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8. DõÅc mihi aÅ quoÅ interfectus sit reÅx.

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9. RogaÅvit cuÅr non amaÅreÅmur.

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10. Quis rogaÅvit cuÅr noÅn amaÅtõÅ esseÅmus?

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15. Translate the following sentences.

1. Ego quid ille et contraÅ ille quid ego sentõÅrem et spectaÅrem videÅbat.

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2. Ille quid ego et contraÅ ego quid ille sentõÅret et spectaÅret videÅbam.

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3. Quae fuit enim causa quam ob rem istõÅ mulierõÅ veneÅnum dare vellet Caelius?. . . Sed tamem veneÅnum unde fuerit, quem ad modum paraÅtum sit noÅn dõÅcitur.

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4. Itaque hodieÅ per®ciam ut intelligat quantum aÅ meÅ bene®cium tum acceÅperit.

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5. Et sõÅcut vetus aetaÅs võÅdit quid ultimum in libertaÅte esset, ita noÅs quid in servituÅte, ademptoÅ per inquõÅsõÅtioÅneÅs etiam loquendõÅ audiendõÅque commercioÅ.

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Vocabulary

contraÅ (adv.)

on the other side, on the other hand

sentioÅ, sentõÅre

feel, think

spectoÅ, spectaÅre

look at, watch for

iste, ista, istud

that (often with contempt)

mulier, mulieris, f.

woman

veneÅnum, -õÅ, n.

poison

unde

from where?

quem ad modum

in what manner?

itaque

and so, in this manner

hodieÅ (adv.)

today

per®cioÅ, per®cere

accomplish, effect

intelligoÅ, intelligere

understand

quantus, -a, -um

how great?

bene®cium, -õÅ, n.

bene®t, favor

tum

at that time

accipioÅ, accipere

receive, take, accept

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vetus, veteris

old

aetaÅs, -taÅtis, f.

time, age

ultimus, -a, -um

furthest, most extreme

lõÅbertaÅs, -taÅtis, f.

liberty

servitus, -tuÅtis, f.

slavery

adimoÅ, adimere, adeÅmõÅ, ademptus

remove, take away

inquõÅsõÅtioÅ, -oÅnis, f.

trial

loquor, loquõÅ, locuÅtus sum

speak

commercium, -õÅ, n.

exchange, commerce

Exercise

16. (Advanced reading) Translate the following passage and do the exercise at the end.

In this opening passage from his speech Pro Caelio, Cicero comments on the unusual nature of a trial that is taking place on a public holiday, when the courts would normally be closed.

SõÅ quis, iuÅdiceÅs, forte nunc adsit ignaÅrus leÅgum, iuÅdicioÅrum, consueÅtuÅdinis nostrae, mireÅtur profectoÅ quae sit tanta atroÅcitaÅs huius causae quod dieÅbus festõÅs luÅdõÅsque puÅblicõÅs, omnibus forensibus negoÅtiõÅs intermissõÅs, uÅnum hoc iuÅdicium exerceaÅtur, nec dubitet quõÅn tantõÅ facinoris reus arguaÅtur ut eo neglectoÅ cõÅvitaÅs staÅre noÅn possit;

(The passage continues on p. 160.)

Vocabulary

iuÅdex, iuÅdicis, m.

judge

forte

perhaps

adsum, adesse

be present

ignaÅrus, -a, -um

ignorant, without knowledge

( gen.)

lex, leÅgis, f.

law

iuÅdicium, õÅ, n.

trial

consueÅtuÅdoÅ, -tuÅdinis, f.

habit, practice

mõÅror, mõÅraÅrõÅ, mõÅraÅtus sum

wonder

profectoÅ

undoubtedly

tantus, -a, -um

so great

atroÅcitaÅs, -taÅtis, f.

terribleness

causa, -ae, f.

case

dieÅs festus

holiday

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luÅdus, õÅ, m.

game, entertainment

puÅblicus, -a, -um

public

forensis, -e

pertaining to the law courts

negoÅtium, -õÅ, n.

business

intermittoÅ, intermittere,

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