Section 4A(iii) Verres at Catina

Question 1

est apud Catinēnsīs sacrārium Cereris.

Answer 1

There is among the people of Catina a shrine of Ceres.

Question 2

sed nōn licet uirīs in sacrārium illud intrāre.

Answer 2

But it is not permitted to men to enter into that shrine.

Question 3

mulierēs et uirginēs sacra cōnficere solent.

Answer 3

Women and maidens are accustomed to complete the sacred rituals.

Question 4

in eō sacrāriō signum Cereris erat perantīquum.

Answer 4

In that shrine there was a an extremely old statue of Ceres.

Question 5

hoc signum seruī Verris ex illō religiōsissimō atque antīquissimō locō nocte sustulērunt.

Answer 5

The slaves of Verres removed this statue from that most sacred and most ancient place at night.

Question 6

postrīdiē sacerdōtēs Cereris rem ad magistrātūs suōs dētulērunt;

Answer 6

The next day the priestesses of Ceres reported the matter to their magistrates;

Question 7

omnibus rēs atrōcissima uidēbātur.

Answer 7

the affair seemed most appalling to everyone.

Question 8

tum iste, quod suspīciōnem ā sē dēmouēre uolēbat, …

Answer 8

Then THAT one, because he wanted to remove suspicion from from himself, …

Question 9

… amīcum quendam suum iussit aliquem reperīre et accūsāre.

Answer 9

… ordered a certain friend of his to find someone and accuse (him).

Question 10

nōlēbat enim Verrēs in crīmine esse.

Answer 10

For Verres did not want to be on a charge.

Question 11

amīcus igitur ille nōmen seruī cuiusdam dētulit;

Answer 11

Therefore that friend brought (him) the name of a certain slave;

Question 12

tum hunc seruum accūsāuit, testīsque fīctōs in eum dedit.

Answer 12

then he [the friend] accused this slave, and gave false witnesses against him.

Question 13

senātus Catinēnsium rem lēgibus suīs iūdicāre cōnstituit et sacerdōtēs uocāuit.

Answer 13

The senate of the Catinans decided to judge the affair by their own laws, and they called the priestesses.

Question 14

ubi senātus dē omnibus rēbus rogāuit, …

Answer 14

When the senate asked about all the things, …

Question 15

… sacerdōtēs respondērunt seruōs Verris in templum nocte intrāuisse …

Answer 15

… the priestesses replied that slaves of Verres had entered into the temple at night …

Question 16

… et signum locō sustulisse;

Answer 16

… and had removed the statue from the place;

Question 17

affirmārunt sē omnīs omnia cōnspicātās esse.

Answer 17

they asserted that they had all had seen everything.

Question 18

senātus igitur negāuit illum seruum in templum nocte ingressum esse …

Answer 18

Therefore the senate denied that that slave had entered into the temple at night …

Question 19

… et signum sustulisse, …

Answer 19

… and (it denied) that he had removed the statue, …

Question 20

… et cōnfirmāuit eum innocentem esse.

Answer 20

and it confirmed that he was innocent.

Question 21

opīnor, iūdicēs, uōs scelera peiōra numquam audīuisse.

Answer 21

I think, judges, that you have never heard worse things.

Question 22

sed operam mihi date;

Answer 22

But pay attention to me;

Question 23

nam et pēiōra putō uōs mox audītūrōs esse.

Answer 23

for I think you will soon hear even worse.