Chapter 34a Latin to English

Question 1

1. Nisi quis plēbī opem celeriter referet auxiliumve prōmissum praebēbit, mīlia pauperum morientur.

Answer 1

1. Unless someone brings help to the (common) people quickly and provides the promised assistance, a thousand (of the) poor will die.

Question 2

2. Cum urbs plēna custōdiārum esset, nōn ausī estis suscipere scelera tam gravia quam voluerātis.

Answer 2

2. Since the city was full of guards, you [pl.] did not dare to undertake crimes what were as serious as you had wanted.

Question 3

3. Dīc nunc cūr velīs tē ad istam dīvitem et candidam cōnferre.

Answer 3

3. Say now why you [sg.] want to betake yourself to that wealthy and beautiful [woman].

Question 4

3b. Vērē ac līberē loquere; nōlī recūsāre!

Answer 4

3b. Speak [sg.] truly and freely; do not refuse!

Question 5

4. Dīvitiīs opisbusque trāditīs, heu, illī philosophī eādem nocte subitō profectī sunt in exilium, unde numquam ēgredī potuērunt.

Answer 5

4. After the riches and resources had been handed over, alas, those philosophers [male] on the same night suddenly set out into exile, whence they were never able to emerge.

Question 6

5. Nē patiāmur hanc antīquissimam scientiam āmittī.

Answer 6

5. Let us not allow this most ancient knowledge to be lost.

Question 7

6. Fateor mē vīnō merō apud mē ūsūrum esse.

Answer 7

6. I confess that I am going to enjoy undiluted wine at my house.

Question 8

7. Ab initiō nōn comprehendistī quantus exercitus nōs sequerētur et quot elephantōs istī mīlitēs sēcum dūcerent.

Answer 8

7. From the start you [sg.] did not understand how large an army was following us and how many elephants those (dreadful) soldiers were leading with them.

Question 9

8. Prīmō respondit sē nōlle sequī ducem mediocris virtūtis sapientiaeve, cum cīvitās in līmine bellī stāret.

Answer 9

8. At first he answered that he did not want to follow a leader of moderate courage and wisdom, although (?) the state was standing on the threshold of war.

Question 10

9. Ex urbe subitō ēgressus, ferrō suō morī semel cōnātus est.

Answer 10

9. Having suddenly come out from the city, he tried tried once to die with his (own) sword.

Question 11

10. Cum Aristotelēs hortārētur hominēs ad virtūtem, tamen arbitrābātur virtūtem in hominibus nōn nāscī.

Answer 11

10. Although urged people to virtue, nevertheless he thought that virtue was not born in humans.

Question 12

11. Māter paterque nunc rūsticārī plūrimum mālunt, ut ā labōribus remissiōne suāvī fēlīcius ūtantur.

Answer 12

11. Mother and father now very much prefer to live in the country, so that they can more happily enjoy sweet release from (their) labors.

Question 13

12. Dā mihi, amābō tē, multum salis et vīnum aquamve, ut cēnā maximē ūtar.

Answer 13

12. Give me, please, a lot of salt, and wine, and water, so that I may enjoy the dinner very much.

Question 14

13. They [fem.] did not permit me to speak with him at that time.

Answer 14

13. Nōn passae sunt mē eō tempore loquī cum eō.

Question 15

14. We kept thinking (arbitror) that, on account of the plebeians’ poverty, he would use the office more wisely.

Answer 15

14. Arbitrābāmur eum, propter paūpertātem plēbis, officiō sapientius ūsūrum esse.

Question 16

15. If any one should use this water even once, he would die.

Answer 16

15. Sī quis hāc aquā etiam semel utātur, moriātur.

Question 17

16. If those four soldiers had followed us, we [male] would not have dared to put the weapons on the ships.

Answer 17

16. Sī illī quattuor mīlitēs nōs secūtī essent, nōn ausī essēmus arma in nāvibus pōnere.

Question 18

17. This dinner will be good, provided that you [pl.] use salt.

Answer 18

17. Haec cēna bona erit, dummodo sale utāminī.

Question 19

1. Cēdāmus Phoebō et, monitī, meliōra sequāmur.

Answer 19

1. Let us yield to Apollo and, having been warned, let us follow better (paths).

Question 20

2. Nam nēmō sine vitiīs nāscitur; optimus ille est quī minima habet.

Answer 20

2. For no one is born without faults; that one is best who has the smallest ones.

Question 21

3. Mundus est commūnis urbs deōrum atque hominum;

Answer 21

3. The worlds is the common city of gods and of humans;

Question 22

3b. hī enim sōlī, ratiōne ūtentēs, iūre ac lēge vīvunt.

Answer 22

3b. for these [i.e. humans] alone, using reason, live by justice and law.

Question 23

4. Tardē sed graviter vir sapiēns īrāscitur.

Answer 23

4. A wise person becomes angry slowly, but seriously.

Question 24

5. Quae cum ita sint, Catilīna, ēgredere ex urbe;

Answer 24

5. Since these things are so, Catiline, depart from the city;

Question 25

5b. patent portae; proficīscere;

Answer 25

5b. the gates are open; get going;

Question 26

5c. nōbīscum versārī iam diūtius nōn potes;

Answer 26

5c. you cannot now remain with us longer;

Question 27

5d. id nōn feram, nōn patiar.

Answer 27

5d. this I will not bear, I will not endure.

Question 28

6. Cūra pecūniam crēscentem sequitur et dives male dormit.

Answer 28

6. Care follows increasing money and the rich (person) sleeps badly.

Question 29

7. Sī in Britanniam profectus essēs, nēmō in illā tantā īnsulā iūre perītor fuisset.

Answer 29

7. If you had set out for Britain, no one in that island would have been more skilled in law.

Question 30

8. Nisi laus nova nāscitur etiam vetus laus in incertō iacet ac saepe āmittitur.

Answer 30

8. Unless new praise is born even old praise lies in (an) uncertain (state) and is often lost.

Question 31

9. Spērō autem mē secūtum esse in libellīs meīs tālem temperantiam ut nēmō bonus dē illīs querī possit.

Answer 31

9. I hope, however, that I have followed such temperance in my books that no good (man) can complain about them.

Question 32

10. Hōrae quidem et dies et annī discēdunt;

Answer 32

10. The hours, indeed, and the days and the years depart;

Question 33

10b nec praeteritum tempus umquam reveritur, nec quid sequātur potest scīrī.

Answer 33

10b. nor does past time ever return, nor is it possible to know what follows.

Question 34

11. Nōvistī mores mulierum: dum mōliuntur, dum cōnantur, dum speculum spectant, annus lābitur.

Answer 34

11. You know the morals of women; while they plan, while they try, while they look (in) the mirror, a year slips (by).

Question 35

12. Amīcitia rēs plūrimās continent; nōn aquā, nōn igne in plūribus locīs ūtimur quam amīcitiā.

Answer 35

12. Friendship contains very many things; we do not use water, (we do) not (use) fire in more places than friendship.

Question 36

13. Homō stultus! Postquam dīvitiās habēre coepit, mortuus est!

Answer 36

13. (What a) stupid person! After he began to have riches, he is dead!.

Question 37

14. Ō passī graviōra, dabit deus hīs quoque finem.

Answer 37

14. O you [pl.] who have suffered rather serious (things), the god will give and end to these (things) too.

Question 38

1. Et ille quidem animam ēbullit, et ex eō dēsiit vīvere vidēri.

Answer 38

1. And that one, in fact bubbled out his soul, and from that point on ceased to seem to live.

Question 39

2. Exspīrāvit autem dum comoedōs audit, ut sciās mē nōn sine causā illōs timēre.

Answer 39

2. However he expired while he was listening [lit. present] to comic actors, so that you know that I fear them not without reason.

Question 40

3. Ultima vōx eius haec inter hominēs audīta est, cum maiōrem sonitum ēmisisset illā parte quā facilius loquēbātur:

Answer 40

3. This, his last sound, was heard among humans, when had emitted a rather large sound from that part (of his body) where he would talk more easily:

Question 41

4. “Vae mē, putō, concacavī!”

Answer 41

4. “Woe is me, I think, I have beshat myself!”

Question 42

5. Quod an fēcerit, nesciō—omnia certē concacāvit!

Answer 42

5. Whether he (in fact) did this, I do not know; certainly he shat on everything!

Question 43

1. review the elegiac couplet

Answer 43

_ _ _ _
- ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ║ ∪ ║ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x
_ _
- ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ - ║ - ∪ ∪ - ∪ ∪ -

Question 44

2. scan and read aloud: Mentītur quī tē vitiōsum, Zōile, dīcit: / nōn vitiōsus homō es, Zōile, sed vitium!

Answer 44

2. MENTĪTUR QUĪ TĒ vitiŌSUM, ZŌile, DĪCit: / NŌN vitiŌSus hom(ō) es, ZŌile, SED vitiUM!

Question 45

4. translate: Mentītur quī tē vitiōsum, Zōile, dīcit: / nōn vitiōsus homō es, Zōile, sed vitium!

Answer 45

4. He lies who says you are fault-ridden, Zoïlus / you’re not a fault-ridden person, Zoïlus, but a fault.

Question 46

1. review hendecasyllabic.

Answer 46

Hendecasyllabic (also called Phalaecian)

For practical purpose the scheme is

• • • ∪ ∪ - ∪ - ∪ - x

Sometimes the first or the second syllable can be short.

Question 47

2. scan and read aloud Martial 1.64:

Bella es, nōvimus, et puella, vērum est,

et dīves—quis enim potest negāre?

Sed cum tē nimium, Fabulla, laudās,

nec dīves neque bella nec puella es!

Answer 47

2.

BELLA ES, NŌvimus, ET puELLa, VĒR(UM) EST,

ET DĪVES—quis enIM potEST negĀre?

SED CUM TĒ nimiUM, FabULLa, LAUDĀS,

NEC DĪVES neque BELLa NEC puELL(a)es!

Question 48

3. read aloud and translate Martial 1.64:

Bella es, nōvimus, et puella, vērum est,

et dīves—quis enim potest negāre?

Sed cum tē nimium, Fabulla, laudās,

nec dīves neque bella nec puella es!

Answer 48

3.

You are beautiful, we know, and a girl, it’s true

and rich—for who can deny it?

But when you praise yourself too much, Fabulla,

you are neither rich, nor beautiful, nor a girl!

Question 49

1. introduction to Sapphic stanza
   - u - x - u u - u - -
   - u - x - u u - u - -
   - u - x - u u - u - -
   - u u - u

Answer 49

This stanza is particularly associated with the Greek poet (or poetess) Sappho. It consists of three lines with eleven syllables and little variation; the anceps syllables (x) can for practical purposes be treated as long; the fourth line is a short pendant, called the adonic.

• u - - - u u - u - -
• u - - - u u - u - -
• u - - - u u - u - -
• u u - u

Question 50

2. scan and read aloud Catullus 51, 1-4:

Ille mī par esse deō vidētur,

ille, sī fās est, superāre dīvōs,

quī, sedēns adversus, identidem tē

spectat et audit

Answer 50

2.

ILLe MĪ par ESSe deŌ vidĒtur,

ILLe, SĪ FĀS EST, superĀre DĪVŌS,

QUĪ, sedĒNS ADVERSus, idENTiDEM TĒ

SPECTat et AUdit

Question 51

3. scan and read aloud Catullus 51, 5-8:

dulce rīdentem, miserō quod omnīs

ēripit sēnsūs mihi: nam simul tē,

Lesbia, aspexī, nihil est super mī,

Lesbia, vōcis,

Answer 51

3.

DULCe rĪDENTEM, miserŌ quod OMNĪS

ĒripIT SĒNSŪS mihi: NAM simUL TĒ,

LESbi(a), ASPEXĪ, nihil EST suPER MĪ

LESBia, VŌCis,

Question 52

4. scan and read aloud Catullus 51, 1-4, 9-12:

lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artūs

flamma dēmānat, sonitū suōpte

tintinant aurēs, geminā teguntur

lūmina nocte.

Answer 52

4.

LINGua SED TORPET, tenuIS Sub ARTŪS

FLAMMa DĒMĀNAT, sonitŪ suŌPTe

TINTinANT AURĒS, geminĀ tegUNtur

LŪMina NOCTe.

Question 53

5. scan and read aloud Catullus 51, 13-16:

Ōtium, Catulle, tibi molestum est;

ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs:

ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās

perdidit urbēs.

Answer 53

5.

ŌtiUM, CatULLe, tibI molEST(UM) EST;

ŌTi(ō) EXSULTĀS nimiUMque GESTĪS:

ŌTi(um) ET RĒGĒS prius ET BeĀTĀS

PERDidit URBĒS.

Question 54

2. read aloud and translate Catullus 51, 1-4:

Ille mī par esse deō vidētur,

ille, sī fās est, superāre dīvōs,

quī, sedēns adversus, identidem tē

spectat et audit

Answer 54

2.

That one seems to me the equal of a god,

that one (seems), if it is right, to surpass the gods,

who, sitting opposite, again and again, (as for) you

… / (he) looks at and hears

Question 55

3. read aloud and translate Catullus 51, 5-8:

dulce rīdentem, miserō quod omnīs

ēripit sēnsūs mihi: nam simul tē,

Lesbia, aspexī, nihil est super mī

Lesbia, vōcis,

Answer 55

3.

(you) laughing sweetly, which all from miserable

me snatches the senses; for for once you,

Lesbia, I have seen, nothing to me survives,

Lesbia, of (my) voice

Question 56

4. read aloud and translate Catullus 51, 9-12:

lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artūs

flamma dēmānat, sonitū suōpte

tintinant aurēs, geminā teguntur

lūmina nocte.

Answer 56

4.

but my tongue grows numb, under the limbs a slight

flame flows, with their very own sound

the ears ring, the are covered with twin

night, my eyes.

Question 57

5. read aloud and translate Catullus 51, 13-16:

ōtium, Catulle, tibi molestum est;

ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs:

ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās

perdidit urbēs.

Answer 57

5.

Leisure, Catullus, is troublesome for you;

you rejoice in leisure and you are too triumphant:

leisure has formerly been for kings and happy

cities the ruin.