Chapter 20

Question 1

Cornua cervum a periculis defendunt.

Answer 1

Horns protect a stag from dangers.

Question 2

Oedipus duobus oculis se privavit.

Answer 2

Oedipus deprived himself of his two eyes.

Question 3

Themistocles bello Persico Graeciam servitute liberavit.

Answer 3

In the Persian War, Themistocles freed Greece from slavery.

Question 4

Demosthenes multos versus uno spiritu pronuntiabat.

Answer 4

Demosthenes used to pronounce many verses with in a single breath.

Question 5

Persicos apparatus odi.

Answer 5

I hate Persian displays.

Question 6

Iste communi sensu caret.

Answer 6

That man lacks common sense.

Question 7

Senectus nos privat omnibus voluptatibus neque longe abest a morte.

Answer 7

Old age deprives us of all pleasures and is not far away from death.

Question 8

Nullus accusator caret culpa; omnes peccavimus.

Answer 8

No accuser lacks fault; we all have sinned.

Question 9

Nulla pars vitae vacare officio potest.

Answer 9

No part of life can be free from responsibility.

Question 10

Prima virtus est vitio carere.

Answer 10

The first virtue is to be free from vice.

Question 11

Vir scelere vacuus non eget iaculis neque arcu.

Answer 11

A man free from sin does not need javelins or a bow.

Question 12

Magni tumultus urbem eo tempore miscebant.

Answer 12

Great tumults were disturbing the city at that time.

Question 13

Litterae senatui populoque Allobrogum manibus coniuratorum ipsorum erant scriptae.

Answer 13

A letter had been written by the hands of the conspirators themselves to the senate and people of the Allobroges.