Chapter 16a. Latin to English

Question 1

1. Fortēs virī et fēminae ante aetātem nostram vīvēbant.

Answer 1

1. Strong men and women were living before our age.

Question 2

2. Eōs centum senēs miserōs ab Italiā trans maria difficilia heri mittēbat.

Answer 2

2. Yesterday he was sending those one hundred sad old men (away) from Italy across difficult seas.

Question 3

3a. Illī duo virī omnēs cupiditātēs ex sē ēiēcērunt,

Answer 3

3a. Those two men expelled all (their) desires from themselves,

Question 4

3b. nam nātūram corporis timuērunt.

Answer 4

3b. for they feared the nature of the body.

Question 5

4a. Potēns rēgīna, quoniam sē dīlēxit, istōs trēs vītāvit ….

Answer 5

4a. The powerful queen, because she held herself in high regard, shunned those (notorious) three (men) …

Question 6

4b. et sē cum eīs numquam iūnxit.

Answer 6

4b. and never joined herself with them.

Question 7

5a. Itaque inter eōs ibi stābam ….

Answer 7

5a. And so I was standing there among them …

Question 8

5b. et signum cum animō fortī diū exspectābam.

Answer 8

5b. and for a long time I was waiting for the signal with a brave spirit.

Question 9

6. Celer rūmor per ōra aurēsque omnium sine morā currēbat.

Answer 9

6. A swift rumor was running without delay through the mouths and ears of all.

Question 10

7. Vīs bellī acerbī autem vītam eius paucīs hōrīs mūtāvit.

Answer 10

7. The violence of war, however, changed his/her life in a few hours.

Question 11

8a. Quīnque ex nautīs sē ex aquā trāxērunt …

Answer 11

8a. Five of the sailors dragged themselves out of the water …

Question 12

8b. sēque Caesarī potentī commīsērunt.

Answer 12

8b. and they entrusted themselves to mighty Caesar.

Question 13

9. Caesar nōn poterat suās cōpiās cum celeribus cōpiīs rēgis iungere.

Answer 13

9. Caesar could not join his (own) forces with the king’s swift forces.

Question 14

10a. Themistoclēs omnēs cīvēs ōlim appellābat …

Answer 14

10a. Themistocles once was calling (on) all the citizens …

Question 15

10b. et nōmina eōrum ācrī memoriā tenēbat.

Answer 15

10b. and with his sharp mind he would hold (on to) their names.

Question 16

11a. In caelō sunt multae nūbēs

Answer 16

11a. There are many clouds in the sky …

Question 17

11b. et animālia agricolae tempestāte malā nōn valent.

Answer 17

11b. and the farmer’s animals do not do well in bad weather.

Question 18

12. The father and the mother often used to come to the city with (their) two sweet daughters.

Answer 18

12. Pater māterque saepe ad urbem veniēbant cum duo fīliīs [female] dulcibus.

Question 19

13. The souls of brave men and women will never fear difficult times.

Answer 19

13. Animī fortium virōrum fēminārumque numquam tempora difficilia timēbunt.

Question 20

14. Does he now understand all the rights of these four men?

Answer 20

14. Intellegitne nunc iūra omnia hōrum quattuor virōrum?

Question 21

15a. The doctor [male] could not help the brave girl,

Answer 21

15a. Medicus fortem puellam adiūvāre nōn potuit,

Question 22

15b. for death was swift.

Answer 22

15b. mors enim erat celer.

Question 23

1. Quam dulcis est lībertās!

Answer 23

1. How sweet is freedom!

Question 24

2. Labor omnia vīcit.

Answer 24

2. Work conquers everything [lit. “all things.”]

Question 25

3. Fortūna fortes̄ adiuvat.

Answer 25

3. Fortune favors the brave (people).

Question 26

4. Quam celeris et ācris est mēns!

Answer 26

4. How swift and sharp is the mind!

Question 27

5. Polyphēmus erat mōnstrum horrendum, īnfōrme, ingēns.

Answer 27

5. Polyphemus was an abhorrent monstrosity, hideous, huge.

Question 28

6. Varium et mūtābile semper fēmina.

Answer 28

6. A woman is always a fickle and changeable thing.

Question 29

7a. Facile est epigrammata bellē scrībere,

Answer 29

7a. It’s an easy thing to write epigrams prettily,

Question 30

7b. sed librum scībere difficile est.

Answer 30

7b. but it’s a difficult thing to write a book.

Question 31

8. Īra furor brevis est; animum rege

Answer 31

8. Anger is short madness: govern your spirit.

Question 32

9. Ars poētica est nōn omnia dīcere.

Answer 32

9. The art of poetry is not to say everything.

Question 33

10. Nihil est ab omnī parte beātum.

Answer 33

10. Nothing is happy on [lit. “from”] every side.

Question 34

11. Liber meus hominēs prūdentī cōnsiliō alit.

Answer 34

11. My book nourishes people with sage advice.

Question 35

12. Māter omnium bonārum artium sapientia est.

Answer 35

12. The mother of all the good arts is wisdom.

Question 36

13a. Clēmentia rēgem salvum facit;

Answer 36

13a. Clemency makes a king safe;

Question 37

13b. nam amor omnium cīvium est inexpugnābile mūnīmentum rēgis.

Answer 37

13b. for the love of all the citizens is an impregnable defence of a king.

Question 38

14. Vīta est brevis; ars, longa.

Answer 38

14. Life is short; art (is) long.

Question 39

15. Breve tempus aetātis autem satis longum est ad bene vīvendum.

Answer 39

15. A short period of an age, however, is long enough for living will.

Question 40

16. Vīvit et vīvet per omnium saeculōrum memoriam.

Answer 40

16. He/she lives and will live thanks to the memory of all the ages.

Question 41

1. Semper ego audītor erō?

Answer 41

1. Will I always be (only) a listener?

Question 42

2. Est turba poētārum in hāc urbe—

Answer 42

2. There is a crowd of poets in this city—

Question 43

3. ego igitur erō poēta!

Answer 43

3. therefore I will always be a poet!

Question 44

4. Sunt mīlia vitiōrum in urbe—

Answer 44

4. There are thousands of crimes in the city—

Question 45

5. dē istīs vitiīs scrībam!

Answer 45

5. I will write about the crimes!

Question 46

6. Difficile est saturam nōn scrībere.

Answer 46

6. It is a difficult thing not to write satire.

Question 47

7. Sī nātūra mē adiuvāre nōn potest, facit indignātiō versum.

Answer 47

7. If nature can’t help me, indignation will make the poetry.

Question 48

8. In librō meō erunt omnia facta hominum—

Answer 48

8. In my book will be all the deeds of people [“of humans”]—

Question 49

9. timor, īra, voluptās, culpa, cupiditās, īnsidiae.

Answer 49

9. fear, anger, pleasure, blame, desire, plots.

Question 50

10. Nunc est plēna cōpia vitiōrum in hāc miserā urbe Romae!

Answer 50

10. There is now a full supply of crimes in this miserable city of Rome!

Question 51

1. review the meter of an elegiac couplet - _uu_ | - _uu_ | - _uu_ | - _uu_ | - uu | - u - _uu_ | - _uu_ | - // - uu | - uu | - Where are the two possible places for a caesura in the first line?

Answer 51

- _uu_ | - _uu_ | - // _uu_ | - _uu_ | - uu | - u or - _uu_ | - _uu_ | - u // u | - _uu_ | - uu | - u

Question 52

2. read aloud: Difficilis facilis

Answer 52

2. DIHFFihckihll-ISS fahckihll-ISS

Question 53

3. read aloud: iūcundus acerbus—es īdem:

Answer 53

3. Y OUKUHNduhs ahKAIRbuhs—ehs EEdem.

Question 54

4. read aloud: nec tēcum possum

Answer 54

4. NEHK TAYCUHM POSSUM

Question 55

5. read aloud vīvere nec sine tē

Answer 55

5. WEEwehreh NEHK sihneh TAY.

Question 56

6. read aloud and translate: Difficilis facilis iūcundus acerbus—es īdem:

Answer 56

6. Difficult, easy, friendly, harsh—you’re (actually) the same (person)

Question 57

7. read aloud and translate: nec tēcum possum vīvere nec sine tē.

Answer 57

7. I can’t live with and I can’t live without you.

Question 58

8. read Martial Epigram 12.46: Difficilis facilis iūcundus acerbus—es īdem: nec tēcum possum vīvere nec sine tē.

Answer 58

8. read Martial Epigram 12.46: Difficilis facilis iūcundus acerbus—es īdem: nec tēcum possum vīvere nec sine tē