Oxford Latin Course: Part 2 Chapter 23 Translations and Answers

Exercise 23.2

1 At first light Horatia was returning home from the spring; she was carrying a heavy water pot in her hands. 2 Scintilla called to her in a loud voice; 'Come back quickly, Horatia,' she said, 'and help me.' 3 Horatia put down the water pot on the ground and ran back to her mother at top speed. 4 She ran out of the door and said, 'Look, daughter; the cottage is on fire.' 5 Horatia brought an urn full of water and quickly put out the flames. 6 Scintilla praised her daughter: 'You are a girl of the greatest courage, Horatia, and worthy of the highest praise.'

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1 Quintus, a boy of great industry, was reading a book, when Marcus called him in a loud voice. 2 Marcus said to Quintus, 'Come with me to the baths; they are not far from the forum.' 3 In the baths some were jumping into the pool with tremendous shouting, others were playing with balls. 4 Quintus watched everything with the greatest admiration

Exercise 23.4

1 diē quōdam Quīntus ad lūdum festīnābat. 2 forum trānsībat cum aliquis eum magnā vōce vocāvit. 3 sē vertit et Marcum vīdit, quī ad eum summā celeritāte per turbam currēbat. 4 'Quīnte,' inquit, 'puer es magnā industriā sed hodiē nōn dēbēs ad lūdum īre. venī mēcum ad cursūs.' 5 Marcus eum ē forō dūxit ad Circum Maximum, quī virīs fēminīsque plēnus erat.

Exercise 23.5

1 iānuam aperuit. he opened the door. 2 urnam frēgistī: you broke the urn. 3 aquam tulī: I brought water. 4 Rōmam contendimus: we walked to Rome. 5 domī mānsērunt: they stayed at home. 6 canem quaesīvī: I looked for the dog. 7 pecūniam trādidistī: you handed over the money. 8 togam ēmit: he bought a toga. 9 omnia cognōvērunt: they learnt everything. 10 in casā qūiēvimus: we rested in the house.

Exercise 23.3

1 prīmā lūce; patre; domō. At first light Quintus left home with his father. 2 forō; brevl tempore. The school of Orbilius was not far from the forum. In a short time they had arrived at the school. 3 magnā vōce. When his friends saw Quintus, they called him in a loud voice. 4 clāmōribus; lūdō; vultū sevērō. The master, upset by the shouts of the boys, came out of the school and looked at the boys with a severe expression. 5 tantīs clāmōribus. 'Boys,' he said, 'don't wake the whole city with such loud shouts; come in quickly.'

Exercise 23.1

1 they had fled 2 he/she was throwing 3 you carried 4 I took 5 to carry 6 you had made 7 carry! 8 he/she desired 9 he/she had carried 10 you are carrying 11 we looked for 12 we had allowed 13 they placed 14 you summoned 15 he/she had sought

Marcus is drunk

When Quintus had put on his clothes, he ran into the hall and looked for Marcus. He searched for long time; at last he found him lying on the ground behind a pillar. Quintus tried to lift him up; he (Marcus) got up with difficulty; he tottered and again fell down to the ground. Quintus looked at him with the greatest anxiety; but Marcus was not ill; he had drunk too much wine with his friends and was completely drunk. By now his tutor had run up, who lifted him up and took him home. Flaccus, upset by these events, rushed Quintus home. The next day Marcus did not come to school. For his father, who was very angry, kept him back at home; Cicero himself, a man of the greatest learning, took charge of his son's studies. The next year Cicero sent him to Athens to the Lyceum, where he studied philosophy. But Marcus did not make much progress in his studies; for he would rather (preferred to) play than study. Quintus was sad that he had lost so good a friend; nor did he see him afterwards in Rome, but a few years later he met him in Athens; for he himself was studying at that time in the Academy.

Marcus takes Quintus to the baths

Quintus had now been studying in Orbilius' school for a long time. He was a boy of the greatest industry and enjoyed his studies. One day when Orbilius had dismissed the boys, Marcus said to Quintus, Tm going to the baths. Don't you want to come with me? They are not far from the forum.' Quintus was not busy (at leisure) and was willing to obey Marcus. At once they proceeded to the baths; Flaccus walked behind them with Marcus' tutor. They soon arrived. They entered and looked round. There were lots of men in the hall; shouts sounded round from every side. Some were jumping into the pool with a tremendous din, others were playing with balls. Sausage sellers and sweet sellers were praising their wares in loud voices. Quintus was watching it all with the greatest admiration, when Marcus saw a friend; he left Quintus and went up to him. Quintus went off alone to the changing room. He took off his clothes and put them in a cupboard. First he went into the warm room and lay for a little in the warm water; then he went to the hot room; finally he jumped into the pool and exercised (himself) for some time. At last he returned to the changing room and looked for his clothes. But when he opened the cupboard, there was nothing in it; someone had stolen his clothes. Quintus ran back into the hall and looked round. Suddenly he caught sight of a man hurrying to the door, who was carrying clothes in his hands. Quintus at once shouted in a loud voice: 'Catch that thief; he's carrying off my clothes.' Flaccus, who was waiting in the hall, heard him, saw the thief, and with no delay went for him. He (the thief) was already escaping to the gate but Flaccus ran at top speed and caught him on the very threshold. He snatched the clothes and brought them back to his son. Quintus thanked his father and quickly got dressed.