Complete the Latin quotations with the verbs listed below.
Notes: All of the quotations are from a narrow selection of Cicero’s letters to Atticus. This shows not only the frequency with which cum-clauses are used, gives practice in how different tense forms in cum-clauses are translated. Literal translations are given in brackets.
[1] With the indicative
[a]
[i] Nevertheless, I am relieved when I talk with you despite being away, and even more when I read your letters.
Tamen adlevor, cum __________ tēcum absēns, multō etiam magis, cum tuās litterās __________.
[ii] You had only just left yesterday, when Trebatius came.
Commodum discesserās heri, cum Trebātius __________.
[iii] And you generally do it most carefully, when I have told you [literally: when it has been told to you by me]
Quod dīligentissimē facere solēs, cum ā mē tibi __________.
[b] All of the following quotations refer to future actions.
[i] And that long period of time, when I shall not be (here), moves me more.
Longumque illud tempus, cum nōn __________, magis mē movet.
[ii] You will write when you [will] know
Scrībēs ad mē, cum __________.
[iii] When I see [ = I shall have seen] you, you will know.
Cum __________ tē, sciēs.
[iv] Therefore, when you can [= you will be able], that is when you have attended to [= will have given attention to] Sextus’ auction, you will come back to see us.
Quārē, cum __________, id est cum Sextī auctiōnī operam __________, revīsēs nōs.
[v] When I arrive / have arrived there [ = will have arrived], and understand / have understood [ = will have understood] what the situation is …
Cum illūc __________ __________que, quid negōtiī sit, …
[vi] But you, when you [will] have read it, will judge for yourself.
Sed tū, cum __________, exīstumābis.
[vi] When I meet [ = will have met] Brutus, I shall write everything in detail.
Brūtum cum __________, perscrībam omnia.
convēnerō; dederis; dictum est; erō; intellēxerō; lēgeris; legō; loquor; poteris; sciēs; vēnerō; vēnit; vīderō
[2] With the subjunctive
[i] It is difficult since / when I am away.
Difficile est, cum __________.
[ii] It is enough, especially since these days are being spent by you in our important business.
Satis est, praesertim cum hī tibi diēs in magnō nostrō negōtiō __________.
[iii] But since they have done everything for your sake, I am afraid …
Cum enim tuā causā __________omnia, vereor, …
[iv] Since he is acting on [using] his mother’s advice … why should I intervene?
Mātris cōnsiliō cum __________ … quid mē interpōnam?
[v] Since I was sending Alexander on that business, I gave him this letter.
Ad eam rem cum __________ Alexandrum, hās eī dedī litterās.
[vi] But as I was reading the ‘Academics’ on the boat, I noticed my mistake.
Cum autem in nāvī __________ Acadēmicōs, adgnōvī errātum meum.
[vii] We seemed to be talking to one another, when I was at Tusculum.
Conloquī vidēbāmur, in Tusculānō cum __________.
[viii] This I have written while sailing, as I was getting near to Pompeii, Aug. 19.
Haec scrīpsī nāvigāns, cum prope Pompēiānum __________, XIIII Kal.
[ix] For on the 17th, when / after I had reached Velia, Brutus heard (of it).
Nam, XVI Kal. Sept. cum __________ Veliam, Brūtus audīvit;
[x] And when / after I had heard these things …
Quae cum __________ …
[xi] After a postman had arrived without any letters from you …
Tabellārius ad mē cum sine litterīs tuīs __________…
[xii] On the 9th after I (had) got up before daybreak to go on from Sinuessa, and before dawn I had reached the Tirenian bridge at Menturnae, …
V Īdūs cum ante lūcem dē Sinuessānō __________ __________que dīlūculō ad pontem Tirēnum, …
[xiii] Your uncle, Caecilius, since he was (being) cheated out of a large sum of money by P. Varius, …
Caecilius, avunculus tuus, ā P. Variō cum magnā pecūniā __________ …
[xiv] And since these things had been done …
Quae cum __________ …
[xv] Earlier, when / since I had been informed [ = I had been made more certain] by our (friend) Atticus’ letter about your great generosity …
Anteā cum litterīs Atticī nostrī dē tuā summā līberālitāte … __________ …
absim; accēderem; audīssem; certior factus essem; cōnsūmantur; essem; essent ācta; fēcerint; fraudārētur; legerem; mitterem; surrēxissem; ūtātur; vēnissem; vēnissem; vēnisset
____________________
[1]
[a]
[i] loquor; legō
[ii] vēnit
[iii] dictum est
[b]
[i] erō
[ii] sciēs
[iii] vīderō
[iv] poteris; dederis
[v] vēnerō; intellēxerō
[vi] lēgeris
[vii] convēnerō
[2]
[i] absim
[ii] cōnsūmantur
[iii] fēcerint
[iv] ūtātur
[v] mitterem
[vi] legerem
[vii] essem
[viii] accēderem
[ix] vēnissem
[x] audīssem
[xi] vēnisset
[xii] surrēxissem; vēnissem
[xiii] fraudārētur
[xiv] essent ācta
[xv] certior factus essem
