Pro Caelio 51 translation

Question 1

Sed quoniam emersisse iam e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea,

Answer 1

But since my speech now seems to have emerged from the shallows and passed by the rocks,

Question 2

perfacilis mihi reliquus cursus ostenditur.

Answer 2

the rest of my course presents itself as quite easy.

Question 3

Duo sunt enim crimina una in muliere summorum facinorum,

Answer 3

For there are two charges of the most serious crimes against one woman:

Question 4

auri, quod sumptum a Clodia dicitur,

Answer 4

of gold, which is said to have been taken from Clodia,

Question 5

et veneni, quod eiusdem Clodiae necandae causa parasse Caelium criminantur.

Answer 5

and of poison, which they accuse that Caelius prepared for the sake of killing the same Clodia.

Question 6

Aurum sumpsit, ut dicitis, quod L. Luccei servis daret,

Answer 6

He took the gold, so you say, to give to the slaves of Lucceius,

Question 7

per quos Alexandrinus Dio qui tum apud Lucceium habitabat necaretur.

Answer 7

through whom Dio of Alexandria would be killed, who then was living at the house of Lucceius.

Question 8

Magnum crimen vel in legatis insidiandis

Answer 8

It is a great crime either in plotting against ambassadors

Question 9

vel in servis ad hospitem domini necandum sollicitandis,

Answer 9

or in inciting slaves to murder their master’s guest,

Question 10

plenum sceleris consilium, plenum audaciae!

Answer 10

a plan full of wickedness, full of audacity!