Chapter 15a. Latin to English Flashcards
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- Illae quīnque fēminae inter ea animālia mortem nōn timēbant.
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- Those five women were not afraid of death in the midst of those animals.
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2a. Duo ex fīliīs ā portā per agrōs cum patre suō heri currēbant …
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- Two of the sons/daughters were running from the gate through the fields yesterday with their father …
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2b. et in aquam cecidērunt.
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2b. and they fell in the water.
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3a. Primus rēx dīvitiās in mare iēcit,
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3a. First the king [or: “the first king”] threw the wealth into the sea,
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3b. nam magnam īram et vim turbae timuit.
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3b. for he was frightened of the crowd’s great anger and violence.
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- Nēmō eandem partem Asiae ūnō annō vincet.
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- No one will conquer the same part of Asia in one year.
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- Rōmānī quattuor ex eīs urbibus prīma vīa iūnxērunt.
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- The Romans have joined four of those cities with the first road.
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- Itaque mīlia librōrum eius ab urbe trans Italiam mīsistis.
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- And so you [pl.] sent thousands of his books from the city across Italy.
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- Lībertātem et iūra hārum urbium artibus bellī cōnservāvimus.
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- We preserved the freedom and the rights of these cities with the arts of war.
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- Dī Graecī sē inter hominēs cum virtūte saepe nōn gerēbant.
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- The Greek gods often did not conduct themselves among humans with virtue.
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- Cicerō mīlia Rōmānōrum vī sententiārum suārum dūcēbat.
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- Cicero was leading thousands of Romans with the force of his (own) opinions.
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- Sententiae medicī eum cārum mihi numquam fēcērunt.
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- The opinions of a doctor have never made him dear to me.
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- The tyrant used to entrust his life to those three friends.
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- Tyrannus vītam suam committēbat illīs tribus amīcīs.
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- The greedy man never has enough wealth.
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- Avārus satis pecūniae numquam habet.
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- At that time we saved their mother with those six letters.
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- Eō tempore mātrem tum cōnservāvimus illīs sex litterīs.
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- Through their (own) friends they conquered the citizens of the ten cities.
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- Per amīcōs suōs vīcērunt civēs decem urbium.
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1a. Diū in istā nave fuī …
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1a. I have been in this (horrible) ship for a long time …
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1b. et propter tempestātem nūbēsque semper mortem expectābam.
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1b. and because of the storm and the clouds I was always waiting (or) death.
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- Septem hōrīs ad eam urbem vēnimus.
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- We came to that city in seven hours.
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3a. Italia illīs temporibus erat plēna Graecārum artium,
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3a. Italy in those days [lit. “times”] was full of Greek arts,
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3b. et multī Rōmānī ipsī hās artēs colēbant.
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3b. and many Romans themselves were pursuing these arts.
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- Inter bellum et pācem dubitābant.
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- They were wavering between war and peace.
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Eō tempore istum ex urbe ēiciēbam.
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- At that time I was throwing that (horrible) one out of the city.
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- Dīcēbat quisque miser: “Cīvīs Rōmānus sum.”
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- Each miserable (man) was saying: “I am a Roman citizen.”
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7a. Mea puella passerem suum amābat,
7a. My girl loved her (own) sparrow,
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7b. et passer ad eam sōlam semper pīpiābat ...
7b. and the sparrow would always chirp to her alone ...
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7c. nec sē ex gremiō movēbat.
7c. and would not move itself from her lap.
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8a. Fīliī meī frātrem meum dīligēbant, mē vītābant;
8a. My sons used to esteem my brother, (but) they would avoid me;
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8b. mē patrem acerbum appellābant et meam mortem expectābant.
8b. they would call me a harsh father and they were waiting for my death.
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8c. Nunc autem mōrēs meōs mūtāvī et duos fīliōs ad mē crās traham.
8c. Nowever I have changed my character and tomorrow I will drag two sons to me.
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9a. Dionȳsius tyrannus, quoniam tōnsōrī caput committere timebat,
9a. The tyrant Dionysius, since he was afraid to entrust (his) head to a barber,
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9b. fīliās suās barbam et capillum tondēre docuit;
9b. taught his (own) daughters to cut his beard and his hair;
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9c. itaque virginēs tondēbant barbam et capillum patris.
9c. and so the maidens would cut the beard and hair of (their) father.
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1. Ō meī filiī trēs, nōn dēbētis esse miserī.
1. O my three sons, you should not be sad.
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2. Ad mortem enim nunc veniō,
2. For now I am coming to death,
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3. sed pars meī, animus meus, semper remanēbit.
3. but part of me, my spirit, will remain always.
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4. Dum eram vōbīscum, animum nōn vidēbātis,
4. While I was with you, you would not see the spirit,
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5. sed ex factīs meīs intellegēbātis eum esse in hōc corpore.
5. but you could understand from my deeds that it was in this body.
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6. Crēdite igitur animum esse eundum post mortem,
6. Therefore believe that the same spirit exists after death,
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7. etiam sī eum nōn vidēbitis,
7. even if you won’t see (it),
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8. et semper cōnservāte mē in memoriā vestrā.
8. and keep me always in your memory.
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1. Etiam in senectūte Quīntus Fabius Maximus erat vir vērae virtūtis ...
1. Even in old age Quintus Fabius Maximus was a man of true virtue ...
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2. et bella cum animīs adulēscentis gerēbat.
2. and would conduct wars with the courage of a young man.
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3. Dē eō amīcus noster Ennius, doctus ille poēta, haec verba ōlim scrīpsit:
3. Our friend Ennius, that learned poet, once wrote these words about him:
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4. “Ūnus homō cīvitātem fortūnātam nōbīs cūnctātiōne cōnservāvit.
4. “One single person has kept the city fortunate for us by delaying.
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5. Rūmōrēs et fāmam nōn pōnēbat ante salūtem Rōmae.
5. He did not place rumors and reputation ahead of the safety of Rome.
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6. Glōria eius, igitur, nunc bene valet et semper valēbit.”
6. His glory, therefore, prevails well, and always will.”
