Part 4

Question 1

Ora et labora

Answer 1

St. Benedict

Pray and labor

Question 2

Insanabile cacoëthes scribendi

Answer 2

Juvenal

in his Satires

An incurable passion to write

Question 3

Gutta cavat lapidem

Answer 3

Ovid

Dripping hollows out rock

Question 4

Potest ex casa magnus vir exire

Answer 4

Seneca the Younger

A great man can come from a hut

Question 5

Bis repetita placent

Answer 5

Horace

The things that please are those that are asked for again and again

Question 6

Hoc voluerunt

Answer 6

Julius Caesar

after the battle of Munda in 45 BC

They wished this

Question 7

Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque

Answer 7

Ennius

On ancient ways and heroes stands the Roman state

Question 8

Experto credite

Answer 8

Virgil

Trust the expert

Question 9

Maxima debetur puero reverentia

Answer 9

Juvenal

The greatest respect is owed to a child

Question 10

Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

Answer 10

Erasmus

in his Querela Pacis

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war

Question 11

Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

Answer 11

Publilius Syrus

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time

Question 12

Ego me bene habeo

Answer 12

Burrus

his last words

With me, all is well

Question 13

Omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset

Answer 13

Tacitus

talking about Galba in his Annales

By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled

Question 14

Bis dat qui cito dat

Answer 14

Miguel Cervantes

in his Don Quixote

He gives twice who quickly gives

Question 15

Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade

Answer 15

Propertius

referencing Vergil’s Aeneid

Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth

Question 16

Simplex munditiis

Answer 16

Horace

Unaffected by manners

Question 17

Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium

Answer 17

Seneca the Younger

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence

Question 18

Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video

Answer 18

Gellius

I see the beard and cloak, but I don’t yet see a philosopher

Question 19

Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant

Answer 19

Curtius Rufus

Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies

Question 20

Certum est quia impossibile

Answer 20

Tertullian

It is certain because it is impossible

Question 21

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus

Answer 21

Cicero

We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free

Question 22

Vixerunt

Answer 22

Cicero

talking about the dead Catilinarian conspirators

They have lived (They are dead)

Question 23

Num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit?

Answer 23

Cicero

Romulus was not a king of barbarians, was he?

Question 24

Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

Answer 24

Cicero

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill

Question 25

**Auri sacra fames**

Answer 25

Virgil ## Footnote The cursed hunger for gold

Question 26

**Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narrat qui accepit**

Answer 26

Seneca the Younger ## Footnote Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it

Question 27

**Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit**

Answer 27

Horace ## Footnote The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn

Question 28

**Fata obstant**

Answer 28

Virgil | in his *Aeneid* ## Footnote The Fates oppose

Question 29

**Bene qui latuit bene vixit**

Answer 29

Ovid | in his *Tristia* ## Footnote He who has lived in obscurity has lived well

Question 30

**Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem**

Answer 30

Catullus ## Footnote It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love

Question 31

**Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent**

Answer 31

Laberius | referring to Julius Caesar ## Footnote He must fear many, whom many fear

Question 32

**Quaedam non iura scripta sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt**

Answer 32

Seneca the Elder ## Footnote Some laws are unwritten, but they are better established than all written ones

Question 33

**Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum**

Answer 33

Lucan ## Footnote Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done

Question 34

**Aliquando et insanire iucundum est**

Answer 34

Seneca the Younger ## Footnote It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman

Question 35

**Bella detesta matribus**

Answer 35

Horace ## Footnote Wars, the horror of mothers

Question 36

**Amici, diem perdidi**

Answer 36

Titus ## Footnote Friends, I have lost a day

Question 37

**Trahimur omnes laudis studio**

Answer 37

Cicero ## Footnote We are all drawn by our eagerness for praise

Question 38

**In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides**

Answer 38

Petronius ## Footnote You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself

Question 39

**Favete linguis**

Answer 39

Horace | in his *Odes* ## Footnote Keep quiet

Question 40

**Pallida Mors**

Answer 40

Horace | in his *Odes* ## Footnote Pale Death

Question 41

**Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi**

Answer 41

Varro ## Footnote Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players

Question 42

**Ego nolo Caesar esse**

Answer 42

Florus ## Footnote I don't want to be Caesar

Question 43

**Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem**

Answer 43

Virgil | in his *Aeneid* ## Footnote So great a task it was to found the Roman race

Question 44

**Dis aliter visum**

Answer 44

Vergil ## Footnote It seemed otherwise to the gods

Question 45

**A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper**

Answer 45

Ovid ## Footnote A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog

Question 46

**Sicelides Musae, paulo maiora canamus**

Answer 46

Virgil | in his *Eclogues* ## Footnote Sicilian Muses, let us sing of slightly grander things

Question 47

**Nemo malus felix**

Answer 47

Juvenal ## Footnote No bad man is lucky

Question 48

**Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes**

Answer 48

Publilius Syrus ## Footnote It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid

Question 49

**Fallaces sunt rerum species**

Answer 49

Seneca the Younger ## Footnote The appearances of things are deceptive

Question 50

**Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat**

Answer 50

Dionysius Cato ## Footnote When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears

Question 51

**Paete non dolet**

Answer 51

Arris the Elder | after stabbing herself in 43 BC ## Footnote It does not hurt, Paetus