Part 3

Question 1

Fama volat

Answer 1

Virgil

in his Aeneid

Rumor flies

Question 2

Maecenas atavis edite regibus

Answer 2

Horace

the first line of his Odes

Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors

Question 3

Etiam capillus unus habet umbram

Answer 3

Publilius Syrus

Even one hair has a shadow

Question 4

Eheu fugaces labuntur anni

Answer 4

Horace

in his Odes

Alas, the fleeting years slip by

Question 5

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim

Answer 5

Ovid

Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you

Question 6

Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum

Answer 6

Livius Andronicus

the first line of his Odussia

Tell me, O Muse, of the skillful man

Question 7

Puri sermonis amator

Answer 7

Julius Caesar

about Terence

A lover of pure speech

Question 8

Amor tussisque non celantur

Answer 8

Ovid

Love, and a cough, are not concealed

Question 9

Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet

Answer 9

Found in the Pervigilium Veneris of unknown authorship

Let him love tomorrow who has never loved and let he who has loved love tomorrow

Question 10

Cum tacent clamant

Answer 10

Cicero

in his In Catilinam I

When they remain silent, they cry out

Question 11

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

Answer 11

Cicero

in his In Catilinam I

How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline?

Question 12

Disertissime Romuli nepotum

Answer 12

Catullus

Most eloquent of the descendants of Romulus (to Cicero)

Question 13

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

Answer 13

Horace

in his Odes

It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country

Question 14

Tamquam alter idem

Answer 14

Cicero

As if a second self

Question 15

O Tite tute Tati tibi tanta, tyranne, tulisti

Answer 15

Ennius

famous for his alliteration

Oh, you tyrant, Titus Tatius! You took such great things for yourself!

Question 16

Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!

Answer 16

Caligula

If only the Roman people had one neck!

Question 17

Nullum’st iam dictum quod non sit dictum prius

Answer 17

Terence

in his Eunuchus

Nothing is already said which wasn’t said before

Question 18

Non omnia moriar

Answer 18

Horace

Not all of me will die

Question 19

Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces

Answer 19

Virgil’s Epitaph

Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes

Question 20

Auream mediocritatem

Answer 20

Horace

Golden mean

Question 21

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt

Answer 21

Horace

in his Epistulae

They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea

Question 22

Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules

Answer 22

Gnaeus Naevius

The Metelli become consuls of Rome by fate

Question 23

O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane!

Answer 23

Lucilius

Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world!

Question 24

Quintili Vare, legiones redde

Answer 24

Augustus

Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!

Question 25

**Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas**

Answer 25

Lucretius | the first line of his *De Rerum Natura* ## Footnote Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods

Question 26

**Ipsa scientia potestas est**

Answer 26

Francis Bacon ## Footnote Knowledge itself is power

Question 27

**Dabit deus his quoque finem**

Answer 27

Virgil | in his *Aeneid* ## Footnote God will even grant an end to these [troubles]

Question 28

**Fidus Achates**

Answer 28

Virgil | in his *Aeneid* ## Footnote Faithful Achates

Question 29

**De mortuis _nihil nisi bonum_**

Answer 29

Chilon of Sparta ## Footnote [Say nothing] but good about the dead

Question 30

**Non est ad astra mollis e terris via**

Answer 30

Seneca the Younger | in his *Hercules Furens* ## Footnote There is no easy way from the earth to the stars

Question 31

**Ille mi par esse deo videtur**

Answer 31

Catullus ## Footnote He seems to me to be equal to a god

Question 32

**Dux femina facti**

Answer 32

Virgil | about Dido in his *Aeneid ## Footnote The leader of the deed was a woman

Question 33

**Vitanda est improba siren desidia**

Answer 33

Horace | in his *Satires* ## Footnote One must avoid that wicked temptress Laziness

Question 34

**Fata viam invenient**

Answer 34

Virgil | in his *Aeneid* ## Footnote The Fates will find a way

Question 35

**Flamma fumo est proxima**

Answer 35

Plautus | in his *Curculio* ## Footnote Flame follows smoke

Question 36

**Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit**

Answer 36

Ovid ## Footnote He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow

Question 37

**Caeca invidia est**

Answer 37

Livy ## Footnote Envy is blind

Question 38

**Mendacem oportet esse memorem**

Answer 38

Quintilian ## Footnote A liar must have a good memory