Dan's Latin (119)

Front 1

Barbillus uxōrem fīliumque habēbat

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Barbillus had a wife and daughter

Front 2

Plōtīna, uxor Barbillī, erat fēmina placida

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Plotina, wife of Barbillus, was a calm woman

Front 3

Rūfus, fīlus eōrum

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Rufus, their son

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erat iuvenis impiger

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was an energetic young man

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ad palaestram cum amīcīs saepe ībat

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he often went to the exercise ground with his friends

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in dēsertīs bēstiās ferōcēs agitāre solēbat

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in the deserts he was used to hunting ferocious beasts

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aliquandō cum paentibus contentiōnēs habēbat

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sometimes he had arguments with his parents

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sed parentēs Rūfī eum maximē amābant

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but they loved him very much

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Eupor, iuvenis Athēniēnsis

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Eupor, an Athenian youth

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erat amicus Rūfī

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was a friend of Rufus

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in urbe Alexandriā medicīnae studēbat

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he was studying medicine in Alexandria

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Eupor, postquam ad urbem Athēnās rediit

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Eupor, after he returned to the city of Athens

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mox epistulam scrīpsit

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soon write a letter

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in quā Rūfum parentēsque

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in which Rufus and his parents [object]

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ad nūptiās suās invītāvit

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he invited to his wedding

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Rūfus ad Graeciam īre valdē cupiēbat

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Rufus very much wanted to go to Greece

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sed Barbillus nāvigāre timēbat

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but Barbillus was afraid to sail

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quod hiems appropinquābat

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because winter was approaching

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sententiam astrologī rogāvit

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he asked the astrologer’s opnion

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`lūna Scorpiōnem intrat

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the moon is entering Scorpio

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tūtius est vōbīs domī manēre’

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it’s safer for you to stay at home

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Barbillus et uxor astrologō libenter crēdidērunt

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Barbillus and his wife gladly believed the astrologer

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sed Quīntus rem graviter ferēbat

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but Quintus took the situation badly

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saepe ad mātrem ībat, patrem dēplōrāns

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he often used to go to his mother, complaining about his father

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Rūfus Plōtīnae persuāsit

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Rufus persuaded Plotina

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sed patrī persuādere nōn poterat

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but he wasn’t able to persuade his father

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Rūfus et Plōtīna Barbilium domī relīquērunt

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Rufus and Plotina left Barbillus at home

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et ad Graeciam nāvigābant

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and began to sail towards Greece

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ingēns tempestās nāvem obruit

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a huge storm overwhelmed the ship

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Plōtīna in magnīs undīs periit

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Plotina perished in the great waves

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Barbillus, ubi dē naufrāgiō audīvit,

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Barbillus, when he heard about the shipwreck

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fīlium iterum vidēre nōlēbat

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did not want to see his son again

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Rūfus in Graeciā diū manēbat

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Rufus stayed in Greece for a long time

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sed tandem iter in Britaniam fēcit

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but at last he travelled to Britain

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ubi in exercitū Rōmānō mīlitāvit

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where he served as a soldier in the Roman army