Traditional Values- CICERO

Question 1

accusator esses ridiculus,

Answer 1

You would be a ridiculous prosecutor,

Question 2

si illis temporibus natus esses

Answer 2

if you had been born in those times

Question 3

cum ab aratro arcessebantur

Answer 3

when men were summoned from the plough

Question 4

qui consules fierent.

Answer 4

to become consuls.

Question 5

tu enim,

Answer 5

For you,

Question 6

qui praeesse agro colendo flagitium putes,

Answer 6

who consider it a disgrace to be responsible for cultivating a farm,

Question 7

profecto illum Atilium,

Answer 7

would certainly judge the famous Atilius,

Question 8

quem sua manu semen spargentem

Answer 8

whom sowing seed with his own hand,

Question 9

illi qui missi erant convenerunt,

Answer 9

those who had been sent came across,

Question 10

hominem turpissimum atque inhonestissimum iudicares.

Answer 10

to be a most shameful and low-class [fellow].

Question 11

at hercule maiores nostri

Answer 11

But, by Hercules, our ancestors

Question 12

longe aliter et de illo et de ceteris talibus existimabant

Answer 12

thought differently both concerning him and concerning other such men,

Question 13

viris existimabant

Answer 13

they thought of men

Question 14

itaque ex minima tenuissimaque re publica

Answer 14

from a tiny and quite insignificant state

Question 15

maximam et florentissimam nobis reliquerunt.

Answer 15

they left us a very large and highly prosperous one.

Question 16

suos enim agros studiose colebant,

Answer 16

For they cultivated their own farms intently,

Question 17

non alienos cupide appetebant;

Answer 17

not greedily laying claim to those of others;

Question 18

sic et agris et urbibus et nationibus

Answer 18

in this way, both with lands, cities, and nations

Question 19

rem publicam atque hoc imperium

Answer 19

they expanded the state and this empire

Question 20

et populi Romani nomen auxerunt.

Answer 20

and they increased the reputation of the Roman people.

Question 21

et simul tibi in mentem veniat

Answer 21

Let it also come to your attention

Question 22

quem ad modum vitam huiusce depinxeris

Answer 22

how you have depicted the life of this man here

Question 23

hunc hominem ferum atque agrestem fuisse,

Answer 23

[saying that] he was rough and uncouth,

Question 24

numquam cum homine quoquam collocutum esse,

Answer 24

that he never spoke to another person,

Question 25

numquam in oppido constitisse.

Answer 25

never stayed in a town.

Question 26

sed in rusticis moribus,

Answer 26

But in country ways,

Question 27

in victu arido,

Answer 27

in a simple lifestyle,

Question 28

in hac horrida incultaque vita

Answer 28

in this rough and uncivilised existence

Question 29

maleficia istius modi gigni non solent.

Answer 29

crimes of that kind are not usually committed.

Question 30

ut non omnem frugem neque arborem in omni agro reperire possis,

Answer 30

Just as you would not be able to find every crop or tree in every field,

Question 31

sic non omne facinus in omni vita nascitur.

Answer 31

so not every crime occurs in every way of life.

Question 32

in urbe luxuries creatur,

Answer 32

In the city extravagance is created,

Question 33

ex luxuria exsistat avaritia necesse est,

Answer 33

from extravagance, greed naturally arises,

Question 34

ex avaritia erumpat audacia,

Answer 34

from greed, boldness bursts out,

Question 35

inde omnia scelera ac maleficia gignuntur.

Answer 35

from that all kinds of crimes and misdeeds are born.

Question 36

vita autem haec rustica quam tu agrestem vocas

Answer 36

This country life, on the other hand, which you call uncouth,

Question 37

parsimoniae, diligentiae, iustitiae magistra est.

Answer 37

is the teacher of thrift, hard work, and good conduct.