Chapter 4b. English to Latin Flashcards
- Leisure is good, but many (people) have little leisure.
- Ōtium est bonum, sed ōtium multōrum est parvum.
- Wars are evil and hold many dangers.
- Bella sunt mala et multa perīcula habent.
- Duty calls the sailor from leisure today.
- Officium nautam dē ōtiō hodiē vocat.
4a. Few men see (the) many forms of danger in money …
4a. Paucī virī multās fōrmās perīculī in pecūniā vident …
4b. — we should not be avaricious!
4b. — nōn dēbēmus esse avārī!
5a. If you have a lot of mony,
5a. Sī multam pecūniam habētis,
5b. often you will not be without cares.
5b. saepe nōn estis sine cūrīs.
- Without delay the girls warn (their) teacher [female] about (her) bad plan.
- Puellae magistram dē cōnsiliō malō sine morā monent.
7a. O great poet, we are true friends;
7a. Ō magne poēta, sumus vērī amīcī;
7b. help me, please!
7b. mē iuvā, amābō tē!
- The woman sees both the fields and the gate of the farmer.
- Fēmina et agrōs et portam agricolae videt.
- In magnō perīculō es.
- You (sg.) are in great danger.
- Sententiae fīliī meī saepe stultae sunt.
- My son’s opinions are often foolish.
- Fīliae et fīliī magnōrum virōrum nōn sunt semper magnī.
- The daughters and sons of great men and women are not always great.
12a. Sine sapientiā …
12a. Without wisdom …
12b. fortūna bona nautārum
12b. the sailors’ good fortune …
12c. nihil est …
12c. is nothing …
12d. et poenās dant.
12d. and they are paying the penalty.
- Fortune is blind.
- Fortūna caeca est.
- If the dangers are true, you are unfortunate.
- Sī perīcula sunt vēra, īnfortūnātus es.
- Hello, o friend; you are a good man.
- Salvē, Ō amice; vir bonus es.
- Not charming is the reputation of your son.
- Nōn bella est fāma fīliī tuī.
- To err is human.
- Errāre est hūmanum.
- Nothing is wholly blessed.
- Nihil est omnīnō beātum.
- The remedy for anger is delay.
- Remedium īrae est mora.
- The good Daphnis, my [male] friend, loves leisure and the life of a farmer.
- Bonus Daphnis, amīcus meus, ōtium et vītam agricolae amat.
- Teachers [male] often give cookies and gifts to small boys.
- Magistrī parvīs puerīs crūstula et dōna saepe dant.
- I love my girlfriend more than my eyes.
- Amīcam meam magis quam oculōs meōs amō.
- Hello, my girl—give me many kisses, please!
- Salvē, mea puella—dā mihi multa bāsia, amābō tē!
- Infinite is the number of stupid (people).
- Īnfinītus est numerus stultōrum.
- Duty calls me.
- Officium mē vocat.
26a. Bad men are among us [lit. “in our number”]…
26a. Malī sunt in nostrō numerō …
26b. and they are thinking about the destruction of good men.
26b. et dē exitiō bonōrum virōrum cōgitant.
26c. Assist the good (men);
26c. Bonōs adiuvāte;
26d. preserve the country and the Roman people.
26d. cōnservāte patriam et populum Rōmānum.
- Few men have friends,
- Paucī virī amīcōs habent,
- and few (men) are worthy.
- et paucī sunt dignī.
- True friendship is splendid,
- Amīcitia vēra est praeclāra,
- and all splendid (things) are rare.
- et omnia praeclāra sunt rāra.
- Many stupid men think always about money,
- Multī virī stultī dē pecūniā semper cōgitant,
- few (men) (think) about friends;
- paucī dē amīcīs (cōgitant);
- but they are wrong:
- sed errant:
- we can fare well without a lot of money,
- possumus valēre sine multā pecūniā,
- but without friendship we do not fare well …
- sed sine amīcitiā nōn valēmus …
- and life is nothing.
- et vīta est nihil.