Chapter 15b. English to Latin

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 3

2b. and they fell in the water.

Answer 3

2b. et in aquam cecidērunt.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

3a. Primus rēx dīvitiās in mare iēcit,

Question 5

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

Answer 5

3b. nam magnam īram et vim turbae timuit.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

4. Nēmō eandem partem Asiae ūnō annō vincet.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

5. Rōmānī quattuor ex eīs urbibus prīma vīa iūnxērunt.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

7. Lībertātem et iūra hārum urbium artibus bellī cōnservāvimus.

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

9. Cicerō mīlia Rōmānōrum vī sententiārum suārum dūcēbat.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

10. Sententiae medicī eum cārum mihi numquam fēcērunt.

Question 13

11. Tyrannus vītam suam committēbat illīs tribus amīcīs.

Answer 13

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

Question 14

12. Avārus satis pecūniae numquam habet.

Answer 14

12. The greedy man never has enough wealth.

Question 15

13. Eō tempore mātrem tum cōnservāvimus illīs sex litterīs.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

14. Per amīcōs suōs vīcērunt civēs decem urbium.

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

1a. Diū in istā nave fuī …

Question 18

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

Answer 18

1b. et propter tempestātem nūbēsque semper mortem expectābam.

Question 19

2. We came to that city in seven hours.

Answer 19

2. Septem hōrīs ad eam urbem vēnimus.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

3a. Italia illīs temporibus erat plēna Graecārum artium,

Question 21

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

Answer 21

3b. et multī Rōmānī ipsī hās artēs colēbant.

Question 22

4. They were wavering between war and peace.

Answer 22

4. Inter bellum et pācem dubitābant.

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Eō tempore istum ex urbe ēiciēbam.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

7a. Mea puella passerem suum amābat,

Question 26

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

Answer 26

7b. et passer ad eam sōlam semper pīpiābat …

Question 27

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

Answer 27

7c. nec sē ex gremiō movēbat.

Question 28

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

Answer 28

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

Question 29

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

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Answer 30

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

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

9b. fīliās suās barbam et capillum tondēre docuit;

Question 33

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

Answer 33

9c. itaque virginēs tondēbant barbam et capillum patris.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

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

Question 35

2. For now I am coming to death,

Answer 35

2. Ad mortem enim nunc veniō,

Question 36

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

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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

Answer 37

4. Dum eram vōbīscum, animum nōn vidēbātis,

Question 38

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

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

6. Crēdite igitur animum esse eundum post mortem,

Question 40

7. even if you won’t see (it),

Answer 40

7. etiam sī eum nōn vidēbitis,

Question 41

8. and keep me always in your memory.

Answer 41

8. et semper cōnservāte mē in memoriā vestrā.

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

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

Answer 43

2. et bella cum animīs adulēscentis gerēbat.

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

4. “Ūnus homō cīvitātem fortūnātam nōbīs cūnctātiōne cōnservāvit.

Question 46

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

Answer 46

5. Rūmōrēs et fāmam nōn pōnēbat ante salūtem Rōmae.

Question 47

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

Answer 47

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