Chapter 33b English to Latin

Question 1

1. As long as the army brings help soon, we will be able to save the walls of the city quickly.

Answer 1

1. Dummodo exercitus opem mox ferat, moenia urbis celeriter cōnservāre poterimus.

Question 2

2. Although you [sg.] knew [lit. “had known”] the plans of the enemy [lit. “enemies”] from the beginning, nevertheless at first you did not want to offer any aid or even to promise a hundred soldiers.

Answer 2

2. Cum cōnsilia hostium ab initiō cognōvissēs, prīmō tamen ūllum auxilium offerre aut etiam centum mīlitēs prōmittere nōluistī.

Question 3

3. If riches and envy continually keep us from love and honor, are we truly rich?

Answer 3

3. Sī dīvitiae et invidia nōs ab amōre et honōre usque prohibent, dīvitēsne vērē sumus?

Question 4

4. A poor person indeed will not be equal to others unless he/she has [lit. “will have”] knowledge and (innate) talent;

Answer 4

4. Pauper quidem nōn erit pār cēterīs nisi scientiam ingeniumve habēbit;

Question 5

4b. if, however, he/she should have these (things), many (people) would envy him/her greatly.

Answer 5

4b. sī autem haec habeat, multī magnopere invideant.

Question 6

5. If (his/her) traps were not evident, we would fear his sword especially.

Answer 6

5. Nisi īnsidiae patērent, ferrum eius maximē timērēmus.

Question 7

6. If any asks [lit. “will ask”] what you [sg.] are learning now, do not hesitate:

Answer 7

6. Sī quis rogābit quid nunc discās, nōlī dubitāre:

Question 8

6b. answer that you are learning a skill (that is) not mediocre but most useful and most difficult.

Answer 8

6b. refer tē artem nōn mediocrem sed ūtilissimam ac difficillimam discere.

Question 9

7. Let the laws be written in such a way that the rich (people) and the common people—ever a poor person without a penny—are equals.

Answer 9

7. Lēgēs ita scrībantur ut dīvitēs et plēbs—etiam pauper sine asse—sint parēs.

Question 10

8. If harsher and braver guards had hastened to your [sg.] house, alas, you would never have undertaken such (great) crimes and all these (people) would not have died.

Answer 10

8. Sī custōdiae dūriōrēs fortiōrēsque ad casam tuam contendissent, heu, numquam tanta scelera suscēpissēs et hī omnēs nōn occidissent.

Question 11

9. That most wise philosopher, when she once knew [lit. “had known”] this (thing), quickly betook herself to them and offered all her (own) resources.

Answer 11

9. Illa philosopha sapientissima, cum id semel cognōvisset, ad eōs celerrimē sē contulit et omnēs opēs suās praebuit.

Question 12

10. Harsh exile will not be able in one year to soften a mind (that is) so harsh.

Answer 12

10. Dūrum exsilium tam ācrem mentem ūnō annō mollīre nōn poterit.

Question 13

11. Because of all those extremely bad rumors (which were not true), his/her charming daughters were exceedingly sad and could not sleep.

Answer 13

11. Propter omnēs rūmōrēs pessimōs (quī nōn erant vērī), nātae suāvēs eius magnopere dolēbant et dormīre nōn poterant.

Question 14

12. Sī eae philosophae mox veniant, tū fēlicior sit.

Answer 14

12. If those philosophers [female] should come soon, you [sg] would be happier.

Question 15

13. Nisi nōn sapientissimē respondissētis, dubitāvissent pācem nōbīs offerre.

Answer 15

13. If you [pl.] had not answered very wisely, they would have hesitated to offer us peace.

Question 16

14. Sī quis haec tria bene faciet, melius vīvet.

Answer 16

14. If anyone does these three things well, he will live better.

Question 17

15. Sī meliōrēs librōs vellēs legere, certissimē plūs discerēs.

Answer 17

15. If you [sg.] were willing to read better books, you would most certainly learn more.

Question 18

1. If you want peace, prepare war.

Answer 18

1. Sī vīs pācem, parā bellum.

Question 19

2. Weapons are of small value, unless there is truly wisdom in the fatherland.

Answer 19

2. Arma sunt parvī pretiī, nisi vērō cōnsilium est in patriā.

Question 20

3. The safety of all would certainly have been lost in one night, unless that severity against those (dreadful people) had been undertaken.

Answer 20

3. Salūs omnium ūnā nocte certē āmissa esset, nisi illa sevēritās contrā istōs suscepta esset.

Question 21

4. If you [masc. sg.] think it is possible for anything to be done about me, you will do it—if you yourself will be free from that (dreadful) danger.

Answer 21

4. Sī quid dē mē posse agī putābis, id ages—sī tū ipse ab istō perīculō eris liber.

Question 22

5. If I were conscious within myself [lit. “to myself”] of any fault, I would bear this evil with a calm mind.

Answer 22

5. Sī essem mihi cōnscius ūllīus culpae, aequō animō hoc malum ferrem.

Question 23

6. You [sg.] say that you truly prefer the fortune and the morals of the ancient (common) people.

Answer 23

6. Dīcis tē vērē mālle fortūnam et mores antīquae plēbis;

Question 24

6b. But if anyone should suddenly lead you to them, you would refuse that way of life.

Answer 24

6b. sed sī quis ad illa subitō tē agat, illum modum vītae recūsēs.

Question 25

7. You [sg.] would go wrong less often, if you knew what you don’t know.

Answer 25

7. Minus saepe errēs, sī sciās quid nesciās.

Question 26

8. You [sg.] will say “alas” if you see (lit. “will have seen”] yourself in the mirror.

Answer 26

8. Dīcēs “heu” sī tē in speculō vīderis.

Question 27

9. Inhappy poverty has nothing harsher in itself than (the fact) that it makes men laughable.

Answer 27

9. Nīl habet īnfēlīx paupertās dūrius in sē quam quod rīdiculōs hominēs facit.

Question 28

10. You [sg.] will free me from a great fear, as long as there is a wall between me and you.

Answer 28

10. Magnō mē metū līberābis, dummodo inter mē atque tē mūrus intersit.

Question 29

11. If I killed if did right; but I did not kill.

Answer 29

11. Sī occīdī rēctē fēcī; sed nōn occīdī.

Question 30

1. Can it be that Philip, the king of the Macedonians, would have wanted the first elements of literature to be passed on to Alexander, his son, by Aristotle, the most prominent philosopher of that age …

Answer 30

1. An Philippus, rēx Macedonum, voluisset Alexandrō, filiō suō, prīma elementa litterārum trādī ab Aristotele, summō eius aetātis philosophō, …

Question 31

2. or that he [Aristotle] would have undertaken that enormous duty, if he had not most wisely believed that the beginnings of studies affect the whole.

Answer 31

2. aut hic suscēpisset illud maximum officium, nisi initia studiōrum pertinēre ad summam sapientissimē crēdidisset?

Question 32

1. When Quintus Fabius Maximus had most courageously taken back Tarentum by means of a great plan, and Salinator (who had been in the citadel, though the city had been lost), had said …

Answer 32

1. Cum Quīntus Fabius Maximus magnō cōnsiliō Tarentum fortissimē recēpisset et Salīnātor (quī in arce fuerat, urbe āmissā) dīxisset, …

Question 33

2. “(It is) thanks to me, Quintus Fabius, (that) you have taken back Tarentum …

Answer 33

2. “Meā operā, Quīnte Fabī, Tarentum recēpistī,” …

Question 34

3. Fabius, in my presence [lit: “with me hearing”] said, laughing, “Certainly …

Answer 34

3. Fabius, mē audiente, “Certē,” inquit rīdēns, …

Question 35

4. “… for if you yourself had not lost the city, I would never have taken it back.”

Answer 35

4. “nam nisi tū urbem āmīsissēs, numquam eam recēpissem.”