Horace - Omens good and bad

Question 1

impios parrae recinentis omen ducat

Answer 1

Let an omen of a hooting owl lead the wicked

Question 2

et praegnans canis aut ab agro rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino

Answer 2

and the pregnant dog or a tawny she-wolf running down from the land of Lanuvium

Question 3

fetaque volpes;

Answer 3

and a pregnant fox;

Question 4

rumpat et serpens iter institutum,

Answer 4

And let a snake interrupt the started journey,

Question 5

si per obliquum similis sagittae terruit mannos:

Answer 5

if coming from the side like an arrow, it terrified the horses;

Question 6

ego cui timebo providus auspex

Answer 6

for whom I am worried about, I, a prophetic augur

Question 7

antequam stantes repetat paludes imbrium divina avis imminentim,

Answer 7

before the bird divinely inspired of imminent rain-storms can return to the stagnant marshes,

Question 8

oscinem corvum prece suscitabo solis ab ortu.

Answer 8

I will conjure up with a prayer a prophetic crow from the rising of the sun.

Question 9

sic licet felix, ubicumque mavis,

Answer 9

May you be happy, wherever you prefer [to go]

Question 10

et memor nostri, Galatea, vivas,

Answer 10

and mindful of us [me], Galatea, may you live,

Question 11

teque nec laevus vetet ire picus nec vaga cornix

Answer 11

and may neither an unlucky woodpecker prevent you to go, nor a wandering magpie.