Section 5D(iv) Senators should be resolute

Question 1

quae cum ita sint, patrēs cōnscrīptī, …

Answer 1

Since these things are so [which things, since they are so], conscript fathers, …

Question 2

… uōbīs populī Rōmānī praesidia nōn dēsunt;

Answer 2

… the protections of the Roman people are not lacking to you;

Question 3

prōuidendum est nē uōs populō Rōmānō dēesse uideāminī.

Answer 3

care must be taken lest you yourselves seem to fail the Roman people.

Question 4

habētis cōnsulem parātum nōn ad uītam suam dēfendendam, …

Answer 4

You have a consul prepared not defend his own life, …

Question 5

… sed ad uestram salūtem cūrandam.

Answer 5

… but (prepared) to take care of your safety.

Question 6

omnēs ōrdinēs ad cōnseruandam rem pūblicam mente, uoluntāte, uōce cōnsentiunt.

Answer 6

All the orders agree in mind, will, (and) voice on preserving the commonwealth.

Question 7

patria commūnis, obsessa facibus et tēlīs impiae coniūrātiōnis, …

Answer 7

(Our) common fatherland, having been besieged with the torches and weapons of an unholy conspiracy, …

Question 8

… uōbīs supplex manūs tendit, …

Answer 8

… stretches (its) hands to you (as) a suppliant, …

Question 9

… uōbīs sē, …

Answer 9

… to you (as for) itself, …

Question 10

… uōbīs uītam omnium cīuium, …

Answer 10

… to you (as for) the life of all the citizens, …

Question 11

… uōbīs ārās Penātium, …

Answer 11

… to you (as for) the altars of the Penates [household gods], …

Question 12

… uōbīs illum ignem Vestae sempiternum, …

Answer 12

… to you (as for) that eternal fire of Vesta, …

Question 13

… uōbīs omnium deōrum templa commendat.

Answer 13

… to you it commends the temples of all the gods.

Question 14

praetereā dē uestrā uītā, …

Answer 14

Besides that, about your life, …

Question 15

… dē coniugum uestrārum atque līberōrum animā, …

Answer 15

… about the lives [soul] of your wives and children, …

Question 16

… dē fortūnīs omnium hodiē uōbīs iūdicandum est.

Answer 16

… about the fortunes of everyone there must be a judgment today.

Question 17

habētis ducem memorem uestrī, oblītum suī.

Answer 17

You have a leader mindful of you [i.e. who remembers you], having forgotten himself.

Question 18

habētis omnīs ōrdinēs, omnīs hominēs, …

Answer 18

You have all the orders, all individuals [people], …

Question 19

… ūniuersum populum Rōmānum ūnum atque idem sentientem.

Answer 19

… (you have) the whole Roman population thinking one and the same (thing).

Question 20

cōgitāte!

Answer 20

Think!

Question 21

imperium tantīs labōribus fundātum, …

Answer 21

(As for) the empire founded with such (great) labors, …

Question 22

… lībertātem tantā uirtūte stabilītam, …

Answer 22

(as for) freedom made firm by such courage, …

Question 23

… fortūnās tantā deōrum benignitāte auctās …

Answer 23

(as for) fortunes increased by such kindness of the gods …

Question 24

… ūna nox paene dēlēuit.

Answer 24

… a single night almost destroyed (them).

Question 25

id nē umquam posthāc cōnficī possit ā cīuibus, hodiē prōuidendum est.

Answer 25

Care must be taken today lest this can ever afterwards be accomplished by citizens.

Question 26

immō uērō hodiē uōbīs prōuidendum est …

Answer 26

And in fact today care must be taken by you …

Question 27

… nē id umquam posthāc uel cōgitārī possit ā cīuibus.

Answer 27

… lest this afterwards can ever even be thought by citizens.