Chapter 24a. Latin to English Flashcards
1a. Igne vīsō,
1a. With the fire having been seen,
1b. omnēs virī et uxōrēs territī sunt …
1b. all the men and (their) wives were frightened,
1c. et ultrā urbem ad lītus īnsulae nāvigāvērunt,
1c. and they sailed beyond the city to the shore of an island,
1d. ubi perfugium inventum est.
1b. where shelter was found.
2a. Populō metū oppressō,
2a. With the people having been overwhelmed with fear,
2b. iste imperātor nōbīs ex urbe pellendus est.
2b. That general (of yours) must be expelled by us from the city.
3a. Ōrātor, signō a sacerdōte datō, eō diē revēnit …
3a. The orator, the sign having been given by the priest, returned on that day …
3b. et nunc tōtus populus Latīnus gaudet.
3b. and now the entire Latin people is rejoicing.
- Gēns Rōmāna versūs illīus scrīptōris magnā laude quondam recēpit.
- The Roman race once received the verses of that writer with great praise.
- Laudēs atque dōna huius modī ab ōrātōribus dēsīderābantur.
- Praises and gifts of this kind were desired by orators.
6a. Imperiō accepto,
6a. With (supreme) authority having been received,
6b. dux aequus magnanimusque fidem suam reī pūblicae ostendit.
6b. the just and great-hearted leader showed his (own) loyalty to the commonwealth.
- Aliquis eōs quīnque equōs ex igne ēripī posteā iusserat.
- Someone had afterwards ordered those five horses to be snatched from the fire.
- Cernisne umquam omnia quae tibi scienda sunt?
- Do you [sg.] ever perceive all (the things) that must be learned by you?
9a. Ille, ab arce urbis reventūrus,
9a. That man, being about to return from the citadel of the city,
9b. ab istīs hominibus premī coepit.
9b. began to be pressed (hard) by those (dreadful) men.
10a. Cupiō tangere manum illīus mīlitis …
10a. I wish to touch the hand of that soldier …
10b. quī metū caruit
10b. who lacked fear …
10c. atque gravia scelera contrā rem pūblicam oppressit.
10c. and (also) suppressed the serious crimes against the commonwealth.
11a. Iste dux prōtinus expulsus est,
11a. That leader (of yours) was immediately expelled,
11b. ut imperium excipiēbat.
11b. while he was receiving (supreme) power.
- Illae servae, autem, perfugium sōllaciumque ab amīcīs quaerēbant.
- Those slaves [female], however, were seeking refuge and consolation from (their) friends.
13a. Cornū audītō,
13a. The horn having been heard,
13b. ille mīles, incertus cōnsilii, cōpiās ad mediam īnsulam vertit.
13b. that soldier, incertain about [lit. “of”] (his) plan, turned the troops to the middle (of the) island.
14a. When the common danger had been averted [ablative absolute],
14a. Nostrō perīculō commūnī aversō,
14b. two of our sons and all our daughters came back from Asia.
14b. duō ē fīliīs nostrīs atque omnēs fīliae ex Asiā rēvēnērunt.