Chapter 24a. Latin to English

Question 1

1a. Igne vīsō,

Answer 1

1a. With the fire having been seen,

Question 2

1b. omnēs virī et uxōrēs territī sunt …

Answer 2

1b. all the men and (their) wives were frightened,

Question 3

1c. et ultrā urbem ad lītus īnsulae nāvigāvērunt,

Answer 3

1c. and they sailed beyond the city to the shore of an island,

Question 4

1d. ubi perfugium inventum est.

Answer 4

1b. where shelter was found.

Question 5

2a. Populō metū oppressō,

Answer 5

2a. With the people having been overwhelmed with fear,

Question 6

2b. iste imperātor nōbīs ex urbe pellendus est.

Answer 6

2b. That general (of yours) must be expelled by us from the city.

Question 7

3a. Ōrātor, signō a sacerdōte datō, eō diē revēnit …

Answer 7

3a. The orator, the sign having been given by the priest, returned on that day …

Question 8

3b. et nunc tōtus populus Latīnus gaudet.

Answer 8

3b. and now the entire Latin people is rejoicing.

Question 9

4. Gēns Rōmāna versūs illīus scrīptōris magnā laude quondam recēpit.

Answer 9

4. The Roman race once received the verses of that writer with great praise.

Question 10

5. Laudēs atque dōna huius modī ab ōrātōribus dēsīderābantur.

Answer 10

5. Praises and gifts of this kind were desired by orators.

Question 11

6a. Imperiō accepto,

Answer 11

6a. With (supreme) authority having been received,

Question 12

6b. dux aequus magnanimusque fidem suam reī pūblicae ostendit.

Answer 12

6b. the just and great-hearted leader showed his (own) loyalty to the commonwealth.

Question 13

7. Aliquis eōs quīnque equōs ex igne ēripī posteā iusserat.

Answer 13

7. Someone had afterwards ordered those five horses to be snatched from the fire.

Question 14

8. Cernisne umquam omnia quae tibi scienda sunt?

Answer 14

8. Do you [sg.] ever perceive all (the things) that must be learned by you?

Question 15

9a. Ille, ab arce urbis reventūrus,

Answer 15

9a. That man, being about to return from the citadel of the city,

Question 16

9b. ab istīs hominibus premī coepit.

Answer 16

9b. began to be pressed (hard) by those (dreadful) men.

Question 17

10a. Cupiō tangere manum illīus mīlitis …

Answer 17

10a. I wish to touch the hand of that soldier …

Question 18

10b. quī metū caruit

Answer 18

10b. who lacked fear …

Question 19

10c. atque gravia scelera contrā rem pūblicam oppressit.

Answer 19

10c. and (also) suppressed the serious crimes against the commonwealth.

Question 20

11a. Iste dux prōtinus expulsus est,

Answer 20

11a. That leader (of yours) was immediately expelled,

Question 21

11b. ut imperium excipiēbat.

Answer 21

11b. while he was receiving (supreme) power.

Question 22

12. Illae servae, autem, perfugium sōllaciumque ab amīcīs quaerēbant.

Answer 22

12. Those slaves [female], however, were seeking refuge and consolation from (their) friends.

Question 23

13a. Cornū audītō,

Answer 23

13a. The horn having been heard,

Question 24

13b. ille mīles, incertus cōnsilii, cōpiās ad mediam īnsulam vertit.

Answer 24

13b. that soldier, incertain about [lit. “of”] (his) plan, turned the troops to the middle (of the) island.

Question 25

14a. When the common danger had been averted [ablative absolute],

Answer 25

14a. Nostrō perīculō commūnī aversō,

Question 26

14b. two of our sons and all our daughters came back from Asia.

Answer 26

14b. duō ē fīliīs nostrīs atque omnēs fīliae ex Asiā rēvēnērunt.

Question 27

15. Our hopes must not be destroyed [use tollō] by those three evil men.

Answer 27

15. Spēs nostrae illīs tribus virīs malīs nōn tollendae sunt.

Question 28

16. Since people of all nations are seeking peace [ablative absolute],

Answer 28

16. Populīs omnium gentium pācem petentibus,

Question 29

16b. all leaders must conquer the passion for [= of] power [passive periphrastic].

Answer 29

16b. cupiditās imperiī omnibus dūcibus vincenda est.

Question 30

17. The leader, having been driven out by both the free men and the slaves, [perfect participle]

Answer 30

17a. Dux, et hominibus līberīs et servīs expulsus,

Question 31

18. could not regain his command.

Answer 31

17b. nōn poterat suum imperium recipere.

Question 32

1. Carthāgō dēlenda est.

Answer 32

1. Carthage must be destroyed.

Question 33

2a. Asiā victā,

Answer 33

2a. Asia having been conquered....

Question 34

2b. dux Rōmānus fēlix multōs servōs in Italiam mīsit.

Answer 34

2b. the lucky Roman leader sent many slaves to Italy.

Question 35

3a. Omnibus ferrō mīlitis perterritīs,

Answer 35

3a. With everyone [= “all”] having been frightened by the soldier’s sword,

Question 36

3b. quisque sē servāre cupiēbat.

Answer 36

3b. each (person) wanted to save him/herself.

Question 37

4. Quidquid dīcendum est, liberē dīcam.

Answer 37

4. Whatever is to be said, I will say it freely.

Question 38

5. Haec omnia vulnera bellī tibi nunc sānanda sunt.

Answer 38

5. All these wounds of war are now to be healed by you [sg.].

Question 39

6. Nec tumultum nec hastam mīlitis nec mortem violentem timēbō.

Answer 39

6. I will fear neither the uprising nor the soldier’s spear nor violent death.

Question 40

7a. Tarquiniō expulsō,

Answer 40

7a. With Tarquin having been expelled,

Question 41

7b. nōmen rēgis audīre nōn poterat populus Rōmānus.

Answer 41

7b. the Roman people was not able to hear the name of king.

Question 42

8. Ad ūtilitātem vītae omnia cōnsilia factaque nōbīs regenda sunt.

Answer 42

8. All plans and deeds should be directed by us at [= to] the utility of life.

Question 43

9. Caesarī omnia ūnō tempore erant agenda.

Answer 43

9. By Caesar all (things) were to be done at one time.

Question 44

1. Homō stultus, “Ō cīvēs,” inquit,

Answer 44

1. A stupid man says “O citizens,”

Question 45

2. “pecūnia ante omnia quaerenda est;

Answer 45

2. money is to be sought before all (things);

Question 46

3. virtūs et probitās post pecūniam.”

Answer 46

3. virtue and honesty (are) behind money”

Question 47

4. Pecūniae autem cupiditās fugienda est.

Answer 47

4. The desire for money, however, is to be fled.

Question 48

5. Fugienda etiam est cupiditās glōriae;

Answer 48

5. And also to be fled is the desire for [= of] glory;

Question 49

6. ēripit enim lībertātem.

Answer 49

6. for it takes (away) freedom.

Question 50

7. Neque imperia semper petenda sunt neque semper accipienda;

Answer 50

7. (Supreme) powers should neither be sought always nor always accepted;

Question 51

8. etiam dēponenda nōn numquam.

Answer 51

8. (they) should even be laid aside sometimes [= not never].

Question 52

1. Caelō receptus propter virtūtem, Herculēs multōs deōs salūtāvit;

Answer 52

1. Having been received by the sky on account of virtue, Hercules greeted many gods;

Question 53

2. sed Plūtō veniente, quī Fortūnae est fīlius, āvertit oculōs.

Answer 53

2. But when Pluto came [= with Pluto coming], who is the son of Fortune, he averted his eyes.

Question 54

4. Tum, causā quaesītā,

Answer 54

3. Then, when questioned about the reason [= with the cause having been enquired (into)]

Question 55

5. “Ōdī,” inquit, “illum,

Answer 55

4. He said, “I hate that (one),

Question 56

6. quod malīs amīcus est

Answer 56

5. because he is a friend to bad (men)

Question 57

7. atque omnia corrumpit lucrī causā.

Answer 57

6. and corrupts all (things) because of profit.

Question 58

1. Rīdēns saturās meās percurram, et cūr nōn?

Answer 58

1. Laughing(ly) I will run through my satires, and why not?

Question 59

2. Quid vetat mē rīdentem dīcere vērum,

Answer 59

2. What forbids me to me to speak the truth laughing(ly).

Question 60

3. ut puerīs ēducandīs saepe dant crūstula magistri?

Answer 60

3. (just) as teachers [male] often give cookies to the boys who are to be educated?

Question 61

4. Quaerō rēs gravēs iūcundō lūdō ...

Answer 61

4. I inquire into serious matters with pleasant play ...

Question 62

5. et, nōminibus fictīs, dē multīs culpīs vitiīsque narrō.

Answer 62

5. and, with the names having been invented, I tell about many faults and crimes.

Question 63

6. Sed quid rīdēs?

Answer 63

6. But why are you laughing?

Question 64

7. Mūtātō nōmine,

Answer 64

7. If the names were changed [= with the names having been changed]

Question 65

8. dē tē fabula narrātur!

Answer 65

8. the story is told about you!