Part 2 Flashcards
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
Julius Caesar
in his first line of his Commentarii de Bello Gallico
All of Gaul is divided into three parts
Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas
Pliny the Younger
It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Juvenal
in his Satires
But who will guard the guards themselves?
Gladiator in arena consilium capit
Seneca the Younger
The gladiator is making his plan in the arena (i.e. too late)
Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori
Virgil
in his Eclogues
Love conquers all, and let us yield to it
Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur
Horace
What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke’s on you
Nil desperandum
Horace
Don’t despair
Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
Catullus
To whom do I give my new elegant little book?
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Virgil
in his Aeneid
Perhaps one day it will be pleasant to remember even these things
Cui bono?
Cicero
For whose benefit is it?
Annuit coeptis
Virgil
quote also found on the dollar bill
He has smiled on our undertakings
Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
Virgil
in his Aeneid
Don’t trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts
Dictum sapienti sat est
Terence
A word to the wise is sufficient
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto
Terence
in his Heauton Timorumenos
I am a man; I think nothing human is alien to me
Frater, ave atque vale
Catullus
Brother, hello and good-bye (hail and be well)
Exegi monumentum aere perennius
Horace
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Vegetius
in his Epitoma rei militaris
If you want peace, prepare for war
Est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae
Appius Claudius
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune
Ex tempore
Cicero
On the spur of the moment
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres
Horace
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word
Ex nihilo nihil fit
Lucretius (I’ve heard this before but couldn’t find the source)
Nothing comes from nothing
Satura tota nostra est
Quintilian
Satire is wholly ours
