| Little Words | Translation Nation | Potent Participles | Clauses and sentence-y bits |
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unless
What does "nisi" mean?
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Euphrosyne addressed the guests, who were watching her eagerly, thus.
Euphrosyne hospites, qui avide spectabant, sic adlocuta est.
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fighting guests
translate "hospites pugnantes"
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when he had heard these things
translate "cum haec audivisset"
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with a serene voice
What does "voce serena" mean?
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He was always enduring the difficulties with a calm mind.
"res adversas semper aequo animo patiebatur." (patior=I endure)
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the others, having been struck dumb by his words, were quiet.
ceteri, verbis obstupefacti, tacebant (obstupefacere: to strike dumb)
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don't touch her!
noli eam tangere!
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here and there
What does huc illuc mean?
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It is necessary for us to not praise but blame that poor man. --or-- That man must not be praised but blamed by us.
"ille pauper non laudandus est nobis sed culpandus."
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with these words having been spoken
translate "verbis dictis"
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he ordered them to offer more wine to the guests.
imperavit ut plus vini hospitibus offerrent.
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dative
What case is "ei"?
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In all parts of his life, he was trying to be temperate
"in omnibus vitae partibus temperans esse conabatur."
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with the applause having been heard
plausu audito
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he has endured so many misfortunes
tot casus passus est
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neuter accusative plural
What gender, case and number is "haec" in the phrase "haec locutus"?
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cups were being thrown; tables were being overturned; togas were being torn.
"pocula iaciebantur; mensae evertebantur; togae scindebantur."
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Everyone must work, however. --or-- it is necessary for everyone to work, however.
translate "omnibus autem laborandum est."
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she headed to the Tiber river in order to find a boat.
profecta est ad flumen Tiberim ut navem quaereret
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