Section 47

Question 1

An hic, si sese isti vitae dedisset, consularem hominem admodum adulescens in iudicium vocavisset?

Answer 1

Or this man, if he had given himself to that way of life, would he, as quite a young man, have brought a consular man to trial?

Question 2

hic si laborem fugeret, si obstrictus voluptatibus teneretur,

Answer 2

If he were avoiding work, if he was being held, having been bound by pleasures,

Question 3

in hac acie cotidie versaretur, appeteret inimicitias, in iudicium vocaret, subiret periculum capitis,

Answer 3

would he be involving himself in this battle-line every day, would he be searching for enmities, would he be prosecuting, would he be submitting to danger to his life,

Question 4

ipse inspectante populo Romano tot iam menses aut de salute aut de gloria dimicaret?

Answer 4

would he himself be fighting for so many months now either for personal safety or for glory with the Roman people looking on?

Question 5

Nihilne igitur illa vicinitas redolet, nihil hominum fama, nihil Baiae denique ipsae loquuntur?

Answer 5

Therefore does that neighbourhood smell of nothing, does the rumour of men, finally does Baiae itself speak of nothing?

Question 6

Illae vero non loquuntur solum verum etiam personant, huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsam

Answer 6

Indeed [Baiae] not only speaks, but even rings out, that the lust of one woman has lapsed into such a state

Question 7

ut ea non modo solitudinem ac tenebras atque haec flagitiorum integumenta non quaerat

Answer 7

that she not only does not seek solitude and darkness and these coverings of disgrace

Question 8

sed in turpissimis rebus frequentissima celebritate et clarissima luce laetetur.

Answer 8

but she rejoices in the most foul affairs, the most densely packed crowd and the broadest daylight.