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.