The Changing Face of the Countryside- HORACE

Question 1

iam pauca aratro iugera regiae moles relinquent

Answer 1

Before long, princely mansions will leave few acres for the plough

Question 2

undique latius extenta visentur Lucrino

Answer 2

and everywhere pools will be seen, extending further than the Lucrine Lake.

Question 3

lacu platanusque caelebs

Answer 3

The solitary plane tree

Question 4

evincet ulmos;

Answer 4

Will wipe out the elms

Question 5

tum violaria et

Answer 5

Then beds of violets,

Question 6

myrtus et omnis copia narium

Answer 6

myrtle bushes, and a whole host of scents

Question 7

spargent olivetis odorem

Answer 7

Will sprinkle their aroma on olive groves,

Question 8

fertilibus domino priori;

Answer 8

once productive for their previous owners.

Question 9

tum spissa ramis laurea

Answer 9

Then laurels, with their thick branches

Question 10

fervidos excludet ictus.

Answer 10

Will keep out the burning rays.

Question 11

non ita

Answer 11

Not thus

Question 12

Romuli praescriptum et intonsi Catonis

Answer 12

was it laid down in the instructions of Romulus and bearded Cato,

Question 13

auspiciis veterumque norma.

Answer 13

Nor in the customs and norms of the ancients.

Question 14

privatus illis census erat brevis,

Answer 14

For them, private wealth was small,

Question 15

commune magnum;

Answer 15

Public wealth large

Question 16

nulla decempedis metata privatis

Answer 16

No portico, measured out with private surveying equipment

Question 17

opacam porticus excipiebat Arcton,

Answer 17

received the shady northern light.

Question 18

nec fortuitum spernere caespitem leges sinebant,

Answer 18

Nor did the laws allow people to reject a handy piece of turf.

Question 19

oppida publico sumptu

Answer 19

Instead, [they ordered] towns [to be decorated] at public expense

Question 20

iubentes et deorum templa novo decorare saxo.

Answer 20

and the temples of the gods with newly-cut stone.