# Prīmus et Secundus Annus, Capita 16–20

Puer Romanus

Māter mente turbāta irruit; Laqueō meō captus; Fābula dē Gabiēnō; Alia fābula inter cēnam nārrāta; Patruus meus aliquid nārrat

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## Māter mente turbāta irruit (Puer Rōmānus 16)

**1** Patrem haec mihi nārrantem māter, quae māgnō cum impetū in tablīnum irruit, interpellāvit, atque ‘Cornēlī’, inquit, ‘audīvistīne quid Dāvō frātrīque ēius acciderit?  
While my father was telling me this, my mother interrupted him, rushing into the tablinum in great excitement, and said, 'Cornelius, have you heard what has happened to Davus and his brother?

**2** (Dāvus est ūnus ē servīs nostrīs quī eōdem in lectō cum frātre suō dormīre solet).  
(Davus is one of our slaves, who usually sleeps in the same bed as his brother.)

**3** Mīrābilem nārrat rem, neque facere possum quīn eī crēdam.  
He tells a wonderful thing, and I cannot help believing him.

**4** Sed omnia ab initiō tibi nārrābō.  
But I shall tell you the whole thing from the beginning.

**5** Hāc nocte cum frātre minōre, ut solet, eōdem in lectō quiēscēbat.  
Last night he was resting, as usual, in the same bed as his younger brother.

**6** Is vīsus est sibi cernere quendam in torō resīdentem admōtīsque capitī suō cultrīs ex ipsō vertice capillōs amputantem.  
He thought he saw someone sitting on the couch, holding knives to his, Davus's, head and cutting off the hair from the very crown.

**7** Somnium modo sē vidēre ratus iterum dormit.  
Thinking that he was only seeing a dream, he sleeps again.

**8** Sed brevī rūrsus simile alterum somnium priōrī fidem fēcit.  
But soon a second dream like the first made him believe the earlier one.

**9** Nam vēnērunt per fenestrās (ut nārrat) in tunicīs albīs duo, cubantemque frātrem dētondērunt et, quā vēnerant, recessērunt.  
For two men in white tunics came in through the windows (so he tells it), sheared his brother as he lay there, and went back the way they had come.

**10** Ubi inlūxit, ipse Dāvus circā verticem tōnsus, capillī iacentēs sunt repertī.  
When it grew light, Davus himself was found shorn round the crown, and the hair lying there.

**11** Frātrem quoque tōnsum sparsōsque circā capillōs diēs ostendit.’  
Daylight showed that his brother too was shorn, and the hair scattered around.'

**12** Haec cum audīvissem vix facere potuī quīn rīdērem, sed nē poenās darem simulāvī mē summō terrōre afficī propter tam mīrābile somnium, māterque mē cubitum mīsit.  
When I had heard this I could hardly help laughing, but so as not to be punished I pretended to be filled with the greatest terror at so wonderful a dream, and my mother sent me to bed.

**13** Nēminī dīxī mē frātremque meum servōrum cubiculum per fenestrās intrāvisse atque iocī causā capillōs dētondisse.  
I told no one that my brother and I had got into the slaves' bedroom through the windows and had cut off their hair for a joke.

**14** Quid rogāvit māter mea ubi patrem interpellāvit?  
What did my mother ask when she interrupted my father?

**15** Quis erat Dāvus?  
Who was Davus?

**16** Cūr nōn facere potuit māter quīn Dāvō crēderet?  
Why could my mother not help believing Davus?

**17** Nōn facere possum quīn eī crēdam.  
I cannot help believing him.

**18** Nēmo dubitat quīn dīligēns sim.  
No one doubts that I am hard-working.

**19** Nōn dubium est quīn īrācundus sit magister.  
There is no doubt that the master is quick-tempered.

**20** Magister nōn obstat nōbīs quīn lūsum eāmus.  
The master does not stop us going off to play.

**21** Magister nōbīs obstat quōminus lūsum eāmus.  
The master stops us going off to play.

**22** Nōn facere potuit discipulus quīn rīdēret.  
The pupil could not help laughing.

**23** Nēmo dubitāvit quīn vēra nārrāret Dāvus.  
No one doubted that Davus was telling the truth.

**24** Nōn dubium erat quīn glōriōsus esset praefectus.  
There was no doubt that the prefect was a braggart.

**25** Nēmo mē impedīvit quīn domum redīrem.  
No one prevented me from going home.

**26** Quis mē impedīvit quōminus domum redīrem?  
Who prevented me from going home?

**27** Quid sibi vīsus est cernere Dāvus dum in lectulō iacet?  
What did Davus think he saw while he lay in bed?

**28** Quid effēcit ut somniō crēderet?  
What made him believe the dream?

**29** Prīmā lūce quid vīdit?  
What did he see at first light?

**30** Quid mihi accidit cum haec audiissem?  
What happened to me when I had heard this?

**31** Cūr simulāvī mē summō terrōre esse affectum?  
Why did I pretend to be filled with the greatest terror?

**32** Potesne expōnere quid rē vērā Dāvō acciderit?  
Can you explain what really happened to Davus?

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| irruit | rush, attack, from irruo |
| interpellāvit | interrupt, break in on, from interpello |
| audīvistīne | hear, listen |
| resīdentem | sit down, from resido |
| admōtīsque | move up, bring up |
| cultrīs | knife, from culter |
| vertice | whirlpool, eddy, from vertex |
| amputantem | lop, prune, from amputo |
| ratus | think, suppose, from reor |
| fidem | faith, trust, from fides |
| tunicīs | undergarment, shirt, from tunica |
| cubantemque | lying, resting on the ground |
| dētondērunt | clip, crop, from detondeo |
| recessērunt | recede, go back, from recedo |
| inlūxit | illuminate, shine on, from inluceo |
| tōnsus | cut, shear, from tondeo |
| repertī | discover, learn, from reperio |
| sparsōsque | scatter, strew |
| afficī | speak to, address, from adfacio |
| iocī | joke, jest, from jocus |
| dētondisse | clip, crop |
| obstat | oppose, hinder, from obsto |
| quōminus | that not, from |
| impedīvit | hinder, impede, from impedio |

## Laqueō meō captus (Puer Rōmānus 17)

**33** Sed dum in lectulō iaceō hunc in modum mēcum reputābam: ‘Quicquid nocte accidit, omnēs putant aut somnium fuisse aut mānēs fēcisse,’ dolumque hunc excōgitābam.  
But while I lay in bed I reasoned with myself in this way: 'Whatever happens at night, everyone thinks either that it was a dream or that the ghosts did it,' and I thought out this trick.

**34** Cōnstituī persuādēre Mārcō, condiscipulō et aequālī meō, quī negat esse mānēs, ut in sepulcrō quōdam ūnam noctem dormīret.  
I decided to persuade Marcus, my schoolfellow and my own age, who says there are no ghosts, to sleep one night in a certain tomb.

**35** Posterō diē cōnsilium meum cum frātre commūnicāvī, et Mārcus prōmīsit sē in sepulcrō dormītūrum esse ut nōbīs dēmōnstrāret mānēs nōn esse.  
The next day I shared my plan with my brother, and Marcus promised that he would sleep in the tomb to prove to us that there are no ghosts.

**36** Nocte igitur ad sepulcrum Mārcus sē recēpit, ego et frāter haec parāvimus;—nigrīs amictī vestibus persōnās īnstar calvāriārum fīctās capitī imposuimus; quō habitū statim ad sepulcrum contendimus, circum quod saltāre incēpimus.  
So at night Marcus took himself off to the tomb, and my brother and I got these things ready: dressed in black clothes we put masks made like skulls on our heads; in this dress we hurried at once to the tomb, and began to dance round it.

**37** Sed tantum aberat ut Mārcus timēret ut, capite modo ē sepulcrō ēlātō, imperāret nōbīs ut abīrēmus, neu ineptiās agerēmus.  
But Marcus was so far from being afraid that he merely lifted his head out of the tomb and ordered us to go away and not play the fool.

**38** Spē dēiectī domum abīvimus, laqueō, ut prōverbium, nostrō captī.  
Cast down in our hopes we went off home, caught, as the proverb says, in our own snare.

**39** Posterō diē nōnnūllī convīvae apud nōs cēnābant atque inter cēnam pater nārrābat quid Dāvō, servō nostrō, accidisset.  
The next day some guests were dining at our house, and during dinner my father was telling what had happened to Davus, our slave.

**40** Deinde omnēs mīrābilia commemorāre incipiunt.  
Then they all begin to relate marvels.

**41** Ūnus ē convīvīs mortuōs futūra portendere posse dīxit.  
One of the guests said that the dead could foretell what was to come.

**42** ‘Nōnnumquam tamen’ inquit, ‘falsa portendunt, ut fābula dē Gabiēnō mōnstrat.’  
'Sometimes, though,' he said, 'they foretell what is false, as the story of Gabienus shows.'

**43** Flāgitantibus omnibus ut fābulam dīceret, haec nārrāvit.  
When they all pressed him to tell the story, he told this.

**44** Quid mēcum reputābam dum in lectulō iaceō?  
What was I reasoning with myself while I lay in bed?

**45** Quid cōnstituī facere?  
What did I decide to do?

**46** Quid prōmīsit Mārcus sē factūrum esse?  
What did Marcus promise to do?

**47** Quid imperāvit nōbīs circum sepulcrum saltantibus?  
What did he order us to do as we danced round the tomb?

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| Quicquid | whoever, from quisquis |
| dolumque | hurt |
| excōgitābam | think out |
| aequālī | equal, similar, from aequalis |
| sepulcrō | grave, tomb, from sepulcrum |
| commūnicāvī | share, from communico |
| recēpit | receive, recover, from recipio |
| persōnās | mask, from persona |
| īnstar | image, likeness |
| calvāriārum | skull |
| ēlātō | spray |
| neu | not |
| ineptiās | fiber, from ineptia |
| laqueō | noose, from laqueus |
| Flāgitantibus | demand urgently, from flagito |
| saltantibus | leap, spring |

## Fābula dē Gabiēnō (Puer Rōmānus 18)

**48** ‘Bellō Siculō Gabiēnus, Caesaris classiārius fortissimus, captus ā Sex. Pompēiō, iūssū ēius incīsā cervīce et vix cohaerente, iacuit in lītore tōtum diem.  
'In the Sicilian war Gabienus, the bravest of Caesar's marines, was captured by Sextus Pompeius, and by his order his neck was cut through, so that it barely held together, and he lay on the shore the whole day.

**49** Deinde cum advesperāvisset, cum gemitū precibusque ē congregātā multitūdine petiit ut Pompēius ad sē venīret, aut aliquem ex amīcīs mītteret; sē enim ab īnferīs remīssum, habēre quae nūntiāret.  
Then, when evening came on, with groans and prayers he begged the crowd that had gathered that Pompey should come to him, or send one of his friends; for he had been sent back from the dead and had something to report.

**50** Mīsit plūrēs Pompēius ex amīcīs, quibus Gabiēnus dīxit: Īnferīs deīs placēre Pompēī causās et partēs piās.  
Pompey sent several of his friends, and Gabienus said to them: the gods below approved Pompey's cause and his loyal party.

**51** Proinde ēventum futūrum quem optāret, hoc sē nūntiāre iūssum.  
Therefore the outcome he hoped for would come about, and he had been ordered to report this.

**52** Argūmentum fore vēritātis quod, perāctīs mandātīs, prōtinus exspīrātūrus esset.  
The proof of its truth would be that, when his message had been delivered, he would die at once.

**53** Idque ita ēvēnit.’  
And so it came about.'

**54** Quis erat Gabiēnus?  
Who was Gabienus?

**55** Quid eī accidit?  
What happened to him?

**56** Cum advesperasceret quid fēcit?  
What did he do as evening came on?

**57** Cūr Pompēium vidēre voluit?  
Why did he want to see Pompey?

**58** Quid amīcīs Pompēiī nārrāvit Gabiēnus?  
What did Gabienus tell Pompey's friends?

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| Siculō | Sicilian, of, from Siculus |
| classiārius | mariner |
| incīsā | happen, from incido |
| cervīce | neck, nape, from cervix |
| cohaerente | stick, adhere, from cohaereo |
| advesperāvisset | evening is coming on, it |
| gemitū | groan, sigh, from gemitus |
| precibusque | prayer, request, from prex |
| congregātā | collect, from congrego |
| īnferīs | offerings to the dead, from inferi |
| placēre | be pleasing to, please, from placeo |
| piās | conscientious, from pius |
| ēventum | occurrence, event |
| optāret | choose, select, from opto |
| Argūmentum | proof |
| vēritātis | truth, fact, from veritas |
| mandātīs | order, command, from mandatum |
| prōtinus | straight on, forward |
| exspīrātūrus | breathe out, exhale, from exspiro |

## Alia fābula inter cēnam nārrāta (Puer Rōmānus 19)

**59** ‘Sunt quī dīcant,’ inquit alius, ‘animam relictō corpore errāre solitam, multaque nūntiāre, quae nisi ā praesentī nōscī nōn possint.  
'There are some who say,' said another, 'that the soul, when it has left the body, is in the habit of wandering, and of reporting many things which could not be known except by someone who was there.

**60** Ē duōbus enim frātribus, equestris ōrdinis, Corfidiō māiōrī accidit ut vidērētur exspīrāsse; apertōque tēstāmentō minor hērēs ex asse creātus fūnerī īnstitit; interim is, quī vidēbātur exstīnctus, plangentium sonitū concitus, dīxit ā frātre sē vēnisse.  
For of two brothers of the knightly order, it happened to the elder, Corfidius, that he seemed to have died; and when the will had been opened the younger, made sole heir, took charge of the funeral; meanwhile the man who seemed to be dead, roused by the sound of the mourners, said that he had come from his brother.

**61** Dēmōnstrāvit praetereā quō in locō aurum, nūllō cōnsciō, dēfōdisset et ōrāvit ut eīs fūnebribus quae comparāta essent efferrētur.  
He showed besides in what place he had buried gold, with no one knowing, and begged that he might be carried out with the funeral rites that had been prepared.

**62** Quae cum dīxisset, frātris domesticī nūntiāvērunt exanimātum illum, et aurum ubi dīxerat repertum est.’  
When he had said this, his brother's household announced that the other had died, and the gold was found where he had said.'

**63** Convīvā hanc fābulam nārrante, pater cum omnēs animadvertisset fīnem fēcisse edendī; servōs iūssit tālōs et corōnās afferre.  
While the guest was telling this story, my father, having noticed that everyone had finished eating, ordered the slaves to bring the dice and the garlands.

**64** Quibus allātīs, omnēs convīvae rosārum corōnās, quisque suam, capitibus impōnēbant; deinde tālōs ē fritillō iaciendō rēgnum vīnī, ut dīcitur, sortīrī incipiēbant.  
When these had been brought, all the guests put garlands of roses on their heads, each his own; then, by throwing the dice out of the box, they began to draw lots for what is called the kingship of the wine.

**65** Pater prīmus, quassātō fritillō, ‘Venus’ inquit, ‘exsiliat,’ sed iacientī eī ‘canis’ modo contigit; at ille ‘Quam rēctē’ exclāmat ‘Propertius scrīpsit:—  
My father first, shaking the box, said, 'Let Venus leap out,' but as he threw, only the 'dog' came up; and he called out, 'How rightly Propertius wrote:

**66** Mē quoque per tālōs Venerem quaerente secundōs  
When I too sought Venus with a lucky throw of the dice,

**67** semper damnōsī subsiluēre canēs’!  
the ruinous dogs always leapt up!'

**68** tālōsque cum fritillō avō meō, quī proximus accumbēbat, dedit, cuī Venus statim exsiluit.  
and he gave the dice and the box to my grandfather, who was reclining next to him, and for him Venus at once leapt out.

**69** Hic igitur, arbiter bibendī creātus, servīs imperāvit ut diōtam Massicī dēprōmerent.  
So he, made master of the drinking, ordered the slaves to fetch out a jar of Massic wine.

**70** Itaque servī amphoram adportāvērunt tantā fūlīgine tēctam ut titulus nōn āgnōscī posset; corticem amphorae pice adstrictum dīmōvērunt, quadrīmumque merum in crātēram effūdērunt, avumque meum, ut bibendī arbitrum, rogāvērunt quantum aquae adhibendum esset.  
So the slaves brought a jar covered with so much soot that the label could not be made out; they moved aside the stopper of the jar, which was sealed with pitch, poured the four-year-old wine into the mixing bowl, and asked my grandfather, as master of the drinking, how much water should be added.

**71** Iūssū ēius merum cum aquā hāc ratiōne mīscuērunt: —novem merī cyathōs (cyathus mēnsūra, duodecima sextāriī pars) cum tribus aquae mīscēbant—interdum inversā ratiōne trēs merī cyathōs cum novem aquae mīscēmus—deinde vīnum ē crātērā in cūiusque convīvae pōculum cyathīs īnfundunt.  
At his order they mixed the wine with water in this proportion: they mixed nine ladles of wine (a ladle is a measure, the twelfth part of a pint) with three of water; sometimes we mix the other way round, three ladles of wine with nine of water; then they pour the wine out of the mixing bowl with ladles into each guest's cup.

**72** Quid Corfidiō accidit?  
What happened to Corfidius?

**73** Tēstāmentō apertō quid fēcit frāter ēius?  
When the will had been opened, what did his brother do?

**74** Quid dīxit alter, plangentium sonitū concitus?  
What did the other say, roused by the sound of the mourners?

**75** Quid ōrāvit?  
What did he beg?

**76** Quid nūntiāvērunt domesticī?  
What did the household announce?

**77** Hāc nārrātā fābulā quid facere pater servōs iūssit?  
When this story had been told, what did my father order the slaves to do?

**78** Quōmodo rēgnum vīnī sortīmur?  
How do we draw lots for the kingship of the wine?

**79** Quid contigit patrī meō tālōs iacientī?  
What came up for my father as he threw the dice?

**80** Quis arbiter bibendī est creātus?  
Who was made master of the drinking?

**81** Quid servīs imperāvit ut facerent?  
What did he order the slaves to do?

**82** Quid avum meum rogāvērunt servī?  
What did the slaves ask my grandfather?

**83** Quā ratiōne vīnum bibimus?  
In what proportion do we drink our wine?

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| equestris | equestrian, mounted on horse, from equester |
| tēstāmentō | will, testament, from testamentum |
| hērēs | heir |
| asse | penny, copper coin, from assis |
| īnstitit | pursue, threaten, from insto |
| interim | meanwhile |
| plangentium | strike, beat, from plango |
| sonitū | noise, loud sound, from sonitus |
| concitus | move, set in violent motion, from concieo |
| cōnsciō | conscious, aware of, from conscius |
| dēfōdisset | bury, from defodio |
| fūnebribus | funeral rites, from funebria |
| efferrētur | savage, cruel |
| domesticī | domestics, those of the household |
| exanimātum | kill, deprive of life, from exanimo |
| repertum | discovery, from reperta |
| animadvertisset | turn the mind to, notice, from animadverto |
| tālōs | ankle, from talus |
| corōnās | wreath, garland, from corona |
| fritillō | dice-box, from fritillus |
| sortīrī | cast or draw lots, from sortio |
| quassātō | shake repeatedly, from quasso |
| iacientī | throw, hurl |
| damnōsī | harmful, from damnosus |
| subsiluēre | jump, from subsilio |
| arbiter | eye-witness, on-looker |
| diōtam | two-handled jar, from diota |
| Massicī | mace, from Massicum |
| dēprōmerent | bring, fetch |
| adportāvērunt | carry |
| tēctam | cover, protect, from tego |
| āgnōscī | recognize, realize, from agnosco |
| corticem | bark, from cortex |
| pice | pitch, tar, from pix |
| adstrictum | tie up, from adstringo |
| dīmōvērunt | put, dismiss |
| quadrīmumque | four years old |
| merum | wine |
| crātēram | mixing bowl, from cratera |
| mīscuērunt | mix, mingle, from misceo |
| mēnsūra | measure |
| duodecima | twelve |
| sextāriī | sextarius measure, from sextarius |
| tribus | third part of the people |
| inversā | turn upside down, from inverto |
| īnfundunt | pour in, pour on, from infundo |

## Patruus meus aliquid nārrat (Puer Rōmānus 20)

**84** Quibus parātīs, Sīlius, patruus meus, ‘Nōn Lupercī rītū, ut vidētur,’ inquit, ‘nōbīs est bibendum.  
When this had been made ready, Silius, my uncle, said, 'We must not drink, it seems, after the manner of Lupercus.

**85** Namque accidit ut homo minimē familiāris cēnārem apud istum, ut sibi vidēbātur, lautum et dīligentem, ut mihi, sordidum simul et sumptuōsum.  
For it happened that I, who am not at all one of his intimates, was dining at the house of a man who thought himself elegant and careful, and seemed to me both mean and extravagant.

**86** Nam sibi et paucīs opīma quaedam, cēterīs vīlia et minūta pōnēbat.  
For he set rich dishes before himself and a few others, and cheap and scanty ones before the rest.

**87** Vīnum etiam parvulīs lagunculīs in tria genera dīscrīpserat, nōn ut potestās ēligendī, sed nē iūs esset recūsandī; aliud suīs et nōbīs, aliud minōribus amīcīs (nam gradātim amīcos habet), aliud suīs nostrīsque lībertīs.  
He had even divided the wine into three kinds, in little flasks, not so that there might be a power of choosing, but so that there might be no right of refusing: one for his own people and for us, another for his lesser friends (for he has his friends in grades), another for his freedmen and ours.

**88** Animadvertit, quī ā mē proximus recumbēbat, et num probārem interrogāvit.  
The man reclining next to me noticed it and asked whether I approved.

**89** Negāvī.  
I said I did not.

**90** ‘Tū ergō’ inquit, ‘quam cōnsuētūdinem sequeris?’  
'What custom, then,' he said, 'do you follow?'

**91** ‘Eadem omnibus pōnō; ad cēnam enim, nōn ad notam invītō, cūnctīsque rēbus exaequō quōs mēnsā et torō aequāvī.’  
'I set the same before everyone; for I invite men to dinner, not to a branding, and I make equal in all things those whom I have made equal at table and couch.'

**92** ‘Etiamne lībertōs?  
'Even the freedmen?'

**93** ‘Etiam; convīctōrēs enim tunc, nōn lībertōs putō.’  
'Even them; for then I count them table-companions, not freedmen.'

**94** Et ille: ‘Māgnō tibi cōnstat.’  
And he said, 'That costs you a great deal.'

**95** ‘Minimē.’  
'Not at all.'

**96** ‘Quī fierī potest?’  
'How can that be?'

**97** ‘Quia scīlicet lībertī meī nōn idem quod ego bibunt, sed idem ego quod lībertī.’  
'Because, of course, my freedmen do not drink the same as I do, but I drink the same as my freedmen.'

**98** Hōc tam facētē dictō omnēs plaudunt; iamque omnium sermōne laetitiāque convīvium celebrābātur.  
At this remark, so wittily made, they all applaud; and now the dinner party was in full swing with everyone's talk and merriment.

**99** Deinde, alterā dēpromptā amphorā, pater meus nesciō quem ōrāvit ut fābulam dē Thrasyllō nārrāret, quī, pōculō haustō, hunc in modum exorsus est.  
Then, when a second jar had been fetched out, my father begged someone or other to tell the story of Thrasyllus, and he, having drained his cup, began in this way.

**100** Cūr putāvit patruus meus sordidum et sumptuōsum esse Lupercum?  
Why did my uncle think Lupercus mean and extravagant?

**101** Cūr aliud genus vīnī amīcīs, aliud lībertīs, appōnēbat Lupercus?  
Why did Lupercus set one kind of wine before his friends and another before his freedmen?

**102** Quōmodo sine māgnō pretiō Sīlius omnibus eadem appōnere potuit?  
How could Silius set the same before everyone without great expense?

**103** Paene in flūmen cecidit.  
He nearly fell into the river.

**104** Fenestram paene frēgimus.  
We nearly broke the window.

**105** Paene adest.  
He is nearly here.

**106** Paene adsunt fēriae.  
The holidays are nearly here.

**107** Hominem paene interfēcit.  
He nearly killed the man.

**108** Magister paene īrascitur.  
The master is nearly getting angry.

**109** Paene perfēcī.  
I have nearly finished.

**110** Rōmam paene pervēnimus.  
We have nearly reached Rome.

**111** Hōra paene praeteriit.  
The hour has nearly gone by.

**112** Crūs paene fractum est.  
His leg was nearly broken.

**113** Magister discipulīs persuādet ut attentō sint animō.  
The master persuades the pupils to pay attention.

**114** Magister facile persuādet puerīs ut domum redeant.  
The master easily persuades the boys to go home.

**115** Nēmo mihi persuādēre potest ut mentiar.  
No one can persuade me to lie.

**116** Quis īgnāvō persuādēre potest ut operī incumbat?  
Who can persuade a lazy man to set to work?

**117** Quis avārō persuādēre potest ut pecūniam largiātur?  
Who can persuade a miser to give money away?

**118** Nōbīs persuāsum est ut abīremus.  
We were persuaded to go away.

**119** Persuāsit mihi ut redīrem.  
He persuaded me to come back.

**120** Nēmo eī persuādēre potuit ut pecūniam redderet.  
No one could persuade him to give back the money.

**121** Mārcō persuāsimus ut in sepulcrō dormīret.  
We persuaded Marcus to sleep in the tomb.

**122** Illīs persuāsī ut mihi crēderent.  
I persuaded them to believe me.

**123** Quis suō captus est laqueō?  
Who was caught in his own snare?

**124** Quālis est classiārius?  
What sort of man is a marine?

**125** Quantum patrimōniī accipit hērēs ex asse?  
How much of the estate does a sole heir get?

**126** Quid iacimus ē fritillō?  
What do we throw out of the dice box?

**127** Quōmodo fūlīgine tēcta fit vīnī amphora?  
How does a wine jar come to be covered with soot?

**128** Cūr pice adstringēbātur cortex?  
Why was the stopper sealed with pitch?

**129** Quantum interest inter cyathum et amphoram?  
How much difference is there between a ladle and a jar?

**130** Quid est crātēra?  
What is a mixing bowl?

**131** Quis est lībertus?  
Who is a freedman?

**132** Quāle est dictum facētum?  
What is a witty saying like?

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| patruus | father's brother |
| Lupercī | protector against wolves, from Lupercus |
| sumptuōsum | expensive, costly, from sumptuosus |
| opīma | rich, fertile, from opimus |
| minūta | minute, from minutum |
| parvulīs | very small, very young, from parvulus |
| lagunculīs | small, from laguncula |
| dīscrīpserat | divide, assign, from discribo |
| potestās | power, rule |
| ēligendī | pick out, choose, from eligo |
| iūs | gravy, from jus |
| recūsandī | refuse, from recuso |
| gradātim | step by step, by degrees |
| lībertīs | freedwoman, from liberta |
| probārem | approve, esteem, from probo |
| cōnsuētūdinem | habit, from consuetudo |
| invītō | invite, summon |
| exaequō | equalize, make equal |
| aequāvī | level, make even, from aequo |
| lībertōs | freedwoman, from libertus |
| convīctōrēs | messmate, friend, from convictor |
| cōnstat | agree, be correct, from consto |
| facētē | witty, humorous |
| iamque | now, already, from jamque |
| laetitiāque | joy |
| convīvium | banquet |
| dēpromptā | bring, fetch, from deprompto |
| haustō | draw up, from haurio |
| exorsus | without share in |
| fēriae | festival |
| redeant | return, go back |
| mentiar | lie, deceive, from mentior |
| avārō | avaricious, greedy, from avarus |
| largiātur | give bountifully, from largior |
| patrimōniī | inheritance, from patrimonium |
| adstringēbātur | tie up |
| dictum | words, from dico2 |