Section 4G(i) What would your father say?

Question 1

sī pater ipse Verris nunc adesset et sī nunc iūdicāret, …

Answer 1

If Verres’ own father were here now and if he were now acting as judge, …

Question 2

… per deōs immortālīs, quid facere posset?

Answer 2

… by the immortal gods, what would he be able to do?

Question 3

quid dīceret?

Answer 3

… What would he say?

Question 4

sī audīret ā tē cīuīs Rōmānōs secūrī percussōs, …

Answer 4

If he heard that Roman citizens had been executed [struck with an ax] by you, ..

Question 5

… ā tē archipīrātam līberātum, …

Answer 5

… (that) the pirate king had been freed by you, …

Question 6

… propter tuam neglegentiam classem Rōmānam captam atque incēnsam, …

Answer 6

… (that) because of your carelessness a Roman fleet had been captured and burned, …

Question 7

… ā tē dēnique Gauium in crucem āctum, …

Answer 7

… (and) finally (that) Gavius had been put onto a cross by you, …

Question 8

… possēs ab eō ueniam petere, …

Answer 8

… would you be able to seek pardon from him, …

Question 9

… possēs ut tibi ignōsceret postulāre?

Answer 9

… would you be able to ask (him) to forgive you?

Question 10

ō nōmen dulce lībertātis!

Answer 10

O sweet name of liberty!

Question 11

ō iūs eximium nostrae cīuitātis!

Answer 11

O excellent right(s) of our state!

Question 12

acciditne ut cīuis Rōmānus in prōuinciā populī Rōmānī …

Answer 12

Did it happen that a Roman citizen in a province of the Roman people …

Question 13

… ab eō quī praetor esset

Answer 13

… by him who was praetor …

Question 14

… in forō uirgīs caederētur?

Answer 14

… was beaten in the forum with rods?

Question 15

quid? in crucem tū agere ausus es eum …

Answer 15

What? Did you dare to lead him him onto a cross …

Question 16

… quī sē cīuem Rōmānum esse dīceret?

Answer 16

… who was saying that he was a Roman citizen?

Question 17

at enim Gauium speculātōrem fuisse dīcis …

Answer 17

But I suppose [for I have a good reason to say “but”] you say that Gavius was a spy …

Question 18

… et clāmitāsse sē cīuem Rōmānum esse …

Answer 18

… (and that) he shouted that he was a Roman citizen …

Question 19

… quod moram mortī quaereret.

Answer 19

… because he was seeking a delay for death.

Question 20

hoc tū, Verrēs, dīcis, hoc tū cōnfitēris, …

Answer 20

This, Verres, you yourself do say, this you yourself confess …

Question 21

… illum clāmitāsse sē cīuem Rōmānum esse.

Answer 21

… that he shouted that he was a Roman citizen.

Question 22

hoc teneō, hīc haereō, iūdicēs, …

Answer 22

This I hold (onto), here is where I cling (on), judges, …

Question 23

… hōc sum contentus ūnō, …

Answer 23

… I am content with this one thing alone, …

Question 24

… omittō ac neglegō cētera, …

Answer 24

… I pass over and neglect other things, …

Question 25

... cīuem Rōmānum sē esse dīcēbat.

Answer 25

... (but) he was saying that he was a Roman citizen.

Question 26

sī tū, Verrēs, apud Persās aut in extrēmā Indiā ad supplicium dūcāris, ...

Answer 26

If, Verres, you yourself should be led to punishment among the Persians or in farthest India, ...

Question 27

... quid aliud clāmēs nisi tē cīuem esse Rōmānum?

Answer 27

... what else would you shout other than that you are a Roman citizen?

Question 28

sī cīuem tē esse Rōmānum dīcās, ...

Answer 28

If you were to say that you are (were) a Roman citizen, ...

Question 29

... nōnne putēs tē aut effugium aut moram mortis assecūtūrum?

Answer 29

... wouldn’t you think that you would gain either escape (from) or a delay of death?

Question 30

hominēs tenuēs, obscūrō locō nātī, nāuigant,

Answer 30

Humble people, born in an obscure place, sail (the seas), ...

Question 31

... adeunt ad ea loca quae numquam anteā uīdērunt, ...

Answer 31

... they approach those places which they have never seen before, ...

Question 32

... arbitrātī sē tūtōs fore ...

Answer 32

... having thought they would be safe ...

Question 33

... et hanc rem sibi praesidiō futūram.

Answer 33

... and (that) this thing would be [as] a protection for them.

Question 34

nam sīc opīnantur:

Answer 34

For they think as follows:

Question 35

“sī ad loca numquam anteā ā nōbīs uīsa nāuigāuerimus, tūtī erimus, ...

Answer 35

“If we shall have sailed to places never seen by us before, we will be safe ...

Question 36

“... quod cīuēs sumus Rōmānī.

Answer 36

“... because we are Roman citizens.”

Question 37

“sī ad fīnīs orbis terrārum adierimus, ...

Answer 37

“If we will have approached [to] the ends of the world [globe of the lands], ...

Question 38

“... cīuitās Rōmāna nōs prōteget.”

Answer 38

“... Roman citizenship will protect us.”

Question 39

sī tollās hanc spem, ...

Answer 39

If you should remove this hope, ...

Question 40

... sī tollās hoc praesidium cīuibus Rōmānīs, ...

Answer 40

... if you should remove this protection from Roman citizens, ..

Question 41

... sī cōnstituās nihil esse opis in hāc uōce ...

Answer 41

... if you should decide that there is no help [nothing of help] in this utterance ...

Question 42

... “cīuis Rōmānus sum,” ...

Answer 42

“I am a Roman citizen,”

Question 43

... iam omnīs prōuinciās, iam omnia rēgna, ...

Answer 43

... (then) already all the provinces, already all the kingdoms, ...

Question 44

... iam omnīs līberās cīuitātēs, iam omnem orbem terrārum ...

Answer 44

... already all the free states, already the whole world

Question 45

... cīuibus Rōmānīs praeclūdās.

Answer 45

... you would shut off from Roman citizens.