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Question 1

postridie ex Arpinati profecti sumus …

Answer 1

On the next day we set out from Arpinum…

Question 2

prandimus in Arcano (nosti hunc fundum).

Answer 2

We had lunch at Arcanum (you know this farm).

Question 3

quo ut venimus, humanissime Quintus, ‘Pomponia,’ inquit,

Answer 3

When we came there, Quintus said most considerately, “Pomponia,

Question 4

‘tu invita mulieres, ego vero accivero pueros’;

Answer 4

you invite the women, I for my part shall summon the boys.”

Question 5

nihil potuit, mihi quidem ut visum est, dulcius

Answer 5

Nothing could, as it seemed to me at least, be sweeter -

Question 6

idque cum verbis tum etiam animo ac vultu.

Answer 6

and this [sweetness] was both in his words and also in his manner and expression.

Question 7

at illa audientibus nobis ‘ego ipsa sum’ inquit, ‘hic hospita’;

Answer 7

But she, with us listening, said, “I myself am a stranger here!”

Question 8

id autem ex eo, ut opinor,

Answer 8

And this was – I think –

Question 9

quod antecesserat Statius ut prandium nobis videret.

Answer 9

because Statius had gone before us to see to our lunch.

Question 10

tum Quintus, ‘en ,’ inquit mihi, ‘haec ego patior cotidie.’

Answer 10

Then Quintus said to me, “Look! I put up with this every day!”