Chapter 20a. Latin to English Flashcards
1
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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.
2
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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.
3
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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.
4
Q
- 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
Q
- 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.
6
Q
- 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?
7
Q
- 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?
8
Q
- 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.
9
Q
- 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.
11
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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.
12
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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 …
14
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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.
15
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14a. Those bands of unfortunate men and women …
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14a. Eī manūs virōrum fēminārumque miserārum [or miserōrum] …
16
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14b. will come to us from other counteries …
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14b. ad nōs venient ex aliīs patriīs ….
17
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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.
18
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- The old man lacked neither games nor serious pursuits.
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- Senex carēbat neque lūdīs neque studiīs gravibus.
19
Q
- 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
Q
- Oedipūs duōbus oculīs sē prīvāvit.
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- Oedipus deprived himself of (his) two eyes.
22
Q
- Themistoclēs bellō Persicō Graeciam servitūte līberāvit.
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- With [lit: “by”] the Persian war Themistocles freed Greece from slavery.
23
Q
- Dēmosthenēs multōs versūs ūnō spīritū prōnūntiābat.
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- Demosthenes used to declaim many verses in one breath.
24
Q
- Persicōs apparātūs ōdī.
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- I hate Persian equipment [lit. plural].
25
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- Iste commūnī sēnsū caret.
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- That (horrible) one lacks social feeling.
26
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- Senectūs nōs prīvat omnibus voluptātibus neque longē abest ā morte.
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- Old age deprives us of all pleasures, nor is it far from death.
27
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- Nūllus accūsātor caret culpā; omnēs peccāvimus.
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- No accuser lacks guilt; we all have sinned.
28
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- Nūlla pars vitae vacāre officiō potest.
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- No part of life can be without duty.
29
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- Prīma virtūs est vitiō carēre.
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- The first virtue is to lack sin.
30
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- Vir scelere vacuus nōn eget iaculīs necque arcū.
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- The man free from wickedness does not require javelins or a bow.
31
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- Magnī tumultūs urbem eō tempore miscēbant.
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- Great tumults were disturbing the city at that time.
32
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- Litterae senātuī populōque Allobrogum manibus coniūrātōrum ipsōrum erant scrīptae.
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- A letter [lit. plural] had been written by the hands of the conspirators themselves to the senate and people of the Allobroges.
33
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- Habēmus senātūs cōnsultum contra tē, Catilīna, vehemēns et grave;
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- We have a senatorial decree against you, Catiline, (which is) violent and serious;
34
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- ācre iūdicium habēmus, et vīrēs et cōnsilium cīvitās nostra habet.
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- we have a harsh judgment, and our state has strength [lit. plural] and a plan.
35
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- Quid est, Catilīna? Cūr remanēs?
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- What is it, Catiline? Why are you staying (behind)?
36
Q
- Ō dī immortālēs!
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- O immortal gods!
37
Q
- Discēde nunc ex hāc urbe cum malā manū scelerātōrum;
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- Depart [sg.] now from this city with (your) evil band of criminals;
38
Q
- magnō metū mē līberābis,
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- you [sg.] will free me from a great anxiety,
39
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- sī omnēs istōs coniūrātōrēs tēcum ēdūcēs.
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- if you lead out all those (horrible) conspirators with you.
40
Q
- Nisi nunc discēdēs, tē cito ēiciēmus.
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- Unless you [sg.] depart now, we will quickly throw you out.
41
Q
- Nihil in cīvitāte nostrā tē dēlectāre potest.
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- Nothing in our state can please you [sg.].
42
Q
- Age, age!
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- Come (on), come (on)!
43
Q
- Deinde curre ad Manlium, istum amīcum malum;
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- Run [sg.], next, to Manlius, that evil friend (of yours);
44
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- tē diū dēsīderāvit.
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- he has wanted you for a long time.
45
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- Incipe nunc;
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- Begin [sg.] now;
46
Q
- parā cōpiās et gere bellum in cīvitātem!
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- prepare [sg.] (your) forces and wage war against the state!
47
Q
- Brevī tempore tē omnēsque tuōs, hostēs patriae, vincēmus,
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- In a short time we will defeat you [sg] and all your (people), enemies of the country,
48
Q
- et omnēs vōs poenās gravēs semper dabitis.
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- and you [pl.] will all pay heavy penalties always.
