Section 4B(iv) The Lampsacenes are held back

Question 1

haec ubi omnēs Lampsacēnī eōdem sēnsū et dolōre locūtī sunt, …

Answer 1

When all the Lampsacenes said these things with the same sentiment and pain, …

Question 2

… ferrō et saxīs iānuam caedere coepērunt,

Answer 2

… they began to beat the door with iron (tools) and rocks,

Question 3

… et eōdem tempore igne circumdare.

Answer 3

… and at the same time (they began) to encircle (it) with fire.

Question 4

cīuēs Romānī quīdam, quī Lampsacī negōtiābantur, summā celeritāte concurrērunt.

Answer 4

Certain Roman citizens, who were doing business at Lampasacus, ran together with the utmost speed.

Question 5

ōrābant obsecrābantque Lampsacēnōs;

Answer 5

They were begging and beseeching the Lampsacnes;

Question 6

assēnsērunt Verrem esse pessimum et omnibus aliīs multō turpiōrem;

Answer 6

they agreed that Verres was the worst and was more disgraceful by far than all the others;

Question 7

sed dīxērunt Lampsacēnōs hominī scelerātō parcere oportēre, …

Answer 7

but they said that the Lampsacenes should spare the wicked man, …

Question 8

… potius quam praetōrem Rōmānum necāre;

Answer 8

… rather than kill a Roman praetor;

Question 9

hōc enim modō peccātum eōrum minus fore.

Answer 9

for in this way their crime would be smaller.

Question 10

hīs uerbīs ūsī, tandem Lampsacēnōs ā uī retinuērunt.

Answer 10

After employing these words, at length they restrained the Lampsacenes from violence.