Meletemata: select Latin passages, in prose and verse, for unprepared translation, arranged by P.J.F. GantillonPeter John F. Gantillon |
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... Consul nuper renuntiatus est Caninius , qui usque ad Kal . Ian . esset , quae erant futurae mane postridie . ita illo consule scito neminem prandisse . Nihil tamen eo consule mali factum est ; fuit enim mirifica vigilan- tia c 2 FOR ...
... Consul nuper renuntiatus est Caninius , qui usque ad Kal . Ian . esset , quae erant futurae mane postridie . ita illo consule scito neminem prandisse . Nihil tamen eo consule mali factum est ; fuit enim mirifica vigilan- tia c 2 FOR ...
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... CONSUL B.C. 35 . 30. Ite , leves elegi , doctas ad consulis aures ; verbaque honorato ferte legenda viro . luce minus decima dominam venietis in Urbem , ut festinatum non faciatis iter . si quis , ut in populo , qui sitis , 22 SELECT ...
... CONSUL B.C. 35 . 30. Ite , leves elegi , doctas ad consulis aures ; verbaque honorato ferte legenda viro . luce minus decima dominam venietis in Urbem , ut festinatum non faciatis iter . si quis , ut in populo , qui sitis , 22 SELECT ...
Page 120
... consul B.C. 34 , censor B.C. 22. The filia is Aemilia Lepida , of whom nothing is known . The sons are ( 1 ) L. Aem . Paulus , husband of Iulia the granddaughter of Augustus , consul . A.D. 1 ; ( 2 ) M. Aem . Lepidus , consul A.D. 6 ...
... consul B.C. 34 , censor B.C. 22. The filia is Aemilia Lepida , of whom nothing is known . The sons are ( 1 ) L. Aem . Paulus , husband of Iulia the granddaughter of Augustus , consul . A.D. 1 ; ( 2 ) M. Aem . Lepidus , consul A.D. 6 ...
Page 134
... consul iterum in Africa ex insidiis captus esset , duce Xanthippo Lacedaemonio , imperatore autem patre Hannibalis Hamilcare , iuratus missus est ad senatum , ut , nisi redditi essent Poenis captivi nobiles quidam , rediret ipse ...
... consul iterum in Africa ex insidiis captus esset , duce Xanthippo Lacedaemonio , imperatore autem patre Hannibalis Hamilcare , iuratus missus est ad senatum , ut , nisi redditi essent Poenis captivi nobiles quidam , rediret ipse ...
Page 165
... in simpulo , ut dicitur , Gratidius , quos postea filius eius Marius in Aegaeo excitavit mari . Ac nostro quidem , cum res esset ad se delata , Scaurus consul , in Utinam , inquit , M. Cicero , isto animo FOR UNPREPARED TRANSLATION . 165.
... in simpulo , ut dicitur , Gratidius , quos postea filius eius Marius in Aegaeo excitavit mari . Ac nostro quidem , cum res esset ad se delata , Scaurus consul , in Utinam , inquit , M. Cicero , isto animo FOR UNPREPARED TRANSLATION . 165.
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