Section 4B(ii) Verres makes Philodamus take in Rubrius

Question 1

erat comes istīus Rubrius quīdam, homo factus ad eius libīdinēs.

Answer 1

There was a certain companion of this awful defendant here, a man made for his [Verres’] pleasures.

Question 2

is homo, quī mīrō artificiō haec omnia inuestīgāre solēbat, …

Answer 2

This person, who was accustomed to look into everything with amazing ingenuity, …

Question 3

… ad eum dētulit uirum esse Philodāmum meliōrem omnibus aliīs Lampsacēnīs;

Answer 3

… reported to him [Verres] that there was a man, Philodamus, better than all the other Lampsacenes;

Question 4

esse hominem apud eōs multī honōris, magnae exīstimātiōnis;

Answer 4

(that) he was a person there [among them] of much honor, of great reputation;

Question 5

eum fīliam habēre eximiae pulchritūdinis;

Answer 5

(that) he had a daughter of outstanding beauty;

Question 6

sed illam uirginem esse summā integritāte, pudīcitiā, modestia.

Answer 6

and (that) she was a maiden of of the highest integrity, chastity, modesty

Question 7

Verrēs, ut haec audīuit, summā cupiditāte exārsit.

Answer 7

Verres, when he heard these things, burned with the highest desire.

Question 8

statim dīxit sē ad Philodāmum migrātūrum esse.

Answer 8

Immediately he said that he would move to Philodamus.

Question 9

hospes Iānitor, nihil suspicātus, sed opīnātus sē Verrem offendisse, …

Answer 9

(His) host Janitor, having suspected nothing, but having thought that he had offended Verres, …

Question 10

… hominem summā uī retinēre coepit.

Answer 10

… began to retain the man with the highest force.

Question 11

Verrēs igitur, alterō cōnsiliō ūsus, Rubrium ad Philodāmum migrāre iussit.

Answer 11

Verres, therefore, employing a different plan, ordered Rubrius to move to Philodamus.

Question 12

Philodāmus, ubi haec audīuit, summā celeritāte ad istum uēnit.

Answer 12

Philodamus, when he heard these things, came with the utmost speed to that cretin over there.

Question 13

negāuit hoc mūnus suum esse, negāuit sē eum receptūrum esse;

Answer 13

He denied that this was his (own) duty, he denied that he would receive him [Rubrius];

Question 14

sē praetōrēs et cōnsulēs recipere solēre, nōn eōrum amīcōs.

Answer 14

(he said that) he was accustomed to receive praetors and consuls, not their friends.

Question 15

quid plūra dīcam?

Answer 15

Why will I say more?

Question 16

iste tōtum illīus postulātum neglēxit, …

Answer 16

That awful defendant over there neglected his [Philodamus’] whole demand, …

Question 17

… et seruōs suōs dēdūcere Rubrium ad Philodāmum iussit, …

Answer 17

… and he ordered his slaves to bring Rubrius to Philodamus, …

Question 18

… quamquam ille Rubrium recipere nōn dēbēbat.

Answer 18

… although that man [Philodamus] had no obligation to receive Rubrius.