Death 1 Flashcards
Petis ut tibi avunculi mei exitum scribam, quo verius tradere posteris possis.
You ask that I should record in writing for you the death of my uncle in order that you can hand it down more accurately to posterity.
Erat Misseni classemque imperio prasesens regebat.
He was at Mesinum and in person was commanding the fleet with imperium.
Nonum kal. Septembres hora fere septima mater mea indicat ei nubem mirabilem apparere
On 24th august at almost the seventh hour my mother pointed out to him that a strange cloud was appearing.
Quae visa est ei, ut eruditissimo viro, magna propuisque noscenda.
This seemed to him, as one might expect in a very scholarly man, significant and needing to be investigated at closer quarters.
Iubet liburnicam parari
He ordered a fast boat to be prepared.
me si venire una vellem rogat
He asked me if i wanted to come with him.
Respondi studere me malle, et forte ipse quod scriberem dederat.
I replied that i preferred to study and by chance he himself had given me something to write.
Egrediebatur domo
He was leaving the house.
Accipit codicillos Rectinae Tasci imminenti periculo perterritae
He received a note from Rectina, wife of Tascus, terrified at the impending danger.
Nam villa eius subiacebat, nec ulla nisi navibus fuga
For her villa lay beneath and there wasn’t any escape except by boats
Orabat ut se tanto discrimini eriperet
She was begging him to rescue her from such great danger
