Chapter 7b. English to Latin Flashcards
1
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1a. You saw [imperf.] the student’s [female] second letter yesterday …
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1a. Secundās litterās discipulae heri vidēbās ….
2
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1b. and then you were thinking about the words.
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1b. et dē verbīs tum cōgitābās.
3
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- Without delay the women will warn the city about the plots and evil destruction.
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- Fēminae sine morā cīvitātem dē īnsidiīs et exitiō malō monēbunt.
4
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- Therefore tomorrow the king and queen will not dare to remain there.
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- Rēx et rēgīna igitur crās nōn audēbunt ibi remanēre.
5
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- The customs of the Greeks were not without faults and crimes.
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- Mōrēs Graecōrum nōn erant sine culpīs vitiīsque.
6
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- When will humans have enough (of) virtue?
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- Quandō hominēs satis virtūtis habēbunt?
7
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- Our bodies are healthy and our minds our full of wisdom.
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- Corpora vestra sunt sāna et animī sunt plēnī sapientiae.
8
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- Thanks to human character we will not have true peace.
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- Propter mōrēs hūmānōs pācem vēram nōn habēbimus.
9
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- Will the state be able to overcome the dangers of our times?
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- Poteritne cīvitās perīcula temporum nostrōrtum superāre?
10
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- After the war they saw [imperf.] many books about peace and (about) the remedies of war.
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- Post bellum multōs librōs dē pāce et remediīs bellī vidēbant.
11
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- We were able to see duties and wisdom with the eyes of the mind.
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- Officia sapientiamque oculīs animī poterāmus vidēre.
12
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- Sine mōribus sānīs habēre nōn possumus pācem habēre.
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- Without sound character we cannot have peace.
13
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- Multae discīpulae parvum tempus habēbant litterīs Graecīs.
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- Many students [female] used to have little time for Greek literature.
14
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- Post tempora mala virtūs vēra et multus labor cīvitātem adiuvābunt.
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- After bad times true virtue and much labor will help the state.
15
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- Fīliae amīcōrum tuōrum ibi cēnābant heri.
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- The daughters of your [sg.] friends [male] were dining there yesterday.
16
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- I am a human being.
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- Homō sum.
17
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- (There is) nothing new under the sun.
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- Nihil sub sōle novum.
18
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- Now I am singing new songs about youth to girls [lit. “maidens”] and (to) boys.
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- Carmina nova dē adulēscentiā virginibus puerīsque nunc cantō.
19
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- You praise the fortune and the customs of the ancient common people.
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- Laudās fortūnam et mōrēs antīquae plēbis.
20
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- Good (people), thanks to (their) love of virtue, hate to sin.
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- Bonī propter amōrem virtūtis peccāre ōdērunt.
21
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- Under a hard prince and in bad times you [sg., male] dare to be good.
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- Sub prīncipe dūrō temporibusque malīs audēs esse bonus.
22
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- The stupid people often bestows honors on unworthy men.
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- Populus stultus virīs indignīs honōrēs saepe dat.
23
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- We always see the names of stupid (people) on the walls and doors.
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- Nōmina stultōrum in parietibus et portīs semper vidēmus.
24
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- Leisure without literature is death.
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- Ōtium sine litterīs mors est.
25
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24a. Many nations can tolerate servitude;
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24a. Multae nātiōnēs servitūtem tolerāre possunt;
26
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24b. our city cannot.
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24b. nostra cīvitās nōn potest.
27
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24c. Noble is the recovery of freedom.
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24c. Praeclāra est recuperātiō lībertātis.
28
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- Life gives nothing to mortals without great toil.
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- Nihil sine magnō labōre vīta mortālibus dat.
29
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- How can we [future] be safe and free in perpetual peace?
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- Quōmodo in perpetuā pāce salvī et lībertī esse poterimus?
30
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27a. Glory to God in the highest (realms) …
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27a. Glōria in altissimīs Deō …
31
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27b. and on earth peace to people of good will.
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27b. et in terrā pāx hominibus bonae voluntātis.
32
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- Tarquin the Proud was a king of the Romans,
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- Tarquinius Superbus erat rēx Rōmānōrum,
33
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- and Sextus Tarquin was a son of the evil tyrant.
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- et Sextus Tarquinius erat fīlius malus tyrannī.
34
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- Sextus raped Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus,
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- Sextus Lucrētiam, uxōrem Collātīnī, rapuit,
35
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- and the good woman killed herself, on account of (her) great love of virtue.
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- et fēmina bona, propter magnum amōrem virtūtis, sē necāvit.
36
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- The ancient Romans always praised the virtue and the spirit [lit. plural] of Lucretia …
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- Rōmānī antīquī virtūtem animōsque Lucrētiae semper laudābant …
37
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- and the blamed the Tarquins.
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- et Tarquiniōs culpabant.
38
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- To Cornelius, a man of great wisdom, I will give my pretty new book.
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- To Cornelius, a man of great wisdom, I will give my pretty new book.
39
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- Cornelius, my friend, you always would praise my books,
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- Cornēlī, mī amīce, librōs meōs semper laudābās,
40
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- and you are learned teacher of literature!
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- et es magister doctus litterārum!
41
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- Therefore have my new work;
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- Quārē habe novum labōrem meum:
42
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- the fame of the book—and your fame—will be eternal.
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- fāma librī—et tua fāma—erit perpetua.
