Chapter 7a. Latin to English

Question 1

1a. Secundās litterās discipulae heri vidēbās ….

Answer 1

1a. You saw [imperf.] the student’s [female] second letter yesterday …

Question 2

1b. et dē verbīs tum cōgitābās.

Answer 2

1b. and then you were thinking about the words.

Question 3

2. Fēminae sine morā cīvitātem dē īnsidiīs et exitiō malō monēbunt.

Answer 3

2. Without delay the women will warn the city about the plots and evil destruction.

Question 4

3. Rēx et rēgīna igitur crās nōn audēbunt ibi remanēre.

Answer 4

3. Therefore tomorrow the king and queen will not dare to remain there.

Question 5

4. Mōrēs Graecōrum nōn erant sine culpīs vitiīsque.

Answer 5

4. The customs of the Greeks were not without faults and crimes.

Question 6

5. Quandō hominēs satis virtūtis habēbunt?

Answer 6

5. When will humans have enough (of) virtue?

Question 7

6. Corpora vestra sunt sāna et animī sunt plēnī sapientiae.

Answer 7

6. Our bodies are healthy and our minds our full of wisdom.

Question 8

7. Propter mōrēs hūmānōs pācem vēram nōn habēbimus.

Answer 8

7. Thanks to human character we will not have true peace.

Question 9

8. Poteritne cīvitās perīcula temporum nostrōrtum superāre?

Answer 9

8. Will the state be able to overcome the dangers of our times?

Question 10

9. Post bellum multōs librōs dē pāce et remediīs bellī vidēbant.

Answer 10

9. After the war they saw [imperf.] many books about peace and (about) the remedies of war.

Question 11

10. Officia sapientiamque oculīs animī poterāmus vidēre.

Answer 11

10. We were able to see duties and wisdom with the eyes of the mind.

Question 12

11. Without sound character we cannot have peace.

Answer 12

11. Sine mōribus sānīs habēre nōn possumus pācem habēre.

Question 13

12. Many students [female] used to have little time for Greek literature.

Answer 13

12. Multae discīpulae parvum tempus habēbant litterīs Graecīs.

Question 14

13. After bad times true virtue and much labor will help the state.

Answer 14

13. Post tempora mala virtūs vēra et multus labor cīvitātem adiuvābunt.

Question 15

14. The daughters of your [sg.] friends [male] were dining there yesterday.

Answer 15

14. Fīliae amīcōrum tuōrum ibi cēnābant heri.

Question 16

15. Homō sum.

Answer 16

15. I am a human being.

Question 17

16. Nihil sub sōle novum.

Answer 17

16. (There is) nothing new under the sun.

Question 18

17. Carmina nova dē adulēscentiā virginibus puerīsque nunc cantō.

Answer 18

17. Now I am singing new songs about youth to girls [lit. “maidens”] and (to) boys.

Question 19

18. Laudās fortūnam et mōrēs antīquae plēbis.

Answer 19

18. You praise the fortune and the customs of the ancient common people.

Question 20

19. Bonī propter amōrem virtūtis peccāre ōdērunt.

Answer 20

19. Good (people), thanks to (their) love of virtue, hate to sin.

Question 21

20. Sub prīncipe dūrō temporibusque malīs audēs esse bonus.

Answer 21

20. Under a hard prince and in bad times you [sg., male] dare to be good.

Question 22

21. Populus stultus virīs indignīs honōrēs saepe dat.

Answer 22

21. The stupid people often bestows honors on unworthy men.

Question 23

22. Nōmina stultōrum in parietibus et portīs semper vidēmus.

Answer 23

22. We always see the names of stupid (people) on the walls and doors.

Question 24

23. Ōtium sine litterīs mors est.

Answer 24

23. Leisure without literature is death.

Question 25

24a. Multae nātiōnēs servitūtem tolerāre possunt;

Answer 25

24a. Many nations can tolerate servitude;

Question 26

24b. nostra cīvitās nōn potest.

Answer 26

24b. our city cannot.

Question 27

24c. Praeclāra est recuperātiō lībertātis.

Answer 27

24c. Noble is the recovery of freedom.

Question 28

25. Nihil sine magnō labōre vīta mortālibus dat.

Answer 28

25. Life gives nothing to mortals without great toil.

Question 29

26. Quōmodo in perpetuā pāce salvī et lībertī esse poterimus?

Answer 29

26. How can we [future] be safe and free in perpetual peace?

Question 30

27a. Glōria in altissimīs Deō …

Answer 30

27a. Glory to God in the highest (realms) …

Question 31

27b. et in terrā pāx hominibus bonae voluntātis.

Answer 31

27b. and on earth peace to people of good will.

Question 32

30. Tarquinius Superbus erat rēx Rōmānōrum,

Answer 32

28. Tarquin the Proud was a king of the Romans,

Question 33

31. et Sextus Tarquinius erat fīlius malus tyrannī.

Answer 33

29. and Sextus Tarquin was a son of the evil tyrant.

Question 34

32. Sextus Lucrētiam, uxōrem Collātīnī, rapuit,

Answer 34

30. Sextus raped Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus,

Question 35

33. et fēmina bona, propter magnum amōrem virtūtis, sē necāvit.

Answer 35

31. and the good woman killed herself, on account of (her) great love of virtue.

Question 36

34. Rōmānī antīquī virtūtem animōsque Lucrētiae semper laudābant …

Answer 36

32. The ancient Romans always praised the virtue and the spirit [lit. plural] of Lucretia …

Question 37

35. et Tarquiniōs culpabant.

Answer 37

33. and the blamed the Tarquins.

Question 38

36. Cornēliō, virō magnae sapientiae, dabō pulchrum librum novum.

Answer 38

34. To Cornelius, a man of great wisdom, I will give my pretty new book.

Question 39

38. Cornēlī, mī amīce, librōs meōs semper laudābās,

Answer 39

35. Cornelius, my friend, you always would praise my books,

Question 40

39. et es magister doctus litterārum!

Answer 40

36. and you are learned teacher of literature!

Question 41

40. Quārē habe novum labōrem meum:

Answer 41

37. Therefore have my new work;

Question 42

41. fāma librī—et tua fāma—erit perpetua.

Answer 42

38. the fame of the book—and your fame—will be eternal.