Section 4G(i) What would your father say?

Question 1

sī pater ipse Verris nunc adesset et sī nunc iūdicāret, …

Answer 1

If Verres’ own father were here now and if he were now acting as judge, …

Question 2

… per deōs immortālīs, quid facere posset?

Answer 2

… by the immortal gods, what would he be able to do?

Question 3

quid dīceret?

Answer 3

… What would he say?

Question 4

sī audīret ā tē cīuīs Rōmānōs secūrī percussōs, …

Answer 4

If he heard that Roman citizens had been executed [struck with an ax] by you, ..

Question 5

… ā tē archipīrātam līberātum, …

Answer 5

… (that) the pirate king had been freed by you, …

Question 6

… propter tuam neglegentiam classem Rōmānam captam atque incēnsam, …

Answer 6

… (that) because of your carelessness a Roman fleet had been captured and burned, …

Question 7

… ā tē dēnique Gauium in crucem āctum, …

Answer 7

… (and) finally (that) Gavius had been put onto a cross by you, …

Question 8

… possēs ab eō ueniam petere, …

Answer 8

… would you be able to seek pardon from him, …

Question 9

… possēs ut tibi ignōsceret postulāre?

Answer 9

… would you be able to ask (him) to forgive you?

Question 10

ō nōmen dulce lībertātis!

Answer 10

O sweet name of liberty!

Question 11

ō iūs eximium nostrae cīuitātis!

Answer 11

O excellent right(s) of our state!

Question 12

acciditne ut cīuis Rōmānus in prōuinciā populī Rōmānī …

Answer 12

Did it happen that a Roman citizen in a province of the Roman people …

Question 13

… ab eō quī praetor esset

Answer 13

… by him who was praetor …

Question 14

… in forō uirgīs caederētur?

Answer 14

… was beaten in the forum with rods?

Question 15

quid? in crucem tū agere ausus es eum …

Answer 15

What? Did you dare to lead him him onto a cross …

Question 16

… quī sē cīuem Rōmānum esse dīceret?

Answer 16

… who was saying that he was a Roman citizen?

Question 17

at enim Gauium speculātōrem fuisse dīcis …

Answer 17

But I suppose [for I have a good reason to say “but”] you say that Gavius was a spy …

Question 18

… et clāmitāsse sē cīuem Rōmānum esse …

Answer 18

… (and that) he shouted that he was a Roman citizen …

Question 19

… quod moram mortī quaereret.

Answer 19

… because he was seeking a delay for death.

Question 20

hoc tū, Verrēs, dīcis, hoc tū cōnfitēris, …

Answer 20

This, Verres, you yourself do say, this you yourself confess …

Question 21

… illum clāmitāsse sē cīuem Rōmānum esse.

Answer 21

… that he shouted that he was a Roman citizen.

Question 22

hoc teneō, hīc haereō, iūdicēs, …

Answer 22

This I hold (onto), here is where I cling (on), judges, …

Question 23

… hōc sum contentus ūnō, …

Answer 23

… I am content with this one thing alone, …

Question 24

… omittō ac neglegō cētera, …

Answer 24

… I pass over and neglect other things, …

Question 25

… cīuem Rōmānum sē esse dīcēbat.

Answer 25

… (but) he was saying that he was a Roman citizen.

Question 26

sī tū, Verrēs, apud Persās aut in extrēmā Indiā ad supplicium dūcāris, …

Answer 26

If, Verres, you yourself should be led to punishment among the Persians or in farthest India, …

Question 27

… quid aliud clāmēs nisi tē cīuem esse Rōmānum?

Answer 27

… what else would you shout other than that you are a Roman citizen?

Question 28

sī cīuem tē esse Rōmānum dīcās, …

Answer 28

If you were to say that you are (were) a Roman citizen, …

Question 29

… nōnne putēs tē aut effugium aut moram mortis assecūtūrum?

Answer 29

… wouldn’t you think that you would gain either escape (from) or a delay of death?

Question 30

hominēs tenuēs, obscūrō locō nātī, nāuigant,

Answer 30

Humble people, born in an obscure place, sail (the seas), …

Question 31

… adeunt ad ea loca quae numquam anteā uīdērunt, …

Answer 31

… they approach those places which they have never seen before, …

Question 32

… arbitrātī sē tūtōs fore …

Answer 32

… having thought they would be safe …

Question 33

… et hanc rem sibi praesidiō futūram.

Answer 33

… and (that) this thing would be [as] a protection for them.

Question 34

nam sīc opīnantur:

Answer 34

For they think as follows:

Question 35

“sī ad loca numquam anteā ā nōbīs uīsa nāuigāuerimus, tūtī erimus, …

Answer 35

“If we shall have sailed to places never seen by us before, we will be safe …

Question 36

“… quod cīuēs sumus Rōmānī.

Answer 36

“… because we are Roman citizens.”

Question 37

“sī ad fīnīs orbis terrārum adierimus, …

Answer 37

“If we will have approached [to] the ends of the world [globe of the lands], …

Question 38

“… cīuitās Rōmāna nōs prōteget.”

Answer 38

“… Roman citizenship will protect us.”

Question 39

sī tollās hanc spem, …

Answer 39

If you should remove this hope, …

Question 40

… sī tollās hoc praesidium cīuibus Rōmānīs, …

Answer 40

… if you should remove this protection from Roman citizens, ..

Question 41

… sī cōnstituās nihil esse opis in hāc uōce …

Answer 41

… if you should decide that there is no help [nothing of help] in this utterance …

Question 42

… “cīuis Rōmānus sum,” …

Answer 42

“I am a Roman citizen,”

Question 43

… iam omnīs prōuinciās, iam omnia rēgna, …

Answer 43

… (then) already all the provinces, already all the kingdoms, …

Question 44

… iam omnīs līberās cīuitātēs, iam omnem orbem terrārum …

Answer 44

… already all the free states, already the whole world

Question 45

… cīuibus Rōmānīs praeclūdās.

Answer 45

… you would shut off from Roman citizens.