Selections from Viri Romae Part 36

111.6: 'conclusion.' Latin plays regularly close with an appeal of the actors to the spectators to grant them 'loud and prolonged applause.']

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EXERCISES FOR TRANSLATION INTO LATIN

Words in round brackets are not to be translated; those in square brackets indicate the Latin rendering. Note the 'Caution' on p. xxv. The section numbers refer to the selections.

I.

#Apposition.#

1. Proca left his kingdom to his older son, Numitor. 2. Romulus and Remus were the sons of Rhea Silvia, a priestess of Vesta. 3. The boys were thrown into the river. 4. A shepherd of the king[1] carried them to his hut. 5. Who was the grandfather of these boys? 6. Remus, when grown,[2] was caught by (some) robbers.[3] 7. They thus accused him: "You have trespa.s.sed on the king's lands." 8. A dispute arose between the brothers. 9. Romulus said: "I shall give my name to the new city."

10. Which of them leaped over the wall?

[Footnotes: 1: Use adj.

2: See p. 2, n. 19.

3: H. 468 (415, I); M. 614; A 246; G 401; B 216.]

II.

#Agreement of adjectives, p.r.o.nouns, and participles.#

1. Robbers and shepherds took refuge in[1] the city which Romulus had founded. 2. These were the fathers of the Romans. 3. The envoys that the king sent were nowhere kindly received. 4. The tribes to which he sent did not seek an alliance. 5. Many of those who gathered had not seen Rome. 6. The maidens whom they seized were the children of the Sabines, who now undertook war. 7. (While) advancing to battle, the Romans carried (their) shields on (their) left arms. 8. The Sabines killed Hostilius (while he was) fighting very bravely. 9. The Romans fell fighting bravely. 10. They founded a temple in honor[2] of Romulus and worshiped him as a G.o.d.

[Footnotes: 1: _ad_ with acc.

2: See p. 8, n. 1.]

III.

#Expressions of place; extent of time.#

1. Who succeeded Romulus? Numa Pompilius. 2. From what city did he come?

From Cures, [from] a city of the Sabines. 3. What did he do at Rome? 4.

He established many religious customs and had many useful laws pa.s.sed.

5. A shield once slipped down from the sky. 6. (There) was a smith in Rome[1] who made twelve shields of the same shape. 7. The Romans had peace (for) forty-three years. 8. No temple was erected in honor of Numa, but he was of more use to the state than Romulus.

[Footnote: 1: Locative case.]

IV.

#Ablative absolute; locatives of common nouns.#

1. At the death of Numa [Numa having died] the Romans elected a more warlike king. 2. War[1] having broken[1] out between the Romans and the Sabines, the dispute was settled by a contest between [of] the Curiatii and the Horatii. 3. The young men took up arms and [arms having been taken up][1] advanced to battle. 4. At a given[2] signal,[2] with drawn swords, they rushed together. 5. As the two Romans fell [the two Romans falling], the Alban army shouted for joy. 6. The sister of Horatius began to weep when she saw her lover's cloak. 7. He drew his sword and stabbed the girl who forgot [having forgotten] her brothers and her country. 8. When Tullus learned of the treachery of the Alban general, in anger[3] he ordered him to be put to death. 9. Then war was declared against the Sabines.[4] 10. Very many young men were in military service, a few were at home. 11. Tullus[5] Hostilius, who succeeded Numa, liked war [war pleased] rather than peace.

[Footnotes: 1: See p. 1, n. 4.

2: See p. 5, l. 12. [[in selection II]]

3: Use participle.

4: H. 429 (386); M. 534; A. 228; G. 347; B. 187, III.

5: H. 426, 1 (385, I); M. 531; A. 227; G. 346; B. 187, II.]

V.

#Ablative of specification; dative with compounds.#

1. Ancus Marcius, the fourth king, was like Numa[1] in justice and piety, but was more warlike. 2. During[2] his reign[2] a raid was made on the Roman territory by the Latins. 3. When the king heard of this [which having been learned], he declared war against them. 4. Having defeated the Latins, he destroyed their towns and transferred the citizens to Rome. 5. Romulus had built a wall around the city, but this wall was larger. 6. Of these four kings of Rome, two were distinguished in war, two in peace.

[Footnotes: 1: H. 434 (391, I); M. 536; A. 234; G. 359; B. 192, 1.

2: Abl. abs.]

VI.

#Direct and indirect questions.#

1. Tarquin came from Etruria, a city of the Etruscans. 2. When Ancus died,[2] Tarquin was made guardian of his children. 3. Thus he obtained the throne. 4. (There) was at Rome a celebrated augur. 5. The king once asked him whether he could cut a whetstone with a razor. Can[1] you cut a whetstone with a razor? 7. You cannot[2] cut a whetstone with a razor, can you? 8. The sons of Ancus asked the shepherds whether they could commit a crime. 9. Can you commit a crime? 10. The shepherds entered[3]

the palace and[3] began to bawl out. 11. One of them killed the king with an axe. 12. Does not this seem to you an atrocious crime?

[Footnotes: 1: H. 378, 2 (351, 1, N. 1); M. 698; A. 210, _a_; G. 454; B. 162, _c_.

2: H. 378 (351, 1, N. 3); M. 701; A. 210, _c_; G. 456; B. 162, _b_.

3: See p. 2, n. 8.]

VII.

#Ablative of source; ablative of quality.#

1. At the death of Tarquin, Servius Tullius succeeded to the throne. 2.

He was born of a woman[1] of rank, who, however, was a slave in Tarquin's house. 3. On the advice of Tanaquil [Tanaquil advising] he was brought up just as the children of the king. 4. He was a young man of great bravery,[1] and became the king's son-in-law. 5. One of Tullius's daughters was gentle, the other wild. 6. Tarquin's sons were of like character. 7. The king was slain by order of his own son-in-law. 8.

Tullia was a woman of base character and did not love her father. 9. The people asked Tullia what she had done.[2]

[Footnotes: 1: Abl. Why?

2: See p. 3, n. 2.]

VIII.

#Temporal clauses with _c.u.m_; ablative of price.#

1. The city of Gabii could not be captured by Tarquin. 2. When s.e.xtus had been chosen general, he sent a messenger to his father. 3. When he learned of the silence[1] and act of his father, he killed the chief men of the state. 4. When each of the young men praised his own wife, it was decided to find out who was the best. 5. When Lucretia had summoned her husband[1] and father,[1] she killed herself with a knife. 6. An old woman once asked Tarquin whether he wished to buy some books at an enormous price. 7. At first Tarquin ridiculed her, but, after she had burned six books, he bought the remaining three at the same price.