Chapter 32a Latin to English

Question 1

1. Prīmō illī trēs rīdiculī nē mediocria quidem perīcula fortiter ferre poterant et ūllum auxilium offerre nōlēbant.

Answer 1

1. At first those three jokers were not able to endure even moderate dangers and were not willing to offer any assistance.

Question 2

2. Maximē rogāvimus quantum auxilium septem fēminae adferrent et utrum dubitārent an nōs mox adiūtūrae essent.

Answer 2

2. We asked very much how much assistance the seven women were bringing and whether they doubted that they would soon help us.

Question 3

3. Dēnique armīs collātīs, imperator prōmīsit decem mīlia mīlitum celerrimē discessūra esse, dummodo satis cōpiārum reciperent.

Answer 3

3. Finally, after the weapons had been collected, the general promised that ten thousand (of) soldiers would depart most quickly, as long as they received enough (of) supplies.

Question 4

4. Paria beneficia, igitur, in omnēs dignōs cōnferre māvultis.

Answer 4

4. You prefer to bestow equal benefits, therefore, on all the worthy (people).

Question 5

5. Haec mala melius expōnant nē dīvitiās minuant aut honōrēs suōs āmittant.

Answer 5

5. Let them explain these evils better so that they don’t reduce (their) riches or lose their (own) honors.

Question 6

6. At volumus cognōscere cūr sīc invīderit et cūr verba eius tam dūra fuerint.

Answer 6

6. But we want to find out why he/she hated thus and why his/her words were so hard.

Question 7

7. Cum cēterī hās īnsidiās cognōverint, vult in exsilium fūrtim ac quam celerrimē sē cōnferre ut rūmōrēs et invidiam vītet.

Answer 7

7. Since the rest (the others) know (have found out about) these plots, he/she wants to take him/herself as quickly as possible into exile in order to avoid rumors and envy.

Question 8

8. Multīne discipulī tantum studium usque praestant ut hās sententiās facillimē ūnō annō legere possint?

Answer 8

8. Are many students [male] continuously supplying so much enthusiasm that they can very easily read these opinions in one year?

Question 9

9. Cum dīvitiās āmīsisset et ūnum assem nōn habēret, tamen omnēs cīvēs ingenium mōrēsque eius maximē laudābant.

Answer 9

9. Although he/she had lost (his/her) riches and did not have one penny, nevertheless all the citizens wereo very much praising his/her innate talent and character.

Question 10

10. Plūra meliōraque lēgibus aequīs quam ferrō certē faciēmus.

Answer 10

10. We will certainly make more and better (things) with fair laws than with the sword.

Question 11

11. Oculī tuī sunt pulchriōrēs sīderibus caelī, mea puella;

Answer 11

11. Your [sg.] eyes are more beautiful than the stars of the sky, my girl;

Question 12

11b. es gracilis et bella, ac ōscula sunt dulciōra vīnō:

Answer 12

11b. you [fem.] are graceful and beautiful, and (your) kisses are sweeter than wine:

Question 13

11c. amēmus sub lūce lūnae!

Answer 13

11c. let us love under the light of the moon.

Question 14

12. Iste hostis, in Italiam cum multīs elephantīs veniēns, prīmō pugnāre nōluit et plūrimōs dies in montibus cōnsūmpsit.

Answer 14

12. That (dreadful) enemy, coming into Italy with many elephants, at first did not want to fight and used up very many days in the mountains.

Question 15

13. Sī nepōs tē ad cēnam semel invītābit, mēnsam explēbit et tibi tantum vīnī offeret quantum vīs;

Answer 15

13. If the grandson invites (= will invite) you [sg.]to dinner, he will fill the table and will offer you as much (of) wine as you wish;

Question 16

13b. nōlī, autem, nimium bibere.

Answer 16

13b. Do not, however, drink too much.

Question 17

14. Do you [pl.] wish to live longer and better?

Answer 17

14. Vultis vīvere longius et melius?

Question 18

15. He wishes to speak as wisely as possible so that they may yield to him very quickly.

Answer 18

15. Vult dīcere quam sapientissimē ut cēdant eī quam celerrimē.

Question 19

16. When these plans had been learned, we asked why he had been unwilling to prepare the army with the greatest possible care.

Answer 19

16. Cum haec cōnsilia cognita essent, rogāvimus cūr nolluisset exercitum parāre cum quam maximā cūrā.

Question 20

17. That man, who used to be very humble, now so keenly wishes to have wealth that he is willing to lose his two best friends.

Answer 20

17. Ille vir, quī humillimus erat, nunc tam ācriter vult dīvitiās habēre ut velit amittere duōs optimōs amīcōs suōs.

Question 21

1. Occāsiō nōn facile praebētur sed facile ac repente āmittitur.

Answer 21

1. Opportunity is not offered easily but it is easily and suddenly lost.

Question 22

2. Nōbīscum vīvere iam diūtius nōn potes;

Answer 22

2. You [sg.] cannot now live with us any longer;

Question 23

2b. nōlī remanēre; id nōn ferēmus.

Answer 23

2b. Do not [sg.] remain; we will not tolerate it.

Question 24

3. Vīs rēctē vīvere? Quis nōn?

Answer 24

3. Do you [sg.] want to live right? Who (does) not?

Question 25

4. Plūs nōvistī quid faciendum sit.

Answer 25

4. You [sg.] know more what has to be done.

Question 26

5. Mihi vērē dīxit quid vellet.

Answer 26

5. He/she told me truly what he/she wanted.

Question 27

6. Parēs cum paribus facillimē congregantur.

Answer 27

6. Like (people) gather (into a flock) with like very easily.

Question 28

7. Tē magis quam oculōs meōs amō.

Answer 28

7. I love you more than (I love) my eyes.

Question 29

8. Hominēs libenter id crēdunt quod volunt.

Answer 29

8. Men gladly believe (that) which they want (to believe).

Question 30

9. Multa ēveniunt hominibus quae volunt et quae nōlunt.

Answer 30

9. Many (things) happen to people which they want, and (many things happen) which they don’t want.

Question 31

10. Cōnsiliō melius contendere atque vincere possumus quam īrā.

Answer 31

10. We are able to struggle and win with purpose better than with anger.

Question 32

11. Optimus quisque facere māvult quam dīcere.

Answer 32

11. Each [male] one (who is) best prefers to do rather do than to say.

Question 33

12. Omnēs sapientēs fēlīciter, perfectē, fortūnātē vīvunt.

Answer 33

12. Wise people live happily, completely, fortunately.

Question 34

13. Maximē eum laudant quī pecūniā nōn movētur.

Answer 34

13. They praise very much him who is not moved by money.

Question 35

14. Sī vīs scīre quam nihil malī in paupertāte sit, confer pauperem et dīvitem:

Answer 35

14. If you [sg.] want to know how (there) is nothing evil in poverty, compare a pauper and a rich (person);

Question 36

14b pauper saepius et fidēlius rīdet.

Answer 36

14b. the pauper laughs more often and more faithfully.

Question 37

15. Magistrī puerīs crūstula dant ut prīma elementa discere velint.

Answer 37

15. Teachers [male] give (their) boys cookies so that they will want to learn the first elements [= letters of the alphabet].

Question 38

16. Sī vīs mē flēre, dolendum est prīmum ipsī tibi.

Answer 38

16. If you [sg.] want me to weep, it is first necessary for you yourself to be sorrowful. [this is a new construction: the impersonal passive periphrastic.]

Question 39

1. Cimōn celeriter ad summōs honorēs pervēnit.

Answer 39

1. Cimon quickly arrived at the highest (public) offices.

Question 40

2. Habēbat enim satis eloquentiae, summam līberālitātem, magnam scientiam lēgum et reī mīlitāris, quod cum patre ā puerō in exercitibus fuerat.

Answer 40

2. For he had enough eloquence, the highest liberality, a great knowledge of the laws and of military science (lit. “military thing”), because he had been in the armies with his father as a boy.

Question 41

3. Itaque hic populum urbānum in suā potestāte facillimē tenuit et apud exercitum valuit plūrimum auctōritāte.

Answer 41

3. And so this man held the city population in his power and had power with the army, very much, in respect to his authority.

Question 42

4. Cum ille occidisset, Athēniēnsēs dē eō diū doluērunt;

Answer 42

4. When he (had) died, the Athenians for a long time grieved over him;

Question 43

5. nōn sōlum in bellō, autem, sed etiam in pāce eum graviter dēsīderāvērunt.

Answer 43

5. the desired him seriously not only war, however, but also in peace.

Question 44

6. Fuit enim vir tantae līberālitātis ut, cum multōs hortōs habēret, numquam in hīs custōdiās pōneret;

Answer 44

6. For he was a man of so much liberality that, although he had many gardens, he never placed guards in them;

Question 45

7. nam hortōs līberrimē patēre voluit nē populus ab hīs frūctibus prohibērētur.

Answer 45

7. for he wanted his gardens to be open most freely, so that the people would not be kept form his fruit.

Question 46

8. Saepe autem, cum aliquem minus bene vestītum vidēret, eī suum amiculum dedit.

Answer 46

8. Often, however, when he saw someone clothed less well, he gave him his cloak.

Question 47

9. Multōs locuplētāvit; multōs pauperēs vīvōs iūvit atque mortuōs suō sūmptū extulit.

Answer 47

9. He enriched many people; he assisted many poor people and buried the dead at his own expense.

Question 48

10. Sīc minimē mīrum est sī, propter mōrēs Cimōnis, vīta eius fuit sēcūra et mors eius fuit omnibus tam acerba quam mors cuiusdam ex familiā.

Answer 48

10. Thus it is hardly wonderful if, because of Cimon’s character, his life was untroubled, and for everyone his death was as bitter as the death of someone from the family.

Question 49

1. Read aloud in meter (elegiac couplet):

Quid mihi reddat ager quaeris, Line, Nōmentānus?

Hoc mihi reddit ager: tē, Line, nōn videō!

Answer 49

1.

QUID mihi REDDat agER QUARIS, Line, NŌMENTĀnus?

HOC mihi REDdit agER: TĒ, Line, NŌN videŌ!

Question 50

2. Translate:

Quid mihi reddat ager quaeris, Line, Nōmentānus?

Hoc mihi reddit ager: tē, Line, nōn video!

Martial 2.38

Answer 50

Do you ask why my farm in Nomentum is so profitable, Linus?

This is why my farm is profitable: I don’t see you, Linus!

Question 51

1. Read aloud in meter (Elegiac couplet):

Nīl recitās et vīs, Māmerce, poēta vidērī.

    Quidquid vīs estō, dummodo nīl recitēs!

Answer 51

1.

NĪL recitĀS ET VĪS, mĀMERce, poĒta vidĒRĪ.

      QUIDQUID VĪS ESTŌ, DUMmodo NĪL recitĒS!

Question 52

2. Translate:

Nīl recitās et vīs, Māmerce, poēta vidērī.

     Quidquid vīs estō, dummodo nīl recitēs!

Martial 2.88

Answer 52

2.

You give no recitations, Mamercus, and you want to seem be seen as as poet.

Thou shalt be as you wish, as long as you give no recitations!