Day 1

Question 1

Ante lucem ibat ad Vespasianum imperatorem

Answer 1

Before dawn he used to go to the Emperor Vespasian

Question 2

Nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur

Answer 2

For he also made use of nights

Question 3

Deinde ad officium sibi delegatum

Answer 3

Then to the duty assigned to him

Question 4

Reversus domum reliquum tempus studii dabat

Answer 4

Having returned home he gave the remaining time to his studies

Question 5

Saepe post cibum

Answer 5

Often after food

Question 6

Qui veterum more interdiu levis et facilis erat

Answer 6

Which during the day in the custom of his forefathers was light and easily digested

Question 7

Aestate, si quid otii erat, iacebat in sole, liber legebatur, adnotabat excerpebatque.

Answer 7

In the summer, if there was any leisure, he used to lie in the sun, a book was read, he made notes and made extracts.

Question 8

Nihil enim legit quod non excerperet

Answer 8

For he reads nothing that he does not make extracts from

Question 9

Dicere etiam solebat nullum librum esse tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset

Answer 9

For he was accustomed to say that no book was so bad that it was not of use in some part

Question 10

Post solem plerumque aqua frigida lavabatur, deinde gustabat dormiebatque minimum

Answer 10

After the sun he usually washed himself in cold water, then he had a snack and slept for a very short time

Question 11

Mox quasi alio die studebat in cenae tempus

Answer 11

Soon as if another day he used to study into the time of dinner

Question 12

Super cenam liber legebatur adnotabatur, et quidem cursim.

Answer 12

Over dinner a book was read, notes were made, and indeed rapidly.