I. Latin to English

1. nisi Quintus Philippis fugivisset, carmina numquam scripsisset.

 

2. si Octavianus ab urbe aberat, Maecenatem rebus praefaciebat.

absum, abesse, afui: be away; be absent
praeficio, praeficere, praefeci, praefectum : put (someone [acc.]) in charge of (something [dat.])

 

3. si Pompeius veniam petiverit, Octavianus ei parcet.

 

4. si quis fuit amicus Bruti, eum Antonius interfecit.

quis, quid (following si/nisi): anyone, anything

interficio, interficere, interfeci, interfectum: kill

 

5. si triumviri senatui auctoritatem tradant, urbs bene regatur.

auctoritas, auctoritatis, f.: power, clout

trado, tradere, tradidi, traditum: hand over; give up

bene: well

 

6. si Marcus Cicero Romae adhuc habitaret, in taberna nunc sederet, vinum bibens.

adhuc: still

habito (1): live

 

7. si Antonius vivit, non otium est Octaviano.

vivo, vivere, vixi: live, be alive

otium, -i, n.: peace; leisure

 

8. Maecenas Vergilio "nisi Octavianus," inquit, "Antonio reconciliatus erit, para se ad bellum civile."

reconcilio (1): reconcile

paro (1) + reflex.: prepare oneself; get ready

 

9. Quintus "si hodie," inquit, "aliquem sequi cogerer, Octavianum legerem."

hodie: today

aliquis, aliquid: someone, something

cogo, cogere, coegi, coactum: force, compel

lego, legere, legi, lectum: choose

 

 

10. nisi Antonius Cleopatram amavisset, Octaviam, sororem Octaviani, numquam repudiavisset.

soror, sororis, f.: sister

repudio (1): reject; divorce

1. If Caesar had not tried to become king, we would not have killed him.

try: conor, conari, conatus sum

become: fio, fieri, factus sum

kill: interficio, interficere, interfeci, interfectum

 

2. If Octavian is away, Maecenas guides the city.

be away: absum, abesse, afui, afuturum

guide: rego, regere, rexi, rectum

 

3. Brutus said, "If you were not a coward, Quintus, we would be able to defeat Antony's forces."

coward: ignavus, -i, m.

defeat: vinco, vincere, vici, victum

Antony: Antonius, -i, m.

forces; copiae, copiarum, f.

 

4. If Maecenas were to accept Quintus into his number of friends, he would no longer be forced to toil in the treasury.

accept: accipio, accipere, accepi, acceptum

number: numerus, -i, m.

friend: amicus, -i, m.

no longer = non iam

force: cogo, cogere, coegi, coactum

toil: laboro (1)

treasury: aerarium, -i, n.

 

5. If the triumvirs are not defeated, the republic will never be liberated.

triumvir:triumvir, triumviri, m.

republic: respublica, reipublicae, f.

liberate: libero (1)