Chapter 20a. Latin to English Flashcards
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- Etiam senēs frūctibus sapientiae et cōnsiliis argūmentīsque certīs saepe carēre videntur.
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- Even old men often seem to lack the benefits of wisdom, and plans, and reliable arguments.
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- Aut ingentēs montēs aut flūmina celeria quae dē montibus fluēbant hostēs ab urbe prohibēbant.
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- Either the huge mountains or the swift rivers that flow down from the mountains were keeping the enemy [lit. plural] away from the city.
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- Quoniam nimis fortia facta faciēbat, aetas eius erat brevis.
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- Because he was doing excessively brave deeds, his life was short.
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- Illa medica facere poterat multa manū dextrā sed sinistrā manū pauca.
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- That doctor [female] could do many (things) with her right hand, but with her left hand few.
5
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- At vēritās nōs metū gravī iam līberābit quō diū territī sumus.
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- But already truth will free us from the serious fear by which we have been terrified for a long time.
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- Quibus generibus scelerum sinistrōrum illae duae cīvitātēs dēlētae erunt?
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- By what kinds of ill-omened crimes will those two states have been destroyed?
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- Quī mortālis sine amīcitiā et probitāte et beneficiō in aliōs potest esse beātus?
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- What mortal can be happy without friendship and honesty and service to others?
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- Pater pecūniam ex Graeciā in suam patriam movēre coeperat, nam familia discēdere cupīvit.
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- The father began to move his money from Greece to his own country, for his household desired to depart.
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- Ā quibus studium difficilium artium eō tempore neglēctum est?
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- By whom [pl.] has the difficult pursuit of the arts been neglected?
10
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- Ubi versūs illīus auctōris clārī lēctī sunt, audītōrēs dēlectātī sunt.
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- Where the verses of that famous author have been read, (his/her) listeners have been charmed.
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- Sē cito iēcērunt ad genua iūdicum, quī autem nūllam clēmentiam dēmōnstrāvērunt.
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- They threw themselves at the knees of the judges, who however showed no mercy.
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- Istī coniūrātī ab urbe prohibērī nōn possunt.
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- Those (dreadful) conspirators cannot be kept from the city.
13
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13a. We cannot have the fruits of peace …
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13a. Frūctūs pācis nōn possumus habēre …
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13b. unless we ouselves [male] free our families from heavy dread.
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13b. nisi nostrās familiās ipsī līberāmus dē metū gravī.
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14a. Those bands of unfortunate men and women …
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14a. Eī manūs virōrum fēminārumque miserārum [or miserōrum] …
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14b. will come to us from other counteries …
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14b. ad nōs venient ex aliīs patriīs ….
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14c. in which they are deprived of the benefits of citizenship.
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14c. in quibus carent beneficiīs cīvitātis.
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- The old man lacked neither games nor serious pursuits.
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- Senex carēbat neque lūdīs neque studiīs gravibus.
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- Who [sg.] began to perceive our common fears of serious crime?
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- Quis coepit sentīre metūs commūnēs nostrōs sceleris gravis.
20
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- Cornua cervum ā perīculīs dēfendunt.
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- (his) horns defend a stag from dangers.
21
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- Oedipūs duōbus oculīs sē prīvāvit.
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- Oedipus deprived himself of (his) two eyes.
22
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- Themistoclēs bellō Persicō Graeciam servitūte līberāvit.
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- With [lit: “by”] the Persian war Themistocles freed Greece from slavery.
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- Dēmosthenēs multōs versūs ūnō spīritū prōnūntiābat.
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- Demosthenes used to declaim many verses in one breath.
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- Persicōs apparātūs ōdī.
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- I hate Persian equipment [lit. plural].
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6. Iste commūnī sēnsū caret.
6. That (horrible) one lacks social feeling.
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7. Senectūs nōs prīvat omnibus voluptātibus neque longē abest ā morte.
7. Old age deprives us of all pleasures, nor is it far from death.
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8. Nūllus accūsātor caret culpā; omnēs peccāvimus.
8. No accuser lacks guilt; we all have sinned.
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9. Nūlla pars vitae vacāre officiō potest.
9. No part of life can be without duty.
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10. Prīma virtūs est vitiō carēre.
10. The first virtue is to lack sin.
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11. Vir scelere vacuus nōn eget iaculīs necque arcū.
11. The man free from wickedness does not require javelins or a bow.
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12. Magnī tumultūs urbem eō tempore miscēbant.
12. Great tumults were disturbing the city at that time.
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13. Litterae senātuī populōque Allobrogum manibus coniūrātōrum ipsōrum erant scrīptae.
13. A letter [lit. plural] had been written by the hands of the conspirators themselves to the senate and people of the Allobroges.
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1. Habēmus senātūs cōnsultum contra tē, Catilīna, vehemēns et grave;
1. We have a senatorial decree against you, Catiline, (which is) violent and serious;
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2. ācre iūdicium habēmus, et vīrēs et cōnsilium cīvitās nostra habet.
2. we have a harsh judgment, and our state has strength [lit. plural] and a plan.
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3. Quid est, Catilīna? Cūr remanēs?
3. What is it, Catiline? Why are you staying (behind)?
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4. Ō dī immortālēs!
4. O immortal gods!
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5. Discēde nunc ex hāc urbe cum malā manū scelerātōrum;
5. Depart [sg.] now from this city with (your) evil band of criminals;
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6. magnō metū mē līberābis,
6. you [sg.] will free me from a great anxiety,
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7. sī omnēs istōs coniūrātōrēs tēcum ēdūcēs.
7. if you lead out all those (horrible) conspirators with you.
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8. Nisi nunc discēdēs, tē cito ēiciēmus.
8. Unless you [sg.] depart now, we will quickly throw you out.
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9. Nihil in cīvitāte nostrā tē dēlectāre potest.
9. Nothing in our state can please you [sg.].
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10. Age, age!
10. Come (on), come (on)!
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11. Deinde curre ad Manlium, istum amīcum malum;
11. Run [sg.], next, to Manlius, that evil friend (of yours);
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12. tē diū dēsīderāvit.
12. he has wanted you for a long time.
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13. Incipe nunc;
13. Begin [sg.] now;
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14. parā cōpiās et gere bellum in cīvitātem!
14. prepare [sg.] (your) forces and wage war against the state!
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15. Brevī tempore tē omnēsque tuōs, hostēs patriae, vincēmus,
15. In a short time we will defeat you [sg] and all your (people), enemies of the country,
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16. et omnēs vōs poenās gravēs semper dabitis.
16. and you [pl.] will all pay heavy penalties always.
