Death of Pliny the Elder lines 1-33

Question 1

Quo

Answer 1

In order that

Question 2

Verius tradere posteris possis

Answer 2

You might be able to hand it down more truthfully to future generations

Question 3

Erat Miseni

Answer 3

He was at Misenum

Question 4

Praesens

Answer 4

In person

Question 5

Classem(que) imperio…regebat

Answer 5

He was in command of the fleet with power

Question 6

Nonum kal. Septembres

Answer 6

On the ninth day before the Kalends of September (24th August)

Question 7

Hora fere septima

Answer 7

At around the seventh hour

Question 8

Indicat ei

Answer 8

She pointed out to him (that)

Question 9

Apparere

Answer 9

Was appearing

Question 10

Quae visa est ei

Answer 10

This seemed to him

Question 11

Ut

Answer 11

As one might expect

Question 12

Eruditissimo viro

Answer 12

For a very scholarly man

Question 13

Magna

Answer 13

Important

Question 14

Noscenda

Answer 14

Worth investigating

Question 15

Propius(que)

Answer 15

At closer quarters

Question 16

Iubet (present)

Answer 16

He ordered/s

Question 17

Liburnicam parari

Answer 17

A fast boat to be prepared

Question 18

Una

Answer 18

With him

Question 19

Vellem

Answer 19

I wanted

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Studere me malle

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I prefer to study

Question 21

Quod scriberem

Answer 21

Something to write

Question 22

Accipit codicillos Rectinae

Answer 22

He received notes of Rectina

Question 23

Tasci

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The wife of Tascius

Question 24

Imminenti

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Threatening

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Nam villa eius subiacebat

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For her house was lying under it

Question 26

Nec ulla nisi navibus fuga

Answer 26

And there was not any escape except by ships

Question 27

Se…eriperet

Answer 27

He rescue her from

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Tanto discrimini

Answer 28

Such a great danger

Question 29

Vertit ille consilium

Answer 29

He changed his plan

Question 30

Quod studioso animo inceperat

Answer 30

What he had begun with a studious mind

Question 31

Obit maximo

Answer 31

He accomplished with a heroic (mind/one)

Question 32

Deducit quadriremes

Answer 32

He launched the war ships

Question 33

Ascendit ipse

Answer 33

He himself embarked

Question 34

Laturus auxilium

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Intending to bring help

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Non Rectinae modo

Answer 35

Not only to Rectina

Question 36

Sed multis

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But to many

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Amoenitas orae

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That delightful stretch of coast

Question 38

Erat…frequens

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Was densely populated

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Illuc

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To that place

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Recta gubernacula

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Straight rudders

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Rectum(que) cursum

Answer 41

In a course straight (into)

Question 42

In periculum

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Into the danger

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Adeo solutus metu

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So much freed from fear

Question 44

Omnes illius mali motus

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All the movements of that disaster

Question 45

Ut deprenderat oculis

Answer 45

That he had observed with his own eyes

Question 46

Omnes figuras

Answer 46

All the features

Question 47

Incidebat

Answer 47

Was falling (on)

Question 48

Cinis

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The ash

Question 49

Quo propius accederent

Answer 49

The nearer they approached

Question 50

Pumices…lapidesque

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Pumices and stones

Question 51

Nigri et ambusti et fracti igne

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Black and scorched and broken by the fire

Question 52

Vadum subitum

Answer 52

There was sudden shallow water

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Obstantia

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Blocked

Question 54

Ruina montis

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By the debris of the mountain

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Haesitat paulisper

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He hesitated for a short time

Question 56

An

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Whether

Question 57

Retro navigaret

Answer 57

To sail back

Question 58

Gubernatori

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To the helmsman

Question 59

Ut ita faceret monenti

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Advising him to do so

Question 60

Fortes…fortuna adiuvat

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Fortune helps brave people

Question 61

Stabiis

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At Stabiae

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Diremptus sinu medio

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Separated [from Hurculaneum] by the intervening bay

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Mare…infunditur

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For the sea is being run in

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Sensim

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Gently

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Circumactis curvatisque litoribus

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By sweeping and curving shores

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Nondum

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Not yet

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Valde conspicuum

Answer 67

Was very much obvious

Question 68

Posuerat

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Had placed

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Sarcinas…in naves

Answer 69

His luggage in ships

Question 70

Certus fugae

Answer 70

Resolved on flight

Question 71

Contrarius ventus

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The opposing wind

Question 72

Resedisset

Answer 72

Subsided

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Petis ut…scribam

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You ask that I might write

Question 74

Quo…secundissimo

Answer 74

With this very favourable wind

Question 75

Invectus

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Having sailed in

Question 76

Amplectitur (pr)

Answer 76

He embraced

Question 77

Trepidantem

Answer 77

The trembling man

Question 78

Consolatur

Answer 78

He cheered him

Question 79

Hortatur

Answer 79

He encouraged him

Question 80

Utque timorem…leniret

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And in order to calm down his fear

Question 81

Eius sua securitate

Answer 81

With his own composure

Question 82

Ferri

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(That) he be carried

Question 83

In balineum

Answer 83

Into the bath

Question 84

Lotus

Answer 84

Having bathed

Question 85

Recumbit

Answer 85

He reclined

Question 86

Cenat

Answer 86

He dined

Question 87

Aut…aut

Answer 87

Either…or

Question 88

Hilaris

Answer 88

Cheerful

Question 89

Quod est aeque magnum

Answer 89

Which is equally important

Question 90

Similis hilari

Answer 90

Pretending to be cheerful