Section 5D(iv) Senators should be resolute Flashcards
quae cum ita sint, patrēs cōnscrīptī, …
Since these things are so [which things, since they are so], conscript fathers, …
… uōbīs populī Rōmānī praesidia nōn dēsunt;
… the protections of the Roman people are not lacking to you;
prōuidendum est nē uōs populō Rōmānō dēesse uideāminī.
care must be taken lest you yourselves seem to fail the Roman people.
habētis cōnsulem parātum nōn ad uītam suam dēfendendam, …
You have a consul prepared not defend his own life, …
… sed ad uestram salūtem cūrandam.
… but (prepared) to take care of your safety.
omnēs ōrdinēs ad cōnseruandam rem pūblicam mente, uoluntāte, uōce cōnsentiunt.
All the orders agree in mind, will, (and) voice on preserving the commonwealth.
patria commūnis, obsessa facibus et tēlīs impiae coniūrātiōnis, …
(Our) common fatherland, having been besieged with the torches and weapons of an unholy conspiracy, …
… uōbīs supplex manūs tendit, …
… stretches (its) hands to you (as) a suppliant, …
… uōbīs sē, …
… to you (as for) itself, …
… uōbīs uītam omnium cīuium, …
… to you (as for) the life of all the citizens, …
… uōbīs ārās Penātium, …
… to you (as for) the altars of the Penates [household gods], …
… uōbīs illum ignem Vestae sempiternum, …
… to you (as for) that eternal fire of Vesta, …
… uōbīs omnium deōrum templa commendat.
… to you it commends the temples of all the gods.
praetereā dē uestrā uītā, …
Besides that, about your life, …
… dē coniugum uestrārum atque līberōrum animā, …
… about the lives [soul] of your wives and children, …
… dē fortūnīs omnium hodiē uōbīs iūdicandum est.
… about the fortunes of everyone there must be a judgment today.
habētis ducem memorem uestrī, oblītum suī.
You have a leader mindful of you [i.e. who remembers you], having forgotten himself.
habētis omnīs ōrdinēs, omnīs hominēs, …
You have all the orders, all individuals [people], …
… ūniuersum populum Rōmānum ūnum atque idem sentientem.
… (you have) the whole Roman population thinking one and the same (thing).
cōgitāte!
Think!
imperium tantīs labōribus fundātum, …
(As for) the empire founded with such (great) labors, …
… lībertātem tantā uirtūte stabilītam, …
(as for) freedom made firm by such courage, …
… fortūnās tantā deōrum benignitāte auctās …
(as for) fortunes increased by such kindness of the gods …
… ūna nox paene dēlēuit.
… a single night almost destroyed (them).
