Section 48

Question 1

Verum si quis est qui etiam meretriciis amoribus interdictum iuventuti putet,

Answer 1

But if there is anyone who thinks that even affairs with prostitutes have been forbidden to young men,

Question 2

est ille quidem valde severus (negare non possum), sed abhorret non modo ab huius saeculi licentia, verum etiam a maiorum consuetudine atque concessis.

Answer 2

he is very stern indeed (I cannot deny it) but he is opposed not only from the license of this generation, but even from the habits and allowable actions of our ancestors.

Question 3

Quando enim hoc factitatum est, quando reprehensum, quando non permissum, quando denique fuit ut quod licet non liceret?

Answer 3

For when was this not practiced habitually, when was it criticized, when was it not allowed, finally, when was it the case that what is allowed was not allowed?

Question 4

Hic ego iam rem definiam, mulierem nullam nominabo; tantum in medio relinquam.

Answer 4

At this point, I will define the matter itself, I will name no woman; I will merely leave it in the air.