Chapter 16a. Latin to English Flashcards

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  1. Fortēs virī et fēminae ante aetātem nostram vīvēbant.
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  1. Strong men and women were living before our age.
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  1. Eōs centum senēs miserōs ab Italiā trans maria difficilia heri mittēbat.
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  1. Yesterday he was sending those one hundred sad old men (away) from Italy across difficult seas.
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3a. Illī duo virī omnēs cupiditātēs ex sē ēiēcērunt,

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

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3b. nam nātūram corporis timuērunt.

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

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

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

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4b. et sē cum eīs numquam iūnxit.

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4b. and never joined herself with them.

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5a. Itaque inter eōs ibi stābam ….

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

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5b. et signum cum animō fortī diū exspectābam.

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

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  1. Celer rūmor per ōra aurēsque omnium sine morā currēbat.
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  1. A swift rumor was running without delay through the mouths and ears of all.
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  1. Vīs bellī acerbī autem vītam eius paucīs hōrīs mūtāvit.
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  1. The violence of war, however, changed his/her life in a few hours.
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8a. Quīnque ex nautīs sē ex aquā trāxērunt …

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

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8b. sēque Caesarī potentī commīsērunt.

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8b. and they entrusted themselves to mighty Caesar.

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  1. Caesar nōn poterat suās cōpiās cum celeribus cōpiīs rēgis iungere.
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  1. Caesar could not join his (own) forces with the king’s swift forces.
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10a. Themistoclēs omnēs cīvēs ōlim appellābat …

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

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10b. et nōmina eōrum ācrī memoriā tenēbat.

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

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11a. In caelō sunt multae nūbēs

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11a. There are many clouds in the sky …

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11b. et animālia agricolae tempestāte malā nōn valent.

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

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  1. The father and the mother often used to come to the city with (their) two sweet daughters.
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  1. Pater māterque saepe ad urbem veniēbant cum duo fīliīs [female] dulcibus.
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  1. The souls of brave men and women will never fear difficult times.
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  1. Animī fortium virōrum fēminārumque numquam tempora difficilia timēbunt.
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  1. Does he now understand all the rights of these four men?
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  1. Intellegitne nunc iūra omnia hōrum quattuor virōrum?
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15a. The doctor [male] could not help the brave girl,

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15a. Medicus fortem puellam adiūvāre nōn potuit,

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15b. for death was swift.

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15b. mors enim erat celer.

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  1. Quam dulcis est lībertās!
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  1. How sweet is freedom!
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  1. Labor omnia vīcit.
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  1. Work conquers everything [lit. “all things.”]
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3. Fortūna fortes̄ adiuvat.
3. Fortune favors the brave (people).
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4. Quam celeris et ācris est mēns!
4. How swift and sharp is the mind!
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5. Polyphēmus erat mōnstrum horrendum, īnfōrme, ingēns.
5. Polyphemus was an abhorrent monstrosity, hideous, huge.
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6. Varium et mūtābile semper fēmina.
6. A woman is always a fickle and changeable thing.
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7a. Facile est epigrammata bellē scrībere,
7a. It’s an easy thing to write epigrams prettily,
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7b. sed librum scībere difficile est.
7b. but it’s a difficult thing to write a book.
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8. Īra furor brevis est; animum rege
8. Anger is short madness: govern your spirit.
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9. Ars poētica est nōn omnia dīcere.
9. The art of poetry is not to say everything.
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10. Nihil est ab omnī parte beātum.
10. Nothing is happy on [lit. “from”] every side.
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11. Liber meus hominēs prūdentī cōnsiliō alit.
11. My book nourishes people with sage advice.
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12. Māter omnium bonārum artium sapientia est.
12. The mother of all the good arts is wisdom.
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13a. Clēmentia rēgem salvum facit;
13a. Clemency makes a king safe;
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13b. nam amor omnium cīvium est inexpugnābile mūnīmentum rēgis.
13b. for the love of all the citizens is an impregnable defence of a king.
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14. Vīta est brevis; ars, longa.
14. Life is short; art (is) long.
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15. Breve tempus aetātis autem satis longum est ad bene vīvendum.
15. A short period of an age, however, is long enough for living will.
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16. Vīvit et vīvet per omnium saeculōrum memoriam.
16. He/she lives and will live thanks to the memory of all the ages.
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1. Semper ego audītor erō?
1. Will I always be (only) a listener?
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2. Est turba poētārum in hāc urbe—
2. There is a crowd of poets in this city—
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3. ego igitur erō poēta!
3. therefore I will always be a poet!
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4. Sunt mīlia vitiōrum in urbe—
4. There are thousands of crimes in the city—
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5. dē istīs vitiīs scrībam!
5. I will write about the crimes!
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6. Difficile est saturam nōn scrībere.
6. It is a difficult thing not to write satire.
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7. Sī nātūra mē adiuvāre nōn potest, facit indignātiō versum.
7. If nature can’t help me, indignation will make the poetry.
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8. In librō meō erunt omnia facta hominum—
8. In my book will be all the deeds of people [“of humans”]—
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9. timor, īra, voluptās, culpa, cupiditās, īnsidiae.
9. fear, anger, pleasure, blame, desire, plots.
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10. Nunc est plēna cōpia vitiōrum in hāc miserā urbe Romae!
10. There is now a full supply of crimes in this miserable city of Rome!
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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?
- _uu_ | - _uu_ | - // _uu_ | - _uu_ | - uu | - u or - _uu_ | - _uu_ | - u // u | - _uu_ | - uu | - u
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2. read aloud: Difficilis facilis
2. DIHFFihckihll-ISS fahckihll-ISS
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3. read aloud: iūcundus acerbus—es īdem:
3. Y OUKUHNduhs ahKAIRbuhs—ehs EEdem.
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4. read aloud: nec tēcum possum
4. NEHK TAYCUHM POSSUM
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5. read aloud vīvere nec sine tē
5. WEEwehreh NEHK sihneh TAY.
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6. read aloud and translate: Difficilis facilis iūcundus acerbus—es īdem:
6. Difficult, easy, friendly, harsh—you’re (actually) the same (person)
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7. read aloud and translate: nec tēcum possum vīvere nec sine tē.
7. I can’t live with and I can’t live without you.
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8. read Martial Epigram 12.46: Difficilis facilis iūcundus acerbus—es īdem: nec tēcum possum vīvere nec sine tē.
8. read Martial Epigram 12.46: Difficilis facilis iūcundus acerbus—es īdem: nec tēcum possum vīvere nec sine tē