Section 4G(ii) Why didn't you talk to Raecius?

Question 1

quid?

Answer 1

What?

Question 2

cum Gauius Lūcium Raecium equitem Rōmānum quī tum in Siciliā erat ut cognitōrem nōmināret, …

Answer 2

When Gavius was naming the Roman knight Lucius Raecius, who was then in Sicily, as a character witness, …

Question 3

… cūr litterās ad eum nōn mīsistī?

Answer 3

… why didn’t you send letters to him?

Question 4

sī Raecius cognōsceret hominem, …

Answer 4

If Raecius should recognize the man, …

Question 5

… aliquid dē summō suppliciō remitterēs;

Answer 5

… you would remit something from the death penalty;

Question 6

sī ignōrāret, tum, sī ita tibi uidērētur, nouum iūs cōnstituerēs, …

Answer 6

Should he not know him, then, should this seem to you a good idea, you would establish a new right

Question 7

… et eum quī cognitōrem nōn daret, …

Answer 7

… and [as for] anyone doesn’t give a character witness, ..

Question 8

… quamuīs cīuis Rōmānus esset,

Answer 8

… even if he were a Roman citizen, …

Question 9

… in crucem tollerēs.

Answer 9

… you would crucify him [raised onto a cross]

Question 10

sed quid ego plūra dē Gauiō?

Answer 10

But why (should I say) more about Gavius?

Question 11

nōn sōlum Gauiō tum fuistī īnfestus, Verrēs, …

Answer 11

Not only to Gavius at that time were you hateful, Verres, …

Question 12

… sed etiam nōminī, generī, iūrī populī Rōmānī hostis;

Answer 12

… but even to the name, the race, the rights (ius) of the Roman people (you were) an enemy;

Question 13

nōn illī hominī, sed causae commūnī lībertātis inimīcus fuistī.

Answer 13

not to that man, but to the common cause of liberty have you been hostile.

Question 14

nam facinus est uincīre cīuem Rōmānum, …

Answer 14

for it is a crime to bind a Roman citizen, …

Question 15

… scelus uerberāre,

Answer 15

… it is a wicked thing to beat (one), …

Question 16

… prope parricīdium necāre:

Answer 16

… it is close to parricide to kill (one).

Question 17

quid dīcam in crucem tollere?

Answer 17

Why should I mention (that it is a terrible thing) to crucify (one)?

Question 18

uerbō satis dignō tam nefāria rēs appellārī nūllō modō potest.

Answer 18

In no way is it possible for such a thing to be called with a sufficiently adequate word.

Question 19

sī haec nōn ad cīuīs Rōmānōs, …

Answer 19

If [as for] these things not to Roman citizens, …

Question 20

… sī nōn ad aliquōs amīcōs nostrae cīuitātis, sī nōn ad hominēs, …

Answer 20

… not to some friends of our state, if not to people, …

Question 21

… sed ad bēstiās conquerī et dēplōrāre uellem, …

Answer 21

… but (if) I wished to complain and denounce (these crimes) to beasts …

Question 22

… tamen omnia mūta atque inanima commouērentur.

Answer 22

… nevertheless all mute and ininanimate objects would be moved.

Question 23

nisi Verrem pūnīueritis, iūdicēs, cīuitās Rōmāna uōx nihilī erit.

Answer 23

Unless you shall have punished Verres, judges, Roman citizenship will be a word (meaning) nothing.

Question 24

nisi hominis istīus inaudīta atque singulāria facinora damnāueritis, …

Answer 24

Unless you shall have condemned the unprecedented and unparalleled crimes of that man (over there, the worm)…

Question 25

… nēmō usquam tūtus erit.

Answer 25

… no one will ever be safe.