Chapter 31b English to Latin

Question 1

1. Now truly we know that those (dreadful) hard minds are offering the sword instead of peace.

Answer 1

1. Iam vērō cognōvimus istās mentēs dūrās ferrum prō pace offere.

Question 2

2. Let the twin daughters not learn such bitter and such hard words.

Answer 2

2. Nē nātae geminae discant verba tam acerba et tam dūra.

Question 3

3. When these ten worthy men had gone away from the (city) walls, another opportunity for peace was never offered.

Answer 3

3. Cum hī decem virī dignī ex moenibus semel discessissent, alia occāsiō pācis numquam oblata est.

Question 4

4. He/she will bring back so much assistance to us that not even the keenest soldiers can fight or remain here.

Answer 4

4. Tantum auxilium nōbīs referet ut nē ācerrimī quidem mīlitēs aut pugnāre aut hīc remanēre possint.

Question 5

5. He/she was asking why others (female) exhibited so much faith among us and were bringing us so much hope.

Answer 5

5. Rogābat cūr cēterae tantam fidem apud nōs praestārent et nōbīs tantam spem adferrent.

Question 6

6. Although our country offers us such great benefits, nevertheless some people secretely betake themselves to plots and and will soon fight against the good (people).

Answer 6

6. Cum patria nostra tanta beneficia offerat, tamen quīdam sē in īnsidiās fūrtim cōnferunt et contra bonōs mox pugnābunt.

Question 7

7. Finally let us hear how great are these plots and how many conspirators are rising up against the state.

Answer 7

7. Dēnique audiāmus quantae sint hae īnsidiae ac quot coniūrātī contrā cīvitātem surgant.

Question 8

8. I suddenly exposed these crimes so that you [pl.] don’t endure other (ones) and similar (ones).

Answer 8

8. Haec scelera repente exposuī nē alia et similia ferrētis.

Question 9

9. They answered that very many arms had been brought by the soldiers to the shore and had been stored in the ships.

Answer 9

9. Respondērunt plūrima arma ā mīlitibus ad lītus allāta esse et in nāvibus condita esse.

Question 10

10. When (our) parents were alive, they were happy; (being) dead they are also blessed.

Answer 10

10. Cum parentēs essent vīvī, fēlīcēs erant; mortuī quoque sunt beātī.

Question 11

11. I do not know whether three conspirators are remaining or (whether) they have hastened into exile.

Answer 11

11. Nesciō utrum trēs coniūrātī maneant an in exsilum contenderint.

Question 12

12. Let us betake ourselves to dinner, my friends; let us drink a lot of wine, let us use up the night, and let us reduce all our cares! [or: let us all reduce cares]

Answer 12

12. Nōs cōnferāmus ad cēnam, meī amīcī, bibāmus multum vīnī, cōnsūmāmus noctem, atque omnēs cūrās nostrās minuāmus!

Question 13

13. Cum mīlitēs comprehēnsī essent, pecūniam nōbīs mox obtulērunt.

Answer 13

13. When the soliders had been arrested, they soon offered us money.

Question 14

14. Cum vīta ferat difficillima, omnia ferāmus et nōs dēdicēmus philosophiae.

Answer 14

14. Although life brings very difficult things, let us endure them all and dedicate ourselves to philosophy.

Question 15

15. Cum sciās quid auxilium ā sex amīcīs ferātur, haec mala cum virtūte possint ferrī.

Answer 15

15. Since you [sg.] know what help is being brought by our six friends, these evils can be endured with courage.

Question 16

16. Cum oculī eius lūcem diēī ferre nōn posset, tamen ille (vir) humilis faciēbat plūrima et difficillima.

Answer 16

16. Although his eyes could not see the light of the sun, nevertheless that humble man used to do very many and very difficult things.

Question 17

1. Can this light be pleasant to you, when you know that all these (people) know your plans.

Answer 17

1. Potestne haec lūx esse tibi iūcunda, cum sciās hōs omnēs cōnsilia tua cognōvisse?

Question 18

2. Themistocles, when he had freed Greece from Persian slavery and had been driven into exile on account of envy, did not bear the wrong of an ungrateful country which he should have tolerated.

Answer 18

2. Themistoclēs, cum Graeciam servitūte Persicā līberāvisset et propter invidiam in exsilium expulsus esset, ingrātae patriae iniūriam nōn tulit quam ferre dēbuit.

Question 19

3. And since these (things) are so, Catiline, take yourself into exile.

Answer 19

3. Quae cum ita sint, Catilīna, confer tē in exsilium.

Question 20

4. O ship, new waves of war are taking you to sea!

Answer 20

4. Ō nāvis, novī flūctūs bellī tē in mare referent!

Question 21

4b. O what are you doing? From where will there be any refuge?

Answer 21

4b Ō quid agis? Unde erit ūllum perfugium?

Question 22

5. Since the commonwealth should be immortal, I grieve that it lacks safety and that it depends on the life of one man.

Answer 22

5. Cum rēs pūblica immortālis esse dēbeat, doleō eam salūtis egēre ac in vītā ūnīus mortālis cōnsistere.

Question 23

6. Since he/she knew that that man was a slave, he/she did not hesitate to arrest him.

Answer 23

6. Cum illum hominem esse servum nōvisset, eum comprehendere nōn dubitāvit.

Question 24

7. That (man), having been arrested, although he had first begun to answer impudently, finally nevertheless denied nothing.

Answer 24

7. Ille comprehēnsus, cum prīmō impudenter respondēre coepisset, dēnique tamen nihil negāvit.

Question 25

8. Milo is said to have come through the stadium while he was carrying an ox on his shoulders.

Answer 25

8. Milō dīcitur per stadium vēnisse cum bovem umerīs ferret.

Question 26

9. What evening and sleep bring, is uncertain.

Answer 26

9. Quid vesper et somnus ferant, incertum est.

Question 27

10. Bring [pl.] to the miserable (person) as much assistance as you can.

Answer 27

10. Ferte miserō tantum auxilium quantum potestis.

Question 28

11. I know this one thing: what the fates bring, we will endure it with a calm mind.

Answer 28

11. Hoc ūnum sciō: quod fāta ferunt, id ferēmus aequō animō.

Question 29

12. For this reason, in the end we are all servants of the laws, so that we can be free.

Answer 29

12. Lēgum dēnique idcircō omnēs servī sumus, ut līberī esse possīmus.

Question 30

1. When Cicero was dining with Damasippus and he, after a mediocre wine had been put on the table, was saying,

Answer 30

1. Cum Cicerō apud Damasippum cēnāret et ille, mediocrī vīnō in mēnsā positō, dīceret,

Question 31

2. “Drink the Falernian; this is wine forty years old,”

Answer 31

2. “Bibe hoc Falernum; hoc est vīnum quadrāgintā annōrum,”

Question 32

3. Cicerō answered thus: “It carries its age well!”

Answer 32

3. Cicerō sīc respondit, “Bene aetātem fert!”

Question 33

4. Augustus, when a certain laughable (person) was bringing him a book fearfully, and now was putting out his hand and now was withdrawing it,

Answer 33

4. Augustus, cum quīdam rīdiculus eī libellum trepidē adferret, et modo prōferret manum et modo retraheret,

Question 34

5. said, “Do you suppose that you are giving a penny to an elephant?”

Answer 34

5. “Putās,” inquit, “tē assem elephantō dare?”