Latin Idiom

Question 1

nihil cum ratione gerere

Answer 1

do nothing rationally, lit. do nothing with reason

Question 2

grātitās agere + dat.

Answer 2

thank s.b., lit. give thanks to s.b.

Question 3

vītam in ōtio agere

Answer 3

live a life in peace

Question 4

hōra fugit; tempus fugit

Answer 4

time flies

Question 5

Vīta non est vīvere sed valēre.

Answer 5

Life is not (merely) to live but to flourish.

Question 6

in mātrimōnium dūcere + acc.

Answer 6

marry s.b., lit. lead s.b. into a marriage

Question 7

poenās dare

Answer 7

pay the penalty

Question 8

orbis terrārum

Answer 8

the world, lit. circle of lands

Question 9

amābō mē

Answer 9

please

Question 10

per sē

Answer 10

by himself/themselves = on his/their own 凭自己

Question 11

multōs scrīptōrēs factōrum suōrum

Answer 11

many men to write about his accomplishments, lit. many writers (chroniclers) of his accomplishments

Question 12

sine morā

Answer 12

at once, lit. without delay

Question 13

hāc in cāveā, magnō in perīculō

Answer 13

in this cage, in a great peril

Question 14

bellum gerere

Answer 14

to wage war

Question 15

sē cum virtūte/sapientiā gerere

Answer 15

to conduct oneself virtuously/wisely

Question 16

turba poētārum

Answer 16

a throng of poets

Question 17

salūtis commūnis causā

Answer 17

for the sake of common welfare (causā + gen. for the sake of)

Question 18

sēnsus commūnis

Answer 18

sensitivity/concern for the community, lit. sense for the common people. This phrase cannot be translated into “common sense”.

Question 19

exemplī grātiā/causā

Answer 19

for instance (grātiā/causā + gen. for the sake of)

Question 20

magnā cum cūrā

Answer 20

with great care

Question 21

studiō laudis

Answer 21

the pursuit of (eagerness for) praise

Question 22

aliquid iūcundī atque fēlīcis

Answer 22

some joy and happiness, lit. something of the joyful and happy

Question 23

Aliquid aliquō factum est/erit/erat.

Answer 23

s.th. has been(was)/will have been/had been done by s.b.

Question 24

Aliquid alicui faciendum est/erit/erat.

Answer 24

S.b. has to/will have to/had to do s.th. .