Chapter 37b English to Latin

Question 1

1. Then he begs my brother and sister to seize the opportunity and enter the city as quickly as possible.

Answer 1

1. Dehinc petet ā frātre meō et sorōre ut occāsiōnem carpant et in urbem quam celerrimē ineant.

Question 2

2. If you [sg.] had not returned home this summer, we would perhaps have wandered to Athens on a long journey and would have amused ourselves there.

Answer 2

2. Nisi domum hāc aestāte redīssēs, in longō itinere Athēnās fortasse peregrīnātī essēmus et nōs ibi oblectāvissēmus.

Question 3

3. You [pl.] were not able to bear even trivial fears;

Answer 3

3. Nē levēs quidem timōrēs ferre poterātis;

Question 4

3b. therefore you always lived in the country, not in the city.

Answer 4

3b. rūrī, igitur, nōn in urbe semper vīvēbātis.

Question 5

4. After saying this, they will persuad the readers, male and female, not to place wealth and (their) desires ahead of the rewards of a good life.

Answer 5

4. Haec locūtī, lēctōribus et lēctrīcibus persuādēbunt nē opēs cupīdinēsque praemiīs bonae vītae antepōnant.

Question 6

5. He/she/it compelled them to serve the state for many years, but he/she/it never destroyed their spirits.

Answer 6

5. Multōs annōs eōs cīvitātī servīre coēgit, sed animōs numquam contudit.

Question 7

6. But we (emphatic), having ourselves endured many evils, tried to persuade those angry (people) to free the slaves from (their) chains and not to harm anyone.

Answer 7

6. At nōs, ipsī multa mala passī, cōnātī sumus eīs īrātīs persuādēre ut servōs vinculīs līberārent et nē cui nocērent.

Question 8

7. If anyone wants to help others, let him take care to approach them (while being) full of wisdom.

Answer 8

7. Sī quis vult aliōs iuvāre, cūret ut ad eōs adeat plēnus sapientiae.

Question 9

8. Philosophers were demanding every day that [lit. “whether”] those students should be obedient to nature.

Answer 9

8. Philosophī cōtīdiē requīrēbant utrum illī discipulī nātūrae pārērent.

Question 10

9. Let us despise all dangers, let us drive them from our hearts, and let us confess that these very difficult (things) have to be undertaken at Rome.

Answer 10

9. Contemnāmus omnia perīcula, ea ex pectoribus exigāmus, et fateāmur haec difficillima Rōmae suscipienda esse.

Question 11

10. All people are accustomed to admire those extremely beautiful things that they see in Athens.

Answer 11

10. Omnēs solent mīrārī ea pulcherrima quae Athēnīs vident.

Question 12

11. Unless you [sg.] prefer to die, leave Syracuse, follow another leader, and approach Athens.

Answer 12

11. Nisi māvīs morī, exī Syrācūsīs, sequere alium ducem, et accēde Athēnās.

Question 13

12. The splendid woman stood unmoved in front of the mirror, but she refused to look at herself and was not able to revive her spirits.

Answer 13

12. Fēmina candida ante speculum immōta stetit, sed sē spectāre recūsāvit et animōs recreāre nōn potuit.

Question 14

13. For a few hours twelve boys and girls were sitting on the ground, while their (female) teacher, smiling on them and soothing them, was telling a great many stories.

Answer 14

13. Paucās hōras duodecim puerī puellaeque humī sedēbant, ut magistra, subrīdēns et eōs serēnāns, plūrimās fābulās nārrābat.

Question 15

14. If you will be wise and able to rule yourself, you will be more pleasing and more just, you will spare the wretched and you will cherish your friends.

Answer 15

14. Sī sapiēs et tibi imperāre poteris, fiēs grātior iūstiorque, parcēs miserīs ac amīcōs fovēbis.

Question 16

1. Imperāvērunt ut id Rōmae fieret trēs diēs.

Answer 16

15. They commanded that this be done in Rome for three days.

Question 17

2. Nisi Syrācūsās paucīs diēbus adībit, timōrēs patris maiōrēs fīent.

Answer 17

16. Unless he goes to Syracuse within five days, his father’s fear will become greater.

Question 18

3. Putābat frātrem fortasse domō nōn abitūrum eā aestāte.

Answer 18

17. He thought that his brother would perhaps not go away from home that summer.

Question 19

4. Licet nēminī in eā terrā līberē loquī, ut scīmus omnēs.

Answer 19

18. Nobody may (use licet) speak freely in that country, as we all know.

Question 20

1. The deeds of mortals will perish.

Answer 20

1. Mortālia facta perībunt.

Question 21

2. Day and night the door of gloomy Pluto is open.

Answer 21

2. Noctēs atque diēs patet atrī iānua Dītis.

Question 22

3. The days go by in the manner and method of flowing water.

Answer 22

3. Annī eunt mōre modōque fluentis aquae.

Question 23

3b. The hour which has gone by can never return;

Answer 23

3b. Numquam hōra quae praeteriit potest redīre;

Question 24

3c. let make use of (our) time.

Answer 24

3c. ūtāmur aetāte.

Question 25

4. Alas, I have died! What a thing I have done!

Answer 25

4. Heu, obiī! Quid ego ēgī!

Question 26

4b. My son has not returned from dinner this night.

Answer 26

4b. Filius nōn rediit ā cēnā hāc nocte.

Question 27

5. My brother begs you [sg.] not to leave home.

Answer 27

5. Frāter meus ōrat nē abeās domō.

Question 28

6. He/she says that his/her father has left the city but his/her brother is at home.

Answer 28

6. Dīcit patrem ab urbe abīsse sed frātrem esse domī.

Question 29

7. At the third hour I was walking on the Sacred Way, as is my custom.

Answer 29

7. Tertiā hōrā forīs ībam Sacrā Viā, ut meus mōs est.

Question 30

8. Finally Damocles, since he could not be happy thus, begged the tyrant Dionysius that he [lit. impersonal] be permitted to leave the dinner.

Answer 30

8. Dēnique Dāmoclēs, cum sīc beātus esse nōn posset, ōrāvit Dionȳsium tyrannum ut abīre ā cēnā licēret.

Question 31

9. At that time, after Syracuse had been captured, Marcellus sent many things to Rome;

Answer 31

9. Eō tempore, Syrācūsīs captīs, Mārcellus multa Rōmam mīsit;

Question 32

9b. however he left many beautiful things at Syracuse.

Answer 32

9b Syrācūsīs autem multa atque pulcherrima relīquit.

Question 33

10. For many days I was on that ship;

Answer 33

10. Diēs multōs in eā nāve fuī;

Question 34

10b. it was in that way that we experienced an adverse storm.

Answer 34

10b ita adversā tempestāte ūsī sumus.

Question 35

11. I will not be able to bear the wrath of the people, if you (will) go into exile.

Answer 35

11. Īram populī ferre nōn poterō, sī in exsilium ieris.

Question 36

12. After Caesar had been killed (ablative absolute), Brutus fled from Rome to Athens.

Answer 36

12. Caesare interfectō, Brūtus Rōmā Athēnās fūgit.

Question 37

13. I myself would return to Rome, if I had enough judgment about this affair.

Answer 37

13. Ipse Rōmam redīrem, sī satis cōnsiliī dē hāc rē habērem.

Question 38

14. No one is such an old man that he doesn’t think that he can live for one year.

Answer 38

14. Nēmō est tam senex ut nōn putet sē ūnum annum posse vīvere.

Question 39

15. As long as the fates permit, let us sate our eyes with love;

Answer 39

15. Dum nōs fāta sinunt, oculōs satiēmus amōre;

Question 40

15b. a long night is coming to you, nor will the day return.

Answer 40

15b. nox tibi longa venit, nec reditūra diēs.

Question 41

16. Opposed to no one, he/she has never placed himself/herself before others.

Answer 41

16. Adversus nēminī, numquam praepōnit sē aliīs.