Chapter 29a. Latin to English

Question 1

1. Princeps arma meliōra in manibus mīlitum posuit, ut hostēs terrēnt.

Answer 1

1. The chief placed better weapons in the hands of (his) soldiers, for them to terrify the enemy.

Question 2

2. Hostēs quidem negāvērunt sē arma dissimilia habēre.

Answer 2

2. The enemy indeed denied that they had different weapons.

Question 3

3. Pars mīlitum lūcem diēī vītāvit nē hīc vidērentur.

Answer 3

3. A portion of the soldiers avoided the light of day so as not to be seen here.

Question 4

4. Sōlem prīmam lūcem caelī superī,

Answer 4

4. The gods (used to call) the sun the first light of the sky,

Question 5

4b. lūnam prīmam lūcem vesperī,

Answer 5

4b. (they used to call) the moon the first light of the evening,

Question 6

4c. et stēllās oculōs noctis appellābant.

Answer 6

4c. and they used to call the stars the eyes of the night.

Question 7

5. Illī adulēscentēs sapientiae dēnique cēdant ut fēliciōrēs hīs sint.

Answer 7

5. Let those young men yield at last to wisdom so that they can be happier than these (ones). [do not use quam]

Question 8

6. Sapientēs putant beneficia esse potentiōra quam verba acerba et turpia.

Answer 8

6. The wise (people) suppose that favors are more powerful than harsh and ugly words.

Question 9

7. Quīdam magister verba tam dūra discipulīs dīxit ut essent trīstēs atque discēderent.

Answer 9

7. A certain teacher [male] spoke such hard words to his students that they were sad and went away.

Question 10

8. Respondērunt auctōrem hōrum novem remediōrum esse medicam potentissimam.

Answer 10

8. They answered that that the originator of these nine remedies was the most able doctor [female].

Question 11

9. Nihil vērō tam facile est ut sine labōre id facere possīmus.

Answer 11

9. In truth nothing is so easy that we can do it without work.

Question 12

10. Prō labōre studioque patria nostra nōbīs plūrimās occāsiōnēs bonās praestat.

Answer 12

10. In return for toil and study our country offers (to) us very many good opportunities.

Question 13

11. Parentēs plūrima ōscula dedērunt nātae pulcherrimae gracilīque,

Answer 13

11. The parents gave very many kisses to (their) slender and extremely beautiful daughter,

Question 14

11b. in quā maximam dēlectātiōnem semper inveniēbant.

Answer 14

11b. in whom they would always find the greatest pleasure.

Question 15

12. The words of the philosopher were very difficult,

Answer 15

12. Verba philosophī difficillima erant,

Question 16

12b. so that those listening were unable to learn them.

Answer 16

12b. ut audientēs ea discere nōn possent.

Question 17

13. The two women wished to understand these things …

Answer 17

13. Duae fēminae haec intellegere desīderāvērunt,

Question 18

13b. so that they might not live base lives.

Answer 18

13b nē vītās turpēs dūcerent.

Question 19

14. Those four wives were so pleasant …

Answer 19

14. Illae quattuor uxōrēs tam iūcundae erant …

Question 20

14b that they received very many kindnesses.

Answer 20

14b. ut plūrima beneficia acciperent.

Question 21

15. He said that the writer’s third poem was so beautiful …

Answer 21

15. Dīxit tertium carmen poētae tam pulchrum erat …

Question 22

15b that it delighted the minds of thousands of citizens.

Answer 22

15b. ut animōs mīliōrum cīvium dēlectāret.

Question 23

1. Omnia vincit Amor; et nōs cēdāmus Amōrī.

Answer 23

1. Love (Cupid) conquers all; and let us yield to Love.

Question 24

2. Urbem clārissimam condidī; mea moenia vīdī; explēvī cursum quem Fāta dederant.

Answer 24

5b. nam quis est tam patiēns malae urbis ut sē teneat?

Question 25

3. Īta dūrus eras ut neque amōre neque precibus mollīrī possēs.

Answer 25

3. You [male, sg.] were so hard that you could be softened neither by love nor by prayers.

Question 26

4. Nēmō quidem tam ferōx est ut nōn mollīrī possit, cultūrā datā.

Answer 26

4. No one, indeed, is so fierce that he cannot be made less hostile, (if) culture (is) given.

Question 27

5. Difficile est saturam nōn scrībere;

Answer 27

5. It is (a) difficult (thing) not to write satire;

Question 28

5b. nam quis est tam patiēns malae urbis ut sē teneat?

Answer 28

5b. for who is so tolerant of of the evil city that he (can) contain himself.

Question 29

6. Fuit quondam in hāc rē pūblicā tanta virtūs …

Answer 29

6. There was once in this commonwealth such (great) virtue ….

Question 30

6b. ut virī fortēs cīvem perniciōsum ācriōribus poenīs quam acerbissimum hostem reprimerent.

Answer 30

6b. that brave men would repress a pernicious citizen [male] with harsher penalties than (they would repress) the harshest enemy.

Question 31

7. Ita praeclāra est recuperātiō lībertātis …

Answer 31

7. So famous is the recovery of freedom …

Question 32

7b. ut nē mors quidem in hāc rē sit fugienda.

Answer 32

7b that one should flee not even from death in this matter [passive periphrastic].

Question 33

8. Nē ratiōnēs meōrum perīculōrum ūtilitātem reī pūblicae vincant.

Answer 33

8. Let not considerations of my dangers conquer the commonwealth’s advantage.

Question 34

9. Eō tempore Athēniēnsēs tantam virtūtem praestitērunt …

Answer 34

9. At that time the Athenians exhibited such (great) courage …

Question 35

9b. ut decemplicem numerum hostium superārent,

Answer 35

9b. that they overcame ten times the number of enemies,

Question 36

9c. et hōs sīc perterruērunt ut in Asiam refugerent.

Answer 36

9c. and so terrified these (enemies) that they fled back to Asia.

Question 37

10. Ōrātor exemplum dignum petat ab Dēmosthene illō,

Answer 37

10. Let the orator seek a worthy example from that (famous) Demosthenes,

Question 38

10b. in quō tantum studium tantusque labor fuisse dīcuntur …

Answer 38

10b. in whom such enthusiasm and such toil are said to have been …

Question 39

10c. ut impedimenta nātūrae dīligentiā industriāque superāret.

Answer 39

10c. that he overcame the impediments of nature with (his) diligence and industry.

Question 40

11. Praecepta tua sint brevia …

Answer 40

11. Let your [sg.] precepts be short …

Question 41

11b. ut cito mentēs plūrium discipulōrum ea discant teneantque memoriā fidēlī.

Answer 41

11b. so that the minds of more [or “rather a lot of”] students (can) learn them quickly and (can) hold them in faithful memory.

Question 42

12. Nihil tam difficile est ut nōn possit studiō invēstīgārī.

Answer 42

12. Nothing is so difficult that it cannot be investigated by means of study.

Question 43

13. Bellum autem ita suscipiātur ut nihil nisi pāx quaesīta esse videātur.

Answer 43

13. Let war, however, be undertaken in such a way that nothing except peace seem to have been sought.

Question 44

14. Tanta est vīs probitātis ut eam etiam in hoste dīligāmus.

Answer 44

14. So great is the force of honesty that we esteem it even in an enemy.

Question 45

1. Quaeris, Lesbia, quot bāsia tua sint mihi satis?

Answer 45

1. You ask, Lesbia, how many (of) your kisses are enough for me.

Question 46

2. Tam multa bāsia quam magnus numerus Libyssae harēnae …

Answer 46

2. As many kisses as the great number of the Libyan sand (are) …

Question 47

3. aut quam sīdera multa quae, ubi tacet nox, furtīvōs amōrēs hominum vident—

Answer 47

3. or how many stars (there are) which, when night is silent, see the secret loves of people—

Question 48

4. tam basia multa (nēmō numerum scīre potest) sunt satis Catullō īnsānō!

Answer 48

4. so many kisses (no one can know the number) are enough for crazy Catullus!

Question 49

1. Ego dehinc ut respondērem surrēxī.

Answer 49

1. Next I stood up to answer.

Question 50

2. Quā sollicitūdine animī surgēbam—dī immortālēs—et quō timōre!

Answer 50

2. With what anxiety of mind was I standing up—immortal gods!—and with what fear!

Question 51

3. Semper quidem magnō cum metū incipiō dīcere.

Answer 51

3. Indeed I always begin to speak with great fear.

Question 52

4. Quotiēnscumque dīcō, mihi videor in iūdicium venīre nōn sōlum ingeniī sed etiam virtūtis atque officiī.

Answer 52

4. Whenever I speak, I seem to myself to come into a trial not only of talent but also of courage and duty.

Question 53

5. Tum vērō ita sum perturbātus ut omnia timērem.

Answer 53

5. Then truly I was so confused that I was afraid of everything.

Question 54

6. Dēnique mē collēgī et sīc pugnāvī, sīc omnī ratiōne contendī …

Answer 54

6. In the end I collected myself and I fought in such a way, I struggled in such a way …

Question 55

7. ut nēmō mē neglēxisse illam causam putāret.

Answer 55

7. that no one would think I had neglected that case.

Question 56

1. review the elegiac couplet

Answer 56

_ _ _ _
- ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ║ ∪ / ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x
_ _
- ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ - ║ - ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ -

Question 57

2. read aloud:

Nē laudet dignōs, laudat Callistratus omnēs:

Answer 57

2.

NAY LAUDEHT DIHGNŌS LAUDAHT CAHLLIHSTătŭs OHMNAYS

Question 58

3. read aloud:

cui malus est nēmō, quis bonus esse potest.

Answer 58

3.

KWEE mălŭs EHST NAYMOH KWISS bŏnŭs EHSSĕh pŏtEHST.

Question 59

4. translate Martial 12.80.

Nē laudet dignōs, laudat Callistratus omnēs:

      cui malus est nēmō, quis bonus esse potest.

Answer 59

4.

In order not to praise the worthy (people), Callistratus praises all of them:

to (a man) for whom no one is bad, who can be good?