Section 49

Question 1

Si quae non nupta mulier domum suam patefecerit omnium cupiditati palamque sese in meretricia vita collocarit,

Answer 1

If any unmarried woman has opened her home to the desire of all and has openly set herself up in the life of a harlot,

Question 2

vivorum alienissimorum conviviis uti insituerit, si hoc in urbe, si in hortis, si in Baiarum illa celebritate faciat,

Answer 2

if she has decided to enjoy the banquets of strangers, if she were to do this in the city [Rome], in the gardens, in that well-known society of Baiae,

Question 3

si denique ita sese gerat non incessu solum, sed ornatu atque comitatu,

Answer 3

finally if she were to conduct herself in such a way, not only in her gait, but in her clothing and in the company she kept,

Question 4

non flagrantia oculorum, non libertate sermonis, sed etiam complexu, osculatione, actis, navigatione, conviviis,

Answer 4

not in the flashing (ardour) of her eyes, not in the recklessness of her conversation, but even in her hugging, kissing, beach-activities, boat-trips, banquets,

Question 5

ut non solum meretrix sed etia proterva meretrix procaxque videatur;

Answer 5

(with the result) that she seems to be not only a prostitute but also a wanton and brazen prostitute;

Question 6

cum hac si qui adulescens forte fuerit,

Answer 6

if any young man has by chance been with this woman,

Question 7

utrum hic tibi, L. herenni, adulter an amator, expugnare pudicitiam an explere libidinem voluisse videatur?

Answer 7

would he seem to you L. Herennius, to be an adulterer or a lover, to have wanted to take her chastity by storm or to sate his lust?