LVII 1-4

Question 1

cum…deberem…repetere

Answer 1

when I had to return

Question 2

a Bais…Neapolim

Answer 2

from Baiae to Naples

Question 3

facile credidi tempestatem esse

Answer 3

it was easy for me to believe that there was a storm

Question 4

ne iterum navem experirer

Answer 4

so that I did not experience a boat trip again

Question 5

et…tota via

Answer 5

and yet the whole road

Question 6

tantum luti…fuit

Answer 6

was so full of mud

Question 7

ut possim videri

Answer 7

that I may seem

Question 8

nihilominus navigasse

Answer 8

to have sailed nonetheless

Question 9

mihi illo die perpetiendum fuit

Answer 9

on that day I had to endure

Question 10

totum athletarum fatum

Answer 10

the whole fate of athletes/wrestlers

Question 11

a ceromate

Answer 11

after an anointing

Question 12

nos haphe excepit

Answer 12

the yellow sand covered me

Question 13

in crypta Neapolitana

Answer 13

in the tunnel of/at Naples

Question 14

nihil…longius

Answer 14

nothing was/is longer

Question 15

illo carcere

Answer 15

than that prison

Question 16

nihil…obscurius

Answer 16

nothing darker

Question 17

illis facibus

Answer 17

than those torches

Question 18

quae nobis praestant

Answer 18

which stand out to us

Question 19

non ut per tenebras videamus

Answer 19

not so that we may see through the darkness

Question 20

sed ut ipsas

Answer 20

(agreeing with tenebras) but so that we may see the darkness itself

Question 21

ceterum

Answer 21

moreover

Question 22

etiam si locus haberet lucem

Answer 22

even if the place were to have light

Question 23

pulvis auferret

Answer 23

the dust would take it away

Question 24

quoque res gravis et molesta

Answer 24

which is also a heavy and annoying thing

Question 25

in aperto

Answer 25

in the open

Question 26

quid illic

Answer 26

what is it like in that place

Question 27

ubi in se volutatur et

Answer 27

where it is rolled over itself and,

Question 28

cum...sit inclusus

Answer 28

since it is shut in

Question 29

sine ullo spiramento

Answer 29

without any air vents/ventilation,

Question 30

in ipsos a quibus excitatus est recidit

Answer 30

falls back onto the very people who stirred it/by whom it has been kicked up

Question 31

duo incommoda...pertulimus

Answer 31

I/we endured two inconveniences

Question 32

inter se contraria simul

Answer 32

though at the same time very different from each other

Question 33

eadem via...laboravimus

Answer 33

I/we struggled on the same road

Question 34

eodem die

Answer 34

on the same day

Question 35

et luto et pulvere

Answer 35

because of the mud and dust

Question 36

tamen...illa obscuritas

Answer 36

however that darkness

Question 37

aliquid...mihi...dedit

Answer 37

gave me something

Question 38

quod cogitarem

Answer 38

to think about/ponder

Question 39

sensi quendam ictum animi

Answer 39

I felt/noticed some flash of inspiration

Question 40

et...mutationem

Answer 40

and a change in my mind (repeat animi)

Question 41

sine metu

Answer 41

without fear

Question 42

simul ac foeditas fecerat

Answer 42

had produced, at the same time as its filthiness

Question 43

quam insolitae rei novitas

Answer 43

a change which the novelty of the unfamiliar situation

Question 44

non de me nunc tecum loquor

Answer 44

I am not speaking to you about myself now

Question 45

qui multum...absum

Answer 45

because I/I who am very far

Question 46

ab homine tolerabili

Answer 46

from a tolerable person

Question 47

nedum a perfecto

Answer 47

not to speak of a perfect one

Question 48

sed de illo in quem fortuna

Answer 48

but about that man over whom Fortune

Question 49

ius perdidit

Answer 49

has lost her jurisdiction/control

Question 50

quaedam enim, mi Lucili

Answer 50

for, my Lucilius...certain things

Question 51

nulla...virtus

Answer 51

no courage/virtue

Question 52

effugere...potest

Answer 52

can escape (from)

Question 53

admonet illam natura

Answer 53

nature reminds courage/virtue

Question 54

mortalitatis suae

Answer 54

of its own mortality

Question 55

itaque et vultum adducet

Answer 55

and so he will both strain his features

Question 56

ad tristia

Answer 56

at sad times/things

Question 57

et inhorrescet ad subita

Answer 57

and will bristle at an unpleasant surprise

Question 58

et caligabit

Answer 58

and will darken

Question 59

si...despexerit

Answer 59

if he looks down

Question 60

vastam altitudinem

Answer 60

an enormous precipice

Question 61

in crepidine eius constitutus

Answer 61

when stood on the edge of

Question 62

non est hoc timor

Answer 62

this is not fear

Question 63

sed naturalis affectio

Answer 63

but a natural feeling

Question 64

inexpugnabilis rationi

Answer 64

unassailable by reason

Question 65

huius quoque ferietur animus

Answer 65

this man's soul will also be struck

Question 66

mutabitur color

Answer 66

his complexion will be changed