Section 3C(iii) Lucretia and the expulsion of the kings

Question 1

inde Lucrētia maesta et ad patrem et ad uirum nūntium eundem mīsit:

Answer 1

For that reason Lucretia, sad, sent the same message both for her father and to her husband:

Question 2

“uenīte cum fidēlibus amīcīs; festināte; rēs atrōx facta est.”

Answer 2

“Come with faithful friends; hurry; an appalling thing has happened.

Question 3

uēnērunt celerrimē pater Sp. Lucrētius et Collātīnus cum L. Iūniō Brūtō.

Answer 3

(Her) father Spurius Lucretius and Collatinus came very quickly, with Lucius Junius Brutus.

Question 4

Lucrētiam maestam in cubiculō inuēnērunt.

Answer 4

They found Lucretia, sad, in her bedroom.

Question 5

quaesīuit uir: “satin saluē?”

Answer 5

(Her) husband asked: “Are you well enough?”

Question 6

Lucrētia “minimē” inquit.

Answer 6

Lucretia said: “not at all.

Question 7

“nēmō salua esse potest, sī pudīcitiam āmīsit.

Answer 7

“No one can be well, if she loses her chastity.

Question 8

“uestīgia uirī aliēnī, Collātīne, in lectō sunt tuō;

Answer 8

“The traces of another man, Collatinus, are in the bed that is yours.

Question 9

“ille corpus tantum uiolāuit, animus meus tamen īdem est et īnsōns;

Answer 9

“That one only violated my body, but my spirit is the same and unharmed;

Question 10

“mors testis erit.

Answer 10

“death will be the witness.

Question 11

“adulterum ferōcissimē pūnīte: Sex. Tarquinius est.”

Answer 11

“Punish [plural] the adulterer most fiercely; he is Sextus Tarquinius.”

Question 12

dedērunt omnēs eandem fidem et ueniam eandem.

Answer 12

They all gave the same pledge and the same pardon.

Question 13

sīc enim Lucrētiam cōnsōlātī sunt:

Answer 13

For in this way they comforted Lucretia:

Question 14

“nōnne Tarquinius maximē noxius est?

Answer 14

“Is not Tarquin very greatly guilty?

Question 15

mēns hominum peccat, nōn corpus;

Answer 15

“The mind of humans does wrong, not (their) body.

Question 16

nēmō noxius est sī cōnsilium abest.”

Answer 16

“no one is guilty if there is no intention.”

Question 17

sed illa: “quamquam noxiam mē nōn habeō, supplicium tamen grātius acceptūra sum quam uīuere.

Answer 17

But she (said): “Although I do not regard myself as guilty, still I shall receive punishment with more pleasure than living.

Question 18

“nēmō impudīca, exemplō Lucrētiae, uīuet.”

Answer 18

“No one [feminine] will live unchaste by the example of Lucretia.”

Question 19

nec morāta, suum pectus ferrō celerrimē fīxit, …

Answer 19

Without having delayed, she very swiftly pierced her chest, …

Question 20

prōlāpsaque in uulnus moribunda cecidit.

Answer 20

… and having fallen down onto a wound she fell dying.

Question 21

conclāmāuērunt uir paterque.

Answer 21

Her husband and father shouted out.

Question 22

Brūtus tamen ferrum ex uulnere Lucrētiae extraxit et prae sē tenuit:

Answer 22

Brutus, however, pulled the sword out of Lucretia’s wound and held it in front of him:

Question 23

“per hunc castissimum sanguinem, ego Tarquinium Superbum uī et armīs exsecūtūrus sum, …

Answer 23

“(I swear) by this most chaste blood, I will pursue Tarquin the Proud with force and with weapons, …

Question 24

… nec illum nec alium quemquam rēgem esse Romae passūrus sum.”

Answer 24

… nor will I allow him or anyone else to be king of Rome [or: at Rome].

Question 25

Brūtus clāmōre Quirītēs maximē concitāuit;

Answer 25

Brutus very greatly stirred up the Romans with a shout;

Question 26

Tarquinius cum suīs celerrimē fūgit:

Answer 26

Tarquin very quickly fled with his people:

Question 27

diēs rēgibus illa suprēma fuit.

Answer 27

That was the last day for the kings.