Horace - Omens good and bad

Question 1

impios parrae recinentis omen

Accepted Answer

Let an omen of a hooting owl escort the wicked

Question 2

ducat et praegnans canis aut ab agro

Accepted Answer

and a pregnant dog, or a tawny she-wolf

Question 3

rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino

Accepted Answer

running down from the region of Lanuvium

Question 4

fetaque volpes;

Accepted Answer

and a pregnant fox;

Question 5

rumpat et serpens iter institutum,

Accepted Answer

Let a snake interrupt the journey they have begun,

Question 6

si, per obliquum similis sagittae,

Accepted Answer

if, coming from the side like an arrow,

Question 7

terruit mannos:

Accepted Answer

it has terrified the horses:

Question 8

ego cui timebo

Accepted Answer

for the person I worry about

Question 9

providus auspex,

Accepted Answer

I, being a far-seeing augur,

Question 10

antequam stantes repetat paludes

Accepted Answer

Before the bird that portends imminent rain-storms

Question 11

imbrium divina avis imminentum,

Accepted Answer

can get even back to the stagnant marshes,

Question 12

oscinem corvum prece suscitabo

Accepted Answer

shall conjure up a prophetic crow

Question 13

solis ab ortu.

Accepted Answer

from the rising of the sun.

Question 14

sis licet felix, ubicumque mavis,

Accepted Answer

May you be happy, wherever you prefer to go,

Question 15

et memor nostri, Galatea, vivas,

Accepted Answer

and may you remember us, Galatea, for the rest of your life,

Question 16

teque nec laevus vetet ire picus

Accepted Answer

and may neither an ill-omened woodpecker prevent your journey

Question 17

nec vaga cornix.

Accepted Answer

nor a wandering magpie.

Alle Karten