15.8: Translation
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
Expectimus hāc tempestāte partem Italiae mūtāre quod nunc misera bella nōn timēmus.
- We expected at that time all of Italy to change that miserable war, since we had no more fear.
- We are no longer afraid of expecting change this year because part of Italy is no longer miserably at war.
- This year we expect part of Italy to change because now we don't fear wretched war.
Illa puerum tibi commīserat sed tū hunc in Rōmam sine pecūniā mīsisti.
- You sent the possessions of the boy to yourself for safekeeping, since he was in Rome with no money.
- She had entrusted her son to you but you sent him into Rome with no money.
- He sent along those things of his son to you but you were already in Rome with no money.
Eō tempōre mīlle librōs dē scrīptōribus scrīpserat sed ipse numquam magnus esse potuit.
- At that time a thousand books about writers had been written but none of them could really be called "great".
- By then he himself was a great man even though none of the thousand books about him by different authors were any good.
- At that time he had written one thousand books about authors but he was never able to be a great man himself.
Augustus antīqua iūra Rōmae mūtāvit et populus eius factum dīlēxit.
- The ancient laws of Rome will change in August and the people will cherish this change
- Augustus changed the ancient laws of Rome and his people cherished the accomplishment
- The ancient laws of Rome changed in August and the people were happy with this change
Suīs oculīs cōnsulem Rōmae vidēbit et eum magnā vī oppugnābit.
- He sees the consul of Rome with his own eyes and will attack him with great force.
- He will see the consul of Rome with his own eyes and will attack him with great force.
- The consul of Rome fights with force what he sees with his eyes
Nōs herī populum Rōmānum vīdimus et illīs dē novō iūre dīximus.
- Tomorrow, we will see the people of Rome and speak to them concerning the new law .
- We saw the people of Rome yesterday and spoke to them concerning the new law .
- We see the people of Rome today and speak to them about the new law