Chapter 7b. English to Latin

Question 1

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

Answer 1

1a. Secundās litterās discipulae heri vidēbās ….

Question 2

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

Answer 2

1b. et dē verbīs tum cōgitābās.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

4. Mōrēs Graecōrum nōn erant sine culpīs vitiīsque.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

5. Quandō hominēs satis virtūtis habēbunt?

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

7. Propter mōrēs hūmānōs pācem vēram nōn habēbimus.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

8. Poteritne cīvitās perīcula temporum nostrōrtum superāre?

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

10. Officia sapientiamque oculīs animī poterāmus vidēre.

Question 12

11. Sine mōribus sānīs habēre nōn possumus pācem habēre.

Answer 12

11. Without sound character we cannot have peace.

Question 13

12. Multae discīpulae parvum tempus habēbant litterīs Graecīs.

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

14. Fīliae amīcōrum tuōrum ibi cēnābant heri.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

15. I am a human being.

Answer 16

15. Homō sum.

Question 17

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

Answer 17

16. Nihil sub sōle novum.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

17. Carmina nova dē adulēscentiā virginibus puerīsque nunc cantō.

Question 19

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

Answer 19

18. Laudās fortūnam et mōrēs antīquae plēbis.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

19. Bonī propter amōrem virtūtis peccāre ōdērunt.

Question 21

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

Answer 21

20. Sub prīncipe dūrō temporibusque malīs audēs esse bonus.

Question 22

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

Answer 22

21. Populus stultus virīs indignīs honōrēs saepe dat.

Question 23

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

Answer 23

22. Nōmina stultōrum in parietibus et portīs semper vidēmus.

Question 24

23. Leisure without literature is death.

Answer 24

23. Ōtium sine litterīs mors est.

Question 25

24a. Many nations can tolerate servitude;

Answer 25

24a. Multae nātiōnēs servitūtem tolerāre possunt;

Question 26

24b. our city cannot.

Answer 26

24b. nostra cīvitās nōn potest.

Question 27

24c. Noble is the recovery of freedom.

Answer 27

24c. Praeclāra est recuperātiō lībertātis.

Question 28

25. Life gives nothing to mortals without great toil.

Answer 28

25. Nihil sine magnō labōre vīta mortālibus dat.

Question 29

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

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Answer 30

27a. Glōria in altissimīs Deō …

Question 31

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

Answer 31

27b. et in terrā pāx hominibus bonae voluntātis.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

28. Tarquinius Superbus erat rēx Rōmānōrum,

Question 33

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

Answer 33

29. et Sextus Tarquinius erat fīlius malus tyrannī.

Question 34

30. Sextus raped Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus,

Answer 34

30. Sextus Lucrētiam, uxōrem Collātīnī, rapuit,

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

32. Rōmānī antīquī virtūtem animōsque Lucrētiae semper laudābant …

Question 37

33. and the blamed the Tarquins.

Answer 37

33. et Tarquiniōs culpabant.

Question 38

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

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

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

Question 40

36. and you are learned teacher of literature!

Answer 40

36. et es magister doctus litterārum!

Question 41

37. Therefore have my new work;

Answer 41

37. Quārē habe novum labōrem meum:

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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