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Chapter 26a. Latin to English Flashcards

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  1. Ille dux nescīvit cōnsilium nūntiātum esse …
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  1. That leader did not know that the plan had been announced …
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1b. et sē imperium prōtinus susceptūrum esse.

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1b. and that he would immediately undertake supreme command.

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  1. “Quīdam,” inquit, “imperium quondam petēbant …
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  1. “Some (people),” he/she says, “were once seeking the supreme command …
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2b. et līberōs virōs opprimere cupiēbant.”

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2b and wanted to oppress free men.”

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  1. Eōdem diē decem mīlia hostium ab duce fidēlissimō āversa ac pulsa sunt;
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  1. On the same day ten thousand (of the) enemies were turned away and driven out by the most loyal leader;
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3b. multī mīlitēs vulnera recēperant et in agrīs iacēbant.

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3b. many soldiers had received wounds and were lying in the fields.

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  1. Morte tyrannī ferōcis nūntiātā,
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  1. Since the death of the fierce tyrant has been announced, [ablative absolute]
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4b. quisque sē ad ōrātōrem potentissimum magnā spē vertit.

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4b. each (person) changes himself/herself with great hope into a most powerful speaker.

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  1. Rīdēns, scrīptor illīus fābulae sapiēns aliquid iūcundius dehinc nārrāvit.
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  1. Laughing, the wise writer of that story next told (about) something more pleasant.
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  1. Hīs rēbus audītīs,
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  1. Now that these affairs have been heard, [ablative absolute],
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6b. adulēscentēs geminī propter pecūniae cupiditātem studium litterārum relinquent.

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6b. the twin young men will leave the study of literature for the sake of money [propter + acc.].

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  1. Rēgīna fortissima Carthāginis posteā ostendit fidem semper esse sibi cāriōrem dīvitiīs.
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  1. The bravest queen of Carthage afterwards showed [could also be present] that fidelity was always more dear to her than riches. [ablative of comparison]
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  1. Negāvit sē umquam vīdisse servam fidēliōrem quam hanc.
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  1. He/she denied that he/she had ever seen a more faithful slave [female] than this one.
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  1. Iūcundior modus vītae hominibus nunc quaerendus est.
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  1. Humans should look now for a a more pleasant way of life [passive periphrastic].
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  1. Crēdimus illōs vīgintī līberōs virōs fēmināsque vītam quam iūcundissimam agere.
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  1. We believe that those twenty free men and women are leading the most pleasant life possible.
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  1. Imperātor centum mīlitēs fortissimōs prae sē heri mīsit.
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  1. Yesterday the general sent a hundred extremely brave soldiers ahead of him(self).
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  1. Lūx in illā casā nōn fuit clārissima,
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  1. The light in that house was not the brightest,
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12b. quod familia paucās fenestrās patefēcerat.

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12b. because the family had opened few windows.

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  1. Amīcōs tristēs excēpit, ad mēnsam invītāvit,
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  1. He/she received the sad friends [male], invited them to the table,
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13b et eīs perfugium ac sōlācium hīc dedit.

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13b. and gave them a refuge and consolation here.

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  1. What is sweeter than a pleasant life? (use quam)
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  1. Quid est dulcius quam vīta iūcunda?
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  1. Certain men, however, say that death is sweeter than life (use ablative of comparison).
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  1. Quīdam virī, autem, dīcunt mortem dulciōrem vītā.
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  1. When these three very sure signs had been reported, [ablative absolute]
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  1. Hīs tribus certīs signīs nūntiātīs,
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16b. we sought advice and comfort from the most powerful leader.

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16b. cōnsilium et sōlācium quaesīvimus dē duce potentissimō.

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  1. In that story the author says that all men seek as happy lives as possible.
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  1. In illā fābula auctor āit omnēs virōs quaerere vītās quam fēlicissimās.
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  1. This light is always brighter than the other. [use quam]
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  1. Haec lūx semper clārior est quam alia.
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  1. Senectūs est loquācior.
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  1. Old age is quite garrulous.
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  1. Tua cōnsilia omnia nōbīs clāriōra sunt quam lūx.
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  1. All your councils [i.e. pieces of advice] are brighter to us than light.
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  1. Quaedam remedia graviōra sunt quam ipsa perīcula.
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  1. Certain [= some] remedies are more serious than the dangers themselves.
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  1. Eō diē virōs fortissimōs atque amantissimōs reī pūblicae ad mē vocāvī.
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  1. On that day I called to myself men who were extremely brave and extremely patriotic.
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  1. Quī imperia libēns accēpit, partem acerbissimam servitūtis vītat.
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  1. (He) who willing(ly) accepts commands, avoids the harshest part of slavery.
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  1. Iūcundissima dōna, ut āiunt, semper sunt ea quae auctor ipse cāra facit.
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  1. The most pleasant gifts, so they say, are always those which the author himself makes dear.
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  1. Beātus sapiēnsque vir forum vītat et superba līmina potentiōrum civium.
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  1. The blessed and wise man avoids the forum and the proud threshholds of powerful citizens.
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  1. Quid est turpius quam ab aliquō illūdī?
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  1. What is more shameful than to be deceived by someone [male]?
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  1. Quid enim est stultius quam incerta prō certīs habēre, falsa prō vērīs?
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  1. For what is more stupid than to regard incertain things as certain ones, false things as true?
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  1. Saepe mihi dīcis, cārissime amīce:
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  1. Often you say to me, dearest friend [male],
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10b “Scrībe aliquid magnum; dēsidiōsissimus homō es.”

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10a. “Write something big; you are an extremely lazy person.”

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  1. Verba currunt; at manus nōtariī est vēlōcior illīs;
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  1. Words run; but the hand of the stenographer is swifter than them [lit. “those things”];
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11b nōn lingua mea, sed manus eius, labōrem perfēcit.

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11b. Not my tongue, but his hand, completes the work.

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  1. Multī putant rēs bellicās graviōrēs esse quam rēs urbānās;
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  1. Many (people) think that warlike affairs are more serious than urban affairs;
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12b. sed haec sententia mūtanda est,

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12a. but this opinion has to be changed;

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12c. nam multae rēs urbānae sunt graviōrēs clariōrēsque quam bellicae.

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12b. for many urban affairs are more serious and more famous than warlike (ones).

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  1. Invītātus ad cēnam, manū sinistrā lintea neglegentiōrum sustulistī.
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  1. Having been invited to dinner [male, singular], you took with your left hand the napkins of the rather careless (people).
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13b. Hoc salsum esse putās?

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13b. Do you think this (thing) is witty?

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13c. Rēs sordidissima est!

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13c. The matter is completely dirty!

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13d. Itaque mihi lenteum remitte.

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  1. And so send the napkin back to me.
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  1. Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs,
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  1. All Gaul has been divided into three parts,
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  1. quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae,
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  1. one part of which the Belgae inhabit,
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  1. aliam Aquītānī,
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  1. another (part of which) the Aquitani (inhabit),
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  1. tertiam quī ipsōrum linguā Celtae, nostrā Gallī appellantur.
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  1. the third (part of which) (those) who in their own language are called Celts, in our language Gauls (inhabit).
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  1. Hī omnēs linguā, īnstitūtīs, lēgibus inter sē differunt.
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  1. All these (people) differ among themselves in language, customs, (and) laws.
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  1. Gallōs ab Aquītānīs Garumna flūmen, A Belgīs Matrona et Sequana dīvidit.
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  1. The river Garonne river (divides) the Gauls from the Aquitani, the Marne and the Seine divide(s) (the Gauls) from the Belgae.

Note: in Latin two singular subjects can take a singular verb as well as a plural; in other words, when the subject consists of two or more words, the verb can agree with the word mentioned last.

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  1. Hōrum omnium fortissimī sunt Belgae.
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  1. The bravest of all these (peoples) are the Belgae.
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  1. Haec sunt, amīce iūcundissime, quae vītam faciunt beātiōrem;
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  1. These (things), my most delightful friend [male], are (those) which mak life more blessed;
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  1. rēs nōn facta labōre sed a patre relicta, ager felix̄,
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  1. wealth not bade by labor but left by a father, a blessed farm,
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  1. parvum forī et satis ōtiī,
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  1. a small (amount) of forum [i.e. lawsuits] and enough (of) leisure,
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  1. mēns aequa, vīrēs et corpus sānum,
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  1. a calm mind, strength and a healthy body,
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  1. sapientia, amīcī vērī,
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  1. wisdom, true friends,
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  1. sine arte mēnsa,
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  1. a table without artifice,
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  1. nox nōn ebria sed solūta cūrīs,
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  1. nightime (that is) not drunken but released from cares,
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  1. nōn trīstis torus et tamen pudīcus,
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  1. a bed (that is) not sad but (is) nevertheless modest,
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  1. somnus facilis.
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  1. (and) easy sleep.
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  1. Dēsīderā tantum quod habēs,
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  1. Desire only what you have,
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  1. cupe nihil;
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  1. Covet nothing;
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  1. nōlī timēre ultimum diem aut spērāre.
    note: the regular construction for a negative command is the imperative of nōlō (nōlī, sg., nōlīte, pl.) + infinitive.
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  1. do not fear the last day, or hope (for it).

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