Chapter 30a. Latin to English Flashcards
1
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- Rogāvit ubi illae duae discipulae dignae haec didicissent.
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- He/she asked where those two worthy students [female] had learned these (things).
2
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- Vidēbit quanta fuerit vīs illōrum verbōrum fēlīcium.
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- He/she will see how great was the force of those happy words.
3
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- Hās īnsidiās repente exposuit nē rēs pūblica opprimerētur.
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- He suddenly exposed these plots so that the commonwealth (would) not be overwhelmed.
4
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- Hī taceant et trēs cēterī expellantur nē occasiōnem simile habeant.
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- Let these (people) be silent and lett three others [male] be expelled so they don’t have a similar opportunity.
5
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- Ita dūrus erat ut beneficia nē parentum quidem comprehendere posset.
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- He was so hard that that he could not understand the kindness even of (his) parents.
6
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- Cēterī quidem nesciēbant quam ācris esset mēns nātae eōrum.
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- The other (people), indeed, did not know how harsh was the mind of their daughter.
7
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- Dēnique prīnceps cognōscet cūr potentior pars mīlitum nōs vītet.
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- Finally the let prince recognize why the more powerful part of the soldiers avoids us.
8
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- Iam cognōvī cūr clāra facta vērō nōn sint facillima.
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- Now I know why famous deeds truly are not extremely easy.
9
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- Quīdam auctōrēs appellābant arma optimum remedium malōrum.
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- Some authors have called weapons the best remedy for evils.
10
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- Mortuīs haec arma mox dēdicēmus nē honōre egeant.
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- Let us dedicate these weapons to the dead so that they do not lack honor.
11
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- Fātō duce, Rōmulus Remusque Rōmam condidērunt;
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- With fate as leader, Romulus and Remus founded Rome;
12
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11b. et, Remō necātō, moenia urbis novae cito surrēxērunt.
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11b. and, when Remus had been killed, the walls of the new city arose swiftly.
13
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- Tell [sg.] me in what lands liberty is found.
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- Dīc mihi in quibus terrīs lībertās inveniātur.
14
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- We did not know where the sword had finally been put.
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- Nesciēbāmus ubi dēnique ferrum positum esset.
15
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- He does not understand the first book which they wrote about the moon, stars, and constellations.
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- Nōn comprehendit prīmum lībrum quod scrīpsērunt dē lūnā, dē stellīs, et dē sīderibus.
16
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- They asked why you [sg.] could not learn what the rest had done.
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- Rogāvērunt cūr nōn possēs discere (id) quod cēterī fēcissent.
17
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- Let all men now seek better things than money or supreme power so that their souls may be happier.
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- Omnēs hominēs petant meliōra quam pecūnia aut imperium ut animī (suī) sint fēliciōrēs.
18
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- Nunc vidētis quantum scelus contra rem pūblicam et lēgēs nostrās vōbīs prōnūntiātum sit.
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- Now you see what a great crime against the commonwealth and our laws has been announced.
19
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- Quam dulcis sit lībertās vōbīs prōtinus dīcam.
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- I will say to you [pl.] at once how sweet is liberty.
20
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- Rogābat dēnique cūr umquam ex urbe cessissent.
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- He/she was asking, in the end, why they had ever withdrawn from the city.
21
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- Nunc sciō quid sit amor.
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- Now I know what love is.
22
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- Videāmus uter hīc in mediō forō plus scrībere possit.
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- Let us see which (of two) can write more here in the middle of the forum.
23
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6.Multī dubitābant quid optimum esset.
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- Many (people) were in doubt (about) what was the best (thing).
24
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- Incipiam expōnere unde nātūra omnēs rēs creet alatque.
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- I will begin to explain from what place nature creates all things [rēs] and nourishes (them).