Chapter 6b. English to Latin

Question 1

1a. Our eyes were not strong;

Answer 1

1a. Oculī nostrī nōn valēbant;

Question 2

therefore we could not see the beautiful fields.

Answer 2

1b. quārē agrōs bellōs vidēre nōn poterāmus.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

2a. Sine multā pecūniā et multīs dōnīs …

Question 4

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

Answer 4

2b. tyrannus stultus satiāre populum Romānum nōn poterit.

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

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

Answer 7

5. Magister discipulōs malōs sine morā vocābit.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

6. Discipulae vestrae dē librīs magnī poētae saepe cōgitābant.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

7. Quandō satis sapientiae habēbimus?

Question 10

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

Answer 10

8. Multī librī antīquī propter sapientiam cōnsiliumque erant magnī.

Question 11

9. The glory of good books will remain always.

Answer 11

9. Glōria bonōrum librōrum semper manēbit.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

10. Possuntne pecūnia ōtiumque cūrās vītae hūmānae superāre?

Question 13

11. Nōn semper possumus igitur vitiās vērās tyrannī vidēre.

Answer 13

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

Question 14

12. Paucī (virī) tyrannum tolerāre poterint.

Answer 14

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

Question 15

13. Multī Rōmānī verba Graecōrum antīquōrum laudābant.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

14. Ubi glōria fāmaque perpetuae erunt?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

15. Dionȳsius tum erat tyrannus Syrācūsānōrum.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

16. Optāsne meam vītam fortūnamque gustāre?

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

18. Propter cūram meam in perpetuō perīculō nōn eritis.

Question 21

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

Answer 21

19a. Propter vitia tua multī tē culpant …

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

20. Fortūna Pūnicī bellī secundī varia erat.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

21. Patria Romānōrum erat plēna Graecōrum librōrum statuārumque pulchrārum.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

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

Answer 26

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

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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

Question 28

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

Answer 28

25g. read aloud and translate Martial, Epigram 1.32: Nōn amo tē, Sabidī, nec possum dīcere quārē // Hoc tantum possum dīcere nōn amo tē

Question 29

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

Answer 29

26. Populus Rōmānus magnōs animōs et paucās culpās habēbat.

Question 30

27a. We would think about our duties ...

Answer 30

27a. Dē officiīs nostrīs cōgitābāmus ...

Question 31

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

Answer 31

27b. et glōriam bellī semper laudābāmus.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

28a. Sed nunc multum ōtium habēmus,

Question 33

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

Answer 33

28b. et multī sunt avāri.

Question 34

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

Answer 34

29. Nec vitia nostra nec remedia tolerāre possumus.