Section 1B Latin to English

Question 1

A very long time has passed. The old man Demaenetus has died without digging up the gold or revealing the secret to his son. Now, however, his grandson Euclio, an old man, is going to strike lucky. The Lar explains.

(Eucliō in scaenā dormit.)

Answer 1

(Euclio is asleep on the stage.)

Question 2

(dum dormit, Lar in scaenam intrat et fābulam explicat)

Answer 2

(While he sleeps, the Lar enters onto the stage and explains the slory.

Question 3

LAR: “spectātōrēs, ego sum Lar familiāris.

Answer 3

Lar: “Members of the audience, I am the Lar of the household.

Question 4

“deus sum familiae Eucliōnis.

Answer 4

“I am the god of Euclio’s household.

Question 5

“ecce Eucliōnis aedēs.

Answer 5

“Look, (here is) Euclio’s house.

Question 6

“est in aedibus Eucliōnis thēsaurus magnus.

Answer 6

“In Euclio’s house there is a great treasure.

Question 7

“thēsaurus est Dēmaenetī, auī Eucliōnis.

Answer 7

“It is the treasure of Demaenetus, Euclio’s grandfather.

Question 8

“sed thēsaurus in aulā est et sub terrā latet.

Answer 8

“But the treasure is in a pot and lies hidden under the earth.

Question 9

“ego enim aulam clam in aedibus seruō.

Answer 9

“For I secretly guard the pot in the house.

Question 10

“Eucliō dē thēsaurō ignōrat.

Answer 10

“Euclio does not know about the treasure.

Question 11

“cūr thēsaurum clam adhūc seruō?

Answer 11

“Why do I so guard the pot secretly up to this point?

Question 12

“fābulam explicō.

Answer 12

“I explain the story.

Question 13

“Eucliō nōn bonus est senex, sed auārus et malus.

Answer 13

“Euclios is not a good man, but (is) a miser and bad.

Question 14

“Eucliōnem igitur nōn amō.

Answer 14

“Therefore I do not love Euclio.

Question 15

“praetereā Eucliō mē nōn cūrat.

Answer 15

“Moreover Euclio does not take care of me.

Question 16

“mihi numquam supplicat.

Answer 16

“He never makes prayers to me.

Question 17

“unguentum numquam dat, nūllās corōnās, nūllum honōrem.

Answer 17

“He never gives (me) ointment, (he gives) no garlands, no honor.

Question 18

“sed Eucliō fīliam habet bonam.

Answer 18

“But Euclio has a good daughter.

Question 19

“nam cūrat mē Phaedra, Eucliōnis fīlia, et multum honōrem, multum unguentum, multās corōnās dat.

Answer 19

“For Phaedra takes care of me, the daughter of Euclio, and gives me much honor, much ointment, many garlands.

Question 20

“Phaedram igitur, bonam fīliam Eucliōnis, ualdē amō.

Answer 20

“Therefore I love Phaedra very much, the good daughter of Euclio.

Question 21

“sed Eucliō pauper est.

Answer 21

“But Euclio is a poor man.

Question 22

“nūllam igitur dōtem habet fīlia.

Answer 22

“Therefore (his) daughter has no dowry.

Question 23

“nam senex dē aulā auī ignōrat.

Answer 23

“For the old man does know know about (his) grandfather’s pot.

Question 24

“nunc autem, quia Phaedra bona est, aulam aurī plēnam Eucliōnī dō.”

Answer 24

“Now, however, because Phaedra is good, I give the pot full of gold to Euclio.

Question 25

“nam Eucliōnem in somniō uīsō et aulam mōnstrō.

Answer 25

“For I visit Euclio in a dream and I reveal the pot.

Question 26

“uidēte, spectātōrēs.

Answer 26

“See, members of the audience!

Question 27

(Eucliō dormit.)

Answer 27

(Euclio sleeps.)

Question 28

(Lar imāginem auī in scaenam dūcit.)

Answer 28

(The Lar leads a vision of the grandfather onto the stage.)

Question 29

(Eucliō stupet)

Answer 29

(Euclio is astonished.)

Question 30

EVCLIŌ: “dormiō an uigilō?

Answer 30

Euclio: “Do I sleep or am I awake?

Question 31

“dī magnī! imāginem uideō auī meī, Dēmaenetī.”

Answer 31

“O great gods! I see the vision of my grandfather, Demaenetus.

Question 32

“saluē, Dēmaenete!”

Answer 32

“Welcome, Demaenetus!

Question 33

“heu! quantum mutātus ab illō . . . .

Answer 33

“O dear, how (much) (is he) changed from that (former self of his)

Question 34

“ab īnferīs scīlicet in aedīs intrat.

Answer 34

“Evidently he enters (into) the house from the dead.

Question 35

“ecce! aulam Dēmaenetus portat.

Answer 35

“Look! Demaenetus carries a pot.

Question 36

“cūr aulam portās, Dēmaenete?

Answer 36

“Why are you carrying a pot, Demaenetus?

Question 37

“ecce! circumspectat Dēmaenetus et sēcum murmurat.”

Answer 37

“Look! Demaenetus is looking around and is muttering to [with] himself.

Question 38

“nunc ad āram Laris festīnat.

Answer 38

“Now he hurries to the altar of the Lar.

Question 39

“quid facis, Dēmaenete?

Answer 39

“What are you doing, Demaenetus?

Question 40

“foueam facit et in foueā aulam collocat.

Answer 40

“He is making a ditch and he is placing a pot in the ditch.

Question 41

“mīrum hercle est.

Answer 41

“(It) is amazing, by Hercules.

Question 42

“quid autem in aulā est?

Answer 42

“What, however, is in the pot?

Question 43

“dī magnī! aula aurī plēna est.”

Answer 43

“Great gods! The pot is full of gold.”

Question 44

DĒMAENETĪ IMĀGŌ: “bene. nunc aurum meum saluum est.”

Answer 44

The Vision of Demaenetus: “Good. Now my gold is safe.”

Question 45

EVC.: “nōn crēdō, Dēmaenete.”

Answer 45

Euclio: “I don’t believe (it), Demaenetus.

Question 46

“nūllum in aedibus aurum est.

Answer 46

“There is no gold in the house.

Question 47

“somnium falsum est.

Answer 47

“The dream is false.

Question 48

“pauper ego sum et pauper maneō.”

Answer 48

“I am a poor man and I remain a poor man.”

Question 49

(Euclio wakes up, and is angry that the gods torment him with what he feels are false dreams of wealth) EVC.: “heu mē miserum.

Answer 49

(Euclio: “Alas miserable me.

Question 50

“ego sum perditissimus hominum.

Answer 50

“I am the most done for of men.

Question 51

“pauper sum, sed dī falsa somnia mōnstrant.

Answer 51

“I am a poor man, but the gods reveal false dreams.

Question 52

“auum meum in somniō uideō.

Answer 52

“I see my grandfather in a dream.

Question 53

“auus aulam aurī plēnam portat.

Answer 53

“(My) grandfather is carrying a pot full of gold.

Question 54

“aulam sub terrā clam collocat iuxtā Larem.

Answer 54

“He secretly places the pot under the ground next to the Lar.

Question 55

“nōn tamen crēdō.

Answer 55

“However I do not believe (it).

Question 56

“somnium falsum est.

Answer 56

“The dream is false.

Question 57

“quārē Lar mē nōn cūrat?

Answer 57

“Why does the Lar not look after me?

Question 58

“quārē mē dēcipit?”

Answer 58

“Why does he deceive me?”

Question 59

(Eucliō ad Larem appropinquat.)

Answer 59

(Euclio approaches [to] the Lar.)

Question 60

(subitō autem foueam uidet.)

Answer 60

(Suddenly, however, he sees the hole.)

Question 61

(Eucliō celeriter multam terram ē foueā mouet.)

Answer 61

(Euclio quickly moves a lot of earth out of the hole.)

Question 62

(tandem aula appāret)

Answer 62

(At length the pot appears.)

Question 63

EVC.: “quid habēs, ō Lar?

Answer 63

Euclio: “What do you have, Lar?

Question 64

“quid sub pedibus tenēs?

Answer 64

“What are you holding under (your) feet?

Question 65

“hem. aulam uideō.

Answer 65

“What’s this? I see a pot.

Question 66

“nempe somnium uērum est.”

Answer 66

“Clearly the dream is true.”

Question 67

(Eucliō aulam ē foueā mouet.)

Answer 67

(Euclio moves the pot from hole.)

Question 68

(intrō spectat et aurum uidet.)

Answer 68

(I looks inside and sees the gold.)

Question 69

(stupet)

Answer 69

(He is amazed.)

Question 70

“euge! eugepae! aurum possideō!

Answer 70

“Yay! Hooray! I possess gold!

Question 71

“nōn sum pauper, sed dīues!

Answer 71

“I am not a poor man, but a rich man.

Question 72

(suddenly crestfallen) “sed tamen hercle homo dīues cūrās semper habet multās.

Answer 72

“But nevertheless by Hercules a rich person always has many cares.

Question 73

“fūrēs in aedīs clam intrant.

Answer 73

“Thieves enter [into] the house.

Question 74

“ō mē miserum! nunc fūrēs timeō, quod multām pecūniam possideō.

Answer 74

“O miserable me! Now I am afraid of thieves, because I possess a lot of money.

Question 75

“eheu! ut Lar mē uexat!

Answer 75

“Alas, how the Lar harrasses me.

Question 76

“hodiē enim mihi multam pecūniam, multās simul cūrās dat.”

Answer 76

“For today (he gives) (to) me a lot of money, (and) at the same time he gives many worries.

Question 77

“hodiē igitur perditissimus hominum sum.

Answer 77

“Therefore today I am the most done for of men.

Question 78

“quid tum?

Answer 78

“What then?

Question 79

“ā! bonum cōnsilium habeō.

Answer 79

“Ha! I have a good plan.

Question 80

“ecquis mē spectat?”

Answer 80

“(Does) anyone watch me?”

Question 81

(Eucliō aurum sub ueste cēlat et circumspectat.)

Answer 81

(Euclio hides the gold under his clothing and looks round.)

Question 82

(nēminem uidet.)

Answer 82

(He sees no one.)

Question 83

(tandem ad Larem appropinquat)

Answer 83

(At length he approaches [to] the Lar.)

Question 84

“ad tē, Lar, aulam aurī plēnam portō.

Answer 84

“To you, Lar, I carry a pot full of gold.

Question 85

“tū aulam seruā et cēlā!”

Answer 85

“[You] guard the pot and hide (it).”

Question 86

(Eucliō aulam in foueā iterum collocat.)

Answer 86

(Euclio again places the pot in the hole.)

Question 87

(deinde multam terram super aulam aggerat.)

Answer 87

(Next he heaps up a lot of earth over the pot.)

Question 88

“bene. aurum saluum est.

Answer 88

“Good. The gold is safe.

Question 89

“sed anxius sum.

Answer 89

“But I am anxious.

Question 90

“quārē autem anxius sum?

Answer 90

“Why, however, am I anxious?

Question 91

“anxius sum quod thēsaurus magnus multās cūrās dat, et mē ualdē uexat.

Answer 91

“I am anxious because a great treasure gives many worries, and it troubles me greatly.

Question 92

“nam in dīuitum hominum aedīs fūrēs multī intrant.

Answer 92

“For into the houses of rich persons enter many thieves.

Question 93

“plēnae igitur fūrum multōrum sunt dīuitum hominum aedēs.

Answer 93

“Therefore the houses of rich persons are full of many thieves.

Question 94

“ō mē miserum!”

Answer 94

“O miserable me!”