Latin · Unit 34
Lēctiōnēs 8–12
Secundus Annus I
Gabiī captī. (A. U. C. CCXXV.); Librī Sibyllīnī. (A. U. C. CCXXVII.); Rēgēs expulsī. (A. U. C. CCXLIV.); Lars Porsenna.; Horātius.
Gabiī captī: indirect statement
The subject in a report
Patrem frātrēsque Rōmā sē expulisse affirmāvit means, "He declared that his father and brothers had driven him out of Rome."
After affirmāvit, the reported subject patrem frātrēsque is accusative. Expulisse is perfect because the expulsion happened before the declaration.
Two earlier actions
Nūntius nūntiāvit Tarquinium Superbum vōcem quidem ēdidisse nūllam, sed summa papāverum capita baculō dēcussisse.
The messenger reported that Tarquinius Superbus had uttered no word, but had knocked off the tallest poppy heads with his stick.
Tarquinium Superbum is the accusative subject. The perfect infinitives ēdidisse and dēcussisse place both actions before nūntiāvit.
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Tarquinius Superbus, many peoples of the Latins being conquered, decided to take Gabii, a nearby city.
TarquiniusTarquinSuperbus,proud, haughtymultīsmultus: much; manyLatīnōrumLatini: Latin (lingua/language)gentibusgens: race, tribe, nationvictīs,vinco: conquerGabiōs,Gabii: Gabii (a name)propinquampropinquus: near, neighboringurbem,urbs: citycaperecapio: take, seize, capturecōnstituit.constituo: establish, determine, resolve - 2
The people of Gabii, however, their walls fortified, had long been resisting the besieging enemy, when Sextus, the youngest son of Superbus, formed a very cunning plan.
GabīnīGabini: Gabinusautem,but, moreover, nowmoenibusmoenia: walls, fortificationsmūnītīs,munio: fortify, defendiamdūdumjamdudum: long ago/before/sinceobsidentibusobsideo: blockade, besiege, invest, besethostibushostis: enemyresistēbant,resisto: oppose, resistcumwhen; since; althoughSextus,Sextusfīliusfilius: sonSuperbīsuperbus: proud, haughtynātūnatus2: daughterminimus,cinnabar-redcallidissimumcallidus: crafty, sly, cunningcōnsiliumconsilium: planiniit.ineo: enter - 3
For he ordered his brothers to beat him: having suffered the beating he deserted to Gabii.
Frātrēsfrater: brotherenimfor, in fact, indeed.sēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)ferīreferio: hit, strikeiussit:jubeo: order, commandverberaverber: lash, whippassuspassus3: raisin-wineGabiōsGabii: Gabii (a name)trānsfūgit.transfugio: go over to the enemy, desert - 4
When he had arrived there, the people of Gabii with drawn swords were about to kill him: he, however, showing the marks of the blows, declared that his father and brothers had driven him out of Rome.
Quōqui2: whocumwhen; since; althoughpervēnisset,pervenio: come through, arriveGabīnīGabini: Gabinusgladiīsgladius: swordstrictīsstringo: draw tighteumis: this, that; he, she, itoccīsūrīoccido: kill, cut downerant:sum: be; existillethat; he, she, ittamen,yet, neverthelessnotīsnota: mark, sign, letter, word, writing, spot brand, tattoo-markverberumverber: lash, whipmōnstrātīs,monstro: showpatrempater: fatherfrātrēsquefrater: brotherRōmāRoma: Romesēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)expulisseexpello: drive out, expel, banishaffirmāvit.affirmo: affirm/assert (dogmatically/positively) - 5
And so, hospitably received by the people of Gabii, he had begun to have great authority among them.
Itaqueand so, therefore, accordinglyhospitāliterhospitaliter: in a hospitable mannerāa: from, by, offGabīnīsGabini: Gabinusexceptus,excipio: welcome, receivemāgnammagnus: great, largeapudamongeōsis: this, that; he, she, itauctōritātemauctoritas: title (legal), ownershiphabērehabeo: have, hold; regard, consider, deemcoeperat.coepio: begin, commence, initiate - 6
Soon, made their leader, he secretly sent a slave to his father carrying a letter, in which he had written these words: 'I now have great authority among the people of Gabii: what must I do now?' The king, having read the letter through, answered nothing indeed aloud, but went across into the garden with the messenger following: there as he walked he knocked off the tallest heads of the poppies with his stick.
Mox,soon, presentlyduxleaderfactus,facio: make, do; cause, bring aboutservumservus: slave, servantadtopatrempater: fatherclamsecretly, in secret, unknown tomīsitmitto: sendlītterāslittera: letter (alphabet)portantem,porto: carry, bringinin, on; into, to, againstquibusqui: who, which, what, thathaechic: thisverbaverbum: wordscrīpserat:—‘Māgnamscribo: write; magnus: great, largeiamjam: already, nowauctōritātemauctoritas: title (legal), ownershipapudamongGabīnōsGabini: Gabinushabeō:habeo: have, hold; regard, consider, deemquidquis: what?nuncnow, the present momentmihiego: Ifaciendumfacio: do, makeest?’sum: be; existRēxrex: kinglītterīsperlēctīsperlego: read over/through (silent/aloud)nihilnothingquidemto be sure, certainly, indeedvōcevox: voicerespondit,respondeo: respond, replysedbutinin, on; into, to, againsthortumhortus: garden, fruit/kitchen gardentrānsiittranseo: go across, crosssequentesequor: follownūntiō:nuntium: female messengeribithere, in that placeambulānsambulo: walk, take a walk, go on footsummasuperus: above, highpapāverumpapaver: poppycapitacaput: headbaculōbaculum: small berrydēcussit.decutio: shake/strike/knock/force down/off/aside (from upright) - 7
So, no answer being received, the messenger, when he had returned to Gabii, reported to Sextus that Tarquinius Superbus had uttered no word, but had knocked off the tallest heads of the poppies with his stick.
Sīcsic: so, thusnūllōnullus: not any, none, norespōnsōresponsum: answer, responseacceptō,accipio: take, grasp, receive, accept, undertakenūntius,nuntius: messengercumwhen; since; althoughGabiōsGabii: Gabii (a name)rediisset,redeo: return, go back, give backSextōsextus: Sextusnūntiāvitnuntio: report, announceTarquiniumTarquinii: Etruscan nameSuperbumSuperbus: proud, haughtyvōcemvox: voice, tone, expressionquidemto be sure, certainly, indeedēdidisseedo2: eat/consume/devournūllam,nullus: no, nonesedbutsummasuperus: above, highpapāverumpapaver: poppycapitacaput: headbaculōbaculum: small berrydēcussisse.decutio: shake/strike/knock/force down/off/aside (from upright) - 8
Hearing this Sextus understood his father's orders: the leading men of Gabii, accused of wrongdoing before the people, he either put to death or threw into chains.
Hōchic: thisaudītōaudio: hear, listen toSextusSextusiussajussum: order, command, decree, ordinance, lawpatrispater: fatherintellēxit:intellego: understandprīncipēsprinceps: chiefGabīnōrum,Gabini: Gabinusiniūriāinjuria: injuryapudamongpopulumpopulus: peopleaccūsātōs,accuso: accuse, blame, find fault, impugnautormortīmors: bite, stingdeditdo: giveautorinin, on; into, to, againstvinculavinculum: chain, bond, fettercōniēcit.conicio: throw/put/pile together - 9
Then at last, the leaders being removed, the city of Gabii is handed over into the power of the Roman king without a struggle.
Tumthen, at that timedēmum,demum: at last, not till thenducibusdux: leadersublātīs,tollo: lift, raiseGabiīGabii: Gabii (a name)urbscityrēgīrex: kingRōmānōRomanus: Romannūllōnullus: not any, none, nocertāminecertamen: contest, competitioninin, on; into, to, againstmanummanus: hand; band, forcetrāditur.trado: hand over, surrender - 10
What plan did Sextus form?
Quodqui: who, which, what, thatcōnsiliumconsilium: planSextusSextusiniit?ineo: enter
D'Ooge, Latin for Beginners (1911), Lesson LXXII, §§412-421
§412. Learn the principal parts and the conjugation of eō, go (§499).
a. Notice that ī-, the root of eō, is changed to e- before a vowel, excepting in iēns, the nominative of the present participle. In the perfect system -v- is regularly dropped.
[ Conjugation given in §499:
PRINCIPAL PARTS eō, īre, iī (īvī), ĭtum (n. perf. part.)
PRES. STEM ī-
PERF. STEM ī- or īv-
PART. STEM it-
INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE IMPERATIVE
SING. PLUR.
Pres. eō īmus eam 2d Pers. ī īte
īs ītis
it eunt
Impf. ībam īrem
Fut. ībō ---- 2d Pers. ītō ītōte
3d Pers. ītō euntō
Perf. iī (īvī) ierim (īverim)
Plup. ieram (īveram) īssem (īvissem)
F. P. ierō (īverō)
INFINITIVE
Pres. īre
Perf. īsse (īvisse)
Fut. itūrus, -a, -um esse
PARTICIPLES
Pres. iēns, gen. euntis (§472)
Fut. itūrus, -a, -um
Ger. eundum
GERUND
Gen. eundī
Dat. eundō
Acc. eundum
Abl. eundō
SUPINE
Acc. [[itum]]
Abl. [[itū]] ]§413. Learn the meaning and principal parts of the following compounds of eō with prepositions:
ad´eō, adī´re, ad´iī, ad´itus, go to, visit, with the accusative ex´eō, exī´re, ex´iī, ex´itus, go forth, with ex or dē and the ablative of the place from which in´eō, inī´re, in´iī, in´itus, begin, enter upon, with the accusative red´eō, redī´re, red´iī, red´itus, return, with ad or in and the accusative of the place to which trāns´eō, trānsī´re, trāns´iī, trāns´itus, cross, with the accusative§414. Indirect Statements in English. Direct statements are those which the speaker or writer makes himself or which are quoted in his exact language. Indirect statements are those reported in a different form of words from that used by the speaker or writer. Compare the following direct and indirect statements:
{ 1. The Gauls are brave
Direct statements { 2. The Gauls were brave
{ 3. The Gauls will be brave
Indirect statements { 1. He says that the Gauls are brave
after a verb in { 2. He says that the Gauls were brave
the present tense { 3. He says that the Gauls will be brave
Indirect statements { 1. He said that the Gauls were brave
after a verb in { 2. He said that the Gauls had been brave
a past tense { 3. He said that the Gauls would be brave
We see that in English
a. The indirect statement forms a clause introduced by the conjunction that.
b. The verb is finite (cf. §173) and its subject is in the nominative.
c. The tenses of the verbs originally used are changed after the past tense, He said.§415. Indirect Statements in Latin. In Latin the direct and indirect statements above would be as follows:
DIRECT { 1. Gallī sunt fortēs
STATEMENTS { 2. Gallī erant fortēs
{ 3. Gallī erunt fortēs
{ 1. Dīcit or Dīxit Gallōs esse fortīs
{ (He says or He said
{ the Gauls to be brave)[1]
INDIRECT { 2. Dīcit or Dīxit Gallōs fuisse fortīs
STATEMENTS { (He says or He said
{ the Gauls to have been brave)[1]
{ 3. Dīcit or Dīxit Gallōs futūrōs esse fortīs
{ (He says or He said
{ the Gauls to be about to be brave)[1]
[1] These parenthetical renderings are not inserted as translations, but merely to show the literal meaning of the Latin.
Comparing these Latin indirect statements with the English in the preceding section, we observe three marked differences:
a. There is no conjunction corresponding to that.
b. The verb is in the infinitive and its subject is in the accusative.
c. The tenses of the infinitive are not changed after a past tense of the principal verb.§416. RULE. Indirect Statements. When a direct statement becomes indirect, the principal verb is changed to the infinitive and its subject nominative becomes subject accusative of the infinitive.§417. Tenses of the Infinitive. When the sentences in §415 were changed from the direct to the indirect form of statement, sunt became esse, erant became fuisse, and erunt became futūrōs esse.§418. RULE. Infinitive Tenses in Indirect Statements. A present indicative of a direct statement becomes present infinitive of the indirect, a past indicative becomes perfect infinitive, and a future indicative becomes future infinitive.
NOTE. When translating into Latin an English indirect statement, first decide what tense of the indicative would have been used in the direct form. That will show you what tense of the infinitive to use in the indirect.§419. RULE. Verbs followed by Indirect Statements. The accusative-with-infinitive construction in indirect statements is found after verbs of saying, telling, knowing, thinking, and perceiving.§420. Verbs regularly followed by indirect statements are:
a. Verbs of saying and telling:
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus, say
negō, negāre, negāvī, negātus, deny, say not
nūntiō, nūntiāre, nūntiāvī, nūntiātus, announce
respondeō, respondēre, respondī, respōnsus, reply
b. Verbs of knowing:
cognōscō, cognōscere, cognōvī, cognitus, learn,
(in the perf.) know
sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus, know
c. Verbs of thinking: arbitror, arbitrārī, arbitrātus sum, think, consider exīstimō, exīstimāre, exīstimāvī, exīstimātus, think, believe iūdicō, iūdicāre, iūdicāvi, iūdicātus, judge, decide putō, putāre, putāvī, putātus, reckon, think spērō, spērāre, spērāvi, spērātus, hope
d. Verbs of perceiving:
audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus, hear
sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus, feel, perceive
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus, see
intellegō, intellegere, intellēxī, intellēctus, understand,
perceive
Learn such of these verbs as are new to you.§421. IDIOMS
postrīdiē eius diēī, on the next day
(lit. on the next day of that day)
initā aestāte, at the beginning of summer
memoriā tenēre, to remember (lit. to hold by memory)
per explōrātōrēs cognōscere, to learn through scouts- Gabīnī
- Gabinus
- trānsfūgit
- go over to the enemy, from transfugio
- hospitāliter
- in a hospitable manner
- auctōritātem
- title, ownership, from auctoritas
- papāverum
- poppy, from papaver
- dēcussit
- shake, from decutio
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What did he order his brothers to do?
Quidquis: what?frātrēsfrater: brotheriussitjubeo: order, commandfacere?facio: make, do; cause, bring about - 12
What did he say to the people of Gabii?
Quidquis: what?GabīnīsGabini: Gabinusdixit?dico2: say, speak, tell - 13
Why did the people of Gabii believe him?
Cūrcur: whyGabīnīGabini: Gabinuseīis: this, that; he, she, itcrēdidērunt?credo: trust, entrust - 14
What did he do among the people of Gabii?
Quidquis: what?illethat; he, she, itapudamongGabīnōsGabini: Gabinusfēcit?facio: make, do; cause, bring about - 15
With what purpose did he send a slave to his father?
Quōqui2: whocōnsiliōconsilium: planservumservus: slave, servantadtopatrempater: fathermīsit?mitto: send - 16
What was written in the letter?
Quidquis: what?inin, on; into, to, againstlītterīsscrīptumscriptum: something writtenerat?sum: be; exist - 17
How did the father answer?
Quōmodoquomodo: how, in what waypaterfatherrespondit?respondeo: respond, reply - 18
What did the slave report to Sextus?
Quidquis: what?servusslave, servantSextōsextus: Sextusnūntiāvit?nuntio: report, announce - 19
What is a baculum? a papāver? a certāmen?
Quidquis: what?estsum: be; existbaculum?small berrypapāver?papaver: poppycertāmen?certamen: struggle, contest, rivalry
Librī Sibyllīnī: indirect statement
Later than the report
Deinde anus, tribus aliīs combūstīs, prōmīsit sē reliquōs eōdem pretiō illī trāditūram esse.
Then the old woman, three more being burnt, promised that she would hand over the rest to him for the same price.
Prōmīsit introduces an indirect statement. Its future infinitive trāditūram esse places the transfer after the promise and combines the future participle with esse.
In rēgī sē māgnō pretiō eōs venditūram esse, venditūram esse likewise places the sale after dīxit.
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There once came to Tarquinius a foreign old woman, who carried nine books.
AdtoTarquiniumTarquinii: Etruscan nameadvēnitadvenio: come to, arrivequondamformerly, once, at one timeanusanus3: ring, circle, link, circular formperegrīna,peregrinus: foreign, strange, alienquaequi: who, which, what, thatnovemninelibrōsliber4: children (pl.)ferēbat.fero: bear - 21
She said oracles were written in them; that she would sell them to the king for a great price.
Ōrāculaoraculum: oracle (place/agency/mouthpiece)dīxitdico2: say, speak, tellinin, on; into, to, againstillīsille: that; he, she, itscrīptascriptum: something writtenesse;sum: be; existrēgīrex: kingsēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)māgnōmagnus: great, largepretiōpretium: price/value/wortheōsis: this, that; he, she, itvenditūramvendo: sellesse.sum: be; exist - 22
But when he refused to buy the books for so much, she threw three of the nine into the flames.
Cumwhen; since; althoughtamenyet, neverthelessillethat; he, she, ittantītantus: of such sizelibrōsliber4: children (pl.)emereemo: buy, purchasenōllet,nolo: not to wish, be unwillingtrēstres: threeexout of, fromnovemnineinin, on; into, to, againstflammāsflamma: flame, blazecōniēcit.conicio: throw/put/pile together - 23
These being burnt, she said she would give the six for the same price; but Tarquinius answered that it was absurd for the books to be valued at so much.
Hīshic: thiscombūstīs,combustum: burn, injury from burning/scaldingsexsixeōdemidem: the samepretiōpretium: price/value/worthdatūramdo: givesēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)dīxit;dico2: say, speak, tellsedbutTarquiniusTarquinresponditrespondeo: respond, replyrīdiculumridiculus: laughable, funny, comic, amusingessesum: be; existlibrōsliber4: children (pl.)tantītantus: of such sizeaestimārī.aestimo: value, assess - 24
Then the old woman, three more being burnt, promised that she would hand over the rest to him for the same price.
Deindethen, in the next placeanus,anus3: ring, circle, link, circular formtribustres: threealiīsalius2: another, othercombūstīs,combustum: burn, injury from burning/scaldingprōmīsitpromitto: promisesēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)reliquōsreliquus: remaining, rest of; the resteōdemidem: the samepretiōpretium: price/value/worthillīille: that; he, she, ittrāditūramesse.sum: be; exist - 25
Then at last the king, wondering at such persistence, bought the books: for he hoped they would be of great use to him.
Tumthen, at that timedēmumdemum: at last, not till thenrēx,rex: kingtantamtantus: so greatpertināciampertinacia: determination/perseveranceadmīrātus,admiror: admire, respectlibrōsliber4: children (pl.)ēmit:emo: buyspērāvitspero: hope forenimfor, in fact, indeed.eōsis: this, that; he, she, itmāgnōmagnus: great, largeūsuīusus2: use, advantagesibisui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)futūrōsfuturus: about to beesse.sum: be; exist - 26
The money being paid, the old woman, having said that she was the Sibyl, went away.
Solūtāsolvo: loosen, release, unbind, untie, freepecūniā,pecunia: moneyanus,anus3: ring, circle, link, circular formSibyllamSibylla: prophetess, sibylsēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)essesum: be; existlocūta,loquor: speak, tellabiit.abeo: depart, go away - 27
The Sibylline books were kept for four hundred years on the Capitol, until the citadel was burnt and they perished.
SibyllīnīSibyllinus: of or connected with a sibyl, sibyllinelibrīliber4: children (pl.)quadringentōsquadringenti: squareannōsannus: yearinin, on; into, to, againstCapitōliōCapitolium: the Capitolcūstōdiēbantur,custodio: guard/protect/preserve, watch over, keep safedōnecdonec: while, as long as, untilarcearx: citadel, stronghold, cityincēnsāincensus2: unassessed, not assessedperiēre.pereo: die, pass away - 28
Nor were they useless, for if ever the state was brought into danger, the Pontifex Maximus sought an oracle from the books; the will of the gods being learned, the matter turned out well and happily.
Nequeneither, nor, and ... notinūtilēsinutilis: useless, unprofitable, inexpedient, disadvantageousfuērunt,sum: be; existnamforsīsi: ifquandōquando: when (interog), at what timerēspūblicainin, on; into, to, againstperīculumpericulum: danger, periladdūctaadduco: lead up/to/awayerat,sum: be; existPontifexhigh priest/pontiffMāximusmagnus: great, largeexout of, fromlibrīsliber4: children (pl.)ōrāculumoraculum: oraclepetēbat;peto: aim at, assail, storm, attack; seek, askcōgnitācognosco: become acquainted with/aware ofdeōrumdeus: godvoluntāte,voluntas: will, desirerēsres: thing, matterbenewellatqueandfēlīciterfelicito: roar/cry (expressing the cry of a leopard)ēveniēbat.evenio: come out/about/forth - 29
With what purpose did the old woman come to Tarquinius?
Quōqui2: whocōnsiliōconsilium: plananusanus3: ring, circle, link, circular formadtoTarquiniumTarquinii: Etruscan nameadvēnit?advenio: come to, arrive
- anus
- ring, circle
- peregrīna
- foreign, strange, from peregrinus
- pertināciam
- determination, from pertinacia
- Sibyllam
- prophetess, sibyl, from Sibylla
- Sibyllīnī
- of or connected with a, from Sibyllinus
- inūtilēs
- useless, unprofitable, from inutilis
- voluntāte
- will, desire, from voluntas
- fēlīciter
- roar, from felicito
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What did she say about the books?
Quidquis: what?dēde: down from; concerninglibrīsliber4: children (pl.)dīxit?dico2: say, speak, tell - 31
Why did the king not want to buy them?
Cūrcur: whyrēxrex: kingeōsis: this, that; he, she, itemereemo: buy, purchasenōlēbat?nolo: not want, be unwilling - 32
What did the old woman then do?
Quidquis: what?tumthen, at that timeanusanus3: ring, circle, link, circular formfēcit?facio: make, do; cause, bring about - 33
Why did the king at last buy three?
Cūrcur: whytandemat length, finallyrēxrex: kingtrēstres: threeēmit?emo: buy - 34
For what price?
Quantōquantus: how greatpretiō?pretium: price/value/worth - 35
How did these books afterwards perish?
Quōmodoquomodo: how, in what wayposteāpostea: afterwardsperiērepereo: die, pass awayhīhic: thislibrī?liber4: children (pl.) - 36
How were they useful?
Quōmodoquomodo: how, in what wayūtilēsutilis: useful, profitable, practical, helpful, advantageousfuērunt?sum: be; exist - 37
What is an ōrāculum? a pretium? the Capitōlium?
Quidquis: what?estsum: be; existōrāculum?oraculum: oraclepretium?price/value/worthCapitōlium?Capitolium: the Capitol
Rēgēs expulsī: review
A passive form without a subject
Lūditur in castrīs means "there is play in the camp."
The -tur ending marks third-person singular passive. No person or thing is the subject of lūditur.
The same ending with a subject
Cingitur intereā Rōmānīs Ardea sīgnīs means "meanwhile Ardea is ringed with Roman standards."
Ardea is the personal subject of cingitur. Lūditur uses the same -tur ending without a personal subject.
An intransitive verb can appear in the third-person singular passive without a personal subject.
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Meanwhile Ardea is ringed with Roman standards,
Cingiturcingo: surround/encircle/ringintereāinterea: meanwhileRōmānīsRomanus: RomanArdeaheronsīgnīs,signum: battle standard - 39
and suffers the long delays of a siege.
Etandpatiturpatior: sufferlongāslongus: longobsidiōneobsidio: siegemorās.mora: delay, hindrance, obstacle - 40
While there is leisure, and the enemy fear to join battle,
Dumwhile, as long asvacat,vaco: be emptyetandmetuuntmetuo: fearhostēshostis: enemycommitterecommitto: intrust, commitpūgnam,pugna: battle, fight - 41
there is play in the camp: the soldier takes his ease.
Lūditurludo: play, mock, tease, trickinin, on; into, to, againstcastrīs:castrum: fort; campōtiaotia: leisuremīlesmiles: soldieragit.ago: drive, lead; do, perform - 42
Young Tarquinius entertains his comrades with feasts and wine
TarquiniusTarquiniuvenisjuvenis: youth, young man/womansociōssocius: companion, allydapibusquedaps: sacrificial feast/mealmerōquemerum: wine (unmixed with water) - 43
unmixed.
Accipit.accipio: take, grasp, receive, accept, undertake - 44
Perhaps as they dine they talk about their wives.
Fortasseperhaps, possiblycēnantēsceno: dine, eat dinner/supperdēde: down from; concerninguxōribusuxor: wifecolloquuntur.colloquor: talk/speak to/with - 45
Each praises his own: the contest grows with their zeal,
Quisqueeach, each one, everysuamsuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirslaudat:laudo: praisestudiīsstudium: eagerness, enthusiasm, zeal, spiritcertāminacertamen: contest, competitioncrēscunt,cresco: come forth/to be - 46
and tongue and heart seethe with much wine.
Etandfervetferveo: be (very) hotmultōmultus: much; manylinguaquelingua: tonguecorquecor: heartmerō.merum: wine (unmixed with water) - 47
He rises to whom Collatia had given a famous name:
Surgitsurgo: rise, liftcuīqui: who, whichdederatdo: giveclārumclarus: clear; famous, renowned; bright, shiningCollātiaCollatia: joining of battlenōmen:nomen: name
- Ardea
- heron
- ōtia
- leisure
- Collātia
- joining of battle
- 48
'No need of words, trust the facts,' he says,
‘Nōnnon: notopuswork, taskestsum: be; existverbīs,verbum: wordcrēditecredo: trust, entrustrēbus,’res: thing, matterait,aio: say - 49
'the night is left: let us take horse and make for the City!'
Noxnight [prima nocte => early in the nightsuperest:supersum: be over, survivetollāmurtollo: lift, raiseequīs,equus: horseUrbemqueurbs: citypetāmus!’peto: attack - 50
The words please: the horses are bridled.
DictaDicte: words/utterance/remarkplacent:placeo: appeasefrēnīsfrena: bridle/harness/rein/bitimpediunturimpedio: hinder, impede, hamper, obstruct, prevent from (w/ne, quin, or quominus)equī.equus: horse - 51
When they had reached Rome, first they go to the palace: they find the king's wife keeping late hours and dining.
Cumwhen; since; althoughRōmamRoma: Romepervēnissent,pervenio: come toprīmumprimus: firstadtorēgiamregia: palace, courteunt:eo: gouxōremuxor: wiferēgisrex: kingpervigilantemetandcēnantemceno: dine, eat dinner/supperinveniunt.invenio: come upon - 52
Then they go to the house of Collatinus: his wife Lucretia, whom all the Roman matrons admired, was giving out tasks to the slave-women and herself spinning the wool: for she was weaving a cloak for her master.
Deindethen, in the next placeadtoaedēsaedes: temple, shrineCollātīnīCollatini: joining of battleeunt:eo: goillīusille: that; he, she, ituxorwifeLucrētia,Lucretia: Lucretiaquamthanomnēsomnis: every, allRōmānaeRomanus: Romanmātrōnaematrona: wifeadmīrābantur,admiror: admire, respectpēnsapensa: allotment for weaving, wool given to be spun/wovenservīsservus: slave, servantdabatdo: giveetandipsaipse: self; even, verylānamlana: woolnēbat:lacernamlacerna: open mantle/cloakenimfor, in fact, indeed.dominōdominus: mastertexēbat.texo: weave - 53
While she draws the threads, she was speaking of the men fighting for their country.
Dumwhile, as long asfīlafilum: thread, string, filament, fibertrahit,traho: draw, drag, hauldēde: down from; concerningvirīsvir: man, heroprōpro: before; in behalf of; instead ofpatriāpatria: fatherlandpūgnantibuspugnantia: battle, fightloquēbātur.loquor: speak, tell - 54
'Only let them come back! But that rash man
‘Sintsum: be; existtantumtantus: so greatreducēs!redux: party in law suitSedbutenimfor, in fact, indeed.temerāriustemerarius: casual, rash, accidentalillethat; he, she, it - 55
is mine, and rushes anywhere with drawn sword.
Estsum: be; existmeus,my, mineetandstrictōstringo: draw tightquālibetqualibet: where you will, anywhere, by any road you likeēnseensis: swordruit.ruo: destroy, ruin, overthrow - 56
My mind fails and I die, as often as the image of him fighting
Mēnsmens: mindabitabeo: depart, go awayetandmorior,diequotiēnsquotiens: how often? as often aspūgnantispugno: fightimāgōimago: likeness, image, appearance - 57
comes over me, and an icy chill holds my breast.'
Mēego: Isubit,subeo: go/move/pass/sink/extend underneath/intoetandgelidumgelidus: ice cold, icypectorapectus: breast, heartfrīgusfrigus: coldhabet.’habeo: have, hold; regard, consider, deem
- rēgiam
- palace, court, from regia
- Collātīnī
- joining of battle
- lacernam
- open mantle, from lacerna
- texēbat
- weave, from texo
- fīla
- thread, string, from filum
- pūgnantibus
- battle, fight, from pugnantia
- temerārius
- casual, rash
- quālibet
- where you will, anywhere
- subit
- go, from subeo
- gelidum
- ice cold, icy, from gelidus
- frīgus
- cold
- 58
She ends in tears, and lets fall the stretched threads,
Dēsinitdesino: stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/ceaseinin, on; into, to, againstlacrimās,lacrima: tearintentaqueintentus: eager/intent, closely attentivefīlafilum: thread, string, filament, fiberremittit,remitto: send back, remit - 59
and laid her face in her lap.
Inin, on; into, to, againstgremiōgremium: firewoodvultumvultus: face, expressiondēposuitquesuum.suus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirs - 60
'Put away your fear, I am here!' says her husband: she revived,
‘Pōnepone: behind (in local relations) (rare)metum,metus: cone, pyramidveniō!’venio: comeconiūnxconjunx: spouse/mate/consortait:aio: sayillaille: that; he, she, itrevīxit,revivesco: live again - 61
and hung, a sweet burden, from her husband's neck.
Dēquede: about, fromvirīvir: man, herocollōcollum: neckdulcedulcis: pleasant, charmingpependitpendeo: weigh outonus.load, burden - 62
Then indeed they return to the camp.
Tumthen, at that timequidemto be sure, certainly, indeedadtocastracastrum: fort; campredeunt. - 63
But a few days later Sextus Tarquinius, having slipped secretly out of the camp by night, came to Lucretia at Rome and confessed his love to her.
Sedbutpaucīspauci: few, only a fewpostbehind, afterdiēbusdies: daySextusSextusTarquinius,Tarquinnoctūnox: nightēex: out of, fromcastrīscastrum: fort; campfūrtimfurtim: stealthily, secretlyēgressus,egredior: move out, disembarkRōmamRoma: RomeadtoLucrētiamLucretia: Lucretiapervēnitpervenio: come through, arriveetandamōremamor: lovesuumsuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirseīis: this, that; he, she, itcōnfessusconfiteor: confess (w/ACC), admit, acknowledge, reveal, discloseest.sum: be; exist - 64
In the morning Collatinus, summoned by his wife, returned to the city with his friend Brutus accompanying him: to him Lucretia, having confessed the whole matter, said that she ought not to live any longer.
Mānemane: morning, mornCollātīnus,Collatinus: of/from/belonging to Cos (island in Aegean, now Stanchio)abfrom, byuxōreuxor: wifearcessītus,arcessitus2: summons, sending foradtourbem,urbs: cityBrūtōBrutus: Brutusamīcōamicus: friendsuōsuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirscomitante,comito: accompany, go along withrediit:redeo: go back, returncuīqui: who, whichLucrētia,Lucretia: Lucretiatōtamtotus: all, the whole, entireremres: thing, mattercōnfessa,confessum: one who admits/confesses liability/crimenegāvitnego: deny, refusesēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)diūtiusdiu: by dayvīverevivo: live, be aliveoportēre.oportet: require (to be done), order - 65
This said, she drove into her breast the knife she had hidden under her dress, and, collapsing onto the wound, fell dying.
Quōqui2: whodictō,dictum: words/utterance/remarkcultrum,culter: knifequemqui: who, which, what, thatsubunder, below, up to; atvestevestis: clothing, attire, garment, robeabditumabditus: hidden, secret, out of the way, remote, secludedhabēbat,habeo: have, hold; regard, consider, deeminin, on; into, to, againstpectorepectus: breast, heartdēfīxit,defigo: sink/bury/stick/thrust (weapon)prōlāpsaqueinin, on; into, to, againstvulnuswoundmoribundamoribundus: dyingcecidit.cado: fall - 66
Her body being carried into the forum, Brutus before the assembled people denounces the crime of the royal house: that Sextus Tarquinius had come to Rome by night and confessed his love to Lucretia: that she, the whole matter being declared to her husband, had taken her own life.
Corporecorpus: bodyēiusis: he, she, it; thatinin, on; into, to, againstforummarket placedēlātō,defero: carry/bring/sink/fall down/offBrūtusBrutus: Brutusapudamongplēbemplebs: common people, general citizens, commons/plebeiansconvocātamsceluscrimerēgiumregius: royal, of a king, regalincūsat:incuso: accuse, blame, criticize, condemnSextumSextus: SextusTarquiniumTarquinii: Etruscan namenoctūnox: nightRōmamRoma: Romepervēnissepervenio: come toetandamōremamor: lovesuumsuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirsLucrētiaeLucretia: Lucretiacōnfessumconfessi: one who admits/confesses liability/crimeesse:sum: be; existillam,ille: that; he, she, ittōtātotus: whole, all, entire, total, completerēres: thing, mattermarītōmaritus: nuptialdēnūntiātā,denuntio: give notice, warn/foretellmortemmors: deathsibisui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)cōnscīvisse.conscisco: ordain/decree/determine/resolve - 67
Then the whole people, who had long resented the arrogance of Tarquinius, cried with one voice that the Tarquins must be driven from the throne, that the rule of kings must no longer be endured.
Tumthen, at that timetōtatotus: whole, all, entire, total, completeplēbs,plebs: common people, general citizens, commons/plebeiansquaequi: who, which, what, thatsuperbiamsuperbia: arrogance, pride, haughtinessTarquinīTarquinius: Etruscan nameiamdūdumjamdudum: long ago/before/sinceindīgnābātur,indignor: deem unworthy, scorn, regard with indignation, resent, be indignantūnāunus: alone, a single/solevōcevox: voiceclāmāvitclamo: proclaim, declareTarquiniōsTarquinii: Etruscan nameēex: out of, fromrēgnōregnum: reign, sovereignty, kingdomexpellendōs,expello: drive out, expel, banishrēgumrex: kingdominātumdominatus: rule, mastery, domainnōnnon: notdiūtiusdiu: by daypatiendumpatior: sufferesse.sum: be; exist
- Dēsinit
- stop, abandon, from desino
- intentaque
- eager, closely attentive, from intentus
- revīxit
- live again, from revivesco
- Collātīnus
- of
- cōnfessa
- one who admits, from confessum
- abditum
- hidden, secret, from abditus
- moribunda
- dying, from moribundus
- incūsat
- accuse, blame, from incuso
- cōnfessum
- one who admits, from confessi
- 68
Then Brutus, returning to the army, stood forth as the liberator of the city; the expelled kings fled to the Etruscans.
Deindethen, in the next placeBrūtusBrutus: Brutusadtoexercitumexercitus2: army, infantryregressusregressus2: going back, returnlīberātorliberator: liberator, delivererurbisurbs: cityexstitit;exsisto: step out, come forth, emerge, appear, stand out, projectexpulsīexpello: drive out, expel, banishrēgēsrex: kinginin, on; into, to, againstEtruscōsEtrusci: Etrusci (a name)cōnfūgērunt.confugio: flee (for refuge/safety/protection) - 69
At Rome two consuls were created, L. Junius Brutus and L. Tarquinius Collatinus.
RōmaeRoma: Romeduotwocōnsulēsconsul: consulcreātīcreatus: sprung from, begotten by, born ofsunt,sum: be; existL.L (a name)IūniusIunius: Iunius (a name)BrūtusBrutus: BrutusetandL.L (a name)TarquiniusTarquinCollātīnus.Collatinus: of/from/belonging to Cos (island in Aegean, now Stanchio) - 70
What was happening around Ardea?
Quidquis: what?circumaround, about, among, near (space/time), in neighborhood ofArdeamArdea: heronfīēbat?fio: become, be made - 71
What did young Tarquinius do there?
Quidquis: what?ibithere, in that placefēcitfacio: make, do; cause, bring aboutTarquiniusTarquiniuvenis?juvenis: youth, young man/woman - 72
Why did the Roman matrons admire Lucretia?
Cūrcur: whyLucrētiamLucretia: Lucretiaadmīrābanturadmiror: admire, respectRōmānaeRomanus: Romanmātrōnae?matrona: wife - 73
In the midst of the contests what did Collatinus say?
Inin, on; into, to, againstmediīsmedius: middle, middle part ofcertāminibuscertamen: contest, competitionquidquis: what?dīxitdico2: say, speak, tellCollātīnus?Collatinus: of/from/belonging to Cos (island in Aegean, now Stanchio) - 74
What were the king's wife and Lucretia doing at night?
Noctūnox: nightquidquis: what?faciēbantfacio: make, do; cause, bring aboutuxorwiferēgisrex: kingetandLucrētia?Lucretia: Lucretia - 75
Why did Sextus return to Rome?
Cūrcur: whySextusSextusRōmamRoma: Romerediit?redeo: go back, return - 76
What did Lucretia do the next day?
Postrīdiēpostridie: on the next dayquidquis: what?fēcitfacio: make, do; cause, bring aboutLucrētia?Lucretia: Lucretia - 77
What did Brutus say before the assembled people?
Quidquis: what?dīxitdico2: say, speak, tellBrūtusBrutus: Brutusapudamongplēbemplebs: common people, general citizens, commons/plebeiansconvocātam? - 78
What did the people cry?
Quidquis: what?clāmāvitclamo: proclaim, declareplēbs?plebs: common people, general citizens, commons/plebeians - 79
What happened at Rome?
Quidquis: what?RōmaeRoma: Romeēvēnit?evenio: come out/about/forth
- līberātor
- liberator, deliverer
- exstitit
- step out, come forth, from exsisto
- creātī
- sprung from, begotten by, from creatus
Lars Porsenna: indirect command
Ut marks the requested action
Hīs verbīs eum ōrābant ut, Rōmā oppūgnātā, simul rēgnum sibi reciperet simul poenās dē Rōmānīs sūmeret.
They begged him "to recover the kingdom for them and to take vengeance on the Romans." English uses infinitives for the requested actions.
Latin places ut before reciperet and sūmeret. Both verbs are subjunctive.
Persuāsērunt ut armīs sūmptīs sibi succurreret follows the same rule after persuading.
Nē marks a negative command
Porsenna igitur mīlitibus imperāvit nē cēssārent means "Porsenna ordered his soldiers not to delay."
The command is imperāvit. The negative action begins with nē, and cēssārent is subjunctive.
After asking, persuading, or ordering, Latin uses ut or nē with a subjunctive to state the requested action.
- 80
The Tarquins, driven from Rome, fled as exiles to Clusium, to Lars Porsenna, king of the Etruscans, and said, 'Porsenna, attack Rome and recover the kingdom for us; for we ourselves are sprung from Etruscans.
TarquiniīTarquinii: Etruscan nameRōmāRoma: Romeexpulsīexpello: drive out, expel, banishClūsiumClusium: sluiceadtoLartemPorsennam,EtruscōrumEtrusci: Etrusci (a name)rēgem,rex: kingexulēsexsul: exile (M/F), banished personperfūgērunt,perfugio: flee, desertetand‘ŌO! (in address)Porsenna,’Porsenna (a name)inquiunt,inquam: say (defective)‘RōmamRoma: Romeoppūgnāoppugno: attack, assault, storm, besiegeetandrēgnumregnum: reign, sovereignty, kingdomnōbīsnos: werecipe;recipio: keep backipsīipse: self; even, veryenimfor, in fact, indeed.EtruscīsEtrusci: Etrusci (a name)ortīorior: rise (sun/river)sumus.sum: be; exist - 81
Take vengeance on the Romans!
Poenāspoena: punishment, penaltydēde: down from; concerningRōmānīsRomanus: Romansūme!sumo: take up, assume - 82
For they have driven out their kings: unless you take vengeance on the Romans, perhaps all peoples will drive out their kings!' With these words they begged him, Rome being attacked, both to recover the kingdom for them and to take vengeance on the Romans.
Namforrēgēsrex: kingsuōssuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirsexpulērunt:expello: drive out, expel, banishnisiunless, if ... notpoenāspoena: punishment, penaltydēde: down from; concerningRōmānīsRomanus: Romansūmēs,sumo: take up, assumeomnēsomnis: every, allfortasseperhaps, possiblypopulīpopulus: peoplerēgēsrex: kingsuōssuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirsexpellent!’Hīshic: thisverbīsverbum: wordeumis: this, that; he, she, itōrābantoro: beg, ask for, prayut,that, in order that, that notRōmāRoma: Romeoppūgnātā,oppugno: attack, assault, storm, besiegesimulat the same timerēgnumregnum: reign, sovereignty, kingdomsibisui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)reciperetrecipero: restore, restore to healthsimulat the same timepoenāspoena: punishment, penaltydēde: down from; concerningRōmānīsRomanus: Romansūmeret.sumo: take up - 83
At last they persuaded him to take up arms and come to their aid.
Tandemat length, finallyeīis: this, that; he, she, itpersuāsēruntpersuadeo: persuade, adviseutthat, in order that, that notarmīsarma: armssūmptīssumo: take upsibisui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)succurreret.succurro: run to the aid of, help - 84
So Porsenna ordered his soldiers not to delay but to take up arms and attack Rome; soon he marched on Rome with a great army.
PorsennaPorsenna (a name)igiturtherefore, thenmīlitibusmiles: soldierimperāvitimpero: command, ordernēne: in order that not, thatcēssārentsedbutarmīsarma: armssūmptīssumo: take upRōmamRoma: Romeoppūgnārent;oppugno: attack, assault, storm, besiegemoxsoon, presentlymāgnōmagnus: great, largecumwhen; since; althoughexercitūexercitus2: army, infantryRōmamRoma: Romecontendit.contendo: strain, struggle; hasten - 85
The senate was terrified, so strong was Clusium then and so great the name of Porsenna.
Perterritusperterreo: terrify, frightenestsum: be; existsenātus,senatus: council of elders, senateadeōadeo2: to such a degree/pass/pointvalidumvalidus: strong, able, welltuncthen, thereupon, at that timeeratsum: be; existClūsiumClusium: sluicemāgnumquemagnus: great, largePorsennaenōmen.nomen: name - 86
Nor did the senate fear the enemy only but its own citizens too: for it believed that the terrified Roman people would receive the Tarquins as kings, and perhaps accept peace along with slavery.
Necneque: neither, nor, and ... nothostēshostis: enemymodoonly, merely, just nowsenātussenatus: council of elders, senatetimēbattimeo: fear, dread, be afraid (ne + SUB = lestsedbutsuōssuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirsetiamyet, still; also, besidescīvēs:civis: citizencrēdēbatcredo: trust, entrustenimfor, in fact, indeed.RōmānamRomanus: Romanplēbemplebs: common people, general citizens, commons/plebeiansperterritamperterreo: frighten greatly, terrifyTarquiniōsTarquinii: Etruscan namerēgēsrex: kingexceptūramesse,sum: be; existetandcumwhen; since; althoughservitūteservitus: slaveryfortasseperhaps, possiblypācempax: peaceacceptūram.accipio: take, grasp, receive, accept, undertake - 87
The enemy approaching, everyone moves into the city, and they prepare to defend the city itself with the army.
Hostibushostis: enemyappropinquantibusappropinquo: approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC)omnēsomnis: every, allinin, on; into, to, againsturbemurbs: citydēmigrant,demigro: emigrateurbemurbs: cityipsamipse: self; even, veryexercitūexercitus2: army, infantrydēfenderedefendo: defend/guard/protect, look afterparant.paro: prepare for, prepare; provide, procure - 88
One part seemed safe by its walls, the other by the river Tiber.
Alteraalter: the one, the otherparspart, region, directionmoenibus,moenia: walls, fortificationsalteraalter: the one, the otherTiberīTiberis: Tiberflūmineflumen: rivervidēbāturvideo: see, perceiveessesum: be; existtūta.tueor: see, look at - 89
The Sublician bridge offered the enemy a single way.
Ūnumunus: one; alonehostibushostis: enemyitermarch, journey, routePōnspons: bridgeSubliciusresting on/supported by pilespraebēbat.praebeo: present/show/put forward
D'Ooge, Latin for Beginners (1911), Lesson LXIV, §§361-367
§361. The perfect and the pluperfect subjunctive active are inflected as follows:
CONJ. I CONJ. II CONJ. III CONJ. IV
PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE ACTIVE
SINGULAR
1. amā´verim monu´erim rē´xerim cē´perim audī´verim
2. amā´veris monu´eris rē´xeris cē´peris audī´veris
3. amā´verit monu´erit rē´xerit cē´perit audī´verit
PLURAL
1. amāve´rimus monue´rimus rēxe´rimus cēpe´rimus audīve´rimus
2. amāve´ritis monue´ritis rēxe´ritis cēpe´ritis audīve´ritis
3. amā´verint monu´erint rē´xerint cē´perint audī´verint
PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE ACTIVE
SINGULAR
1. amāvis´sem monuis´sem rēxis´sem cēpis´sem audīvis´sem
2. amāvis´sēs monuis´sēs rēxis´sēs cēpis´sēs audīvis´sēs
3. amāvis´set monuis´set rēxis´set cēpis´set audīvis´set
PLURAL
1. amāvissē´mus monuissē´mus rēxissē´mus cēpissē´mus audīvissē´mus
2. amāvissē´tis monuissē´tis rēxissē´tis cēpissē´tis audīvissē´tis
3. amāvis´sent monuis´sent rēxis´sent cēpis´sent audīvis´sent
a. Observe that these two tenses, like the corresponding ones in the indicative, are formed from the perfect stem.
b. Observe that the perfect subjunctive active is like the future perfect indicative active, excepting that the first person singular ends in -m and not in -ō.
c. Observe that the pluperfect subjunctive active may be formed by adding -issem, -issēs, etc. to the perfect stem.
d. In a similar way inflect the perfect and pluperfect subjunctive active of cūrō, iubeō, sūmō, iaciō, mūniō.§362. The passive of the perfect subjunctive is formed by combining the perfect passive participle with sim, the present subjunctive of sum.
CONJ. I CONJ. II CONJ. III CONJ. IV
PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE PASSIVE
SINGULAR
1. amā´tus sim mo´nitus sim rēc´tus sim cap´tus sim audī´tus sim
2. amā´tus sīs mo´nitus sīs rēc´tus sīs cap´tus sīs audī´tus sīs
3. amā´tus sit mo´nitus sit rēc´tus sit cap´tus sit audī´tus sit
PLURAL
1. amā´tī sīmus mo´nitī s. rēc´tī s. cap´tī s. audī´tī s.
2. amā´tī sītis mo´nitī s. rēc´tī s. cap´tī s. audī´tī s.
3. amā´tī sint mo´nitī sint rēc´tī sint cap´tī sint audī´tī sint§363. The passive of the pluperfect subjunctive is formed by combining the perfect passive participle with essem, the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
CONJ. I CONJ. II CONJ. III CONJ. IV
PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE PASSIVE
SINGULAR
1. amātus essem monitus essem rēctus essem captus e. audītus e.
2. amātus essēs monitus essēs rēctus essēs captus e. audītus e.
3. amātus esset monitus esset rēctus esset captus e. audītus e.
PLURAL
1. amātī essēmus monitī essēmus rēctī essēmus captī e. audītī e.
2. amātī essētis monitī essētis rēctī essētis captī e. audītī e.
3. amātī essent monitī essent rēctī essent captī e. audītī e.
a. In a similar way inflect the perfect and pluperfect subjunctive passive of cūrō, iubeō, sūmō, iaciō, mūniō.§364. The perfect and pluperfect subjunctive of the irregular verb sum are inflected as follows:
PERFECT PLUPERFECT
fu´erim fue´rimus fuis´sem fuissē´mus
fu´eris fue´ritis fuis´sēs fuissē´tis
fu´erit fu´erint fuis´set fuis´sent§365. A substantive clause is a clause used like a noun, as,
That the men are afraid is clear enough (clause as subject) He ordered them to call on him (clause as object)
We have already had many instances of infinitive clauses used in this way (cf. §213), and have noted the similarity between Latin and English usage in this respect. But the Latin often uses the subjunctive in substantive clauses, and this marks an important difference between the two languages.§366. RULE. Substantive Clauses of Purpose. A substantive clause of purpose with the subjunctive is used as the object of verbs of commanding, urging, asking, persuading, or advising, where in English we should usually have the infinitive.
EXAMPLES
1. The general ordered the soldiers to run
Imperātor mīlitibus imperāvit ut currerent
2. He urged them to resist bravely
Hortātus est ut fortiter resisterent
3. He asked them to give the children food
Petīvit ut līberīs cibum darent
4. He will persuade us not to set out
Nōbīs persuādēbit nē proficīscāmur
5. He advises us to remain at home
Monet ut domī maneāmus
a. The object clauses following these verbs all express the purpose or will of the principal subject that something be done or not done. (Cf. §348.)§367. The following verbs are used with object clauses of purpose. Learn the list and the principal parts of the new ones.
hortor, urge
imperō, order (with the dative of the person ordered and a
subjunctive clause of the thing ordered done)
moneō, advise
petō, quaerō, rogō, ask, seek
persuādeō, persuade (with the same construction as imperō)
postulō, demand, require
suādeō, advise (cf. persuādeō)
N.B. Remember that iubeō, order, takes the infinitive as in English. (Cf. §213.1.) Compare the sentences
Iubeō eum venīre, I order him to come
Imperō eī ut veniat, I give orders to him that he is to come
We ordinarily translate both of these sentences like the first, but the difference in meaning between iubeō and imperō in the Latin requires the infinitive in the one case and the subjunctive in the other.- Clūsium
- sluice
- perfūgērunt
- flee, desert, from perfugio
- reciperet
- restore, restore to health, from recipero
- dēmigrant
- emigrate, from demigro
- 90
Where did the Tarquins flee?
Quōquo: whither, where; in order to, thatfūgēruntfugio: flee, run; avoid, shunTarquiniī?Tarquinii: Etruscan name - 91
What did they say about their family?
Quidquis: what?dēde: down from; concerninggentegens: race, tribe, nationsuāsuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirsdīxērunt?dico2: say, speak, tell - 92
What did they declare about the other peoples?
Quidquis: what?dēde: down from; concerningcēterīsceter: the otherpopulīspopulus: peopleaffirmāvērunt?affirmo: affirm/assert (dogmatically/positively) - 93
What did they beg of Porsenna?
Quidquis: what?Porsennamōrāvērunt?oro: beg, ask for, pray - 94
Of what did they persuade him?
Quidquis: what?eīis: this, that; he, she, itpersuāsērunt?persuadeo: persuade, advise - 95
What did Porsenna order his soldiers?
Quidquis: what?PorsennaPorsenna (a name)mīlitibusmiles: soldierimperāvit?impero: command, order - 96
What did the senate fear?
Quidquis: what?senātussenatus: council of elders, senatetimēbat?timeo: fear, dread, be afraid (ne + SUB = lest - 97
What did it believe about the people?
Quidquis: what?dēde: down from; concerningplēbeplebs: common people, general citizens, commons/plebeianscrēdidit?credo: trust, entrust - 98
How was Rome safe?
Quōmodoquomodo: how, in what waytūtatueor: see, look ateratsum: be; existRōma?Roma: Rome - 99
Which way was hardly safe?
Quodqui: who, which, what, thatitermarch, journey, routevixscarcely, hardlytūtumtueor: see, look aterat?sum: be; exist
Horātius: indirect command
Ut states the requested action
Ōrāvit ut sēcum manērent et pontem dēfenderent means "he begged them to stay with him and defend the bridge."
English uses the infinitives "to stay" and "defend." Latin uses ut with the imperfect subjunctives manērent and dēfenderent.
The past ōrāvit requires secondary sequence, so both requested actions take the imperfect subjunctive.
Persuasion and orders use the same pattern
Sociīs duōbus imperāvit ut in tūtum sē reciperent means "he ordered his two companions to withdraw to safety."
Imperāvit is past, so ut introduces the imperfect subjunctive reciperent.
Persuāsit ut sibi succurrerent uses the same construction for "he persuaded them to come to his aid."
After asking, persuading, or ordering, Latin uses ut with a subjunctive to state the requested action.
- 100
The enemy took the Janiculum by a sudden attack: the Romans, their ranks abandoned, were fleeing into the city.
Hostēshostis: enemyrepentīnōrepentinus: sudden, hastyimpetūimpetus: attack, assault, chargeIāniculumIaniculum: the Janiculumcēpērunt:capio: take, seize, captureRōmānīRomanus: Romanordinibusrelictīsrelinquo: leave, abandoninin, on; into, to, againsturbemurbs: cityfugiēbant.fugio: flee, run; avoid, shun - 101
Horatius Cocles, who happened to be posted on guard at the bridge, caught sight of the enemy holding the Janiculum and his own men fleeing.
HorātiusHoratius: HoratiusCocles,Coclesfortefors: chanceinin, on; into, to, againststatiōnestatio: outpost, picketpontispons: bridgepositus,pono: place, puthostēshostis: enemyIāniculumIaniculum: the Janiculumcēpissecapio: take hold, seizeetandsuōssuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirsfugerefugio: flee, run; avoid, shuncōnspexit.conspicio: observe/see/witness - 102
As they fled past him he begged them to stay with him and defend the bridge; they in their panic said they would not do it; then he entreated them to cut down the bridge with iron and fire: he himself would withstand the enemy's attack.
Fugientēs,fugio: flee, fly, run awaydumwhile, as long aseumis: this, that; he, she, itpraetereunt,praetereo: pass/go byōrāvitoro: beg, ask for, prayutthat, in order that, that notsēcumsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)manērentmaneo: remainetandpontempons: bridgedēfenderent,defendo: defendillīille: that; he, she, itpavidīpavidus: fearful, terrified, panicstrucknegāvēruntnego: deny, refusesēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)idis: this, that; he, she, itfactūrōs;facio: do, makedeindethen, in the next placeeōsis: this, that; he, she, itprecātusprecatus: prayerestsum: be; existutthat, in order that, that notpontempons: bridgeferrōferrum: ironīgnīqueignis: fire, brightnessrescinderent:rescindo: cut outsēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)ipsumipse: self; even, veryimpetumimpetus: attackhostiumhostis: enemysustentūrumesse.sum: be; exist - 103
Then alone he goes to the head of the bridge, and with his arms ready for the fight he stunned the Etruscans by the very marvel of his daring.
Sōlussolus: alone, onlydeindethen, in the next placevāditvado: go, advance, rush, hurryinin, on; into, to, againstprīmumprimus: firstaditumaditus2: approach, access; entrancepontis,pons: bridgearmīsquearma: forequarter (of an animal), shoulderadtopūgnandumpugno: fightparātīsparo: prepareipsōipse: self; even, verymīrāculōmiraculum: marvelously ugly womanaudāciaeaudacia: boldness, audacityEtruscōsEtrusci: Etrusci (a name)obstupefēcit.obstupefacio: strike dumb (w/powerful emotion)/stun/daze/paralyze - 104
Two men, however, Spurius Lartius and Titus Herminius, he persuaded to come to his aid.
Duōbusduo: twotamen,yet, neverthelessSpuriōspurium: bastard, son of an unknown fatherLartiōetandTitōTitus: TitusHerminiō,persuāsitpersuadeo: persuade, adviseutthat, in order that, that notsibisui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)succurrerent.succurro: run to the aid of, help - 105
With these companions he sustains the unequal fight, while the citizens cut down the end of the bridge.
Hīshic: thiscumwhen; since; althoughsociīssocius: companion, allypūgnampugna: battle, fightinīquaminiquus: unjust, unfairsustinet,sustineo: supportdumwhile, as long ascīvēscivis: citizenextrēmumextremus: utmost, farthestpontempons: bridgerescindunt.rescindo: cut out - 106
But only a small part of the bridge being left, he ordered his two companions to withdraw to safety.
Parvāparvus: small, littleautembut, moreover, nowpartepars: part, region, directionpontispons: bridgerelictā,relinquo: leave behind, abandonsociīssocius: companion, allyduōbusduo: twoimperāvitimpero: command, orderutthat, in order that, that notinin, on; into, to, againsttūtumtueor: see, look atsēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)reciperent.recipio: receive, recover - 107
Alone he himself now challenges the enemy one by one, now all together, to fight.
Ūnusunus: one; aloneipseself; even, verynuncnow, the present momentsingulōssingulus: apiece (pl.)hostēs,hostis: enemynuncnow, the present momentūniversōsuniversi: whole worldadtopūgnampugna: battle, fightprōvocat.provoco: call forth - 108
These, hesitating at first, urge one another to make an attack on the single enemy.
Hīhic: thisprīmōprimus: firstmorātīmoror: delayaliusalius2: other, anotheraliīalius2: another, othersuādentsuadeo: urge, recommendutthat, in order that, that notinin, on; into, to, againstūnumunus: one; alonehostemhostis: enemyimpetumimpetus: attackfacerent.facio: make, do; cause, bring about - 109
Shame at last stirred them, and raising a shout they hurl their weapons at Horatius from every side.
Pudordecency, shametandemat length, finallyeōsis: this, that; he, she, itcommōvit,commoveo: shake/stir up, agitateetandclāmōreclamor: shout, clamorsublātōtollo: lift, raiseundiquefrom all sidesinin, on; into, to, againstHorātiumHoratius: Horatiustēlatelum: weapon of offense, spearcōniciunt.conicio: throw/put/pile together
- repentīnō
- sudden, hasty, from repentinus
- pavidī
- fearful, terrified, from pavidus
- precātus
- prayer
- vādit
- go, advance, from vado
- mīrāculō
- marvelously ugly woman, from miraculum
- Spuriō
- bastard, son of an unknown, from spurium
- 110
All these stuck in his shield, but he, unmoved, held the now almost broken bridge with a firm stride.
Haechic: thisomniaomnis: every, allinin, on; into, to, againstscūtōscutum: shieldhaesērunt,haereo: stick, adhere, cling tosedbutillethat; he, she, itobstinātusobstinatus: firm, resolved, resoluteingentīingens: huge, vastgradūgradus: steppontempons: bridgeiamjam: already, nowpaenealmostfrāctumfrango: break, shatter, crushobtinēbat.obtineo: possess, occupy, hold - 111
Finally they were trying to thrust him into the river by their charge, when at once the crash of the broken bridge and at once the shout raised by the Romans checked the charge.
Postrēmōpostremo: at last, finallyinin, on; into, to, againstflūmenflumen: rivereumis: this, that; he, she, itimpetūimpetus: attack, assault, chargedētrūderedetrudo: push/thrust/drive/force off/away/aside/from/downcōnābantur,conor: attempt/try/endeavor, make an effortcumwhen; since; althoughsimulat the same timefragornoise, crashruptīrumpo: breakpontis,pons: bridgesimulat the same timeclāmorclamor: shout, outcry/protestāa: from, by, offRōmānīsRomanus: Romansublātustollo: lift, raiseimpetumimpetus: attackretinuit. - 112
Then at last Cocles prayed to the Tiber to receive him, armed, in its kindly stream.
Tumthen, at that timedēmumdemum: at last, not till thenCoclesCoclesTiberimTiberis: Tiberprecātuspreco: beg/implore/entreatestsum: be; existutthat, in order that, that notarmātumarmatus: armed man (usu. pl.), soldiersēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)propitiōpropitius: favorably inclined, well-disposed, propitiousflūmineflumen: riveracciperet.accipio: take, grasp, receive, accept, undertake - 113
So he leaped armed into the Tiber, and though many weapons fell on him swam across unharmed to his own men.
Itathus, in this way, as followsarmātusarmatus: armedinin, on; into, to, againstTiberimTiberis: Tiberdēsiluit,desilio: leap down, dismountmultīsquemultus: much, manysuperincidentibussuperincido: overcome, conquertēlīstelum: weapon of offense, spearincolumisunharmedadtosuōssuus: his, her, hers, its, their, theirstrānāvit.trano: swim across - 114
Where was Horatius posted?
UbiwhereHorātiusHoratius: Horatiusposituspono: place, putest?sum: be; exist - 115
What did he catch sight of?
Quidquis: what?cōnspexit?conspicio: observe/see/witness - 116
What did he beg of those fleeing?
Quidquis: what?fugientēsfugio: flee, fly, run awayōrāvit?oro: beg, ask for, pray - 117
What did they answer?
Quidquis: what?respondērunt?respondeo: respond, reply - 118
How did he stun the Etruscans?
Quōmodoquomodo: how, in what wayillethat; he, she, itEtruscōsEtrusci: Etrusci (a name)obstupefēcit?obstupefacio: strike dumb (w/powerful emotion)/stun/daze/paralyze - 119
Of what did he persuade his two companions?
Quidquis: what?duōbusduo: twocomitibuscomes: companion, comradepersuāsit?persuadeo: persuade, advise
- obstinātus
- firm, resolved
- dētrūdere
- push, from detrudo
- propitiō
- favorably inclined, well-disposed, from propitius
- superincidentibus
- overcome, conquer, from superincido
- 120
What were these three doing while the citizens broke the bridge?
Quidquis: what?hīhic: thistrēstres: threefaciēbant,facio: make, do; cause, bring aboutdumwhile, as long ascīvēscivis: citizenpontempons: bridgefrangunt?frango: break, shatter, crush - 121
The bridge almost broken, what did he order his companions?
Pontepons: bridgepaenealmostfrāctō,frango: break, shatter, crushquidquis: what?comitibuscomes: companion, comradeimperāvit?impero: command, order - 122
What were the enemy trying to do?
Quidquis: what?hostēshostis: enemyfacerefacio: make, do; cause, bring aboutcōnābantur?conor: attempt/try/endeavor, make an effort - 123
How did Horatius save himself from danger?
Quōmodoquomodo: how, in what wayHorātiusHoratius: Horatiussēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)ēex: out of, fromperīculōpericulum: danger, perilēripuit?eripio: snatch from
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