Section 4E(i) Cleomenes in charge of the fleet

Question 1

ēgreditur Cleomenēs ē portū.

Answer 1

Cleomenes leaves (from) the harbor.

Question 2

ēgredientem eum sex nāuēs sēmiplēnae sequuntur.

Answer 2

Six half-full ships follow him as he departs.

Question 3

Verrēs tamen, …

Answer 3

Verres, however, …

Question 4

… quī multīs diēbus nōn erat uīsus,

Answer 4

… who had not been seen in many days, …

Question 5

… tum Cleomenem ēgredientem nāuīsque sequentīs īnspiciēbat:

Answer 5

… was at that time watching Cleomenes as he departed and the ships (that were) following:

Question 6

quibus vīsīs, …

Answer 6

when those things had been seen [which things having been seen]…

Question 7

… homo ille, praetor populī Romānī, stetit soleātus, cum palliō purpureō, …

Answer 7

… that man, a praetor of the Roman people, stood (there) in slippers, with a purple cloak, …

Question 8

… mulierculā quādam nīxus in lītore.

Answer 8

… leaning on [having leaned on] some sort of (somehow morally suspect) woman on the shore.

Question 9

cum classis quīntō diē Pachȳnum dēnique adpulsasesset, …

Answer 9

When the fleet had finally landed at Pachynus on the fifth day [i.e. in four days] …

Question 10

… nautae, coāctī fame, rādīcēs palmārum agrestium colligere coepērunt.

Answer 10

… the sailors, having been compelled by hunger, began to collect the roots of wild palms.

Question 11

Cleomenēs, quī putābat sē mox alterum Verrem fore, …

Answer 11

Cleomenes, who was thinking that he would soon be another Verres, …

Question 12

… tōtōs diēs in lītore manēbat pōtāns atque amāns.

Answer 12

… was remaining on the shore for all the days drinking and loving.

Question 13

ecce autem repente, …

Answer 13

Behold, however, suddenly …

Question 14

… ēbriō Cleomenē, …

Answer 14

… while Cleomenes was drunk, …

Question 15

… nautīs cibō egentibus, …

Answer 15

… while the sailors were lacking food, …

Question 16

… nūntiātur nāuīs praedōnum esse in portū Odyssēae.

Answer 16

… a ship of pirates was reported to be in the harbor of Odyssea.

Question 17

nostra autem classis erat, Cleomenē pōtante et ēbriō, in portū Pachȳnī.

Answer 17

Our fleet , however, was, while Cleomenes was drinking and was drunk, in the harbor of Pachynus.

Question 18

quōs praedōnēs cum uīdisset adeuntīs, …

Answer 18

When he had seen those [lit. which] pirates approaching, …

Question 19

… prīnceps Cleomenēs in nāue suā mālum ērigī, praecīdī ancorās imperāuit …

Answer 19

… Cleomenes first ordered the mast to be erected on his ship, the anchors to be cut …

Question 20

… et cēterās nāuīs sē sequī iussit.

Answer 20

… and he ordered the other ships to follow him.

Question 21

cum nāuis Cleomenis, cuius celeritās incrēdibilis erat, breuī tempore Helōrum aduolāuisset fugiēns, …

Answer 21

Although Cleomenes’ ship, the speed of which was unbelievable, had in a short time flown escaping to Helorus, …

Question 22

… cēterī tamen, ut poterant, paulō tardius Helōrum nāuigābant, …

Answer 22

… nevertheless the others, as they were able, sailed a little later to Helorus, …

Question 23

… nōn praedōnum impetum fugientēs sed imperātōrem sequentēs.

Answer 23

… not fleeing the attack of the pirates but following (their) general.

Question 24

tum nāuēs postrēmae fugientēs in perīculō prīncipēs erant;

Answer 24

Then the ships last in escaping were the first in danger;

Question 25

postrēmās enim nāuīs prīmās aggrediēbantur praedōnēs.

Answer 25

For the pirates were attacking the last ships first.

Question 26

cum prīma ā praedōnibus capta esset nāuis Haluntīnōrum, …

Answer 26

When the first ship of the Haluntini had been captured by the pirates, …

Question 27

… cuius praefectus Phȳlarchus erat, …

Answer 27

… the captain of which was Phylarchus, …

Question 28

… mox Apollōniēnsis nāuis capta est, …

Answer 28

… soon a ship from Apollonia was captured, …

Question 29

… cuius praefectus Anthrōpinus occīsus est.

Answer 29

… whose captain Anthropinus was killed.