Chapter 25a. Latin to English Flashcards
1
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- “Quisque,” inquit, “semper putat suās rēs esse magnās.”
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- “Each person,” he/she says, “always thinks his/her (own) affairs are important.”
2
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- Posteā audīvimus servōs dōnōrum causā labōrāvisse,
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- Afterwards we heard that the slaves [male] had labored for the sake of gifts,
3
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2b. ut mīlitēs fidēlēs heri nārrāverant.
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2b. as the faithful soldiers had reported yesterday.
4
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- Vīcīnī nostrī vim ignis magnā virtūte dehinc āvertērunt,
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- Our neighbors next with great courage turned away the force of the fire,
5
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3b. quod laudem atque dōna cupīvērunt.
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3b. because they wanted praise and gifts.
6
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- Hoc signum perīculī tōtam gentem nostram tanget,
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- This sign of danger will touch our whole race,
7
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4b. nisi hostem ex urbe excipere ac ab Italiā pellere poterimus.
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4b. unless we will be able to take the enemy from city and drive (him/her) from Italy.
8
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- Duce ferōcī Carthāginis expulsō,
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- After the fierce leader of Carthage is expelled,
9
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5b. spēs fidēsque virōrum magnanimōrum rem pūblicam continēbunt.
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5b. the hopes [or singular] and fears [or singular] of great-hearted men will contain the commonwealth.
10
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- Cūr iucundus Horātius culpās hūmānās in saturīs semper ostendēbat atque rīdēbat?
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- Why was pleasant Horace always displaying human faults in (his) satires and laughing (a them)?
11
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- Crēdimus fidem antīquam omnibus gentibus iterum alendam esse.
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- We believe that the ancient faith will again be nourished by all the nations.
12
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- Dux, officium susceptūrus, imperium accēpit et imperātor factus est.
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- The leader, being about to undertake the duty, accepted power and was made general.
13
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- Rēs pūblica, ut āit, libellīs huius modī tollī potest.
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- The commonwealth, as he/she says, can be destroyed [or “raised up”] by books of this kind.
14
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- Aliquī negant hostēs victōs servitūte umquam opprimendōs esse.
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- Some (people) deny that enemies defeated by slavery should ever be oppressed [use passive periphrastic].
15
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- Crēdunt magistram sapientem vēritātem patefactūram esse.
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- They believe that the wise teacher [female] will expose the truth.
16
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- Quisquis vēritātem quaeret atque recipiet bene ēducābitur.
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- Whoever seeks the truth and accepts it will be educated well.
17
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- We thought that your [plural] sisters were writing the letter.
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- Crēdidimus sorōres vestrās lītterās scrībere.
18
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- They will show that the letter was written by the brave slavegirl.
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- Ostendent lītterās ā servā fortī scrībī.
19
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- The orator said that the book had never been written.
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- Ōrātor dīxit librum numquam scrīptum esse.
20
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- We hope that the judge’s wife will write those two letters tomorrow.
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- Sperāmus uxōrem iūdicis illās duās lītterās crās scrīptūram esse.
21
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- Id factum esse tum nōn negāvit.
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- He did not at that time deny that it had been done.
22
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- Hīs rēbus prōnūntiātīs,
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- After these matters were proposed,
23
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2b. igitur, eum esse hostem scīvistī.
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2b. therefore, you [sg.] knew he was an enemy.
24
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- Eum ab hostibus exspectārī nunc sentīs.
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- Now you [sg.] feel that he is awaited by the enemy [lit. “enemies”].
25
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- Vīdī eōs in urbe remānsisse et nōbīscum esse.
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- I saw that they [male] had remained in the city and were with us.
26
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- Itaque aeternum bellum cum malīs cīvibus ā mē susceptum esse cernō.
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- And so I perceive that that eternal war with evil citizens has been undertaken by me.
27
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- Idem crēdō tibi faciendum esse.
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- I believe that the same (thing) must be done by you [sg]. [passive perphrastic]
28
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- Tē enim esse fidēlem mihi sciēbam.
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- For I knew [imperfect] that you were faithful to me.
29
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- Hostibus sē in cīvitātem vertentibus,
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- While the enemy [lit. plural] were turning themselves against the state,
30
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8b. senātus Cincinnātō nūntiāvit eum factum esse dictātōrem.
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8b. the senate announced to Cincinnatus that he had been made dictator.
31
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- Dīcō tē, Pyrrhe, Rōmānōs posse vincere.
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- I say that you, Pyrrhus, can defeat the Romans.
32
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- Dīc, hospes, Spartae tē nōs hīc iacentēs vīdisse, patriae fidēlēs.
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- Say to Sparta, stranger, that you have seen us lying here, faithful to (our) country.
33
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- Sōcratēs putābat sē esse cīvem tōtius mundī.
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- Socrates thought that he was a citizen of the whole world.
34
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- Illī magistrī negant quemquem virum esse bonum nisi sapientem.
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- Those magistrates deny that any man can be good unless (he is) wise.
35
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- Negāvī, autem, mortem timendam esse.
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- I denied, however, that death was to be feared. [passive periphrastic]
36
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- Crēdō deōs immortālēs sparsisse spīritūs in corpora hūmāna.
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- I believe that the immortal gods have sown souls into human bodies.
37
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- Adulēscēns spērat sē diū vīctūrum esse;
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- The young man hopes that he will live a long time;
38
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15b. senex potest dīcere sē diū vīxisse.
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15b. the old man can say that he has lived a long time.
39
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- Āiunt enim multum legendum esse, nōn multa.
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- For they say that much is to be read, not many (things). [passive periphrastic]
40
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- Hīc alius magnus timor (Ō fābula misera!) animōs caecōs nostrōs terret.
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- Here another great fear (O sad story!) frightens our blind minds.
41
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- Lāocoōn, sacerdōs Neptūnī fortūnā factus,
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- Laocoön, made a priest of Neptune by fortune,
42
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- ācrem taurum ad āram in lītore mactābat.
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- was sacrificing a fierce bull onto an altar on the shore.
43
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- Tum geminī serpentēs potentēs, mare prementēs, ab īnsulā ad lītora currunt.
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- Then powerful twin snakes, pressing the sea, run from the island to the shores.
44
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- Iamque agrōs tenēbant et,
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- And already they were holding the fields and,
45
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- oculīs igne ardentibus,
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- with (their) eyes blazing with fire,
46
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7 . ōra linguīs sībilīs lambēbant.
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- they were licking (their) faces with hissing tongues.
47
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- Nōs omnēs fugimus;
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- We all flee;
48
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- illī viā certā Lāocoonta fīliōsque eius petunt.
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- those (ones) seek Laocoön and his sons by a sure road.
49
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- Prīmum parva corpora duōrum puerōrum capiunt et lacerant necantque dēvōrantque.
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- First they seize the small bodies of the two boys and tear them to pieces and kill them and devour them.
50
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- Tum patrem fortem, ad fīliōs miserōs currentem, rapiunt …
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- Then they snatch the brave father, running to (his) miserable sons …
51
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11a. et magnīs spīrīs tenent et superant.
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11a. and they hold (him) in (their) big coils and they overpower (him).
52
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- Nec sē ā vulneribus dēfendere nec fugere potest,
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- Nor can he defend himself from wounds or flee,
53
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- et ipse, ut taurus saucius ad āram, clāmōrēs horrendōs ad caelum tollit.
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- and he himself, like a wounded bull at the altar, raises horrible shouts to the sky.
54
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- Eōdem tempore serpentēs fugiunt,
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- At the same time the snakes flee,
55
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14b petuntque perfugium in arce Minervae ācris.
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14b. and they seek refuge in the citadel of fierce Minerva.
56
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- Quod Lāocoōn in equum Minervae hastam iēcerat,
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- Because Laocoön had thrown a spear into Minerva’s horse,
57
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- nōs putāvimus eum errāvisse et poenās dedisse;
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- we thought that he had made a mistake and had paid the penalty [lit. plural];
58
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- vēritātem acerbam nescīvimus.
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- we did not know the harsh truth.
59
Q
- Portās patefacimus et admittimus istum equum in urbem;
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- We open the gates and we admit that (dreadful) horse into the city;
60
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- ac puerī puellaeque—Ō patria, Ō dī magnī, Ō Trōia—eum tangere gaudent.
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- and the boys and girls—o fatherland, o great gods, o Troy—are glad to touch it.
61
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- Et quoque gaudēmus nōs miserī,
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- And also we miserable (ones) are glad,
62
Q
- quibus ille diēs fuit ultimus …
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- for whom that day was the last …
63
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21b. ac quibus numquam erit ūllum sōlācium.
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21b. and for whom there will never be any consolation.
