās “maria” in prīncipiō appellāvit.

Answer 15

1. And in the beginning God called the waters “seas.”

Question 16

2. Terra ipsa hominēs et animālia ōlim creāvit.

Answer 16

2. The land itself once created humans and animals.

Question 17

3. Pān servat ovēs et magistrōs fortunatōs ovium.

Answer 17

3. Pan preserves sheep and the fortunate masters of sheep.

Question 18

4. Parva formīca onera magna ōre trahit.

Answer 18

4. The little ant drags big loads with its mouth.

Question 19

5. Auribus tenēo lupum.

Answer 19

5. I am holding a wolf by the ears.

Question 20

6. Ille magnam turbam clientium sēcum habet.

Answer 20

6. That (man) has a huge crowd of dependents with him.

Question 21

7. Hunc nēmō vī neque pecūniā superāre potuit.

Answer 21

7. No one could defeat this (man) with force or with money.

Question 22

8. Animus eius erat ignārus artium malārum.

Answer 22

8. His mind was ignorant of evil arts.

Question 23

9. Magna pars meī mortem vītābit.

Answer 23

9. A great part of me will avoid death.

Question 24

10. Vōs, amīcī doctī, exemplāria Graeca semper cum cūrā versāte.

Answer 24

10. You, learned friends [male], always study the Greek originals with care. [indicative or imperative]

Question 25

11a. Nōn vīribus et celeritāte corporum magna gerimus,

Answer 25

11a. Not with the strength and speed of our bodies to we accomplish great things,

Question 26

11b. sed sapientiā et sententiā et arte.

Answer 26

11b. by means of of wisdom and thought and art.

Question 27

12. Istī caelum, nōn animum suum, mutant, sī trans mare currunt.

Answer 27

12. Those (foolish people) change the sky, not their spirit, if they race across the sea.

Question 28

1. review the scheme of an elegiac couplet; introduction to elision.

Answer 28

1. more on elisions

Question 29

2. scan and read aloud: Thāis habet nigrōs

Answer 29

2. THAYihs hahEHT NIHGROSE

Question 30

3. scan and read aloud: niveōs Laecānia dentēs.

Answer 30

3. nihwehOWS LAIKAHNiah DEHNTAYS

Question 31

4. scan and read aloud: Quae rati(ō) est? Ēmptōs

Answer 31

4. KWAI rahtihEHST? AIMPTOSE

Question 32

5. scan and read aloud: haec habet, illa suōs.

Answer 32

5. HAIK hahbeht IHLLah suOSE

Question 33

6. translate: Thāis habet nigrōs, niveōs Laecānia dentēs.

Answer 33

6. Thaïs has black teeth, Laecania has snowy ones.

Question 34

7. translate: Quae rati(ō) est? Ēmptōs haec habet, illa suōs.

Answer 34

7. What’s the explanation? The latter has purchased ones, the former has her own.

Question 35

8. read aloud Martial, Epigram 5.43

Answer 35

8. filler

Question 36

1. M. Tullī Cicerō, quid agis?

Answer 36

1. Marcus Tullius Cicero, what are you doing?

Question 37

2. Istī prō multīs factīs malīs poenās dare nunc dēbent;

Answer 37

2. These (dreadful people) should now pay the penalty for many evil deads;

Question 38

3. eōs enim ad mortem dūcere dēbēs,

Answer 38

3. For you should lead them to death,

Question 39

4. quod Rōmam in multa perīcula trāxērunt.

Answer 39

4. because they have dragged Rome into many dangers.

Question 40

5. Saepe Rōmānī in hāc cīvitāte etiam cīvēs morte multāvērunt.

Answer 40

5. Often Romans in this city have punished even citizens with death.

Question 41

6. Sed nōn dēbēs cōgitāre hōs malōs esse cīvēs,

Answer 41

6. But you should not think that these evil people are citizens,

Question 42

7. nam numquam in hāc urbe prōditōrēs patriae iūra cīvium tenuērunt;

Answer 42

7. for never in this city have betrayers of the country held the rights of citizens;

Question 43

8. hī iūra sua āmīsērunt.

Answer 43

8. these (people) have lost their rights.

Question 44

9. Populus Rōmānus tibi magnās grātiās aget, M. Tullī,

Answer 44

9. The Roman people will give you much gratitude, Marcus Tullius,

Question 45

10. sī istōs cum virtūte nunc multābis.

Answer 45

10. if you now, with courage, punish them.