Section 33

Question 1

Sed tamen ex ipsa quaeram prius utrum me secum severe et graviter et prisce agere malit

Answer 1

But however I will ask from herself first whether she prefers me to deal with her sternly, seriously and in an old-fashioned manner

Question 2

an remisse et leniter et urbane.

Answer 2

or in a relaxed, gentle and modern/ sophisticated manner.

Question 3

Si illo austero more ac modo, aliquis mihi ab inferis excitandus est ex barbatis illis non hac barbula, qua ista delectatur,

Answer 3

If in that severe manner and fashion, someone must be raised by me from the Underworld from those well-known bearded people, not with that little trim beard, by which that woman is pleased,

Question 4

sed illa horrida, quam in statuis antiquis atque imaginibus videmus,

Answer 4

but with that shaggy [beard], which we see on ancient statues and likenesses,

Question 5

qui obiurget mulierem et pro me loquatur, ne mihi ista forte suscenseat.

Answer 5

in order to rebuke the woman and to speak on my behalf, so that she does not perhaps become angry with me.

Question 6

Exsistat igitur ex hac ipsa familia aliquis ac potissimum Caecus ille;

Answer 6

Therefore let someone arise from this very family and especially that Caecus;

Question 7

minimum enim dolorem capiet, qui istam non videbit.

Answer 7

for he will feel very little pain as he will not see that woman.

Question 8

Qui profecto, si exstiterit, sic aget ac sic loquetur:

Answer 8

He undoubtedly, if he arises, will plead and speak in this way:

Question 9

‘Mulier, quid tibi cum Caelio, quid cum homine adulescentulo, quid cum alieno?

Answer 9

‘Woman, what have you to do with Caelius, what have you to do with a young man, what have you to do with someone not your husband?

Question 10

Cur aut tam familiaris huic fuisti, ut aurum commodares, aut tam inimica, ut venenum timeres?

Answer 10

Why were you either so intimate with him that you were lending gold, or so unfriendly that you were fearing poison?

Question 11

Non patrem tuum videras, non patruum, non avum, non proavum, non abavum, non atavum audieras consules fuisse?

Answer 11

Had you not seen that your father, had you not heard that your uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great grandfather, great-great-great grandfather were consuls?