Chapter 6a. Latin to English

Question 1

1a. Oculī nostrī nōn valēbant;

Answer 1

1a. Our eyes were not strong;

Question 2

1b. quārē agrōs bellōs vidēre nōn poterāmus.

Answer 2

therefore we could not see the beautiful fields.

Question 3

2a. Sine multā pecūniā et multīs dōnīs …

Answer 3

2a. Without a lot of money and many gifts …

Question 4

2b. tyrannus stultus satiāre populum Romānum nōn poterit.

Answer 4

2b. the stupid tyrant will not be able to satisfy the Roman people.

Question 5

3. Nōn poterant, igitur, tē dē poenā amīcōrum tuōrum heri monēre.

Answer 5

3. They could not, therefore, warn you yesterday about the penalty of your [sg.] friends.

Question 6

4. Parvus numerus Graecōrum crās ibi remanēre et amīcōs adiuvāre poterit.

Answer 6

4. A small number of Greeks will be able to remain there tomorrow and help (their; our) friends.

Question 7

5. Magister discipulōs malōs sine morā vocābit.

Answer 7

5. The teacher [male] will call (upon) the bad students [male] without delay.

Question 8

6. Discipulae vestrae dē librīs magnī poētae saepe cōgitābant.

Answer 8

6. Your [pl.] students [female] were often thinking about the books of a great poet.

Question 9

7. Quandō satis sapientiae habēbimus?

Answer 9

7. When will we have enough (of) wisdom?

Question 10

8. Multī librī antīquī propter sapientiam cōnsiliumque erant magnī.

Answer 10

8. Many ancient books were great on account of (their) wisdom and advice.

Question 11

9. Glōria bonōrum librōrum semper manēbit.

Answer 11

9. The glory of good books will remain always.

Question 12

10. Possuntne pecūnia ōtiumque cūrās vītae hūmānae superāre?

Answer 12

10. Can money and leisure prevail over the cares of human life?

Question 13

11. Therefore, we cannot always see the real vices of a tyrant.

Answer 13

11. Nōn semper possumus igitur vitiās vērās tyrannī vidēre.

Question 14

12. Few free men will be able to tolerate an absolute ruler.

Answer 14

12. Paucī (virī) tyrannum tolerāre poterint.

Question 15

13. Many Romans used to praise the words of the ancient Greeks.

Answer 15

13. Multī Rōmānī verba Graecōrum antīquōrum laudābant.

Question 16

14. Where can glory and [use -que] fame be perpetual?

Answer 16

14. Ubi glōria fāmaque perpetuae erunt?

Question 17

15. Dionȳsius tum erat tyrannus Syrācūsānōrum.

Answer 17

15. At that time Dionyius was tyrant of the Syracusans.

Question 18

16. Optāsne meam vītam fortūnamque gustāre?

Answer 18

16. Do you [sg.] hope to taste my life and (my) fortune?

Question 19

17. Possumusne, Ō dī, in malīs īnsidiīs et magnō exitiō esse salvī?

Answer 19

17. Are we able, o gods, to be safe among evil plots and great ruin?

Question 20

18. Propter cūram meam in perpetuō perīculō nōn eritis.

Answer 20

18. Thanks to my care you you [pl.] will not be in perpetual danger.

Question 21

19a. Propter vitia tua multī tē culpant …

Answer 21

19a. Because of your [sg.] vices many (people) blame you …

Question 22

19b. et nihil tē in patriā tuā dēlectāre nunc potest.

Answer 22

19b. and nothing in your fatherland can please you now.

Question 23

20. Fortūna Pūnicī bellī secundī varia erat.

Answer 23

20. The fortune of the second Punic war was mixed.

Question 24

21. Patria Romānōrum erat plēna Graecōrum librōrum statuārumque pulchrārum.

Answer 24

21. The fatherland of the Romans was full of Greek books and beautiful statues.

Question 25

22. Sine dīs et deābus in caelō animus nōn potest sānus esse.

Answer 25

22. Without gods and goddesses in heaven the spirit cannot be healthy.

Question 26

23. Sī animus īnfīrmus est, nōn poterit bonam fortūnam tolerāre.

Answer 26

23. If the spirit is weak, it will not be able to endure good fortune.

Question 27

24. Ubi lēgēs valent, ibi populus līber potest valēre.

Answer 27

24. Where the laws are strong, the a free people can be strong.

Question 28

25. review the metrical scheme of an elegiac couplet:

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

Where do the two caesurae occur?

Answer 28

25.

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

in the hexameter line the caesura sometimes can occur after the first short syllable in a dactyl (the “weak” caesura) e.g. - ∪ ∪ │- ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ║ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - ∪ ∪ │ - x

Question 29

25a. Read aloud, in meter:

Nōn amo tē, Sabidī

Answer 29

25a.

NOAN amoh TAY, SahbiDEE,

Question 30

25b. Read aloud, in meter:

nec possum dīcere quārē.

Answer 30

25b.

neck posssum DEEcereh QUAHRAY.

Question 31

25c. Read aloud, in meter:

Hoc tantum possum

Answer 31

25c.

hock TAHNTUHM POSSSUHM

Question 32

25d. Read aloud, in meter:

dīcere: nōn amo tē.

Answer 32

25d.

DEEkehreh NOAN amoh TAY.

Question 33

25e. translate:

Nōn amo tē, Sabidī, nec possum dīcere quārē.

Answer 33

25e.

I do not love you, Sabidius, and I can’t say why.

Question 34

25f. translate:

Hoc tantum possum dīcere: nōn amo tē.

Answer 34

25f.

I can only say this: I do not love you.

Question 35

25g. read aloud and translate Martial, Epigram 1.32:

Nōn amo tē, Sabidī, nec possum dīcere quārē

Hoc tantum possum dīcere nōn amo tē

Answer 35

25g I do not love you, Sabidius, and I can’t say why. I can only say this: I do not love you.

Question 36

26. Populus Rōmānus magnōs animōs et paucās culpās habēbat.

Answer 36

26. The Roman people used to have a great spirit [lit. plural] and few faults.

Question 37

27a. Dē officiīs nostrīs cōgitābāmus …

Answer 37

27a. We would think about our duties …

Question 38

27b. et glōriam bellī semper laudābāmus.

Answer 38

27b. and we would always be praising the glory of war.

Question 39

28a. Sed nunc multum ōtium habēmus,

Answer 39

28a. But now we have a lot of leisure,

Question 40

28b. et multī sunt avāri.

Answer 40

28b. and many (of us Romans) are avaricious.

Question 41

29. Nec vitia nostra nec remedia tolerāre possumus.

Answer 41

29. We can tolerate neither our vices nor (their) remedies.