Wheelock Sentences Chapter 30

Front 1

Rogavit ubi illae duae discipulae dignae haec didicissent.

Back 1

He asked where those two worthy students had learned these things.

Hint 1

- indirect question: question word + subj. (not infinitive like indirect statement)
- pluperf act. subj.: perf stem + isse + personal endings (resemble perf. act. infinitive + personal endings)

Front 2

Videbit quanta fuerit vis illorum verborum felicium.

Back 2

He will see how much force there was of those happy words.

Hint 2

- indirect question: question word + subj. (not infinitive like indirect statement)
- fuerit = perf. act. subj. (can also be a fut. act. perf., but it has to be subj. here)
- primary sequence of tenses: fut - perf (=act before)

Front 3

Has insidias repente exposuit ne res publica opprimeretur.

Back 3

He suddenly exposed this treachery so the republic would not be suppressed.

Hint 3

- negative purpose clause: ne + subj. (neg. result clause does not use "ne")
- historical sequence of tenses: perf - impr subj. (same time or after)

Front 4

Hi taceant et tres ceteri expellantur ne occasionem similem habeant.

Back 4

Let these men be silent and the three others be driven out lest they have a similar opportunity.

Hint 4

- jussive subjunctive (twice)
- neg purpose clause: ne + subj (neg. result clause does not use ne)

Front 5

Ita durus erat ut beneficia uxoris comprehendere non posset.

Back 5

So unfeeling was he that he could not understand his wife’s kindnesses.

Hint 5

- result clause: ut + subj. usually anticipated by adverb or adj indicating degree (here Ita).

Front 6

Ceteri quidem nesciebant quam acris esset mens natae eorum.

Back 6

The rest of them indeed did not know how keen their daughter’s mind was.

Hint 6

- indirect question: question word + subj. (not infinitive like indirect statement)
- historical sequence of tenses (a past tense + imperf subj (at some time or after))

Front 7

Denique princeps cognoscet cur potentior pars militum nos vitet.

Back 7

Finally the leader will learn why the braver portion of the soldiers avoids us.

Hint 7

- cognoscet: fut tense
- indirect question: question word + subj (not infinitive as with indirect statement)

Front 8

Iam cognovi cur clara facta vero non sint facillima.

Back 8

Now I know why illustrious deeds are truly not the easiest.

Hint 8

- perf tense of cognoscere (getting to know) is translated as present "know"
- indirect question: question word + subj (not infinitive as w/ indirect statement)
- sequence of tenses might be a bit tricky here because of cognosco (looks like a primary sequence even though cognovi is grammatically an historical tense)

Front 9

Quidam auctores appellabant arma optimum remedium malorum.

Back 9

Certain authors were calling weapons the best remedy for evils.

Front 10

Mortuis haec arma mox dedicemus ne honore egeant.

Back 10

Let us dedicate these weapons to the dead lest they lack honor.

Hint 10

- jussive subjunctive or (I think) future
- neg purpose clause: ne + subj. (neg result clause doesn't use ne)

Front 11

Fato duce, Romulus Remusque Romam condiderunt; et, Remo necato, moenia urbis novae cito surrexerunt.

Back 11

With Fate as a guide, Romulus and Remus founded Rome; and, after Remus was killed, the walls of the new city rose quickly.

Front 12

Dic mihi in quibus terris libertas inveniatur.

Back 12

Tell me in what lands liberty is found.

Hint 12

- indirect question: question word + subj.
- primary sequence of tenses (present - present (action at same time or after))

Front 13

Nescivimus nos ubi ferrum denique positum esset.

Back 13

We did not know where the sword had finally been put.

Hint 13

- indirect question: question word + subj.
- pluperf subj passive: pp + imperf subj sum = essem, esses ...

Front 14

Ille verba prima libelli non comprehendit quem de sideribus scripserunt.

Back 14

He does not understand the first words of the little book which they wrote about the constellations.

Front 15

Rogabant quare non posses quod ceteri fecissent discere.

Back 15

They asked why you could not learn what the rest had done.

Hint 15

two indirect questions: question word + subjunctive
two historical sequences: (i) past - imp subj (same time or after); (ii) past - plup subj (action before)

Front 16

Omnes quaerant meliora quam pecuniam aut imperium ut feliciores sint spiritus sui.

Back 16

Let all men now seek better things than money or supreme power so that their souls may be happier.

Hint 16

- jussive subj.
- purpose clause: ut + subj.
- sui = reflexive possesive pronoun suus, -um, -a (decl. like 1st -2nd adj) in the nom. pl. (not to be confused with the reflexive pronoun -, sui, se, se; - sui, sibi, se, se, which does not have nominative forms)
- quam with the comparative: when quam follows a comparative degree adj it functions as a coordinating conjunction meaning than

Front 17

Errat, qui finem vesani quaerit amoris: verus amor nullum novit habere modum. (Propertius)

Back 17

He who searches for the limit of insane love errs: true love knows that no one has measure.
vesanus, -a, -um, insane

Front 18

Sed tempus est iam me discedere ut cicutam bibam, et vos discedere ut vitam agatis. Utrum autem sit melius, di immortales sciunt; hominem quidem neminem scire credo. (Cicero)

Back 18

But now it is time that I leave to drink the hemlock, and that you leave to live your life. But which is better, the immortal gods know; I certainly believe that no human being knows.

Hint 18

- indirect statement: acc subject, infinitive
- purpose clause: ut + subj
- cicuta, -ae, hemlock;
- nemo, neminis = no human being

Front 19

Nunc videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam et leges nostras vobis pronuntiatum sit. (Cicero)

Back 19

Now you see how much crime against the republic and our laws has been proclaimed to you.

Front 20

Quam dulcis sit libertas vobis protinus dicam. (Phaedrus)

Back 20

Let me immediately say how sweet liberty is to you.

Hint 20

- jussive subj
- indirect question: question word + subj.

Front 21

Rogabat denique cur umquam ex urbe cedissent. (Horace)

Back 21

He asked why they had ever left the city. (edited)

Hint 21

- indirect question: question word + subj.
- historical sequence: past tense - pluperf (action before)
- not sure that "cedissent" is correct, perf stem of cedo is cessi?

Front 22

Nunc scio quid sit amor. (Virgil)

Back 22

Now I know what love is.

Hint 22

indirect question: question word + subj.

Front 23

Videamus uter hic in medio foro plus scribere possit. (Horace)

Back 23

Let us see which man could write more here, in the middle of the forum.

Front 24

Multi dubitabant quid optimum esset. (Cicero)

Back 24

Many were doubting what was best.

Hint 24

- indirect question: question word + subj.
- historical sequence: past + imp subj (same time or after)

Front 25

Incipiam exponere unde natura omnes res creet alatque. (Lucretius)

Back 25

Let me begin to explain whence nature creates and sustains all things.

Front 26

Dulce est videre quibus malis ipse careas. (Lucretius)

Back 26

It is pleasant to see which evils you yourself lack.

Front 27

Auctorem Troiani belli relegi, qui dicit quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. (Horace)

Back 27

I have reread the historian of the Trojan war again, who says what is fine, what is shameful, what is useful, what is not.

Front 28

Doctos rogabis qua ratione bene agere cursum vitae possis, utrum virtutem doctrina paret an natura ingeniumque dent, quid minuat curas, quid te amicum tibi faciat. (Horace)

Back 28

You will ask the learned by what reason you can lead the course of life well, whether teaching provides virtue or nature and character give it, what can soften concerns, what can make you a friend to yourself.

Front 29

Isti autem rogant tantum quid habeas, non cur et unde. (Seneca)

Back 29

Those men, however, ask how much you have, not why and whence.