Latin Exam 3 - Translations

die quodam Maecenas Horatio arcessito haec dixit:

On a certain day, Maecenas, after Horatio had been summoned, said these things:

”ego iter facere debeo Brundisium. uisne tu me comitari?

”I ought to make a journey to Brundisium. Do you want to accompany me?

Vergilius aderit aliique amici

Virgil will be present, and other friends.

si tu statim proficisceris cum Vergilio, ego uobis Anxure occurram.

If you set out at once with Virgil, I will meet you at Anxure

nam tot negotiis occupatus sum ut hodie proficisci non possim.”

For I am occupied with so many affairs that I am not able to set out today.”

Horatius ad Vergili aedes festinauit, sed cum eo aduenisset, cognouit Vergilium aliis cum amicis iam profectum esse

Horatius hurried to the home of Virgil, but when he arrived there, he learned that Virgil has already set out with other friends.

ad Heliodorum igitur processit; cognouerat enim eum quoque iter facturum esse.

Therefore he proceeds to Heliodorus; for he had learned that he also was about to make the journey

sed nisi festinauisset, sero aduenisset; namque Heliodorum inuenit iam profecturum.

But if you had not hurried, he would have arrived late; for he found Heliodorus already about to set out

”Heliodore,” inquit, “paene meridies est. si statim proficiscamur, non longe ante noctem progrediamur.

“Heliodore,” inquit, “paene meridies est. si statim proficiscamur, non longe ante noctem progrediamur.

si cras mane profecti erimus, Ariciam meridie adueniemus.”

If we leave tomorrow morning, by midday we will arrive in Ariciam.”

constituerunt igitur postero die proficisci.

They decided to leave there the next day.

Roma igitur mane egressi Ariciam contenderunt noctemque in hospitio modico manserunt.

Therefore, having gone out from Rome in the morning, they hastened to Aricia and stayed the night in a modest inn.

postridie, cum Forum Appi aduenissent, uias inuenerunt nautis differtas

On the following day, when they had arrived at the Forum of Appius, they found the roads crowded with sailors

Heliodorus “cur tot nautae” inquit “huc illuc discurrent? quid faciunt?”

“Why are so many sailors running around here and there? What are they doing?”

Horatius “sine dubio” inquit “illi nautae lintres regunt per canalem.”

“Without a doubt, these sailors are guiding little boats through the canal.”

ille “quid dicis, Horati?” inquit; “ubi est ille canalis?

What do you say, Horatius? Where is that canal?”

ego ualde fessus sum. si pedibus procedemus, ego labore moriar.

I am pretty tired. If we proceed by fact, I will die from my effort.

ad canalem festinemus. si lintrem conscendamus, iter multo facilius faciamus.”

Let us hurry to the canal. If we should get on a boat; our journey would be much easier.”

constituerunt igitur ad canalem contendere lintremque conscendere, ut dormire possent dum mula lintrem per canalem traheret.

They decided therefore to hasten to the canal and to board a boat, so that they might be able to sleep while the mule dragged the boat through the canal

Horatius ipse iter sic describit:

Horatius describes his journey, like this:

egressum magna me accepit Aricia Roma hospitio modico;

Aricia received me, having gone out from Great Rome, in a modest lodging;

rhetor comes Heliodorus, Graecorum longe doctissimus;

Heliodorus, a rhetor, a companion, by far most learned of the Greeks;

inde Forum Appi, differtum nautis…. iam nox inducere terris umbras et caelo diffundere signa parabat

then the Forum of Appius, crowded with sialors…. now night was preparing to lead shadows upon the lands and to spread stars in the sky

…dum aes exigitur, dum mula ligatur, tota abit hora.

bad mosquitoes and marsh frogs turn away sleep,

absentem ut cantat amicam multa prolutus uappa nauta atque uiator certatim:

As the sailor, washed with much bad wine, sings of an absent girlfriend, and the traveler in rivalry:

tandem fessus dormire uiator

at last the tired traveler to sleep