Day 2

Question 1

Haec inter medios labores urbisque fremitum

Answer 1

He did these things amid the work and the bustle of the city.

Question 2

In secessu solum balinei tempus studiis eximebatur

Answer 2

Away from the city only the time for bathing was taken away from studying

Question 3

Cum dico balinei, de interioribus loquor

Answer 3

When I say bathing, I am speaking about the inner rooms

Question 4

Nam dum destringitur tergiturque, audiebat aliquid aut dictabat

Answer 4

For while he is rubbing himself down and drying himself, he was listening to something or was dictating.

Question 5

In intinere quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacabat

Answer 5

On a journey as though released from his other concerns, he made time for this one thing

Question 6

Ad latus notarius cum libro et pugillaribus, cuius manus hieme manicis muniebantur, ut ne caeli quidem asperitas ullum studii tempus eriperet

Answer 6

At his side was a secretary with a book and writing tablets whose hands were protected in winter with long sleeves so that not even the harshness of the weather might take away any time of study

Question 7

Qua ex causa Romae quoque sella vehebatur

Answer 7

For which reason at Rome he was also carried in a chair

Question 8

Repeto me correptum ab eo, quod ambularem

Answer 8

I remember that I was scolded by him because i was walking

Question 9

‘Poteras’ inquit ‘has horas non perdere’

Answer 9

You could not waste these hours

Question 10

Nam perire omne tempus arbitrabatur, quod studiis non impenderetur. Vale.

Answer 10

For he thought that all time was wasted which was not devoted to studying. Farewell.