Chapter 32b English to Latin

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 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.

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 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.

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 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.

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

10. Plūra meliōraque lēgibus aequīs quam ferrō certē faciēmus.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Answer 13

11c. amēmus sub lūce lūnae!

Question 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.

Answer 14

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

Question 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;

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

13b. nōlī, autem, nimium bibere.

Question 17

14. Vultis vīvere longius et melius?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 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.

Question 21

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

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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

Answer 22

2. Nōbīscum vīvere iam diūtius nōn potes;

Question 23

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

Answer 23

2b. nōlī remanēre; id nōn ferēmus.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

3. Vīs rēctē vīvere? Quis nōn?

Question 25

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

Answer 25

4. Plūs nōvistī quid faciendum sit.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

5. Mihi vērē dīxit quid vellet.

Question 27

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

Answer 27

6. Parēs cum paribus facillimē congregantur.

Question 28

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

Answer 28

7. Tē magis quam oculōs meōs amō.

Question 29

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

Answer 29

8. Hominēs libenter id crēdunt quod volunt.

Question 30

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

Answer 30

9. Multa ēveniunt hominibus quae volunt et quae nōlunt.

Question 31

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

Answer 31

10. Cōnsiliō melius contendere atque vincere possumus quam īrā.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

11. Optimus quisque facere māvult quam dīcere.

Question 33

12. Wise people live happily, completely, fortunately.

Answer 33

12. Omnēs sapientēs fēlīciter, perfectē, fortūnātē vīvunt.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

13. Maximē eum laudant quī pecūniā nōn movētur.

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

14b pauper saepius et fidēlius rīdet.

Question 37

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

Answer 37

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

Question 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.]

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

1. Cimōn celeriter ad summōs honorēs pervēnit.

Question 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.

Answer 40

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

Question 41

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

Answer 41

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

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

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

Answer 43

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

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

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

Question 46

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

Answer 46

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

Question 47

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

Answer 47

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

Question 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.

Answer 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.