nona hora est
it is the 9th hour
Adhuc immobilis in fossa haerebat raeda.
The carriage was still stuck motionless in the ditch
nihil facere Sextum taedebat
to do nothing bored Sextus
nam puer strenuus erat
since he was an energetic boy
subito ad raedam currit
suddenly he runs to the carriage
et cistam aperit
and he opens the trunk
tum e cista pilam extrahit
then he pulls a ball out of the chest
Visne pila ludere, Marce?" clamat.
Do you want to play ball?" he shouts
indentidem pueri pilam iaciebant
again and again the boys were throwing the ball
alter ad alterum
one to the other
Sextus, qui semper Corneliam vexare vult
Sextus who always wants to annoy Cornelia
per iocum
as a joke
pilam iacit
throws the ball
et Corneliam ferit
and hits Cornelia
Statim
immediately
irata Cornelia ad matrem se vertit
angry Cornelia turns to her mother
Quam molestus puer est Sextus!
How annoying a boy is Sextus!
Veni ad me, carissima
Come to me, dearest.
filiam complexu tenet
she holds her daughter in an embrace
Sextus te ferire in animo, non habebat.
Sextus did not intend to hit you.
est puer strenuus
he is an energetic boy
Est puer temer�rius,
he is a reckless boy,
non tamen est puer scelestus
he is not however a wicked boy
Sed cur Sextus apud nos habitat?
But why does Sextus live with us?
Cur pater Sexti eum ad nos mittit
Why did Sextus' father send him to us
iter facit
he is traveling
quod pater abest
because his father is away
necesse erat Sextum in Italia relinquere
it was necessary to leave Sextus in Italy
quid tamen de matre Sexti?
What about Sextus' mother?
Cur illa filium non c�rat?
why does that woman not care for her son?
ut scis
as you know
mater Sexti iam mortua est
Sextus' mother is dead
Matrem non habet Sextus.
Sextus does not have a mother.
eo ipso tempore
at that very moment
visne nobiscum ludere
Do you want to play with us?
Quamquam tu es puella
although you are a girl
pilam iacere fortasse potes
perhaps you are able to throw a ball