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Question 1

nos uni decidimus quo pater Aeneas, quo Tullus dives et Ancus, pulvis et umbra sumus.

Answer 1

but we, when we have gone down to the place where father Aeneas, where rich Tullus and Ancus have gone to, we’re only dust and shadow.

Question 2

quis scit an adiciant hodiernae crastina summae tempora di superi?

Answer 2

Who knows whether the gods above are adding tomorrow’s hours to today’s total?

Question 3

cuncta manus avidas fugient heredis, amico quae dederis animo.

Answer 3

Everything that you give to your own dear self will escape the greedy hands of your heir.

Question 4

cum semel occideris et de te splendida Minos fecerit arbitria,

Answer 4

When you die, once and for all, and Minos makes his stately judgement on you,

Question 5

non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te restituet pietas;

Answer 5

no family, no eloquence, no piety, will bring you back, Torquatus:

Question 6

infernis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum liberat Hippolytum,

Answer 6

for neither does Diana free the chaste Hippolytus from the darkness of the Underworld,

Question 7

nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo.

Answer 7

nor does Theseus have the power to break off the chains of Lethe from his dear friend Pirithous.