section 89

Question 1

O mea frustra semper verissima auguria rerum futurarum!

Answer 1

Oh how my, very true, auguries of the future have always been in vain.

Question 2

Dicebam illis in Capitolio liberatoribus nostris, cum me ad te ire vellent, ut ad defendendam rem publicam te adhortarer,

Answer 2

I kept saying to these men our liberators on the Capitol, when they wanted me to go to you to urge you to defend the republic,

Question 3

quoad metueres, omnia te promissurum; simul ac timere desisses, similem te futurum tui.

Answer 3

for as long as you are scared, you would promise everything; as soon as you stopped fearing, you would be like yourself.

Question 4

Itaque, cum ceteri consulares irent, redirent, in sententia mansi;

Answer 4

And so, when the other consuls were going to and fro, I stood by my opinion:

Question 5

neque te illo die neque postero vidi neque ullam societatem optimis civibus cum inportunissimo hoste foedere ullo confirmari posse credidi.

Answer 5

and I did not see you that day, nor on the next day, nor did I believe that for excellent citizens any alliance could be ratified with the cruellest enemy by any treaty.

Question 6

Post diem tertium veni in aedem Telluris, et quidem invitus, cum omnis aditus armati obsiderent.

Answer 6

The third day after, I came to the temple of Tellus and indeed reluctantly, since armed men guarded every entrance.