Section 4H In conclusion, then...

Question 1

dēnique ad Verrem redeō et ad scelera, …

Answer 1

In the end I return to Verres and to (his) crimes, …

Question 2

… quae contrā deōs commīsit.

Answer 2

… which he has committed against the gods.

Question 3

nam sānctissimum et pulcherrimum simulācrum tuum, Iuppiter Optime Maxime, iste Syrācūsīs sustulit, …

Answer 3

For THIS one at Syracuse removed your most holy and most beautiful statue, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, …

Question 4

… ut domī suae tenēret, …

Answer 4

… so that he could keep (it) in his home, …

Question 5

… omnī religiōne rēiectā.

Answer 5

… after all sense of religious obligation had been rejected.

Question 6

duo fāna tua, Iūnō Rēgīna, īdem iste omnibus dōnīs nūdāuit, …

Answer 6

This same (odious) person has stripped your two shines, Queen Juno, of all (their) gifts, …

Question 7

… ut sē dītāret, domum suam ōrnāret.

Answer 7

… so that he could enrich himself, (and) adorn his home.

Question 8

tē, Minerua, ita expīlāuit, …

Answer 8

He robbed you, Minerva to such an extent …

Question 9

… ut Athēnīs et Syrācūsīs ē religiōsissimīs templīs aurī grande pondus auferret.

Answer 9

… that at Athens and Syracuse he carried off a large weight of gold from (your) most religious temples.

Question 10

uōsque, Lātōna et Apollō et Diāna, sīc iste sprēuit, …

Answer 10

And as for you, Latona and Apollo and Diana, that (dreadful) man (over there) has scorned in such a way, …

Question 11

… ut Dēlī fānum nocturnō latrōciniō compīlāret, …

Answer 11

… that he was looting the shrine at Delos with a nighttime burglary, …

Question 12

… nēmine obstante.

Answer 12

… with no one blocking (him).

Question 13

etiam tē, Diāna, spoliāuit, …

Answer 13

And he even plundered you, Diana, ….

Question 14

… cuius simulācrum sānctissimum Segestae tollendum et asportandum cūrāuit.

Answer 14

… whose most sacred statue at Segesta he made sure had to be removed and carried away.

Question 15

nam fūrēs suōs Segestam mīsit, …

Answer 15

For he sent his thieves to Segesta, …

Question 16

… quī templum tuum compīlārent.

Answer 16

… so that they could plunder your temple.

Question 17

tē, Mercurī, tantum dēspexit, …

Answer 17

You, Mercury, he despised so much, …

Question 18

… ut imāginem tuam in domō et prīuātā palaestrā pōneret.

Answer 18

…that he placed your image in (his) home and in (his) private wrestling-ground.

Question 19

tē, Herculēs, tam arroganter iste contempsit, …

Answer 19

(For) you, Hercules, THAT one arrogantly showed such contempt, …

Question 20

… ut Agrigentī seruōs īnstrueret, …

Answer 20

… that at Agrigentum he equipped his slaves, ….

Question 21

… quī simulācrum tuum conuellere suīs sēdibus et auferre cōnārentur.

Answer 21

… to try to tear away your statue from its foundations and (to try to) carry it off.

Question 22

tēque, sānctissima māter Īdaea, augustissimō in templō sīc spoliātam relīquit, …

Answer 22

And you, holiest mother from (Mount) Ida, he has left you in that most holy temple so despoiled, …

Question 23

… ut nihil maneat, nihil exstet.

Answer 23

… that nothing remains, nothing nothing survives.

Question 24

tēque, Cerēs et Lībera, iste ūnus sīc polluit et uiolāuit, …

Answer 24

And you, Ceres and Libera, THAT one alone has polluted and violated in such a way, …

Question 25

… ut simulācrum Cereris ūnum, …

Answer 25

… that (as for) a single statue of Ceres, …

Question 26

… quod ā uirō aspicī fās nōn est, …

Answer 26

… which it is not proper for a man to see [to be seen by a man], …

Question 27

… sacrāriō Catinae conuellendum auferendumque cūrāret,

Answer 27

… he saw to it that it should be torn away from the shrine at Catina and taken away, …

Question 28

… alterum autem, …

Answer 28

… another, however, …

Question 29

… quod tāle erat ut nōn hūmānā manū factum uidērētur, …

Answer 29

… which was of a kind that it seemed to be made not by a human hand, …

Question 30

… Hennā ex suā sēde ac domō tolleret.

Answer 30

… (he saw to it that) at Henna he could take it from its foundation and (its) home.

Question 31

implōrō atque obtestor uōs deōs deāsque omnīs, …

Answer 31

I beg and I pray (to) you gods and (to) all (you) goddesses, …

Question 32

… quōrum templīs iste, furōre mōtus, bellum sacrilegum indīxit, …

Answer 32

… on whose temples THIS one, moved by raging insanity, has declared war, …

Question 33

… ut iūdicēs eandem mentem habēre cōgātis ad iūdicandam causam, …

Answer 33

… [I beg and pray] that you compell the judges to have the same mind for judging the case, …

Question 34

… quam in suscipiendā causā ego habuī.

Answer 34

… that I myself had in taking the case up.

Question 35

nam ideō causam suscēpī, iūdicēs, …

Answer 35

For I took up the case for this reason, judges, …

Question 36

… et ad Siciliam prōtegendam, …

Answer 36

… (namely) both for the protection of Sicily [for Sicily to be protected],

Question 37

… et ad sociōs dēfendendōs, …

Answer 37

… and for the defense of (our) allies [for the allies to be defended],

Question 38

… et ad dignitātem reī pūblicae retinendam.

Answer 38

… and for the retention of the dignity of the commonwealth [for the commonwealth’s dignity to be retained].

Question 39

uōs igitur precor, iūdicēs, …

Answer 39

Therefore I implore you, judges, …

Question 40

… ut C. Verrem exitus, uitā et factīs dignus, uestrō iūdiciō cōnsequatur.

Answer 40

… that an outcome worthy of (his) life and deeds, by means of your judgment, catch up with Gaius Verres.