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Cicero, De Officiis 1.101 Duplex est enim vīs animōrum atque nātūra. duplex: twofold. est: is enim: for vīs: strength, force, power animōrum: of minds  atque: and nātūra: nature For the strength and nature of the mind are twofold. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

C. VELLEI PATERCULI HISTORIAE ROMANAE LIBRI DUO AD M. VINCIUVM COS. LIBER PRIOR (3) Tum Graecia maximīs concussa est mōtibus. Tum: then Graecia: Greece maximīs: by the greatest concussa est: was shaken mōtibus: earthquakes (in context) Then Greece was shaken by the greatest earthquakes. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for th...

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 70 Aliquandō ut vincat, lūdit assiduē āleam. aliquandō: at some time, at last. ut: so that vincat: let him win lūdit: he plays assiduē: constantly āleam: dice, the game of dice He plays dice constantly so that he may win at some juncture Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1...

Publilius Syrus, Sententiae 216 Fortūna obesse nullī contenta est semel. Fortūna: chance, fortune; also the goddess. obesse nulli: to harm no one contenta: content est: is semel: once Fortune is content to harm no one just once Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Virgil, Aeneid 3.395 (Helenus to Aeneas) Fāta viam invenient. fāta: fates  viam: way, road. invenient: they will find The fates will find a way. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Suetonius, Dīvus Augustus 25 sat celeriter fierī quidquid fīat satis bene. sat: enough or sufficiently celeriter: quickly  fierī: to be made  quidquid fīat: whatever is done satis: enough or sufficiently bene: well, good  Whatever is done well enough is done quickly enough. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time...

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.6.8 (§43)  Ideō maiōrēs fertilissimum in agrō oculum dominī esse dīxērunt. ideō: for this reason, therefore maiōrēs: the greater or elder ones, ancestors fertilissimum: most fertile or productive in agrō: in the field oculum: eye dominī: of the master or owner esse: to be dīxērunt: they said For this reason, the ancestors said that the eye of the master is th...

Cicero, Dē Amīcitiā 91  Monēre et monērī proprium est vērae amīcitiae. Monēre: to advise or warn et: and monērī: to be advised or warned proprium: characteristic of, peculiar to est: is vērae: of true amīcitiae: of friendship To advise and to be advised is characteristic of true friendship. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed fo...

Pacuvius, Armorum iudicium Quoted in Suetonius, Divus Iulius 84.2 Mēn servāsse, ut essent quī mē perderent? mēn (mēne): was it me servāsse to have saved or preserved  ut: such that essent: they might be or there should be quī: who mē: me  perderent: they may bring ruin Did I save them, only for them to bring me to ruin?  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Home...

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.31.4  Ūnum petere ac dēprecārī. ūnum: one petere: to seek, ask for ac: "and" dēprecārī: to beg off or entreat To beg and plead for one thing Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Georgics 1.145 Labor omnia vīcit improbus. Labor: labour, toil omnia: all, everything vīcit: conquered improbus: unrelenting Unrelenting labour conquers all.  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Seneca, Vit. Beat. 3.3 Beāta est ergō vīta conveniēns nātūrae suae. Beāta: happy, flourishing est: is ergō: therefore vīta: life conveniēns: agreeing nātūrae: to nature suae: one’s own Happy, therefore, is a life agreeing to one’s own nature. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Juvenal Satires 1.1.79 Sī nātūra negat, facit indignātiō versum. Sī: if nātūra: nature negat: refuses facit: makes, does indignātiō: indignation, outrage versum: a line of verse If nature denies, outrage makes the verse.  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Catullus poem 29 Cinaede Rōmule haec vidēbis et ferēs? Cinaede: shameless/degenerate/effeminate men Rōmule: Romulus haec: this vidēbis: you will see et: and ferēs: you will bear, endure You degenerate Romulus, will you see this and endure it? Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Plautus, Persa  Age, ut rem esse in nostram putās. Age: go ahead, proceed ut: as rem: thing, matter, business esse: to be in nostram: in/to our (advantage) putās: you think Go on, do the thing you think best advantages us. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Aeneid 6.129 Hoc opus, hic labor est. Hoc: this opus: work, task hic: this labor: labor, toil est: is This task, this is the toil. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Ep. 47.15 Sibi quisque dat mōrēs, ministeria cāsus adsignat. Sibi: to/for himself etc quisque: each one dat: gives mōrēs: character ministeria: service, duty cāsus: chance, circumstance adsignat: assigns, allots Each one gives himself his character; chance assigns his duties. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first tim...

Satires 3.8.20 Nōbilitās sōla est atque ūnica virtūs. Nōbilitās: nobility sōla: alone, only est: is atque: and ūnica: sole, unique virtūs: virtue, excellence Virtue is indeed the only nobility. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Aeneid 5.231 … possunt, quia posse videntur. possunt: they are able quia: because posse: to be able videntur: they seem They are able because they are seen to be able Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

De Optimo Genere Oratore Section 18 Quid istās potius legam quam Graecās? Quid: why istās: these (of yours) potius: rather legam: am I to read quam: than Graecās: Greek (ones) Why am I to read these rather than the Greek ones? Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Odes Book 1 Poem 2.21  … audiet pugnās vitiō parentum rāra iuventūs. audiet: will hear pugnās: battles, fights vitiō: through the fault (of) parentum: ancestors, forebears rāra: scant, thinned, diminished iuventūs: youth … by the fault of his forebears, the diminished youth will hear of the battles.  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, recons...

Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales Letter 76. 9 - 10  Quid in homine proprium? Ratiō. Quid: what in: in homine: man proprium: characteristic Ratiō: reason What is characteristic of man? Reason. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.

Aeneid, 2.12 Quamquam animus meminisse horret, luctūque refugit, incipiam. Quamquam: although animus: mind, spirit meminisse: to remember horret: shudders luctū: with or from grief -que: and refugit: recoils incipiam: I shall begin Though the mind shudders to remember, and recoils from grief, I shall begin. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold,...

Liber I.17 Cōnscius ipse sibi dē sē putat omnia dīcī. Cōnscius: one who is aware ipse: himself (nom.) sibi: to himself (dat. sg.) dē: about sē: himself (abl. sg.) putat: he thinks omnia: all things dīcī: to be said Someone conscious of his own wrongdoing thinks all things to be said concern himself. Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconst...

Ep 2.1.117  Scrībimus indoctī doctīque poēmata passim. Scrībimus: we write indoctī: the unlearned doctīque: and the learned poēmata: poems passim: everywhere We write poems everywhere, the unlearned and the learned alike.  Support the show, buy the book, enjoy the read: Nostoi , the homecomings Homer left untold, reconstructed for the first time in over a 1000 years.