Chapter 15a. Latin to English

Question 1

1. Illae quīnque fēminae inter ea animālia mortem nōn timēbant.

Answer 1

1. Those five women were not afraid of death in the midst of those animals.

Question 2

2a. Duo ex fīliīs ā portā per agrōs cum patre suō heri currēbant …

Answer 2

2. Two of the sons/daughters were running from the gate through the fields yesterday with their father …

Question 3

2b. et in aquam cecidērunt.

Answer 3

2b. and they fell in the water.

Question 4

3a. Primus rēx dīvitiās in mare iēcit,

Answer 4

3a. First the king [or: “the first king”] threw the wealth into the sea,

Question 5

3b. nam magnam īram et vim turbae timuit.

Answer 5

3b. for he was frightened of the crowd’s great anger and violence.

Question 6

4. Nēmō eandem partem Asiae ūnō annō vincet.

Answer 6

4. No one will conquer the same part of Asia in one year.

Question 7

5. Rōmānī quattuor ex eīs urbibus prīma vīa iūnxērunt.

Answer 7

5. The Romans have joined four of those cities with the first road.

Question 8

6. Itaque mīlia librōrum eius ab urbe trans Italiam mīsistis.

Answer 8

6. And so you [pl.] sent thousands of his books from the city across Italy.

Question 9

7. Lībertātem et iūra hārum urbium artibus bellī cōnservāvimus.

Answer 9

7. We preserved the freedom and the rights of these cities with the arts of war.

Question 10

8. Dī Graecī sē inter hominēs cum virtūte saepe nōn gerēbant.

Answer 10

8. The Greek gods often did not conduct themselves among humans with virtue.

Question 11

9. Cicerō mīlia Rōmānōrum vī sententiārum suārum dūcēbat.

Answer 11

9. Cicero was leading thousands of Romans with the force of his (own) opinions.

Question 12

10. Sententiae medicī eum cārum mihi numquam fēcērunt.

Answer 12

10. The opinions of a doctor have never made him dear to me.

Question 13

11. The tyrant used to entrust his life to those three friends.

Answer 13

11. Tyrannus vītam suam committēbat illīs tribus amīcīs.

Question 14

12. The greedy man never has enough wealth.

Answer 14

12. Avārus satis pecūniae numquam habet.

Question 15

13. At that time we saved their mother with those six letters.

Answer 15

13. Eō tempore mātrem tum cōnservāvimus illīs sex litterīs.

Question 16

14. Through their (own) friends they conquered the citizens of the ten cities.

Answer 16

14. Per amīcōs suōs vīcērunt civēs decem urbium.

Question 17

1a. Diū in istā nave fuī …

Answer 17

1a. I have been in this (horrible) ship for a long time …

Question 18

1b. et propter tempestātem nūbēsque semper mortem expectābam.

Answer 18

1b. and because of the storm and the clouds I was always waiting (or) death.

Question 19

2. Septem hōrīs ad eam urbem vēnimus.

Answer 19

2. We came to that city in seven hours.

Question 20

3a. Italia illīs temporibus erat plēna Graecārum artium,

Answer 20

3a. Italy in those days [lit. “times”] was full of Greek arts,

Question 21

3b. et multī Rōmānī ipsī hās artēs colēbant.

Answer 21

3b. and many Romans themselves were pursuing these arts.

Question 22

4. Inter bellum et pācem dubitābant.

Answer 22

4. They were wavering between war and peace.

Question 23

Eō tempore istum ex urbe ēiciēbam.

Answer 23

5. At that time I was throwing that (horrible) one out of the city.

Question 24

6. Dīcēbat quisque miser: “Cīvīs Rōmānus sum.”

Answer 24

6. Each miserable (man) was saying: “I am a Roman citizen.”

Question 25

7a. Mea puella passerem suum amābat,

Answer 25

7a. My girl loved her (own) sparrow,

Question 26

7b. et passer ad eam sōlam semper pīpiābat …

Answer 26

7b. and the sparrow would always chirp to her alone …

Question 27

7c. nec sē ex gremiō movēbat.

Answer 27

7c. and would not move itself from her lap.

Question 28

8a. Fīliī meī frātrem meum dīligēbant, mē vītābant;

Answer 28

8a. My sons used to esteem my brother, (but) they would avoid me;

Question 29

8b. mē patrem acerbum appellābant et meam mortem expectābant.

Answer 29

8b. they would call me a harsh father and they were waiting for my death.

Question 30

8c. Nunc autem mōrēs meōs mūtāvī et duos fīliōs ad mē crās traham.

Answer 30

8c. Nowever I have changed my character and tomorrow I will drag two sons to me.

Question 31

9a. Dionȳsius tyrannus, quoniam tōnsōrī caput committere timebat,

Answer 31

9a. The tyrant Dionysius, since he was afraid to entrust (his) head to a barber,

Question 32

9b. fīliās suās barbam et capillum tondēre docuit;

Answer 32

9b. taught his (own) daughters to cut his beard and his hair;

Question 33

9c. itaque virginēs tondēbant barbam et capillum patris.

Answer 33

9c. and so the maidens would cut the beard and hair of (their) father.

Question 34

1. Ō meī filiī trēs, nōn dēbētis esse miserī.

Answer 34

1. O my three sons, you should not be sad.

Question 35

2. Ad mortem enim nunc veniō,

Answer 35

2. For now I am coming to death,

Question 36

3. sed pars meī, animus meus, semper remanēbit.

Answer 36

3. but part of me, my spirit, will remain always.

Question 37

4. Dum eram vōbīscum, animum nōn vidēbātis,

Answer 37

4. While I was with you, you would not see the spirit,

Question 38

5. sed ex factīs meīs intellegēbātis eum esse in hōc corpore.

Answer 38

5. but you could understand from my deeds that it was in this body.

Question 39

6. Crēdite igitur animum esse eundum post mortem,

Answer 39

6. Therefore believe that the same spirit exists after death,

Question 40

7. etiam sī eum nōn vidēbitis,

Answer 40

7. even if you won’t see (it),

Question 41

8. et semper cōnservāte mē in memoriā vestrā.

Answer 41

8. and keep me always in your memory.

Question 42

1. Etiam in senectūte Quīntus Fabius Maximus erat vir vērae virtūtis …

Answer 42

1. Even in old age Quintus Fabius Maximus was a man of true virtue …

Question 43

2. et bella cum animīs adulēscentis gerēbat.

Answer 43

2. and would conduct wars with the courage of a young man.

Question 44

3. Dē eō amīcus noster Ennius, doctus ille poēta, haec verba ōlim scrīpsit:

Answer 44

3. Our friend Ennius, that learned poet, once wrote these words about him:

Question 45

4. “Ūnus homō cīvitātem fortūnātam nōbīs cūnctātiōne cōnservāvit.

Answer 45

4. “One single person has kept the city fortunate for us by delaying.

Question 46

5. Rūmōrēs et fāmam nōn pōnēbat ante salūtem Rōmae.

Answer 46

5. He did not place rumors and reputation ahead of the safety of Rome.

Question 47

6. Glōria eius, igitur, nunc bene valet et semper valēbit.”

Answer 47

6. His glory, therefore, prevails well, and always will.”