In Verrem 2.4.5-7

Question 1

Verum ut ad illud sacrarium redeam,

Answer 1

In truth so that I return to the shrine,

Question 2

signum erat hoc quod dico Cupidinis e marmore,

Answer 2

there was this statue, which I speak of, of Cupid, out of marble,

Question 3

ex altera parte Hercules egregie factus ex aere.

Answer 3

on the other side Hercules having been made from bronze excellently.

Question 4

Is dicebatur esse Myronis, ut opinor, et certe.

Answer 4

That was said to be of Myron, as I believe, and certainly.

Question 5

Item ante hos deos erant arulae,

Answer 5

Also before those gods there were little altars,

Question 6

quae cuivis religionem sacrari significare possent.

Answer 6

which can indicate to whoever the holiness of the

Question 7

Erant aenea duo praeterea signa,

Answer 7

In addition there were two bronze statues,

Question 8

non maxima verum eximia venustate,

Answer 8

not the greatest but with excellent beauty,

Question 9

virginali habitu atque vestitu,

Answer 9

with maidenly appearance and clothing,

Question 10

quae manibus sublatis sacra quaedam more Atheniensium virginum reposita in capitibus sustinebant;

Answer 10

which with hands having been up they were holding up sacred objects in the custom of Athenian maidens placed on their heads;

Question 11

Canephoroe ipsae vocabantur; sed earum artificem—

Answer 11

they themselves were called the Canephorae, but their maker -

Question 12

quem? quemnam? recte admones—Polyclitum esse dicebant.

Answer 12

whom? Which?… You advise me rightly they called him Polycletus

Question 13

Messanam ut quisque nostrum venerat,

Answer 13

Whenever any one of our citizens went to Messana,

Question 14

haec visere solebat; omnibus haec ad visendum patebant cotidie;

Answer 14

he was accustomed to see these things; they were accessible/available every day to all for seeing;

Question 15

domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati.

Answer 15

the house was not more than an ornament to the master than to the city-state.

Question 16

C. Claudius, cuius aedilitatem magnificentissimam scimus fuisse,

Answer 16

Gaius Claudius, whose aedileship we know was most magnificent,

Question 17

usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus populoque Romano habuit ornatum,

Answer 17

used this (statue of) Cupid, for so long while he kept the forum decorated for the immortal gods and the Roman people,

Question 18

et, cum hospes esset Heiorum,

Answer 18

and, because he was a guest friend of the Heii family,

Question 19

Mamertini autem populi patronus, ut illis benignis usus est ad commodandum,

Answer 19

moreover was the patron of the Mamertine people,—as he enjoyed their kindness(es) for lending (the Cupid),

Question 20

sic ipse diligens fuit ad reportandum.

Answer 20

so he was diligent for bringing it back.

Question 21

Nuper homines nobilis eius modi, iudices,—

Answer 21

There have lately been noble men of the same kind, O judges;—

Question 22

sed quid dico ‘nuper’? immo vero modo ac plane paulo ante vidimus,

Answer 22

but why do I say “recently”? but on the contrary we have seen clearly now and a little before,

Question 23

qui forum et basilicas non spoliis provinciarum sed ornamentis amicorum,

Answer 23

who decorated the forum and the basilicas not with spoils of the provinces but with decorations of their friends,

Question 24

commodis hospitum non furtis nocentium ornarent;

Answer 24

with loans of a guest friends, not with the thefts of guilty men.

Question 25

qui tamen signa atque ornamenta sua cuique reddebant,

Answer 25

Nevertheless men who were returning their statues and ornaments to each person,

Question 26

non ablata ex urbibus sociorum atque amicorum quadridui causa,

Answer 26

not [ablata ex urbibus sociorum atque amicorum] for the sake of a period of four days,

Question 27

per simulationem aedilitatis, domum deinde atque ad suas villas auferebant.

Answer 27

then they were carrying away (the statues) to their home and to their villas through the pretense of aedileship.

Question 28

Haec omnia quae dixi signa, iudices, ab Heio e sacrario Verres abstulit;

Answer 28

All these statues which I have mentioned, judges, Verres took away from Heius from his shrine;

Question 29

nullum, inquam, horum reliquit neque aliud ullum tamen praeter unum pervetus ligneum, Bonam Fortunam, ut opinor;

Answer 29

he left not one of these things, I say, nor anything else however except one old wooden statue, Good Fortune, as I believe;

Question 30

eam iste habere domi suae noluit.

Answer 30

that he did not want to have it in his house

Question 31

Pro deum hominumque fidem!

Answer 31

Oh! For the good faith of gods and men!

Question 32

quid hoc est? quae haec causa est, quae ista impudentia?

Answer 32

What is this? What is the cause? What is this shamelessness of yours?

Question 33

Quae dico signa, antequam abs te sublata sunt,

Answer 33

The statues I am mentioning, before they were taken away by you to Messana,

Question 34

Messanam cum imperio nemo venit quin viserit.

Answer 34

no one with power came to Messana that didn’t see these statues.

Question 35

Tot praetores, tot consules in Sicilia cum in pace tum etiam in bello fuerunt, tot homines cuiusque modi—

Answer 35

There were so many praetors, so many consuls in Sicily both in peace and also in war; so many men of every kind as there have been—

Question 36

non loquor de integris, innocentibus, religiosis —

Answer 36

I am not talking about honest men, blameless men, scrupulous men,

Question 37

tot cupidi, tot improbi, tot audaces, quorum nemo sibi tam vehemens,

Answer 37

but so many greedy, so many wicked, so many?? men, of whom?

Question 38

tam potens, tam nobilis visus est qui ex illo sacrario quicquam poscere aut tollere aut attingere auderet:

Answer 38

dared to look/seek anything from that shrine, to take anything away from that shrine, or to touch anything from that shrine.

Question 39

Verres quod ubique erit pulcherrimum auferet?

Answer 39

Will Verres carry off that which will be very beautiful everywhere?

Question 40

nihil habere cuiquam praeterea licebit?

Answer 40

In addition/moreover, will it not be permitted for anyone to have anything?

Question 41

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Answer 41

Will that one house of that man contain/capture so many wealthy houses?

Question 42

Idcirco nemo superiorum attigit ut hic tolleret?

Answer 42

For this reason none of his predecessors touched (the statue) so he may carry this away?

Question 43

ideo C. Claudius Pulcher rettulit ut C. Verres posset auferre?

Answer 43

Likewise/for the reason did Gaius Claudius Pulcher bring it back so that Gaius Verres was able to take it away?

Question 44

At non requirebat ille Cupido lenonis domum ac meretriciam disciplinam;

Answer 44

But that Cupid was not seeking the home of a pimp and the education/training belonging to a prostitute;

Question 45

facile illo sacrario patrio continebatur;

Answer 45

he was easily confined/kept in that ancestral shrine;

Question 46

Heio se a maioribus relictum esse sciebat in hereditate sacrorum,

Answer 46

he/the statue knew that he was left to Heius by his ancestors in the inheritance of sacred things;

Question 47

non quaerebat meretricis heredem.

Answer 47

he was not seeking the heir of a harlot/prostitute.