Unit 10 d. -ne, num, nonne; fear clauses; gen. and abl. of description

Question 1

-ne, num, nonne; fear clauses; genitive and ablative of description

Answer 1

Wheelock Chapter 40 (Chapter 39 is in the next unit)

Question 2

4. Magnopere vereor ut imperātor nōbīs satis auxiliī mittat.

Answer 2

4. I greatly fear that the general may not send us enough help.

Question 3

5. Fuit fēmina maximā virtūte et fidē atque simillima mātrī.

Answer 3

5. She was a woman of the greatest courage and loyalty and in fact very like her mother.

Question 4

6. Nōlī timēre nē omnēs virī et fēminae magnōrum animōrum Rōmā discēdant.

Answer 4

6. Do not fear that all the men and women of great courage will depart from Rome.

Question 5

7. Id quidem est facile dictū sed difficile factū!

Answer 5

7. This is, indeed, easy to say but difficult to do!

Question 6

8. Parentibus placitum domum vēnērunt.

Answer 6

8. They came home to please their parents.

Question 7

9. Nōnne vīs audīre aliquid bonī?

Answer 7

9. You do wish to hear something good, don’t you?

Question 8

10. Vīsne habēre multum sapientiae? Studē Latīnae!

Answer 8

10. Do you wish to have much wisdom? Study Latin!

Question 9

11. Imperāvit tribus mīlitibus ut pācem petītum Rōmam adīrent.

Answer 9

11. He ordered the three soldiers to go to Rome to seek peace.

Question 10

12. Num dubitās hoc dīcere, mī amīce?

Answer 10

12. You do not hesitate to say this, do you, my friend?

Question 11

13. Tū mē hortāris ut sim animō magnō et spem salūtis habeam, sed timeō nē sim īnfīrmior.

Answer 11

13. You urge me to be of great courage and to have hope of safety, but I fear that I may be too weak.

Question 12

14a. Ego dīvitiās sapientiae antepōnō.

Answer 12

14a. For my part I place wealth ahead of wisdom.

Question 13

14b. Nōn enim arbitror hominēs vītam fēlīcem sine cōpiā pecūniae reperīre posse.

Answer 13

14b. For I do not think that human beings can find a happy life without a great deal of money.

Question 14

15. Plūrimī autem virī dīvitēs multum metūs sentiunt.

Answer 14

15. However, very many rich men experience much fear.

Question 15

16. Pauperēs saepe sunt fēlīciōrēs et minus metūs habent.

Answer 15

16. Poor men are often happier and have less fear.

Question 16

17a. Pecūnia ipsa nōn est mala:

Answer 16

17a. Money itself is not bad.

Question 17

17b. sed rēs mentis animīque plūs opis ad fēlīciter vīvendum offerunt.

Answer 17

17b. But the things of the mind and soul offer more help for living happily

Question 18

18. Novem ex ducibus nōs hortātī sunt ut plūs auxiliī praestārēmus.

Answer 18

18. Nine of the leaders urged us to supply more aid.

Question 19

19. Quīnque ex custōdiīs interfectīs, pater meus cum duōbus ex fīliīs et cum magnō numerō amīcōrum in illam terram līberam fūgit.

Answer 19

19. When five of the guards had been killed, my father fled into that free land with two of his sons and with a large number of friends.

Question 20

20a. Numquam satis ōtiī habēbit;

Answer 20

20a. Never will he have enough leisure;

Question 21

20b. at aliquid ōtiī melius est quam nihil.

Answer 21

20b. Yet some leisure is better than nothing.

Question 22

21. Nostrīs temporibus omnēs plūs metūs et minus speī habēmus.

Answer 22

21. In our times we all have too much of fear and too little of hope.

Question 23

22. Magna fidēs et virtūs omnibus virīs reperiendae sunt.

Answer 23

22. Great faith and courage must be found by all men.