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1
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  1. Tempora nostra nunc sunt mala; vitia nostra, magna.
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  1. Our times now are evil; our faults (are) great.
2
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2a. Quārē soror mea uxōrī tuae litterās scrībit?

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2a. Why is my sister writing a letter to your [sg.] wife?

3
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2b. Quārē soror mea uxōrī tuae litterās scrībet?

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2b. Why will by sister write a letter to your [sg.] wife?

4
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2c. Quārē soror mea uxōrī tuae litterās scrībēbat?

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2c. Why was my sister writing a letter to your [sg.] wife?

5
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3a. Tyrannus populum stultum ē terrā vestrā dūcet.

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3a. The autocrat will lead (his) stupid people out of your [pl.] land.

6
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3b. Tyrannus populum stultum ē terrā vestrā dūcit.

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3b. The autocrat is leading (his) stupid people out of your [pl.] land.

7
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3c. Tyrannus populum stultum ē terrā vestrā dūcēbat.

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3c. The autocrat was leading (his) stupid people out of your [pl.] land.

8
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  1. Ubi satis ratōnis animōrumque in hominibus erit?
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  1. Where [or “when”] will there be enough (of) reason and spirit [lit. plural] in humans?
9
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  1. Cōpia vērae virtūtis multās culpās superāre poterat.
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  1. An abundance of true virture was able to overcome many faults.
10
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  1. In līberā cīvitāte adulēscentiam agēbāmus.
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  1. We spent our youth [= young manhood] in a free city.
11
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  1. Regem malum tolerāre numquam dēbēmus.
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  1. We should never tolerate an evil king.
12
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  1. Post parvam moram multa verba dē īnsidiīs scrīptōrum stultōrum scrībēmus.
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  1. After a small delay we will write many words about the plots of stupid writers.
13
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  1. The body will remain there under the ground.
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  1. Corpus ibi manēbit sub terrā.
14
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10a. Write [sg.] many (things) in your [sg.] books about the glory of our state.

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10a. Scrībe multa in librīs tuīs dē glōriā cīvitātis nostrae.

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10b. Write [pl.] many (things) in your [pl.] books about the glory of our state.

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10b. Scrībite multa in librīs vestrīs dē glōriā cīvitātis nostrae.

16
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  1. Does reason always lead your [pl.] queen to virtue?
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  1. Ratiōne semper dūcit regīnam vestram ad virtūtem?
17
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  1. We shall always see many Greek names there.
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  1. Sember vidēbimus ibi multa nōmina Graeca.
18
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  1. Frāter meus vītam in ōtiō semper aget.
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  1. My brother will lead his life in leisure.
19
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14a. Age, age! Iuvā mē!

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14a. Come on! [sg.] Come on! Help [sg.] me!

20
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14b. Dūc mē ad secundum fīlium meum.

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14b. Lead [sg.] me to my second son.

21
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  1. Ō amīcī, lībertātem perdimus.
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  1. O friends, we are losing freedom.
22
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  1. Nova perīcula populō Romānō expōnam sine morā.
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  1. I will explain the new dangers to the Roman people without delay.
23
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  1. Numquam perīculum sine perīculō vincēmus.
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  1. We will never defeat danger without danger.
24
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  1. Ex meīs errōribus hominibus rēctum iter dēmōnstrāre possum.
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  1. On account of [use ex] my errors I am able to show to people a straight road.
25
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  1. Catullus Marcō Tulliō Cicerōnī magnās grātiās agit.
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  1. Catullus gives many [lit. “great”] thanks to Marcus Tullius Cicero.
26
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  1. Eximia fōrma virginis oculōs hominum convertit.
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  1. The extraordinary looks of the maiden attracts the eyes of people.
27
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21a. Agamemnon magnās cōpiās ē terrā Graecā ad Trōiam dūcet,

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  1. Agamemnon will lead many troops from the land (of) Greece to Troy.
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21b. ubi multōs virōs necābit.

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21b. where he will murder many men.

29
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  1. Amor laudis hominēs trahit.
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  1. Love of praise draws people.
30
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  1. Auctōrēs pācis Caesar cōnservābit.
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  1. Caesar will preserve the authors of peace.
31
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  1. Inter multās cūrās labōrēsque carmina scrībere nōn possum.
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  1. In the midst of many cares and toils I am not able to write poems [lit. “songs”].
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25a. Dum in magnā urbe dēclāmās, mī amīce,

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25a. While you are declaiming in the great city, my friend [sg.],

33
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25b. scrīptōrem Trōiānī bellī in ōtiō relegō.

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25b. I am re-reading the author of the Trojan war at (my) leisure.

34
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  1. Nōn vītae, sed scholae, discimus.
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  1. We learn not for life, but for leisure.
35
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  1. Hominēs, dum docent, discunt.
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  1. People, while they teach, learn.
36
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  1. Ratiō mē dūcet, nōn fortūna.
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  1. Reason will lead me, not fortune.
37
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  1. Cīvitās bellum sine causā aut propter īram gerere nōn debet.
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  1. A city should not wage war without a reason or on account of anger.
38
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  1. Sī fortūnās et agrōs vītāsque populī nostrī sine bellō dēfendere poterimus,
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  1. If we can [future] defend the fortunes and the fields and [use -que] the lives of our people without war,
39
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  1. tum pācem cōnservāre dēbēbimus;
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  1. then we will be able to preserve peace;
40
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  1. sī, autem, nōn poterimus esse salvī …
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  1. if, however, we cannot [future] be secure …
41
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  1. et servāre pātriam lībertātemque nostram sine bellō,
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  1. and (cannot) defend (our) country and our freedom without war,
42
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  1. bellum erit necessarium.
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  1. war will be necessary.
43
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  1. Semper dēbēmus dēmōnstrāre, tamen, magnum officium in bellō,
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  1. We should always display, however, great (attention to) duty in war,
44
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  1. et magnam clēmentiam post victōriam.
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  1. and (we should always display) great clemency after victory.

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