Chapter 9b. English to Latin Flashcards
1
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- This whole book praises many passages of Roman literature.
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- Hic tōtus liber multōs locōs litterārum Rōmānārum laudat.
2
Q
- These (men, people) therefore were giving thanks to those goddesses yesterday.
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- Hī igitur illīs deābus heri grātiās agēbant.
3
Q
3a. I will now write that (thing) about the queen’s faults,
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3a. Illud dē vitiīs istīus rēgīnae nunc scrībam,
4
Q
3b. and that (despicable) one [female] will pay the penalty [lit. pl.].
A
3b. et ista poenās dabit.
5
Q
- Neither (person) will then give an abundant supply of money to the other.
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- Neuter alterī plēnam cōpiam pecūniae tum dabit.
6
Q
- Can the praise of any land be lasting?
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- Potestne laus ūllīus terrae esse perpetua?
7
Q
- The work of one (person) will never be able to defeat these forces.
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- Labor ūnīus numquam poterit hās cōpiās vincere.
8
Q
- The character of that (wretched) writer was excessively evil.
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- Mōrēs istīus scrīptōris erant nimis malī.
9
Q
- No teachers [male], however, dared to teach truth [lit. “true things”] under that dreadful [man].
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- Nūllī magistrī, tamen, sub istō vēra docēre audēbant.
10
Q
- Will peace and freedom fare well in our native land after this victory?
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- Valēbuntne pāx et lībertās in patria nostrā post hanc victōriam?
11
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- While those (men, people) are staying there, some do nothing, others learn.
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- Dum illī ibi remanent, aliī nihil agunt, aliī discunt.
12
Q
- Cicerō scrībēbat dē glōria alterīus virī et uxōris.
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- Cicero was writing about the glory of the other man and (of his) wife.
13
Q
- Tōta cīvitās gratiās agēbat sōlī frātrī huius virī.
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- The whole state was thanking this man’s brother alone.
14
Q
- Propter istam virtūtem illī nūllās cōpiās dūcent in haec loca heri.
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- On account of that courage (of yours) those (men) will lead no troops into these places tomorrow.
15
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- Poteritne uter liber dēmōnstrāre superāreque vitia hōrum temporum?
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- Will either new book be able to point out and overcome the faults of these times?
16
Q
- Where can I see them [female] now?
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- Ubi illās nunc vidēre possum?
17
Q
- This (man) will marry that maiden.
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- Hic illam virginem in mātrimōnium dūcet.
18
Q
- I give the palm to this advice.
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- Huic cōnsiliō palmam dō.
19
Q
- For we love the courage of that man.
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- Vīrtūtem enim illīus virī amāmus.
20
Q
- You [sg., male] alone can help.
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- Sōlus hunc iuvāre potes.
21
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20a. Punishment of this one (wretched) (person, man, woman) will relieve the sickenss of the city …
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20a. Poena istīus unīus hunc morbum cīvitātis relevābit …
22
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20b. but the danger will always remain.
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20b. sed perīculum semper remanēbit.
23
Q
- For these (men) are thinking about the destruction of this state and of the whole world.
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- Hī enim dē exitiō huius cīvitātis et tōtīus orbis terrārum cōgitant.
24
Q
- There is no place for either person in this land.
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- Est nūllus locus utrī hominī in hāc terrā.
25
Q
- Not only does the outcome teach this (thing)—it is the teacher [male] of stupid (people)—but also reason.
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- Nōn sōlum ēventus hoc docet—iste est magister stultōrum!—sed etiam ratiō.
26
Q
- I you want to pursue philosophy and the mind,
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- Sī vīs studēre philosophiae animōque,
27
Q
- this pursuit cannot fare well without frugality.
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- hoc studium nōn potest valēre sine frūgālitāte.
28
Q
- This frugality is voluntary poverty.
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- Haec frūgālitās est paupertās volutāria.
29
Q
- Therefore, take away those excuses of yours.
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- Tolle, igitur, istās excūsātiōnēs:
30
Q
- “I don’t yet have enough money.
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- “Nōndum satis pecūniae habeō.
31
Q
- If I ever will have that ‘enough,’
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- Si quando illud ‘satis’ habēbō,
32
Q
- then I will give myself entirely to philosophy.”
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- tum mē tōtum philosophiae dabō.”
33
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- Begin now to pursue philosophy, not money.
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- Incipe nunc philosophiae, nōn pecūniae, studēre.
