Section 3D(iii) Hannibal's character

Question 1

ingenium habilissimum fuit:

Answer 1

His nature was most adaptable:

Question 2

nam eī placuit uel imperātōrī pārēre uel imperāre mīlitibus.

Answer 2

for it pleased him either to obey his general or to give orders to his soldiers.

Question 3

itaque et imperātōrī suō et exercituī cordī fuit Hannibal;

Answer 3

And so Hannibal was beloved by [to] both his (own) general and to his army;

Question 4

et ubi rem fortiter ac strēnuē agere necesse fuit, …

Answer 4

and when it was necessary to act bravely and energetically, …

Question 5

… Hasdrubal nēminem alium exercituī praeficere māluit, …

Answer 5

… Hasdrubal preferred to place no one else over the army, …

Question 6

… neque mīlitēs aliī ducī plūs cōnfīsī sunt, …

Answer 6

… nor did the soldiers place more trust in (any) other leader, …

Question 7

… quod semper eīs in pugnā salūtī fuit.

Answer 7

… because he was always a (source of) safety for them in a fight.

Question 8

maxima in perīculīs audācia fuit, …

Answer 8

His boldness in (the midst of) dangers was extremely great, …

Question 9

… cōnsilium inter ipsa perīcula optimum.

Answer 9

his advice among those same dangers was the best.

Question 10

nūllus labor potuit aut corpus fatīgāre aut animum uincere.

Answer 10

No task could either tire his body or conquer his spirit.

Question 11

calōrem ac frīgus aequē passus est;

Answer 11

he endured heat and cold equally;

Question 12

cibus pōtiōque nōn uoluptātī eī fuit sed necessitātī;

Answer 12

food and drink for him were [was] not a (source of) pleasure but of necessity;

Question 13

noctēs atque diēs uigilāre potuit;

Answer 13

he was able to stay awake for nights and for days;

Question 14

requiēuit ubi ōtium eī fuit.

Answer 14

he rested when he had leisure.

Question 15

saepe humī iacuit et inter mīlitēs dormīuit;

Answer 15

Often he lay on the ground and slept among the soldiers;

Question 16

uestis īdem ac mīlitum fuit, arma atque equī praeclāriōrēs.

Answer 16

his clothing was the same as (that) of the soldiers, his weapons and horses were more distinguished.

Question 17

equitum peditumque longē optimus fuit;

Answer 17

He was by far the best of the footsoldiers and the cavalry;

Question 18

eī ōtium semper odiō fuit.

Answer 18

to him leisure was always a (source) of hatred.

Question 19

prīmus in proelium iit, ultimus excessit.

Answer 19

He went first into battle, he departed last.

Question 20

nihil eī unquam impedīmentō fuit.

Answer 20

Nothing was ever (as) an impediment to him.

Question 21

hās tantās uirtūtēs ingentia uitia aequāuērunt:

Answer 21

(But) huge flaws balanced these (so) great virtues:

Question 22

inhūmāna crūdēlitās, perfidia plūs quam Pūnica, …

Answer 22

an inhuman cruelty, a deceitfulness more than (the expected) Carthaginian (deceitfulness), …

Question 23

… nihil uērī, nihil sānctī, nūllus deum metus, nūllum iūs iūrandum, nūlla religiō.

Answer 23

nothing of truth, nothing of the holy, no fear of the gods, no oath, no sense of religious obligation.

Question 24

sed in bellō etiam uitia eī auxiliō fuērunt.

Answer 24

But in war even his failings were (as) a help to him.