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Death Of Pliny The Elder Lines 33-68 Flashcards

1
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Latissimae flammae

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Broad sheets of fire

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Altaque incendia

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And high fires

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3
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Relucebant

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Were blazing

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4
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Quorum fulgor et claritas

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Whose glare and brightness

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Excitabatur

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Was emphasised

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Tenebris noctis

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By the darkness of the night

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In remedium formidinis

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As a cure for terror

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8
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Ille…dictitabat

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He kept saying that

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9
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Ignes…relictos

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The fires had been left

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10
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Agrestium trepidatione

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By the panic of the country folk

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11
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Desertasque villas

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And that deserted houses

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12
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Ardere

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Were burning

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13
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Per solitudinem

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Through the abandoned area

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14
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Se quieti dedit

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He gave himself to rest

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15
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Quievit verissimo quidem somno

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He rested indeed in a very real sleep

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16
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Meatus animae

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The breathing

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17
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Propter

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Because of

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18
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Amplitudinem corporis

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The stoutness of his body

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19
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Illi

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For him

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20
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Sonantior

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Noisier

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21
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Ab eis qui limini obversabantur audiebatur

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Was heard by those who were moving about near the doorway

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22
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Area ex qua

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The courtyard from which

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23
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Cubiculum adibatur

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The bedroom was approached

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24
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Iam…completa

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Having now been filled by

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25
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Cinere mixtisque pumicibus

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A mixture of ash and pumice

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26
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Surrexerat

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Had risen

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27
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Si longior in cubiculo mora esset

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If there was a longer delay in the bedroom

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28
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Exitus

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Escape

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29
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Negaretur

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Would have been made impossible

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30
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Excitatus

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Having been woken up

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31
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Procedit

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He proceeded

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32
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Seque…reddit

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And he went back (to)

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33
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Pervigilaverant

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Had stayed awake all night

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34
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Inter se

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Among themselves

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35
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Utrum

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Whether

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36
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Intra tecta maneant

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To stay inside the buildings

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37
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In aperto vagentur

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Roam about in the open

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38
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Crebris ingentibusque tremoribus

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With frequent and huge tremors

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39
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Nutabant

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Were shaking

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40
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Quasi emota sedibus suis

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As if having been torn away from their foundations

41
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Videbantur

A

They seemed

42
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Abire aut referri

A

To sway forwards and backwards

43
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Nunc huc nunc illuc

A

Now this way now that way

44
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Sub dio

45
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Rursus

A

On the other hand

46
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Casus pumicum metuebatur

A

The falling of pumices was feared

47
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Levium exesorumque

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Light and porous

48
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Quod tamen periculorum collatio elegit

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However a comparison of the dangers suggested the latter choice

49
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Apud illum quidem ratio rationem

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In his case the rational argument defeated the rational argument

50
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Apud ilios

A

In the case of others

51
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Timorem timor vicit

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Fear defeated fear

52
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Cervicalia capitibus imposita

A

Pillows having been placed on their heads

53
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Constringunt

A

They tied down

54
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Linteis

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With linen cloth

55
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Id munimentum…fuit

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It was protection

56
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Contra incidentia

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Against the falling objects

57
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Dies alibi

A

It was day elsewhere

58
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Illic

59
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Omnibus noctibus

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Than all nights

60
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Solvebant

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Were relieving

61
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Faces multae

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Many torches

62
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Variaque lumina

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Various kinds of lamps

63
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Placuit egredi in litus

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It was pleasing (for them) to go out onto the shore [they decided]

64
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Ex proximo

A

From close by

65
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Adspicere

A

Investigate

66
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Nam mare fugam praeberet

A

Whether the sea was offering an escape

67
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Adhuc

68
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Vastum

69
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Adversum

A

Unfavourable

70
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In abiecto linteo recumbens

A

Reclining on a sheet having been thrown down

71
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Semel atque iterum

A

Time and time again

72
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Poposcit

A

He demanded

73
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Hausitque

A

And drank it down

74
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Flammarumque praenuntius odor sulphuris

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And the smell of sulphur the warning signs of flames

75
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Alios ad fugam vertunt

A

Turn others to flight

76
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Excitant illum

A

They wake him up

77
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Innitens servis duobus

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Leaning on two slaves

78
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Concidit

79
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Spiritus

A

His breathing

80
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Ut ego credo

A

As I believe

81
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Obstructus erat

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Had been obstructed

82
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Densiore caligine

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By the denser fumes

83
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Claususque stomachus

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And his windpipe had been blocked

84
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Qui illi natura

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Which for him by nature

85
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Invalidus

86
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Angustus

87
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Saepe aestuans

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Often inflamed

88
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Ubi dies redditus est

A

When day was restored

89
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Is ab eo quem novissime viderat tertius

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That was the third day from which he had last seen

90
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Inventum

91
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Integrum

92
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Inlaesum

93
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Opertumque ut fuerat indutus

A

Covered as he had been dressed

94
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Habitus corporis

A

The appearance of the body

95
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Similior

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Was more similar

96
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Dormienti

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To someone sleeping

97
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Quam mortuo

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Than to someone dead

98
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Pluiribus locis

A

In many places

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