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Puella diligenter laborabat
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The girl was working diligently
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The girl was working diligently
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Puella diligenter laborabat
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Mater filios irate vocat
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The mother angrily calls the sons
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The mother angrily calls the sons
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Mater filios irate vocat
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Discupuli anxie responderunt
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The students anxiously responded
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The students anxiously responded
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Discupuli anxie responserunt
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Filia in horto laete ludebat
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The daughter was playing happily in the garden
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The daughter was playing happily in the garden
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Filia in horto laete ludebat
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Miles castra fideliter protigebat
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The soldier was protecting the camp faithfully
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Dux imperia cras dabit
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The leader will give the orders tomorrow
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The leader will give the orders tomorrow
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Dux imperia cras dabit
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The soldier was protecting the camp faithfully
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Miles castra fideliter protigebat
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Ille gladiator semper est victor
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That gladiator always is the winner
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That gladiator always is the winner
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Ille gladiator semper est victor
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Ad forum nunc ambulabimus
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We will walk now to the Forum
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We will walk now to the Forum
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Ad forum nunc ambulabimus
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Magister discipulos paratos heri laudavit
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The teacher praised the prepared students yesterday
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The teacher praised the prepared students yesterday
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Magister discipulos paratos heri laudavit
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Diu amicos in via exspectabamus
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We were waiting for the friends in the street for a long time
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We were waiting for the friends in the street for a long time
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Diu amicos in via exspectabamus
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Cur librum habes?
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Why do you have a book?
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Why do you have a book?
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Cur librum habes?
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Mox aqua sub ponte fluet
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Soon, the water will flow under the bridge
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Soon, the water will flow under the bridge
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Mox aqua sub ponte fluet
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Sic miles hostem pellit
Thus, the soldier strikes the enemy
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Thus, the soldier strikes the enemy
Sic miles hostem pellit
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Theatrum est hic
The theater is here
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The theater is here
Theatrum est hic
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The boy walked to the market then to the library
Puer ad forum deinde ad bibliothecam ambulabat
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Puer ad forum deinde ad bibliothecam ambulabat
The boy walked to the market then to the library
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Semper responsionibus magistrarum credidimus
We always believed the teachers' answers
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We always believed the teachers' answers
Semper responsionibus magistrarum credidimus
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Canem bonum sedere docebas
You were teaching the good dog to sit
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You were teaching the good dog to sit
Canem bonum sedere docebas
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Prope reginam rex stabit
The king will stand near the queen
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The king will stand near the queen
Prope reginam rex stabit
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Librum novum amico dedisti
You have given the new book to the friend
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You have given the new book to the friend
Librum novum amico dedisti
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Gladiatores fortes vitam longam habent
The strong gladiators have a long life
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The strong gladiators have a long life
Gladiatores fortes vitam longam habent
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Yesterday, you saw the king
Heri, regem vidisti
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Heri, regem vidisti
Yesterday, you saw the king
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The priests crowned the king
Sacerdotes regem coronaverunt
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Sacerdotes regem coronaverunt
The priests crowned the king
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We wept because we did not have a crown and the priest did not give us a crown
Flevimus, quod coronam non habuimus et sacerdos coronam nobis non dedit
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Flevimus, quod coronam non habuimus et sacerdos coronam nobis non dedit
We wept because we did not have a crown and the priest did not give us a crown
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Both the king and the queen sailed in their ship
Et rex et regina in nave sua navigaverunt
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Et rex et regina in nave sua navigaverunt
Both the king and the queen sailed in their ship
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The star shone in the heavens
Stella in caelis luxit
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Stella in caelis luxit
The star shone in the heavens
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Dux honestiorem virum laudavit
The leader praised the more honest man
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The leader praised the more honest man
Dux honestiorem virum laudavit
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Pater tristiorem puellarum abest
The father of the sadder girls is not here
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The father of the sadder girls is not here
Pater tristiorem puellarum abest
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Procul altiores montes visimus
We saw the higher mountains from a distance
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We saw the higher mountains from a distance
Procul altiores montes visimus
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In incertiore aetate vivimus
We live in more uncertain time
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We live in more uncertain time
In incertiore aetate vivimus
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Amicae breviorem litteram scripsi
I wrote a shorter letter to my friend
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I wrote a shorter letter to my friend
Amicae breviorem litteram scripsi
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The soldiers train in the camp
Milites in castris exercent
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Milites in castris exercent
The soldiers train in the camp
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The enemies will attack with a catapult, spears, and javelins
Hostes catapulta et hastis et pilis oppugnabunt
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Hostes catapulta et hastis et pilis oppugnabunt
The enemies will attack with a catapult, spears, and javelins
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The leader had a shield and helmet
Dux parmam et galeam habuit
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Dux parmam et galeam habuit
The leader had a shield and helmet
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The legions and archers defended the walls
Legiones et sagitarii muros defenderunt
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Legiones et sagitarii muros defenderunt
The legions and archers defended the walls
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The Romans were seeing many captives
Romani multos captivos videbant
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Romani multos captivos videbant
The Romans were seeing many captives
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Ego in horto laborabam
I was working in the garden
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I was working in the garden
Ego in horto laborabam
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Puer mihi donum dabit
The boy will give a gift to me
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The boy will give a gift to me
Puer mihi donum dabit
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Ambulabamus tēcum
We were walking with you
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We were walking with you
Ambulabamus tēcum
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Te in via vidi
I saw you in the street
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I saw you in the street
Te in via vidi
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Mater me iuvavit
Mother helped me
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Mother helped me
Mater me iuvavit
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Puellae vōs exspectabant
The girls were waiting for you
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The girls were waiting for you
Puellae vōs exspectabant
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Is litterās amīcō suō misserat
He had sent a letter to his friend
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He had sent a letter to his friend
Is litterās amīcō suō misserat
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Puella cenam eī paravit
The girl prepared a dinner for him
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The girl prepared a dinner for him
Puella cenam eī paravit
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In via eam videramus
We had seen her in the street
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We had seen her in the street
In via eam videramus
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Eī amīcōs suōs in viā occurrēbant
They were meeting their friends in the street
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They were meeting their friends in the street
Eī amīcōs suōs in viā occurrēbant
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Eās ego iuvabo
I will help them
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I will help them
Eās ego iuvabo
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Carthagini celeriter advenimus
We arrived at Carthage quickly
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We arrived at Carthage quickly
Carthagini celeriter advenimus
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Domī puerī laetē ludebant
The boys were playing happily at home
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The boys were playing happily at home
Domī puerī laetē ludebant
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Familia Romae habitat
The family lives in Rome
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The family lives in Rome
Familia Romae habitat
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Cum cane humi sedebam
I was sitting on the ground with the dog
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I was sitting on the ground with the dog
Cum cane humi sedebam
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Manebitisne Athenis?
Will you stay in Athens?
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Will you stay in Athens?
Manebitisne Athenis?
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The people chose a leader. They were trusting him.
Populus ducem elegerunt. Ei confidebant.
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Populus ducem elegerunt. Ei confidebant.
The people chose a leader. They were trusting him.
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The leaders will serve well. They will rule well.
Duces bene merebunt. Ei bene regent.
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Duces bene merebunt. Ei bene regent.
The leaders will serve well. They will rule well.
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The good leader guarded liberty.
Dux bonus libertatem custodivit.
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Dux bonus libertatem custodivit.
The good leader guarded liberty.
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The senators understood the laws and were writing a new law.
Senatores leges intellexerunt et legem novam scribebant.
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Senatores leges intellexerunt et legem novam scribebant.
The senators understood the laws and were writing a new law.
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A patrician always bewares a tyrant and will not support a king.
Patricius tyrannum semper cavet et regem non sustinebit.
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Patricius tyrannum semper cavet et regem non sustinebit.
A patrician always bewares a tyrant and will not support a king.
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Estne ille liber tuus?
Is that book yours?
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Is that book yours?
Estne ille liber tuus?
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Vero, ille liber meus est?
Truly, that book is mine.
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Truly, that book is mine.
Vero, ille liber meus est?
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Meus liber est bonus.
My book is good.
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My book is good.
Meus liber est bonus.
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Puer suum librum habet.
The boy has his book.
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The boy has his book.
Puer suum librum habet.
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Liberi suam matrem viderunt.
The children saw their mother.
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The children saw their mother.
Liberi suam matrem viderunt.
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Narcissus se amavit.
Narcissus loved himself.
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Narcissus loved himself.
Narcissus se amavit.
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Milites victi se interficiunt.
The conquered soldiers killed themselves.
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The conquered soldiers killed themselves.
Milites victi se interficiunt.
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Me audivi.
I heard myself.
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I heard myself.
Me audivi.
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Vos iuvavistis.
You helped yourselves.
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You helped yourselves.
Vos iuvavistis.
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Nos scimus.
We know ourselves.
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We know ourselves.
Nos scimus.
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The fishermen, not the barbers, will sail.
Piscatores, non tonsores, navigabunt.
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Piscatores, non tonsores, navigabunt.
The fishermen, not the barbers, will sail.
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The bakers, not the charioteers, baked.
Pistores, non aurigae, coxerunt.
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Pistores, non aurigae, coxerunt.
The bakers, not the charioteers, baked.
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The teachers, not the potters, were teaching.
Grammatici, non figuli, docebant.
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Grammatici, non figuli, docebant.
The teachers, not the potters, were teaching.
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The farmers, not the priests, were cultivating and working in the field.
Agricolae, non sacerdotes, colebant et in agro laborabant.
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Agricolae, non sacerdotes, colebant et in agro laborabant.
The farmers, not the priests, were cultivating and working in the field.
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The merchants sold in the forum.
Mercatores in foro vendiderunt.
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Mercatores in foro vendiderunt.
The merchants sold in the forum.
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Puella quae in viā ambulat est tarda.
The girl who is walking in the road is late.
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The girl who is walking in the road is late.
Puella quae in viā ambulat est tarda.
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Puer cuius mater labōrat venīre vult.
The boy whose mother is working wants to come.
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The boy whose mother is working wants to come.
Puer cuius mater labōrat venīre vult.
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Amīcus cui librum dedī erat laetus.
The friend to whom I gave the book was happy.
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The friend to whom I gave the book was happy.
Amīcus cui librum dedī erat laetus.
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Femina quam in casā vidī labōrābat.
The woman whom I saw in the house was working.
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The woman whom I saw in the house was working.
Femina quam in casā vidī labōrābat.
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Quō usque abutere, Catilina, patientiā nostrā?
To what end will you continuously abuse our patience, Catiline?
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To what end will you continuously abuse our patience, Catiline?
Quō usque abutere, Catilina, patientiā nostrā?
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Quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?
How long yet will that madness of yours mock us?
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How long yet will that madness of yours mock us?
Quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?
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Quem ad finem sēsē effrenata iactabit audacia?
To what end will unrestrained boldness throw itself?
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To what end will unrestrained boldness throw itself?
Quem ad finem sēsē effrenata iactabit audacia?
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Nihilne tē nocturnum praesidium palatiī movit?
Does the nightly guard of the Palatine Hill move you not at all?
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Does the nightly guard of the Palatine Hill move you not at all?
Nihilne tē nocturnum praesidium palatiī movit?
or
Nihilne nocturnum praesidium palatiī te movit?
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To what end will your boldness throw itself?
Quem ad finem audacia tua sese iactabit ?
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Nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populī,
Do the watches of the city, the fear of the people,
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nihil concursus bonōrum omnium,
the meetings of all good men,
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nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus,
this most fortified place where the senate meets,
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nihil horum ora voltusque movēruntque?
the faces and expressions of these men move you not at all?
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Quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris?
What last night, what the night before last did you do?
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Quos convocaveris?
Whom did you call together?
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Quid consilii ceperis?
What counsel did you take?
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Quem nostrum ignorāre arbitraris?
Whom of us did you think to not know?
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O tempora, O morēs!
O times, O customs!
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Puellae quae in camera sedebant laborabant.
The girls who were sitting in the room were working.
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The girls who were sitting in the room were working.
Puellae quae in camera sedebant laborabant.
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Pueri quorum amici erant tardi in via exspectabant.
The boys whose friends were late were waiting in the street.
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The boys whose friends were late were waiting in the street.
Pueri quorum amici erant tardi in via exspectabant.
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Canes quibus cibum dedi erant laeti.
The dogs to whom I gave the food were happy.
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The dogs to whom I gave the food were happy.
Canes quibus cibum dedi erant laeti.
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Puellae quas iuvavimus erant fatigatae.
The girls whom we helped were tired.
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The girls whom we helped were tired.
Puellae quas iuvavimus erant fatigatae.
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Visi puellam quae erat in templo.
I saw the girl who was in the temple.
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I saw the girl who was in the temple.
Visi puellam quae erat in templo.
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Amicus cui librum dedi erat laetus.
The friend to whom I gave the book was happy.
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The friend to whom I gave the book was happy.
Amicus cui librum dedi erat laetus.
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Domus in qua habitabamus erat parva.
The house in which we were living was small.
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The house in which we were living was small.
Domus in qua habitabamus erat parva.
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partēs trēs, quārum unam partem incolunt Belgae,
Gaul is all divided in three parts, of which the Belgae live in one part,
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aliam partem Aquitanī incolunt, tertiam partem Gallī incolunt.
another part the Aquitani live in, the third part the Gauls live in.
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Hī omnēs inter sē linguā, institutīs, legibus differunt.
All these differ among themselves with respect to language, customs, and laws.
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Garumna flumen Gallōs ab Aquitanīs dividit.
The Garumna river divides the Gauls from the Aquitani.
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Matrona et Sequana flumina Gallōs a Belgīs dividunt.
The Matrona and Sequana rivers divide the Gauls from the Belgae.
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Gaul is divided into three parts.
Gallia est divisa in partes tres.
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The Belgae live in one part, the Aquitani live in another part.
Belgae unam partem incolunt, Aquitani aliam partem incolunt.
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All differ with respect to language, customs, and laws.
Omnes lingua, institutis, legibus differunt.
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The Garumna river divides the Gauls from the Aquitani.
Garumna flumen Gallos ab Aquitanis dividit.
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The Matrona and Sequana rivers divide the Gauls from the Belgae.
Matrona et Sequana flumina Gallos a Belgis dividunt.
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Hōrum omnium fortissimī sunt Belgae,
Of all these the Belgae are the strongest,
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propterea quod a cultū atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt,
because they are very far away from the culture and humanity of the province,
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minimeque ad eōs mercatorēs saepe commeant
and they often visit those merchants least frequently
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atque ea quae animōs molliunt important, proximīque sunt Germanīs,
and those things which soften minds they import, and they are nearest to the Germani,
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quī trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
who across the Rhine dwell, with whom continuously they wage war.
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The strongest are the Belgae.
Fortissimi sunt Belgae.
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They are very far away from the culture and humanity of the province.
A cultu et humanitate provinciae longissime absunt.
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They import the things which soften minds.
Ea quae animos molliunt important.
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The Germani dwell across the Rhine.
Germani trans Rhenum incolunt.
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They continually wage war with the Germani.
Cum Germanis continenter bellum gerunt.
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Claudia suam tunicam in flumine lavaverat.
Claudia had washed her tunic in the river.
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Mercem in Foro hodie vendam.
I will sell the merchandise in the Forum today.
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Discipulos bene docuisti.
You have taught the students well.
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Nautae Romam cito navigabant.
The sailors were sailing to Rome quickly.
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Magnos agros in fundo colueratis.
You had cultivated the big fields on the farm.
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Alma Venus, tu es Aeneadum genetrix,
Nourishing Venus, you are the mother of the Romans,
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hominum divomque voluptās.
the delight of men and gods.
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Subter labentia signa caelōrum
Beneath the flowing signs of the heavens
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tu mare navigerum et terrās frugiferentēs concelebrās.
you visit often the navigable sea and the fruitful lands.
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You are the mother of the Romans.
Tu es Aeneadum genetrix.
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You are the delight of men.
Tu es hominum voluptas.
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You visit often the navigable sea.
Tu mare navigerum concelebras.
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You visit often the fruitful lands.
Tu terras frugiferentes concelebras.
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Per tē quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis:
Because through you every kind of living thing is conceived and contemplates the lights of the sun:
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tē fuginunt venti, te nubila caeli adventumque tuum,
The winds and clouds of the heavens flee your arrival,
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tibi suavis daedala tellus summittit florēs,
The pleasant skillful land sends up flowers to you from below.
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tibi rident aequora ponti placatumque nitet diffusō lumine caelum.
The sea laughs for you and the peaceful heaven shines with spread out light.
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Through you, every living thing is conceived.
Per te omne animans concipitur.
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The winds and clouds of the heavens flee your arrival.
Venti et nubes caelorum adventum tuum fugiunt.
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The pleasant skillful land sends flowers up from below.
Suavis daedala terra flores summittit.
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The sea laughs.
Mare ridet.
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The peaceful heaven shines with spread out light.
Placatum caelum diffuso lumine nitet.
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Marcus est puer fortis.
Marcus is a strong boy.
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Canis erat sordidus.
The dog was dirty.
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Augustus fuit optimus imperator.
Augustus has been the best leader.
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Ubi fueras? In Foro fueram.
Where had you been? I had been in the Forum.
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Tardae erimus.
We will be late.
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hoc primum philosophia promittit, sensum communem, humanitatem et congregationem.
Philosophy promises this first of all: common sense, humanity, and sociability.
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a hāc dissimilitudo professione nos separabit.
Difference from this declaration will separate us.
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Nempe propositum nostrum est secundum naturam vivere;
Truly our business is to live according to nature;
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hoc contra naturam est, torquere corpus suum et facilēs odisse munditiās
but this is against nature, to twist the body and to hate the easy elegances
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Philosophy promises common sense and humanity.
Philosophia sensum communem et humanitatem promittit.
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Difference will separate us from this declaration.
Dissimilitudo a hac professione nos separabit.
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Our business is to live according to nature.
Propositum nostrum est vivere secundum naturam.
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To twist the body and to hate elegances is against nature.
Torquere corpus et odisse munditias contra naturam est.
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et squalorem appetere et cibīs nōn tatum vilibus uti sed taetrīs et horridīs.
both to grasp squalor and not only to use cheap food but also nauseating and rough.
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Quemadmodum desiderāre delicatās res luxuria est,
Just as to desire nice things is a luxury,
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Contra naturam est squalorem adpetere.
It is against nature to grasp squalor.
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Desiderare delicatas res luxuria est.
To desire nice things is a luxury.
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Fugere usitatas res dementia est.
To flee useful things is insanity.
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Philosophia frugalitatem exigit, non poenam.
Philosophy demands frugality, not punishment.
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Frugalitas esse incompta non potest.
Frugality is not able to be untrimmed.
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Haec puella amicos vocavit.
This girl called the friends.
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In hāc sella sedebam.
I was sitting in this chair.
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Hunc responsum non audivi.
I did not hear this answer.
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Discipulo huic magister laudem dedit.
The teacher gave praise to this student.
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Hic imperator benigne rexit.
This leader ruled kindly.
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Hae feminae cum pueris in via ambulaverunt.
These women walked in the road with the boys.
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Puella amicīs hīs fabulam narraverat.
The girl had told the story to these friends.
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Haec verba dixeramus.
We had said these words.
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In his urbibus populus rebellionem fecit.
In these cities, the people revolted.
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Has picturas prae visi.
I have seen these pictures before.
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Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud mē paucīs, si tibi dī favent, diebus,
you will dine well, my Fabullus, at my home in a few days, if the gods favor you,
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si tēcum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam,
if you will have brought with you a good and large dinner,
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non sine candida puella et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis.
not without a fair girl and wine and wit and all kinds of loud laughter.
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Haec si, inquam, attuleris, venuste noster, cenabis bene;
I say that if you will have brought these things, our charming one, you will dine well;
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You will dine well, if the gods favor you.
Cenabis bene, si tibi dei favent.
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I say that if you will have brought these things, you will dine well.
Inquam si haec attuleris, cenabis bene.
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You will not dine well without wine and wit and loud laughter.
Non cenabis bene sine vino et sale et cachinno.
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You will dine well, if you will have brought a large dinner.
Cenabis bene, si magnam cenam attuleris.
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The purse of Catullus is full of spider webs.
Sacculus Catulli est plenus aranearum.
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You will accept pure love.
Amorem merum accipies.
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I will give you perfume.
Unguentum tibi dabo.
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Venus and Cupid gave perfume to my girl.
Venus et Cupido unguentum meae puellae donaverunt.
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When you will smell, you will want to be all nose.
Cum olfacies, voles nasum esse.
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Cum illā puellā sedebamus.
We were sitting with that girl.
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Rex audire illud responsum non vult.
The king does not want to hear that answer.
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Donum magnum illī puellae donavisti.
You gave a great gift to that girl.
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Ille puer non erat parata et magister erat iratus.
That boy was not prepared and the teacher was angry.
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Illo die Romae ivimus.
On that day we went to Rome.
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Illās puellās vocavimus.
We called those girls.
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Magistra chartas illōrum puerōrum corrigerat.
The teacher had corrected those boys' papers.
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Illī puerī amicos exspectabant.
Those boys were waiting for the friends.
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Gladiatoribus illis rex praemium dedit.
The king gave a reward to those gladiators.
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In via canes illos videramus.
We had seen those dogs in the street.
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You should not seek.
Non debes quaerere.
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Tu nōn debes quaerere, scire nefās est,
You ought not seek, to know is a crime,
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quem finem mihi et tibi dei dedērunt, Leuconoe.
which end the gods have given to me and to you, Leuconoe.
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Babyloniōs numerōs noli temptāre.
Do not tempt the Babylonian numbers,
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Melius est tolerāre quidquid,
It is better to endure whatever,
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seu pluris hiemes seu ultimam hiemem Iuppiter tibi tribuit,
whether more winters or a final winter Jupiter assigns to you,
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quae nunc oppositis pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum debilitat:
which now weakens the Tyrrhenian sea with opposing pumices.
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To know is a crime.
Scire nefas est.
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The gods have given an end.
Dei finem dederunt.
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Do not tempt the Babylonian numbers.
Babylonios numeros noli temptare.
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Jupiter assigns to you more winters.
Iuppiter tibi pluris hiemes tribuit.
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sape, vina liqua, et spatio brevi spem longam reseca.
be wise, strain the wines, and cut back the long hope for the short space.
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Nunc iam, fugit invida aetas:
Already now, the envious age flees:
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carpe diem, quam minimum credula posterō diē.
seize the day, trusting in the future day as little as possible.
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Be wise.
Sape.
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Strain the wines.
Vina liqua.
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The envious age flees.
Invida aetas fugit.
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Seize the day.
Carpe diem.
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Trust in the future day as little as possible.
Quam minimum credula postero die.
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Te videre mox cupiet.
He will want to see you soon.
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Litteram meo amico heri scripseram.
I had written a letter to my friend yesterday.
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In litore nauta saxum haerebat.
On the shore the sailor was clinging to the rock.
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Mane tuum canem amissum inveneritis.
In the morning you will have found your lost dog.
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Putavi te venturum esse.
I thought that you would come.
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Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam,
I sing arms and the man, who first from the coasts of Troy to Italy,
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fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora,
fleeing fate, and came to Lavinian shores
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multum ille et teriīs iactatus et altō vi superum
the man himself thrown much both on land and on the deep by the force of the gods
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saevae memorem lunonis ob iram;
on account of the anger remembered of cruel Juno;
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I sing of arms and a man
Arma virumque cano.
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He came to the Lavinian shores.
Lavinia litora venit.
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He was thrown on lands by force.
Terris vi iactatus est.
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multa quoque et bello passus, cum condidit urbem,
also suffering many things in war, when he built the city,
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intulitque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
and brought in the gods to Latium, whence the Latin people, and the Alban fathers, and the walls of high Rome.
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Musa, mihi causas memora.
Muse, remind me the causes.
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Quo numine laeso, quidve dolens,
By what injured god, or what painful thing,
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regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulit.
the queen of the gods turned over so many misfortunes to the man famous for his piety, and drove him to approach so many labors.
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Habebantne dei tantam iram?
Did the gods have such great anger?
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He built the city.
Urbem condidit.
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Did the gods have such great anger?
Habebantne dei tantam iram?
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She drove him to approach so many labors.
Tot labores adire impulit.
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He brought in the gods to Latium.
Deos Latio intulit.
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Pulcherrima nymphe utero pleno infantem genuit, et eum Narcissum vocabat.
A very beautiful nymph with a full womb gave birth to a baby, and called him Narcissus.
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Nymphe vatem rogavit, "videbitne Narcissus longa tempora maturae senectae?"
The nymph asked the prophet, "Will Narcissus see the long times of ripe old age?"
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Fatidicus vates respondit, "si sē nōn noverit."
The prophetic prophet responded, "if he will not have known himself."
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A very beautiful nymph gave birth to a baby.
Pulcherrima nymphe infantem genuit.
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She called him Narcissus.
Eum Narcissum vocabat.
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Will Narcissus see ripe old age?
Videbitne Narcissus maturam senectam?
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The prophetic prophet responded.
Fatidicus vates respondit.
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If he will not have known himself.
Si se non noverit.
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vox auguris diū vana visa est:
the voice of the prophet seemed empty for a long time:
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exitus et genus leti et novitas furoris illam vocem vanam probat.
the outcome and the manner of his death and the novelty of his madness proves that voice empty.
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namque Narcissus sedecim annōs habuit.
For Narcissus was sixteen years old.
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et puer et iuvenis videri poterat.
He was able to seem to be both a boy and a young man.
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The voice of the prophet was empty.
Vox auguris vana erat.
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The novelty of his madness proves that voice empty.
Novitas furoris illam vocem vanam probat.
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Narcissus was sixteen years old.
Narcissus sedecim annos habuit.
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He was able to seem both a boy and a young man.
Puer et iuvenis esse videri poterat.
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in mediō focō defodit venerans mē
You seek to know, "who are you?"
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Pauca de mē dicam.
I will say a few things about myself.
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Ego Lar sum familiaris ex hac familiā.
I am the household god from this household.
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unde exeuntem mē adspexistis.
from where you saw me going out.
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hanc domum iam multōs annōs est quom possideo et colo.
now I was inhabiting this home for many years.
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I have held and cultivated this home, now for many years.
Petis cognoscere, "quis es?"
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I will say a few things about myself.
Pauca de me dicam.
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I am the household god from this household.
Ego sum Lar familiaris ex hac familia.
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You saw me going out.
Me exeuntem aspixistis.
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I was inhabiting for many years.
Multos annos possidebam.
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Colebam domum patris avique huius
I was living in this home of the father and of the grandfather of this man
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qui nunc hic habitat
who now lives here.
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Vērō mihi avus obsecrans
Truly the grandfather praying to me
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concredidit thensaurum auri clam omnis:
entrusted for safekeeping a hoard of gold secretly from all:
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in mediō focō defodit,
he buried it in the middle of the fireplace,
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venerans mē:
worshipping me:
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"id mihi serva!"
"preserve it for me!"
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I was living in the home of the father and of the grandfather.
Domum patris et avi colebam.
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He now lives here.
Nunc hic habitat.
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The grandfather prays to me.
Avus mihi obsecrat.
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He entrusted for safekeeping a hoard of gold.
Thensaurum auri concredidit.
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He buried it in the middle of the fireplace.
Id in medio foco defodit.
