Translation for Week 7

"Why is Sextus a Pest?"

Now it was the ninth hour.  The carriage was still stuck motionless in the ditch.  But it bored Sextus to do nothing, for he was an energetic boy.  Suddenly therefore he runs to the carriage and opens (his)chest.  Then he takes a ball out of the chest.

"Do you want to play ball, Marcus?" he shouts.  He immediately throws the ball to Marcus.  Marcus catches it and throws it to Sextus.  Repeatedly the boys were throwing the ball, the one to the other.  Then Sextus, who always wants to annoy Cornelia, throws the ball as a prank and hits Cornelia.

Immediately angry, Cornelia turns herself to (her) mother and shouts, "Why does Sextus always annoy me, mother? Why does he throw the ball at me?  What an annoying boy Sextus is!"

"Come to me, dearest," replies (her) mother and holds (her) daughter in an embrace.  "Sextus was not intending to hit you.  He is an energetic boy, he is a recklass boy, he is no, however, a wicked boy."

"But why is Sextus living with us?" asks Cornelia, who was still angry.  "Why does Sextus' father send him to us?"

"The father of Sextus is traveling to Asia.  Because )his" father is away, it was necessary to leave Sextus in Italy.  Therefore, because the father of Sextus is related to your father by ties of hospitality, Sextus is staying with us.?

"But what about Sextus's mother?" asks the daughter.  "Why does she not look after (her) son?"

:Alas!"  replies Aurelia.  "Sextus' mother, as you know, is now dead.  Sextus does not have a mother."  Cornelius was silent, no longer moved with anger.

At that very time, however, Sextus exclaimed, "Do you want to play with us, Cornelia?  Although, you are a girl, perhaps you are able to throw the ball."  While he was shouting, he was not laughing and running away.  Cornelia, angry again, shouts, "Go away, annoying boy!  I do not want to play ball."

Chapter 9 "Goodbye" Translation

Cornēlia, ubi surgit, ē vīllā suā fūrtim ambulat et per agrōs ad vīllam amīcae currit. Nōndum lūcet, sed nihil Cornēliam terret. Nēmō eam cōnspicit. Nūllī servī in agrīs labōrant. Etiam iānitor ad iānuam vīllae dormit. Cornēlia, quod tacitē intrat, iānitōrem nōn excitat.

 Cornelia, when she gets up, walks stealthily from her country house and runs through the fields to the country house of (her) friend.  It is not yet light, but nothing frightens Cornelia.  No one catches sight of her.  No slaves are working in the fields.  Even the doorkeeper sleeps at the door of the country house.  Cornelia, because she enters silently, does not wake up the doorkeeper.

Cornelia cubiculum Flāviae tacitē intrat et eam excitāre temptat. Adhūc dormit Flāvia. Iterum temptat Cornēlia. Flāvia sēmisomna, "Quis es? Cūr mē vexās?" 

Cornelia silently enters the bedroom of Flavia and tries to wake her up.  Flavia is still sleeping.  Again Cornelia tries (to wake her).  Flavia half-asleep (says), “Who are you?  Why do you annoy me?”

Cornēlia respondet,  "Sum Cornēlia!  Surge!"

Cornelia replies, “I am Cornelia!  Get up!”

Flāvia surgit. Laeta Cornēliam excipit et clāmat, "Quid tū hūc? "

Flavia gets up.  She welcomes Cornelia happily and shouts, “What (are) you (doing) here?”

           

Cornēlia, "Tacē, Flāvia! Nōlī servōs excitāre! Venī tacitē mēcum in agrōs. Ibi nēmō nōs audīre potest."

Cornelia (says), “Be quiet, Flavia!  Don’t wake up the slaves!  Come silently with me into the fields. There no one is able to hear us.”

Cornēlia Flāviam fūrtim ē vīlla in agrōs dūcit. Ubi puellae ad arborēs adveniunt, Cornēlia, "Misera sum," inquit, "quod ego et Marcus et Sextus et pater et māter Romām hodiē redīre parāmus. Princeps patrem meum cōnsulere vult. Nōbīs igitur necesse est statim discēdere."

Cornelia leads Flavia stealthily from the farmhouse into the fields.  When the girls arrive at the trees, Cornelia says, “I am miserable, because Marcus, Sextus, (my) father, (my) mother, and I are preparing to return to Rome today.  The emperor wants to consult (my) father.  Therefore it is necessary for us to go away immediately.”

Flāvia  clāmat,  "Cūr  statim,  Cornēlia?  Cūr nōn pater tuus discēdit sōlus? Cūr vōs omnēs simul discēditis?"

Flavia shouts, “Why immediately, Cornelia?  Why doesn’t your father go away alone?  Why do you all go away together?”

            

Respondet Cornēlia, "Nesciō, Flāvia. Sed nōbīs secundā hōrā discēdere necesse est." 

Cornelia replies, “I do not know, Flavia.  But it is necessary for us to go away at the second hour.”

        

Flāvia  lacrimat,  ”Ō mē miseram! Vōs  omnēs  Rōmam redītis. Mihi neeesse  est hīc manēre.  Valē, Cornēlia! Multās  epistulās ad mē mitte! Prōmittisne?"

Flavia weeps, “O miserable me!  You are all returning to Rome.  It is necessary for me to remain here.  Goodbye, Cornelia!  Send many letters to me!  Do you promise?!

Cornēlia,"Ego   prōmittō.  Et iam valē!"  Cornēia Flāviam complex tenet et lacrimāns abit.

Cornelia (says), “I promise.  And now goodbye!”  Cornelia holds Flavia in an embrace and goes away weeping.

Aeneas Leaves Troy

Exercise Id – Aeneas & Troy

Translation

            Aeneas is a Trojan man who defends the city Troy against the Greeks.  For ten years the Greeks besiege the city.  For ten years the Trojans drive off the Greeks.  Finally through a trick the Greeks enter the city at night.  They capture many Trojans, they kill many.  Aeneas is no longer able to defend the city.  It is therefore necessary to flee out of the city and to seek a new city.  Many friends also flee from the city Troy.  All prepare to sail to Italy.

            Aeneas, while he flees out of the city, carries an old man.  The old man is Anchises, the father of Aeneas.  It is necessary to carry Anchises because the  old man is not able to walk.  Aeneas carries Anchises; Anchises carries the Penates, the household gods.  The gods save Aeneas and Anchises and all their friends.

            Aeneas also leads a small boy.  The boy is Ascanius, the son of Aeneas.  While they walk out of the city, Ascanius looks at his father and holds his hand.  Ascanius is frightened because he hears loud shouts, great crashes.  He fears the Greeks very much.

            When Aeneas and Anchises and Ascanius flee out the the city, Ascanius suddenly shouts, “Where is mother?”  Many friends arrive, but Creusa, the mother of Ascanius, does not arrive.  Aeneas, worried, leaves his father and son and the Penates and returns into the city.  The Greeks are everywhere.  He seeks Creusa in vain.

            “Alas!” he says.  The Greeks have Troy.  Perhaps they have you, too, Creusa.  I love Creusa very much, very much (I love) Troy.  But I am able to save neither the city nor Creusa.  It is therefore necessary to return to my friends.

            The he returns to his friends.  Soon Aeneas and his friends prepare to sail to Italy.

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Chapter 1 Translation Video

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