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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Helps to Latin Translation at Sight.by Edmund Luce.INTRODUCTORY NOTE Whatever controvers
Helps to Latin Translation at Sight.by Edmund Luce.INTRODUCTORY NOTE Whatever controversies may be astir as to the precise objects of a cla.s.sical training, it will hardly be disputed that if that teaching has been successful the pupils will sooner or la
- 101 43-51 Conquest of Britain CRUCIFIXION 30 VAL. MAXIMUS (_fl._ 26) PHAEDRUS (_fl._ 30-40) Boadicea in Britain 61 SENECA (4 B.C.-65 A.D.) PERSIUS (34-62) 54-68 NERO Rome burnt 64 68-69 GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS PETRONIUS (_ob._ 66) LUCAN (39-65) 70-78 VESPASIAN
- 100 82 Death of the younger Marius. _Sulla Felix_ 83-81 _The Sullan Proscriptions_ Second Mithridatic War (Murena) Pompeius in Africa: triumphs as an Eques 81 81-79 Sulla Dictator. _Leges Corneliae_ 80 +Cilicia made a Roman Province+ (11) 78 Death of Sulla +7
- 99 208 +Hasdrubal+ (son of Hamilcar) eludes Scipio and crosses the Pyrenees to join Hannibal Philopoemen, General of Achaean League 208-183 207 +Defeat and Death of Hasdrubal at the Metaurus (Nero)+ 204 Scipio goes to Africa: blockades _Utica_ +Peace of Rome
- 98 +340-338+ +The Latin War+. Devotion of +Decius Mus I+.Battle of Chaeronea 338 _Apelles_ (_painter_) 336 Battle of _Mt. Vesuvius_ 339 _Leges Publiliae. Supremacy of Comitia Tributa_ +Alexander the Great+ 336-323 +326-304+ +Second Samnite War (C. Pontius)+
- 97 APPENDIX VII.NOTE The following Chronological Outlines of Roman History and Literature are intended to ill.u.s.trate the pa.s.sages selected for translation. Important events and writers in contemporary History and Literature are added, in order to emphas
- 96 M. TERENTIUS VARRO, 116-27 B.C.1. Life.[Sidenote: VARRO.]Born at Reate, in the Sabine territory, which was the nurse of all manly virtues, Varro was brought up in the good old-fas.h.i.+oned way. 'For me when a boy,' he says, 'there sufficed
- 95 'The old criticism, tracing the characteristics of the style of Tacitus to poetic colouring (almost wholly Vergilian) and to the study of brevity and of variety, is well founded. They may be explained by the fact that he was the most finished pleader
- 94 [Sidenote: STATIUS.]Statius was born at Naples, but early removed to Rome, where he was carefully educated and spent the greater part of his life. His father was a scholar, rhetorician, and poet of some distinction, and acted for a time as tutor to Domiti
- 93 _Quintiliane, vagae moderator summe iuventae, Gloria Romanae, Quintiliane, togae._ Mart. II. xc. 1-2._Nihil in studiis parvum est._ _Cito scribendo non fit ut bene scribatur, bene scribendo fit ut cito._ --Quintilian.GAIUS SALl.u.s.tIUS CRISPUS, 86-35 B.C
- 92 2. Works.+Epistulae+, Letters in nine Books, to which is added Pliny's correspondence with Trajan during his governors.h.i.+p of Bithynia. These and his +Panegyricus+, in praise of Trajan, are his only extant works.It is on his Letters that Pliny
- 91 He was nearly related to Arria, daughter of that 'true wife' who taught her husband Paetus how to die (Mart. I. xiii.; Pliny _Epist._ i. 16). In the consistent life of Thrasea (the husband of Arria), who was a Cato in justice and more than a Cato in goo
- 90 [Sidenote: MARTIAL.]He was born at Bilbilis in Hispania Tarraconensis (E. Spain), a town situated on a rocky height overlooking the R. Salo: _Municipes, Augusta mihi quos Bilbilis acri Monte creat, rapidis quem Salo cingit aquis._ X. ciii. 1-2.His father
- 89 'In spite of its immaturity and bad taste the poem compels admiration by its elevation of thought and sustained brilliance of execution; it contains pa.s.sages of lofty thought and real beauty, such as the dream of Pompeius, or the character which Cato g
- 88 DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS, 55-138 A.D.1. Life.[Sidenote: JUVENAL.]Of Juvenal's life very little is certainly known. Thirteen lives of him exist, which are confused and contradictory in detail. From the evidences of the Satires we learn that he lived from
- 87 S. JULIUS FRONTINUS, circ. 41-103 A.D.1. Life.[Sidenote: FRONTINUS.]He was _praetor urba.n.u.s_ 70 A.D., and in 75 succeeded Cerealis as governor oi Britain, where, as Tacitus tells us, he distinguished himself by the conquest of the Silures: _sustinuit m
- 86 These letters are of supreme importance for the history of Cicero's time. 'The quality which makes them most valuable is that they were not (like the letters of Pliny, and Seneca, and Madame de Sevigne) written to be published. We see in them Cicero as
- 85 'Caesar's Commentaries are worthy of all praise; they are unadorned, straightforward, and elegant, every ornament being stripped off as if it were a garment.' --CICERO.MARCUS PORCIUS CATO, 234-149 B.C.1. Life.[Sidenote: CATO.]For his military and polit
- 84 13-14. +spoliare cupientem+ = (him, i.e. Ducarius) _wis.h.i.+ng to spoil_ (the consul).14. +triarii obiectis scutis arcuere+ = _the triarii_ (veterans) _thrusting their s.h.i.+elds in the way kept off_.This pa.s.sage is quite simple, but it will serve to
- 83 (primus + capio) { prince.vGEN-, vGNA- = beget, become, produce.gi-gn-o = _to beget_. indigenous.(= gi-gen-o) gen-i-tor = _a father_. (pro)genitor.gen-s = _clan_, _house_, _race_. gentile.in-gens = _vast_.gen-us = _birth_, _race_. genus (Fr. genre).in-gen
- 82 secu-ndus = _second (the } formed from sequi =_to follow_.following)_, } _favourable_ } mori-bundus = _dying_ mori = _to die_.fa-cundus = _eloquent_ fa-ri = _to speak_.+III. NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES.+ -ARIUS, denotes +person employed about+ anything.
- 81 queri-monia = _complaint_, formed from queri = _to complain_.ag-men = _line of march_ } agere vag = _to lead_._band_ } monu-mentum = a _memorial_, mon-ere = _to remind_.no-men = a _name_ vgno = _to know_.(iv.) Nouns denoting means or instrument.-BULUM, -C
- 80 (iii) = _exceedingly._ differtus = _crammed to bursting_.(iv) = _individually_, _separately_.dinumerare = _count up (singly)_.IN- (cf. ??-, ?-) = UN-, usually with adjectives.ignoscere = _not to know_, _forget_, _pardon_.innocens = _not guilty_, _harmless
- 79 perrumpere = _break through_. perspicere = _look through_. (ii) = _thoroughly_, _to completion._ perdiscere = _learn thoroughly_. perfungi = _go through a duty_, _discharge_. permagnus = _very large_. PRAE = in front. (i) = (of place) _before_, _in front_
- 78 ANTE = before (of place and time). antecedere = _come before_. anteferre = _prefer_. CIRc.u.m = around. circ.u.mdare = _surround_. circ.u.mducere } circ.u.mscribere } literally, and with secondary meaning, = _cheat_. circ.u.mvenire } COM-, CON- (c.u.m), C
- 77 Thus in 'I will do this, _if_ you do,' the _if_ clause is equivalent to the adverb _conditionally_.They are generally divided into EIGHT cla.s.ses:-- (1) FINAL introduce a clause expressing a _purpose_.ut, quo ... _that_, _in order to_.ne, quomi
- 76 'Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te vidisse iacentes, Dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur.'_Transl. by_ CICERO, _Tusc._ i. 42. 101.EPILOGUE._Horace._ A.Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo
- 75 X. Ite procul, iuvenes: mitis mihi convenit aetas: Folle decet pueros ludere, folle senes._Vergilius in membranis._ I. Quam brevis immensum cepit membrana Maronem!Ipsius vultus prima tabella gerit._Cicero in membranis._ II. Si comes ista tibi fuerit membr
- 74 _Servius Sulpicius to Cicero._ B. Quae res mihi non mediocrem consolationem attulerit, volo tibi commemorare, si forte eadem res tibi dolorem minuere possit. [42]Ex Asia rediens, c.u.m ab Aegina Megaram versus navigarem, coepi regiones circ.u.mcirca prosp
- 73 IV.ME. Egon' dedi?PE. Tu tu, istic, inquam! Vin' adferri noctuam Quae _tu tu_ usque dicat tibi? Nam nos iam defessi sumus.PLAUTUS, _Men._ 553-6.PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS.I. Nam quae volumus et credimus libenter.CAES. _B. Civ._ ii. 27.II. Cuiusvis h
- 72 VERG. _Aen._ iv. 129-135, 151-159.ROMAN DAY._Its Duties and Amus.e.m.e.nts._ A.Prima salutantes atque altera conterit hora; Exercet raucos tertia causidicos; In quintam varies extendit Roma labores; s.e.xta quies la.s.sis; septima finis erit; 4 Sufficit i
- 71 B. Sed silentium et secessus et undique liber animus ut sunt maxime optanda, ita non semper possunt contingere, ideoque non statim, si quid obstrepet, abiciendi codices erunt et deplorandus dies, verum incommodis repugnandum et hic faciendus usus, ut omni
- 70 TR. Sed tu, enunquam piscatorem vidisti, venefice, Vidulum piscem cep.i.s.se aut protulisse ullum in forum? 65 Non enim tu hic quidem occupabis omnes quaestus quos voles: Et vitorem et piscatorem te esse, impure, postulas.Vel te mihi monstrare oportet pis
- 69 Quid tibi n.o.bisc.u.m est, ludi scelerate magister, Invisum pueris virginibusque caput?Nondum cristati rupere silentia galli: Murmure iam saevo verberibusque tonas.MARTIAL, IX. lxviii. 1-4.Cf. JUV. x. 114-7; MARTIAL, X. lxii.; HOR. _Ep._ II. i. 69-71.BOO
- 68 A.Andromedan poenas immitis iusserat Ammon. 671 Quam simul ad duras religatam bracchia cautes Vidit Abantiades, nisi quod levis aura capillos Moverat et tepido manabant lumina fletu, Marmoreum ratus esset opus. Trahit inscius ignes 675 Et stupet et visae
- 67 '_The names of men so poor Who could do mighty deeds._'B.c.u.m tremerent autem Fabios durumque Catonem 90 Et Scauros et Fabricium rigidique severos Censoris mores etiam collega timeret, Nemo inter curas et seria duxit habendum Qualis in Oceani f
- 66 PACUVIUS _ap._ CIC. _De Div._ I. xiv. 24._The Argo in a Gale._ D.Tollitur atque intra Minyas Argoaque vela Styrus adest: vasto rursus desidit hiatu Abrupta revolutus aqua. Iamque omnis in astra 330 Itque reditque ratis, lapsoque reciproca fluctu Descendit
- 65 STATIUS, _Silvae_, II. ii. 1-20, 42-53, 61-66.SENECA._For those 'qui corporis cura mentem obruerunt.'_ A. Stulta est enim, mi Lucili, et minime conveniens litterato viro occupatio exercendi lacertos et dilatandi cervicem, ac latera firmandi.c.u.
- 64 +Subject.+ Go where thou wilt, my Tullus, know that all the sights and marvels of all lands, from West to East, are outdone by those of thine own Italy. A truly famous land! A land ever victorious, ever merciful; full of fair lakes and streams. Here, Tull
- 63 11. +templo+, i.e. _Concordiae_. Cic. refers to _In Catil._ iv.+The Peroration.+ 'Such a pa.s.sage speaks to us with a living impression of unity and directness which we acknowledge without question. We admire and ask for nothing more.' --Nettle
- 62 'Though the cook was good, 'Twas Attic salt (+sermone bono+) that flavoured most the food.'--Jeans.18-19. +homines visi sumus+ = _I showed myself a man of taste_, i.e.as host.21. Sp??da??? ??d?? = lit. _nothing serious_, i.e. _nothing polit
- 61 _The Grave of Pompeius. His Roll of Fame._ Tunc ne levis aura retectos Auferret cineres, saxo compressit harenam: 790 Nautaque ne bustum religato fune moveret, Inscripsit sacrum semiusto stipite nomen: HIC SITUS EST MAGNUS. . . .Quod si tam sacro dignaris
- 60 CAESAR, _de Bello Civili_, iii. 92.+Context.+ Caesar made for Apollonia, where he left his wounded, and then marched S.E. into Thessaly, where he joined Domitius Calvinus. (He had been sent with two legions E. into Macedonia, to stop reinforcements for Po
- 59 391. +raptis+ = _speedily won_. --H.]B. At hostes sine fide tempus atque occasionem fraudis ac doli quaerunt; interiectisque aliquot diebus, nostris languentibus atque animo remissis, {10} subito meridiano tempore, c.u.m alius discessisset, alius ex diuti
- 58 +Lex Pompeia de iure magistratuum.+ But this did not suit Caesar's enemies. Pompeius and the Senate combined to alter the whole legal machinery for appointing provincial governors. +There was to be an interval of five years between a consuls.h.i.+p a
- 57 Dum Gallos per Caesarem in septentrione debellat, ipse interim ad orientem grave volnus a Parthis populus Roma.n.u.s accepit. Nec de fortuna queri possumus; caret solacio clades. Adversis et dis et hominibus cupiditas consulis Cra.s.si, dum Parthico {5} i
- 56 +Gergovia+, 4 miles S. of Clermont. This famous stronghold consists of a rectangular plateau nearly a mile in length, and some 1300 feet above the plain through which the Allier flows, and descending steeply on all sides but one to the ground.+Caesar'
- 55 Una erat magno usui res praeparata a nostris,--falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis non absimili forma muralium falcium. His c.u.m funes qui antemnas ad malos destinabant comprehensi adductique essent, navigio remis incitato praerumpebantur. {5
- 54 14-15. +ante quam provinciae ornarentur:+ a regular phrase used of supplying the newly chosen magistrate with money, arms, attendants, etc.18. +ratio ... posset+ = _his candidature could not be considered_.]+Propraetor in F. Spain.+ 'His governors.h.
- 53 CICERO, _in Verrem_, ii. 5. 62.[Linenotes: 1. +Consano municipe+ = _a burgess of Consa_, on the borders of Lucania.22. +Lex Porcia.+ Pa.s.sed by M. Porcius Cato, 197 B.C., forbade the execution or scourging of a Roman citizen.+Leges Semp.r.o.niae+, a code
- 52 25. +sine missione+ = _without quarter_. Cf. _missio_ = _the discharge_ from service of soldiers and gladiators.]B25 THE THIRD MITHRIDATIC WAR, 74-63 B.C. (1) _Lucullus Ponticus._ Quoniam de genere belli dixi, nunc de magnitudine pauca dicam. Atque ut omn
- 51 FLORUS, III. xxii. 2-6. A.[Linenotes: 1. +feralis illius tabulae+ = _from that fatal list_, i.e. Sulla's list of proscribed Marians 82 B.C.9-10. +ad Mithridatem ... iuvit.+ In 75 B.C. he concluded a formal treaty of alliance with Mithridates, and sen
- 50 [Linenote: 13. +Granius+, the chief magistrate of Puteoli, had kept back money destined for the building of the new temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.The old one was destroyed by fire 83 B.C. 'It was Sulla's great desire that his name should be reco
- 49 VELLEIUS PATERCULUS, ii. 23.[Linenote: 16-22. +The terms of peace+ were (i) Restoration of all conquests, (ii) Surrender of 80 s.h.i.+ps and of all prisoners, (iii) Indemnity of 3000 talents. Florus says 'Non fregit ea res Ponticos, sed incendit.
- 48 L. CORNELIUS SULLA, 138-78 B.C._His Character and Bearing._ Igitur Sulla gentis patriciae n.o.bilis fuit, familia prope iam exstincta maiorum ignavia, litteris Graecis et Latinis iuxta atque doctissimi eruditus, animo ingenti, cupidus voluptatum sed glori
- 47 +Parallel Pa.s.sages.+ Horace, _Epodes_ vii. and xvi. 1-14.+The Sullanian Proscriptions.+ Sulla was not like Marius swayed by feelings of revenge alone. His main object was the public good, which in his conviction was to be realised by a return to the old
- 46 247. +frangebat vertice vitem+ = _he had the vine-switch (rattan) broken on his head_, i.e. served as a common soldier. --D.248. +dolabra+ = half-hatchet for cutting stakes, and half-pickaxe for digging the fossa. For +dolabra+, cf. _Dolabella_.249. +Cimb
- 45 CIVIL STRIFE IN ITALY, AND FOREIGN WARS, ENDING IN REVOLUTION 133-44 B.C.B1 THE GRACCHI.Nam postquam Tiberius et C. Gracchus, quorum maiores Punico atque aliis bellis multum rei publicae addiderant, vindicare plebem in libertatem et paucorum celera patefa
- 44 C49 WAR WITH ANDRISCUS AND THE ACHAEANS, 148-146 B.C._Destruction of Corinth (L. Mummius Achaicus), 146 B.C._ Eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit, L. Mummius Corinthum post annos DCCCCLII, quam ab Alete Hippotis filio erat condita, funditus eruit.Uterque im
- 43 C45 _M. Porcius Cato._ (2) Iam pauca aratro iugera regiae Moles relinquent, undique latius Extenta visentur Lucrino Stagna lacu plata.n.u.sque caelebs 4 Evincet ulmos: tum violaria et Myrtus et omnis copia narium Spargent olivetis odorem Fertilibus domino
- 42 +Terms of Peace+, 196 B.C. Macedonia to remain an independent state, but, like Carthage, to lose all her foreign possessions, and to be sunk to the level of a va.s.sal state.C41 SECOND MACEDONIAN WAR, 200-196 B.C. (2) _Flamininus proclaims the Freedom of
- 41 LIVY, x.x.x. 19, 20.+Context.+ Scipio (204 B.C.) landed in Africa and won such decisive victories over the Carthaginians under Hasdrubal, the son of Gisco, that ii was necessary in 203 B.C. to recall both Mago and Hannibal.[Linenotes: 3-4. +ad Magonem.+ M
- 40 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C._Character of Scipio Africa.n.u.s Maior._ Fuit enim Scipio non veris tantum virtutibus mirabilis, sed arte quoque quadam ab iuventa in ostentationem earum compositus, pleraque apud mult.i.tudinem aut _ut_ per nocturnas visa s
- 39 +Marcellus at Nola.+ 'It was the merit of Marcellus that he saved Nola from being taken.' --Ihne.C29 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C._Cicero's Description of Syracuse._ Urbem Syracusas maximam esse Graecarum urbium pulcherrimamque omnium saep
- 38 [Linenotes: 2. i.e. the Spring of Pirene near Corinth, where Pegasus was caught by Bellerophon. Its waters possessed inspiring properties.4. +nervis ... meis+ = _that I had strength to gasp forth_.--Ramsay.7. +Curios+ = _Curiatios_.+Horatia pila+: see pp.
- 37 _The Destruction of the Roman Infantry._ Sub equestris finem certaminis coorta est peditum pugna, primo et viribus et animis par, dum constabant ordines Gallis Hispanisque; tandem Romani, diu ac saepe conisi, obliqua fronte acieque densa impulere hostium
- 36 [Footnote 31: Var. lect. _terrentium_ = of those causing fear.][Linenotes: 4. +ad arma capienda aptandaque+ = _to seize and put on for the battle their arms_. --Dimsdale.5. +onerati:+ i.e. most were cut down in their full marching equipment.8-9. +mixtos .
- 35 20. +genti ... victae+, e.g. at the Pa.s.sage of the Rhone.21. +campum+, i.e. the Campus Martius, N.W. of Rome, where the Tiber makes a wide curve. For the thought cf. p. 116, ll. 7, 8.][[Selection C9, lines 155, 156]]+The Speeches of Livy.+ 'He does
- 34 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C._The Siege of Saguntum, 219 B.C._ Angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens; adversus eum vineas agere inst.i.tuit, per quas aries moenibus admoveri posset. Sed ut locus procul muro satis
- 33 654. +ductor+ = Hannibal.654-657. Silius (who closely imitates Vergil) makes Hannibal view the sculptured memorials of the First Punic War, just as Aeneas sees carved the tale of Troy. Verg. _Aen._ i. 445-493.]+Parallel Pa.s.sage.+ Polybius, i. caps. 59-6
- 32 20, 21. +potest autem ... utile esse.+ Cf. ? t? p??e? ??? ?st??ae??? ??d? t?? p???t?? ??pte? = that which is not harmful (?ae??? = +inutile+) to the State is not harmful to the citizen.]+Parallel Pa.s.sages.+ Polybius, i. 31-36 (he makes no mention of the
- 31 'Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis 855 Ingreditur, victorque viros supereminet omnes!Hic rem Romanam, magno turbante tumultu, Sistet, eques sternet Poenos Gallumque rebellem, Tertiaque arma patri suspendet capta Quirino.'VERGIL, _Aen.
- 30 11-13. After the close of the war Curius had become +patronus+ of the Samnites, and they were bringing the customary offering of +clientes+.--J. S. R.]B.Curius parvo quae legerat horto Ipse focis brevibus ponebat holuscula.JUVENAL, xi. 78-79.[Linenotes: 7
- 29 ceteraque gravissime, notum enim vobis carmen est, et tamen ipsius Appi exstat oratio. Atque haec ille egit septemdecim annis post alterum consulatum, {10} c.u.m inter duos consulatus anni decem interfuissent censorque ante superiorem consulatum fuisset,
- 28 [Footnote 23: qua _duci_ proxime potest. --W. and M.][Linenotes: 1. +In campum Stellatem.+ Stellas, a part of the Campanian plain, N.of Mt. Tifata (E. of Capua).4. +Tifernum+, E. of Bovianum on the R. Tifernus.+Postumius ... Minucius+, Consuls 305 B.C.+Bo
- 27 +The Cause of the War.+ The actual _casus belli_ was a dispute between Rome and the Samnites for the possession of Palaeopolis (= _old city_) near Neapolis (= _new city_). Cf. the First Punic War, 241 B.C., due to the struggle for the possession of Messan
- 26 Primus omnium consul invadit hostem et, c.u.m quo forte contulit gradum, obtruncat. Hoc spectaculo accensi dextra laevaque ante se quisque memorandum proelium ciet; stant obnixi Samnites, quamquam {15} plura accipiunt quam inferunt vulnera. Aliquamdiu iam
- 25 +Result.+ 'The principle was established that Patricians and Plebeians were both citizens of the State, and equally eligible to the honours and dignities of the Republic.' --Ihne.D29 THE LICINIAN LAWS, 376-366 B.C. (2) _The Origin of the Florali
- 24 VERGIL, _Aen._ viii. 652-662.+Context.+ Venus brings Aeneas his new armour: he gazes at the s.h.i.+eld whereon were wrought scenes of the story of Rome to be.[Linenotes: 652. +in summo+ (sc. +clipeo+), _on the top of the s.h.i.+eld_, as held in position.6
- 23 [Linenotes: 1. +a suis vatibus+, i.e. by the captured Etruscan soothsayer (_haruspex_).1-2. +ab externis oraculis+, i.e. by the Delphic Oracle.2-3. +iam in partem ... (alios) deos.+ Camillus had vowed to give to Apollo the tenth part of the spoils of Veii
- 22 voted for) it.11. +provocatione+ = _right of appeal_.18. +prodicta+ = _adjourned_, from the first hearing. --R.19. +a.s.sertor V.+ = _who claimed V. as his slave_.]+Results of the Secession+. 'The Valerian Laws, by the second of which it was ordained
- 21 D14 WAR WITH VEII, 483-474 B.C._The Destruction of the Fabii at the Cremera, 477 B.C._ Campus erat, campi claudebant ultima colles Silvaque montanas occulere apta feras.In medio paucos armentaque rara relinquunt, Cetera virgultis abdita turba latet. 4 Ecc
- 20 [Linenotes: 1. +c.u.m summa caritate+ = _involving_ (+c.u.m+) _a very high price_.2. +sedendo+ = _by sitting down before_, of a besieging army.3. +Mucius.+ From this incident surnamed Scaevola = _the left-handed_. After his time, a frequent surname in the
- 19 Sed neque Medorum silvae ditissima terra, Nec pulcher Ganges atque auro turbidus Hermus Laudibus Italiae certent, non Bactra, neque Indi Totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis harenis.Haec loca non tauri spirantes naribus ignem 140 Invertere satis immanis den
- 18 613. +reserat+ = _un-bars_. For _sero_ = _join_, cf. our _series_.]+Parallel Pa.s.sages.+ Ovid, _F._ i. 115-132. Cf. Hor. _Od._ iv. 15. 9.Verg. _Aen._ i. 293-4.+Numa Pompilius.+ 'The name of Numa is significant, and denotes an organiser or _lawgiver_
- 17 Pa.s.sAGES FOR TRANSLATION AT SIGHT REGAL PERIOD, 753-509 B.C.D1 _The Vision of Anchises.--The Kings that are to be._ Quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet Romulus, a.s.saraci quem sanguinis Ilia mater Educet. Viden' ut geminae stant vertice crist
- 16 +III.+ +Ego autem, c.u.m omnia coll.u.s.trarem oculis--est enim ad portas Agragantinas magna frequentia sepulcrorum--animadverti columellam non multum e dumis eminentem, in qua inerat sphaerae figura et cylindri.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +coll.u.s.trarem+ =
- 15 _grieves for nor pities_. This quite obscures the point. Vergil says that a country life, with its absence of poverty, so commonly met with in a town, saves a man from the necessity of feeling a pang of pity for the poor.Before you put aside this pa.s.sag
- 14 (ii.) _Translation._-- You cannot be in doubt about the princ.i.p.al subject and predicate. +Felix+ is the only word outside the subordinate clause from +qui ... avari+. The sense, too, of these lines is clear, so you may translate at once; but you must t
- 13 +ALIUS+ = _another_ (of many).+ali-enus+ = _that belong to another_ alien, alienate.+ali-quot+ = _some, several_ aliquot (parts).+al-ter+ = _other of two_ alter, alternate.+ali-bi+ = _elsewhere_ alibi.etc.+SENATUS+ = _the Council Senate.of the Elders_ +se
- 12 There are several points in which this rendering must be improved.Thus:-- (a) _Affair_ for +res+ is too vague. You will remember what was said about +res+ in Sentence I. of Part I. pp. 33, 34.(b) You must try to express more strongly the contrast in gener
- 11 The following version was shown up by a boy of fifteen in a recent scholars.h.i.+p examination: 'Hannibal in _carrying on his successful campaign met with some different luck in this district_. Marcus Centenius, whose cognomen was Penula, was famous
- 10 +II.+ +M. Centenius fuit cognomine Paenula, insignis inter primipili centuriones et magnitudine corporis et animo.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +primipili+ = the chief centurion of the +triarii+ (the third, veteran line of the legion), the +primipilus+, or +prim
- 9 You have now learnt how to translate this pa.s.sage, but you must do more before you can master it. Thus in these simple but beautiful lines notice:-- (i.) _Vocabulary._--This is easy and familiar, but even if you know the meaning of the words study their
- 8 +IV.+ +Saepe avidum fugiens rest.i.tit agna lupum.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +Rest.i.tit+ = _stood still_; +re + si-st-o+, _i.e._ from vsta-, strengthened by reduplication; cf. ?-st?-?. Contrast carefully meaning of +re-sto+, = _stand firm_ or _be left_.(ii.)
- 7 (iv.) Napoleon's _Caesar_, vol. ii. cap. 4, and vol. ii. p. 405.DEMONSTRATION I.CAESAR, _B. G._ i. 52: '_Reiectis pilis ... rest.i.tutum est._'SENTENCE Kind of Sentence CONNECTIVE SUBJECT _Simple_ _Enlarged_ PREDICATE _Simple_ _Enlarged_ OB
- 6 All the rest of the sentence will now take its proper place, as in some way modifying the action of +premebant+.Thus:-- +c.u.m ... conversa esset+ tells us _when_ they were pressing.+a dextro cornu+ _where_ +vehementer+ _how_ +mult.i.tudine suorum+ _how o
- 5 NOTE The use of a personal mode of address in the following Demonstrations is explained by the fact that they are written primarily for the use of boys. It is hoped, however, that they may be found useful to masters also, and that the fulness with which e
- 4 E.g. here, +ignoratum ... dumetis+ is all logically connected with the object +sepulcrum+, which for the sake of emphasis is put in an unusual position at the end of the sentence.+13. Additional Hints.+--(1) Remember that Latin is often +concrete+ where E
- 3 _The +VOLSCIANS+ found that now they were severed from every other hope, there was but little in prolonging the conflict.In addition to other disadvantages they had engaged on a spot ill-adapted for fighting and worse for flight. Cut to pieces on every si
- 2 But sometimes an +intensive+ force._E.g._ {per}-terrere = to +thoroughly+ frighten.In all such cases you must be partly guided by the context.(For List of Important Prefixes, see Appendix II. pp. 277--281.) (3) +Suffixes+ (other than grammatical inflexion