Extract 3 Flashcards
Istius
Of that man (extract 3 line 1)
Nomine classis esset in Sicilia, re quidem vera naves inanes
The so called fleet was in Sicily and in actual fact the ships were empty (INANES=EMPTY)
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Quae praedam praetori non quae praedonibus metum adferrent
The ships brought plunder to the governor not fear to the Pirates
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Semiplenis
Half-full
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Non ceperunt, sed abduxerunt
Not so much captured, but led away
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Captam atque depressam
Disabled and weighed down
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Navis plena
Full ship
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Plena
Full
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Argenti facti atque signati
Silver plate and coin
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Stragula veste
Carpeting and tapestry
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Non Capta est, sed inventa
Not captured but found
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Mulierculis
Little women
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Quaestori legatoque
His quaestor and legate
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Quasi praeda sibi advecta
As if there had been loot brought to him
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In hostium numero
Among the enemy [pirates]
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Qui aliquid formae aetatis artificique habebant
Who were good looking, young or talented
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Symphoniacos homines sex
Six musicians
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Muneri
As a gift [the Pirates]
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De quo supplicium sumi oportuit
Who ought to have been executed
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Sic habent
Assume [no evidence]
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Quid eius sit vos coniectura adsequi debetis
You must work out for yourselves the truth
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Coniectura est
But that’s just guesswork
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Suspicione certa
Circumstantial evidence
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Consuetudinem omnium tenetis
You are familiar with the general custom
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Qui ducem praedonum aut hostium ceperit, quam libenter eum palam ante oculus omnium esse patiatur
How willingly anyone who has captured the leader of an enemy or of pirate allows them to be put on display in full sight of everyone
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Hominem in tanto conventu Syracusis vidi neminem
I saw no one in the whole of the Syracusian community [that had seen pirate captain]
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Cum
Although [gathered to see pirate captain but did not get to see him]
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Ut mos est, ut solet fieri
As is custom, as usually happens
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Concurrerent, quaererent, videre cuperent
They rushed, asked and wanted to see
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Saepe istius ducis nomen audissent, saepe timuissent
Often have heard the name of that leader often have heard
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Pascere oculus animumque exsaturare vellent, potestas aspiciendi nemini facta est
Feast their eyes and gorge their feelings on his torture and execution, no one was given a chance of seeing it
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Cruciatu atque suplicio
Torture and execution [of the pirate captain]
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