Section 4G(i) What would your father say? Flashcards
sī pater ipse Verris nunc adesset et sī nunc iūdicāret, …
If Verres’ own father were here now and if he were now acting as judge, …
… per deōs immortālīs, quid facere posset?
… by the immortal gods, what would he be able to do?
quid dīceret?
… What would he say?
sī audīret ā tē cīuīs Rōmānōs secūrī percussōs, …
If he heard that Roman citizens had been executed [struck with an ax] by you, ..
… ā tē archipīrātam līberātum, …
… (that) the pirate king had been freed by you, …
… propter tuam neglegentiam classem Rōmānam captam atque incēnsam, …
… (that) because of your carelessness a Roman fleet had been captured and burned, …
… ā tē dēnique Gauium in crucem āctum, …
… (and) finally (that) Gavius had been put onto a cross by you, …
… possēs ab eō ueniam petere, …
… would you be able to seek pardon from him, …
… possēs ut tibi ignōsceret postulāre?
… would you be able to ask (him) to forgive you?
ō nōmen dulce lībertātis!
O sweet name of liberty!
ō iūs eximium nostrae cīuitātis!
O excellent right(s) of our state!
acciditne ut cīuis Rōmānus in prōuinciā populī Rōmānī …
Did it happen that a Roman citizen in a province of the Roman people …
… ab eō quī praetor esset
… by him who was praetor …
… in forō uirgīs caederētur?
… was beaten in the forum with rods?
quid? in crucem tū agere ausus es eum …
What? Did you dare to lead him him onto a cross …
… quī sē cīuem Rōmānum esse dīceret?
… who was saying that he was a Roman citizen?
at enim Gauium speculātōrem fuisse dīcis …
But I suppose [for I have a good reason to say “but”] you say that Gavius was a spy …
… et clāmitāsse sē cīuem Rōmānum esse …
… (and that) he shouted that he was a Roman citizen …
… quod moram mortī quaereret.
… because he was seeking a delay for death.
hoc tū, Verrēs, dīcis, hoc tū cōnfitēris, …
This, Verres, you yourself do say, this you yourself confess …
… illum clāmitāsse sē cīuem Rōmānum esse.
… that he shouted that he was a Roman citizen.
hoc teneō, hīc haereō, iūdicēs, …
This I hold (onto), here is where I cling (on), judges, …
… hōc sum contentus ūnō, …
… I am content with this one thing alone, …
… omittō ac neglegō cētera, …
… I pass over and neglect other things, …
… cīuem Rōmānum sē esse dīcēbat.
… (but) he was saying that he was a Roman citizen.
sī tū, Verrēs, apud Persās aut in extrēmā Indiā ad supplicium dūcāris, …
If, Verres, you yourself should be led to punishment among the Persians or in farthest India, …
… quid aliud clāmēs nisi tē cīuem esse Rōmānum?
… what else would you shout other than that you are a Roman citizen?
sī cīuem tē esse Rōmānum dīcās, …
If you were to say that you are (were) a Roman citizen, …
… nōnne putēs tē aut effugium aut moram mortis assecūtūrum?
… wouldn’t you think that you would gain either escape (from) or a delay of death?
hominēs tenuēs, obscūrō locō nātī, nāuigant,
Humble people, born in an obscure place, sail (the seas), …
… adeunt ad ea loca quae numquam anteā uīdērunt, …
… they approach those places which they have never seen before, …
… arbitrātī sē tūtōs fore …
… having thought they would be safe …
… et hanc rem sibi praesidiō futūram.
… and (that) this thing would be [as] a protection for them.
nam sīc opīnantur:
For they think as follows:
“sī ad loca numquam anteā ā nōbīs uīsa nāuigāuerimus, tūtī erimus, …
“If we shall have sailed to places never seen by us before, we will be safe …
“… quod cīuēs sumus Rōmānī.
“… because we are Roman citizens.”
“sī ad fīnīs orbis terrārum adierimus, …
“If we will have approached [to] the ends of the world [globe of the lands], …
“… cīuitās Rōmāna nōs prōteget.”
“… Roman citizenship will protect us.”
sī tollās hanc spem, …
If you should remove this hope, …
… sī tollās hoc praesidium cīuibus Rōmānīs, …
… if you should remove this protection from Roman citizens, ..
… sī cōnstituās nihil esse opis in hāc uōce …
… if you should decide that there is no help [nothing of help] in this utterance …
… “cīuis Rōmānus sum,” …
“I am a Roman citizen,”
… iam omnīs prōuinciās, iam omnia rēgna, …
… (then) already all the provinces, already all the kingdoms, …
… iam omnīs līberās cīuitātēs, iam omnem orbem terrārum …
… already all the free states, already the whole world
… cīuibus Rōmānīs praeclūdās.
… you would shut off from Roman citizens.
