Chapters 31-32b English to Latin

Question 1

1. Rogāvit ubi illae duae discipulae dignae haec didicissent.

Answer 1

1. He/she asked where those two worthy students [female] had learned these (things).

Question 2

2. Vidēbit quanta fuerit vīs illōrum verbōrum fēlīcium.

Answer 2

2. He/she will see how great was the force of those happy words.

Question 3

3. Hās īnsidiās repente exposuit nē rēs pūblica opprimerētur.

Answer 3

3. He suddenly exposed these plots so that the commonwealth (would) not be overwhelmed.

Question 4

4. Hī taceant et trēs cēterī expellantur nē occasiōnem simile habeant.

Answer 4

4. Let these (people) be silent and lett three others [male] be expelled so they don’t have a similar opportunity.

Question 5

5. Ita dūrus erat ut beneficia nē parentum quidem comprehendere posset.

Answer 5

5. He was so hard that that he could not understand the kindness even of (his) parents.

Question 6

6. Cēterī quidem nesciēbant quam ācris esset mēns nātae eōrum.

Answer 6

6. The other (people), indeed, did not know how harsh was the mind of their daughter.

Question 7

7. Dēnique prīnceps cognōscet cūr potentior pars mīlitum nōs vītet.

Answer 7

7. Finally the let prince recognize why the more powerful part of the soldiers avoids us.

Question 8

8. Iam cognōvī cūr clāra facta vērō nōn sint facillima.

Answer 8

8. Now I know why famous deeds truly are not extremely easy.

Question 9

9. Quīdam auctōrēs appellābant arma optimum remedium malōrum.

Answer 9

9. Some authors have called weapons the best remedy for evils.

Question 10

10. Mortuīs haec arma mox dēdicēmus nē honōre egeant.

Answer 10

10. Let us dedicate these weapons to the dead so that they do not lack honor.

Question 11

11. Fātō duce, Rōmulus Remusque Rōmam condidērunt;

Answer 11

11. With fate as leader, Romulus and Remus founded Rome;

Question 12

11b. et, Remō necātō, moenia urbis novae cito surrēxērunt.

Answer 12

11b. and, when Remus had been killed, the walls of the new city arose swiftly.

Question 13

12. Tell [sg.] me in what lands liberty is found.

Answer 13

12. Dīc mihi in quibus terrīs lībertās inveniātur.

Question 14

13. We did not know where the sword had finally been put.

Answer 14

13. Nesciēbāmus ubi dēnique ferrum positum esset.

Question 15

14. He does not understand the first book which they wrote about the moon, stars, and constellations.

Answer 15

14. Nōn comprehendit prīmum lībrum quod scrīpsērunt dē lūnā, dē stellīs, et dē sīderibus.

Question 16

15. They asked why you [sg.] could not learn what the rest had done.

Answer 16

15. Rogāvērunt cūr nōn possēs discere (id) quod cēterī fēcissent.

Question 17

16. Let all men now seek better things than money or supreme power so that their souls may be happier.

Answer 17

16. Omnēs hominēs petant meliōra quam pecūnia aut imperium ut animī (suī) sint fēliciōrēs.

Question 18

1. Nunc vidētis quantum scelus contra rem pūblicam et lēgēs nostrās vōbīs prōnūntiātum sit.

Answer 18

1. Now you see what a great crime against the commonwealth and our laws has been announced.

Question 19

2. Quam dulcis sit lībertās vōbīs prōtinus dīcam.

Answer 19

2. I will say to you [pl.] at once how sweet is liberty.

Question 20

3. Rogābat dēnique cūr umquam ex urbe cessissent.

Answer 20

3. He/she was asking, in the end, why they had ever withdrawn from the city.

Question 21

4. Nunc sciō quid sit amor.

Answer 21

4. Now I know what love is.

Question 22

5. Videāmus uter hīc in mediō forō plus scrībere possit.

Answer 22

5. Let us see which (of two) can write more here in the middle of the forum.

Question 23

6.Multī dubitābant quid optimum esset.

Answer 23

6. Many (people) were in doubt (about) what was the best (thing).

Question 24

7. Incipiam expōnere unde nātūra omnēs rēs creet alatque.

Answer 24

7. I will begin to explain from what place nature creates all things [rēs] and nourishes (them).

Question 25

8. Dulce est vidēre quibus malīs ipse careās.

Answer 25

8. It is sweet to see what evils you [sg.] yourself lack.

Question 26

9. Auctōrem Trōiānī bellī relēgī, quī dīcit quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid nōn.

Answer 26

9. I have reread the writer of the Trojan war, who says what is beautiful, what (is) disgraceful, what (is) useful, (and) what (is) not.

Question 27

10. Doctōs rogābis quā ratiōne bene agree cursum vītae possīs,

Answer 27

10. You [sg.] will ask learned (people) by what plan you can run [use ago] (your) course of life well,

Question 28

10b utrum virtūtem doctrīna paret an nātūra ingeniumque dent,

Answer 28

10b (and you will ask) whether teaching provides virtue or (whether) nature and talent give (it),

Question 29

10c quid minuat cūrās,

Answer 29

10c (and you will ask) what lessens cares,

Question 30

10d quid tē amīcum tibi faciat.

Answer 30

10d. (and you will ask) what makes you a friend to yourself.

Question 31

11. Istī autem rogant tantum quid habeās, nōn cūr et unde.

Answer 31

11. Those (horrible people), however, ask only what you [sg.] have, not why and from where (you have it).

Question 32

12. Errat, quī finem vēsānī quaerit amōris:

Answer 32

12. He is wrong, (he) who seeks the end of an insane love:

Question 33

12b. vērus amor nūllum nōvit habēre modum.

Answer 33

12b. true love knows not how to have a limit [= knows how to have no limit]

Question 34

13. Sed tempus est iam mē discēdere ut cicūtam bibam, et vōs discēdere ut vītam agātis.

Answer 34

13. But now it is time for me to depart to drink hemlock, and for you [pl.] to depart to live life.

Question 35

13b. Utrum autem sit melius, dī immortālēs sciunt;

Answer 35

13b. Which (of these two things) is better, however, the immortal gods (only) know;

Question 36

13c. hominem quidem nēminem scīre crēdō.

Answer 36

13c I believe that in fact no man knows.

Question 37

1. Sit dēnique scrīptum in fronte ūnīus cuiusque quid de rē pūblicā sentiat;

Answer 37

1. Let (it) be written, finally, on the face of each (person) what he feels about the commonwealth;

Question 38

2. nam rem pūblicam labōribus cōnsiliīsque meīs ex igne atque ferrō ēreptam esse vidētis.

Answer 38

2. for you [pl.] see that the commonwealth has been snatched by my labors and my counsels from fire and sword.

Question 39

3. Haec iam expōnam breviter ut scīre possītis quā ratiōne comprehēnsa sint.

Answer 39

3. I will now briefly explain these (things) so that you [pl.] can know by what plan they have been arrested.

Question 40

4. Semper prōvīdī quō modō in tantīs īnsidiīs salvī esse possēmus.

Answer 40

4. Always have I given attention to how we can be safe in such great plots.

Question 41

5. Omnēs diēs cōnsūmpsī ut vidērem quid coniūratī āctūri essent.

Answer 41

5. I have used up all the days to see what the conspirators would do.

Question 42

6. Dēnique litterās intercipere potuī quae ad Catilīnam ā Lentulō aliīsque coniūrātīs missae erant.

Answer 42

6. Finally I was able to intercept the letter which had been sent to Catiline by Lentulus and the other conspirators.

Question 43

7. Tum, coniūrātīs comprehēnsīs et senātū convocāto,

Answer 43

7. Then, after the conspirators were arrested and the senate was convened,

Question 44

8. contendī in senātum, ostendī litterās Lentulō, quaesīvī cognōsceretne signum.

Answer 44

8. I hastened to the senate, I showed the letter to Lentulus, I asked whether he recognized his seal.

Question 45

9. Dīxit sē cognōscere;

Answer 45

9. He said that he recognized (it);

Question 46

10. sed prīmō dubitāvit et negāvit sē dē hīs rēbus respōnsūrum esse.

Answer 46

10. but at first he hestitated and denied that he would (make a) reply about these matters.

Question 47

11. Mox autem ostendit quanta esset vīs cōnscientiae;

Answer 47

11. Soon however he showed how great the force of conscience was;

Question 48

12. nam repente mollītus est atque omnem rem narrāvit.

Answer 48

12. for he was suddenly softened and he told (about) the whole affair.

Question 49

13. Tum cēterī coniūrātī tam fūrtim inter sē aspiciēbant …

Answer 49

13. Then the rest of the conspirators glanced at each others so secretly …

Question 50

14. ut nōn ab aliīs indicārī sed indicāre sē ipsī vidērentur.

Answer 50

14. that they seemed not to be accused by others but they themselves (seemed to) accuse themselves.

Question 51

1. review the elegiac couplet

Answer 51

1. elegiac couplet

Question 52

2. read aloud: Mēnsās, Ōle, bonās pōnis, sed pōnis opertās.

Answer 52

2. MAYNSAHS, OHlĕh, bŏnAHS PŌNĭs sĕd PŌnĭs ŏpEHRTAHS

Question 53

3. read aloud: Rīdiculum est: possum sīc ego habēre bonās.

Answer 53

3. REEdĭcŭl’ EHTS: POHSSUHM SEEK ĕg’ ăBAYRĕ bŏnAHS

Question 54

4. read aloud and translate Martial 10.54: Mēnsās, Ōle, bonās pōnis, sed pōnis opertās. / Rīdiculum est: possum sīc habēre bonās.

Answer 54

4. You lay out good dishes, Olus, but you lay them out covered. // It’s ridiculous: (even) I can have good (dishes) that way.

Question 55

5. read aloud: Nīl mihi dās vīvus; dīcis post fāta datūrum:

Answer 55

5. NIHL mĭhĭ DAHS WEEWUHS DEEKIHS POHST FAHtă dăTOORAHM

Question 56

6. read aloud: sī nōn es stultus, scīs, Maro, quid cupiam!

Answer 56

6. SEE NŌN EHS STUHLTUHS SKEES, Mărō, KWIHD cŭpĭAHM

Question 57

7. read aloud and translate Martial 11.67 Nīl mihi dās vīvus; dīcis post fāta datūrum: //sī nōn es stultus, scīs, Maro, quid cupiam!

Answer 57

7. You give me nothing (when you’re) alive; you say (you) will give after death: // if you’re not stupid, you know, Maro, what I want!

Question 58

8. read aloud: Tantum magna suō dēbet Vērōna Catullō

Answer 58

8. TAHNTUHM MAHGNă sŭOH DAYBEHT VAYRŌNă CăTUHLLŌ

Question 59

9. read aloud: quantum parva suō Mantua Vergiliō

Answer 59

9. QUAHNTUHM PARWă sŭOH MAHNtŭă VEHRgĭlĭŌ

Question 60

10. read aloud and translate Martial 14.195

Answer 60

10. Great Verona owes as much to her Catullus /// as tiny Mantua owes to its Vergil.