Latin Midterm Sentences

Officium līberōs virōs semper vocābat

Duty was always calling the free men.

Habēbimusne multōs virōs et fēminās magnōrum animōrum?

We will have many men and women with great spirits?

Mora animōs nostrōs superābat et remedium nōn habēbāmus.

Delay was conquering our spirits and we did not have the cure.

Multī in agrīs heri manēbant et Rōmānōs iuvābant.

Yesterday, many were remaining in the fields and were helping the Romans

Paucī virī de cūrā animī cōgitābant.

Few men were thinking about the anxiety of their courage.

Propter īram in culpa estis et crās poenas dabitis.

You are at fault because of anger and you will pay the penalties tomorrow.

Vērum ōtium nōn habēs, vir stulte.

You do not have true leisure, foolish man!

Poeta amicae multās rosās, dōna pulchra, et basia dabat.

The poet gave many roses, beautiful gifts, and kisses to his girlfriend.

Oculī nostrī nōn valēbant; quārē agrōs bellōs vidēre nōn poterāmus.

Our eyes were not strong; therefore, we could not see the beautiful fields.

Sine multā pecūniā et multīs donīs tyrannus stultus satiāre populum Rōmānum nōn poterāmus.

Without much money and many gifts, the foolish tyrant will not be able to satisfy the Roman people.

Nōon poterant igitur tē dē poena amīcōrum tuōrum heri monēre.

Therefore, they were not able to warn you of the punishment of your friends.

Parvus numerous Graecōrum crās ibi remanēre et amīcōs adiuvāre poterit.

A small number of Greeks will be able to remain there tomorrow.

Magister discipulōs malōs sine morā vocabit.

The teacher will call the bad students without delay.

Discipulae vestra de librīs magnī poetae saepe cōgitābant.

Your students thought about the books of great poets often.

Quando satis sapientiae habebimus?

When will we have the satisfaction of wisdom?

Multī librī antīquī propter sapientiam cōnsiliumque erant magnī.

Many old books were important because of wisdom and duty.

Glōria bonōrum librōrum semper manēbit.

The glory of good books will always remain.

Possunte pecūnia ōtiumque cūrās vītae nūmānae superāre.

Can money and leisure overcome the worries of human life?

Fēminae sine morā cīvitātem dē īnsidiīs et exitō malō monēbunt.

The women will warn the civilians of the plot and wicked destruction without delay.

Rēx et rēgīna igitur crās nōn audēbunt ibi remanēre.

The king and queen will therefore not dare to stay there tomorrow.

Mōrēs Graocōrum nōn erant sine culīs vitiīsque.

The morals of the Greeks were not without faults and vices.

Quandō hominēs satis virtūtis habēbunt?

When will humans have enough virtue?

Corpora verstra sunt sāna et animī sunt plēnī sapientiae.

Your bodies are sane and your souls are full of wisdom.

Propter mōrēs hūmānōs pācem vēram nōn habēbimus.

Because of human values we will not have true peace.

Post bellum multōs librōs dē pāce et remediīs bellī vidēbant.

After the war they were seeing many books about peace of war.

Sine mōribus sānīs pācem nōn habēre possumus.

Without sound we cannot have peace.

Tempora nostra nunc sunt mala; vitia nostra, magna.

Our times are bad now; our vices, great.

Copia vērae virtūtis multās culpās superare poterat.

Abundance of true courage was able to overcome many faults.

In lIberā cIvitāte adulēscentiam agēbāmus

We were leading our youth in a free state.

Rēgem malum tolerāre numquam dēbēmus

We ought never to endure the evil king

Post parvam moram multa verba dē īnsidiīs scrīptōrum stultōrum scrībēmus.

After small delay we will write many words about treachery of the foolish writers.

Hic tōtus liber litterās romanās semper laudat.

This whole book always praises roman literature.

hī igitur illIs deābus herī grātiās agēbant.

These men therefore gave thanks to those goddesses yesterday.

Illud dē vitiIs istīus reginae nunc scribam, et ista poenās dabit.

That will write of the faults of your queen and take your punishment.

Neuter alterī plēnum cōpiam pecūniae tum dabit.

Neither will give the other a full supply of money.

Potestne laus ūllIus terrae esse perpetua?

Is it possible for praise of any land to be perpetual?

Labor ūnIus numquam poterit hās copiās vincere.

The work of one will not be able to overcome those forces.

Mōrēs istIus scrIptōris erant nimis malī.

The morals of your writers were very bad.

Nūllī magistrī, tamen, sub istō vēra docēre audebant.

No teacher, still, would have dared to teach truths under that man.

Valēbitne pāx in patriā nostrā post hanc victōriam?

Will peace be strong in our country after this victory?

Dum illI ibi remanent, aliI nihil agunt, aliI discunt.

While those men remain here, some do nothing, some learn.

Iuppiter, rex deorum, pulchram Io amabat, sed iram Iunonis metuebat.

Juppiter, king of the gods, was loving beautiful Io, but Jupiter was fearing the anger of Juno.

Mutavit igitur formam Ionis: "Iuno non feminam, sed bovem videbit."

He changed therefore the form of Io: "Juno will not see a woman, but a cow."

Iuppiter cogitabat.

Juppiter was thinking.

Iuno non stulta erat: "Habesne donum, mi vir?

"Do you have a gift, my man?

Dabisne bellam bovem Iunoni?

Will you give a beautiful cow to Juno?

Da, si me amas!"

Give, if you love me!"

Iuppiter igitur Iunoni bovem dedit.

Juppiter therefore gave the cow to Juno.

Cu’m bove remanebat magnus custos, Argus.

The large guard, Argus, was remaining with the cow.

Argus centum oculos habebat.

Argus was having one hundred eyes.

Mercurius Argum superavit, sed Io nondum libera erat: malus asilus cum bove manebat.

Mercury conquered Argus, but Io was not yet free: a bad gadfly was remaining with the cow.

Io errabat per terras; multos populos videbat, sed veram formam suam non habebat.

Io was wandering through the lands, she was seeing many people, but was not having her own true form.

Misera femina!

Unfortunate Woman!

Habebisne semper formam bovis?

Will you have the form of a cow always?

Nonne satis est tua poena?

Is your punishment not enough?

Filī Pelopis erant Atreus Thyestesque.

Atreus and Thyestes were the sons of Pelops.

Thyestes uxorem Atreī corrumpit; Thyestes seduces Atreus' wife; tum Atreus vitium invenit et tolerāre nōn potest.

Thyestes seduces Atreus' wife; then Atreus discovers the crime and is not able to tolerate it.

Insidiās igitur cogitat: "Sum plenus irae!

He, therefore, thinks of schemes against his brother: "I am full of anger!

Quāre filiōs parvōs meī fratris necābō secābōque.

Because of this, I shall cut up and kill the small sons of my brother.

Tum membra coquam et Thyestae cenam dābō."

Then I shall cook the limbs and give them as a diner to Thyestes."

Necat puerōs; Thyestes suōs filiōs mortuōs (in mensā) videt.

He kills the boys; Thyestes sees his own dead sons on the table.

O miser Thyestē! Nihil nunc habēs.

O pitiful Thyestes! You have nothing.

Sed, ō Atreu, propter tua magna vitia fīliī tuī magnās poenās dabunt.

But, O Atreus, because of your great crimes, your sons will pay a great price.

Quid dēbēmus dē tuīs īnsidiīs cōgitāre, ō Atreu?

What should we think about your crimes, O Atreus.

In animīs fīliōrum tuōrum manēbit tua culpa antīqua; erit perpetua.

Your old faults will remain in the minds of your sons; it will be forever.

Tuam īram nōn poterās superāre; mala igitur erit semper tua fāma.

You were not able to overcome your anger; therefore your reputation will always be bad.

Tē tuamque vītam paucī bonī laudābunt, sed multī culpābunt.

Few good men will praise you and your life, but many will blame (you and your life).

Cleobis Bitonque erant filii Cydippes.

Cleobis and Biton were Cydippe's sons.

Cydippe erat sacerdos deae Iunonis.

Cydippe was the priestess of the goddess Juno.

Videre magnam statuam Iunonis Cydippe desiderabat.

Cydippe was desiring to see the great statue of Juno.

Sed procul erat statua, et Cydippe ambulare non poterat; pueri boves non habebant.

But the statue was far away, and Cydippe was not able to walk; the boys were not having oxen.

Cleobis Bitōnque Cȳdippēn amābant; ipsī igitur plaustrum tractābant.

Cleobis and Biton were loving Cydippe; they themselves were pulling the wagon.

Labor erat arduus, sed filiī Cȳdippēs rōbustī erant.

The work was difficult, but the sons of Cydippe were strong.

Nunc Cȳdippē statuam vidēre poterat; quārē Iūnōnī supplicāvit

Now Cydippe was able to see the statue; Wherefore she prayed to Juno

"O pulchra dea! Cleobis Bitōnque bonōs mōrēs et virtūtem habent.

“Oh beautiful Goddess! Cleobis and Biton have good morals and virtue.

Dā igitur meīs fīliīs optimum praemium."

Therefore give my sons the reward."

Propter precēs Cȳdippēs Iūnō puerīs sine morā mortem sine dolōre dedit.

Because of the prayers of Cydippe, Juno gave to the boys without delay death without pain.

Cleobis Bitōnque nunc beātī in perpetuā pāce sunt.

Cleobis and Biton now are happy in perpetual peace.