Chapter 8b. English to Latin

Question 1

1. Our times now are evil; our faults (are) great.

Answer 1

1. Tempora nostra nunc sunt mala; vitia nostra, magna.

Question 2

2a. Why is my sister writing a letter to your [sg.] wife?

Answer 2

2a. Quārē soror mea uxōrī tuae litterās scrībit?

Question 3

2b. Why will by sister write a letter to your [sg.] wife?

Answer 3

2b. Quārē soror mea uxōrī tuae litterās scrībet?

Question 4

2c. Why was my sister writing a letter to your [sg.] wife?

Answer 4

2c. Quārē soror mea uxōrī tuae litterās scrībēbat?

Question 5

3a. The autocrat will lead (his) stupid people out of your [pl.] land.

Answer 5

3a. Tyrannus populum stultum ē terrā vestrā dūcet.

Question 6

3b. The autocrat is leading (his) stupid people out of your [pl.] land.

Answer 6

3b. Tyrannus populum stultum ē terrā vestrā dūcit.

Question 7

3c. The autocrat was leading (his) stupid people out of your [pl.] land.

Answer 7

3c. Tyrannus populum stultum ē terrā vestrā dūcēbat.

Question 8

4. Where [or “when”] will there be enough (of) reason and spirit [lit. plural] in humans?

Answer 8

4. Ubi satis ratōnis animōrumque in hominibus erit?

Question 9

5. An abundance of true virture was able to overcome many faults.

Answer 9

5. Cōpia vērae virtūtis multās culpās superāre poterat.

Question 10

6. We spent our youth [= young manhood] in a free city.

Answer 10

6. In līberā cīvitāte adulēscentiam agēbāmus.

Question 11

7. We should never tolerate an evil king.

Answer 11

7. Regem malum tolerāre numquam dēbēmus.

Question 12

8. After a small delay we will write many words about the plots of stupid writers.

Answer 12

8. Post parvam moram multa verba dē īnsidiīs scrīptōrum stultōrum scrībēmus.

Question 13

9. Corpus ibi manēbit sub terrā.

Answer 13

9. The body will remain there under the ground.

Question 14

10a. Scrībe multa in librīs tuīs dē glōriā cīvitātis nostrae.

Answer 14

10a. Write [sg.] many (things) in your [sg.] books about the glory of our state.

Question 15

10b. Scrībite multa in librīs vestrīs dē glōriā cīvitātis nostrae.

Answer 15

10b. Write [pl.] many (things) in your [pl.] books about the glory of our state.

Question 16

11. Ratiōne semper dūcit regīnam vestram ad virtūtem?

Answer 16

11. Does reason always lead your [pl.] queen to virtue?

Question 17

12. Sember vidēbimus ibi multa nōmina Graeca.

Answer 17

12. We shall always see many Greek names there.

Question 18

13. My brother will lead his life in leisure.

Answer 18

13. Frāter meus vītam in ōtiō semper aget.

Question 19

14a. Come on! [sg.] Come on! Help [sg.] me!

Answer 19

14a. Age, age! Iuvā mē!

Question 20

14b. Lead [sg.] me to my second son.

Answer 20

14b. Dūc mē ad secundum fīlium meum.

Question 21

15. O friends, we are losing freedom.

Answer 21

15. Ō amīcī, lībertātem perdimus.

Question 22

16. I will explain the new dangers to the Roman people without delay.

Answer 22

16. Nova perīcula populō Romānō expōnam sine morā.

Question 23

17. We will never defeat danger without danger.

Answer 23

17. Numquam perīculum sine perīculō vincēmus.

Question 24

18. On account of [use ex] my errors I am able to show to people a straight road.

Answer 24

18. Ex meīs errōribus hominibus rēctum iter dēmōnstrāre possum.

Question 25

19. Catullus gives many [lit. “great”] thanks to Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Answer 25

19. Catullus Marcō Tulliō Cicerōnī magnās grātiās agit.

Question 26

20. The extraordinary looks of the maiden attracts the eyes of people.

Answer 26

20. Eximia fōrma virginis oculōs hominum convertit.

Question 27

21. Agamemnon will lead many troops from the land (of) Greece to Troy.

Answer 27

21a. Agamemnon magnās cōpiās ē terrā Graecā ad Trōiam dūcet,

Question 28

21b. where he will murder many men.

Answer 28

21b. ubi multōs virōs necābit.

Question 29

22. Love of praise draws people.

Answer 29

22. Amor laudis hominēs trahit.

Question 30

23. Caesar will preserve the authors of peace.

Answer 30

23. Auctōrēs pācis Caesar cōnservābit.

Question 31

24. In the midst of many cares and toils I am not able to write poems [lit. “songs”].

Answer 31

24. Inter multās cūrās labōrēsque carmina scrībere nōn possum.

Question 32

25a. While you are declaiming in the great city, my friend [sg.],

Answer 32

25a. Dum in magnā urbe dēclāmās, mī amīce,

Question 33

25b. I am re-reading the author of the Trojan war at (my) leisure.

Answer 33

25b. scrīptōrem Trōiānī bellī in ōtiō relegō.

Question 34

26. We learn not for life, but for leisure.

Answer 34

26. Nōn vītae, sed scholae, discimus.

Question 35

27. People, while they teach, learn.

Answer 35

27. Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.

Question 36

28. Reason will lead me, not fortune.

Answer 36

28. Ratiō mē dūcet, nōn fortūna.

Question 37

29. A city should not wage war without a reason or on account of anger.

Answer 37

29. Cīvitās bellum sine causā aut propter īram gerere nōn debet.

Question 38

30. If we can [future] defend the fortunes and the fields and [use -que] the lives of our people without war,

Answer 38

30. Sī fortūnās et agrōs vītāsque populī nostrī sine bellō dēfendere poterimus,

Question 39

31. then we will be able to preserve peace;

Answer 39

31. tum pācem cōnservāre dēbēbimus;

Question 40

32. if, however, we cannot [future] be secure ...

Answer 40

32. sī, autem, nōn poterimus esse salvī ...

Question 41

33. and (cannot) defend (our) country and our freedom without war,

Answer 41

33. et servāre pātriam lībertātemque nostram sine bellō,

Question 42

34. war will be necessary.

Answer 42

34. bellum erit necessarium.

Question 43

35. We should always display, however, great (attention to) duty in war,

Answer 43

35. Semper dēbēmus dēmōnstrāre, tamen, magnum officium in bellō,

Question 44

36. and (we should always display) great clemency after victory.

Answer 44

36. et magnam clēmentiam post victōriam.