Oh, I've got the Translation down fine, but never took Latin, so dare not guess at that part!
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Oh, I've got the Translation down fine, but never took Latin, so dare not guess at that part!
W, please
Q please.
F please
V please!
iam navibus cinis incidebat, calidior et densior, quo propius accederent; iam pumices etiam lapidesque nigri et ambusti et fracti igne; iam vadum subitum et litora ruina montis obstantia. haesitat paulisper an retro navigaret; mo- gubernatori ut ita faceret monenti “fortes”, inquit, “fortuna adiuvat : Pomponianum pete!”
By now ash was falling on the ships, hotter and thicker the nearer they approached; by now pumice stones also and black stones, both scorched and cracked by the fire; by now there was sudden shallow water and the shore blocking their way with the debris of the mountain. He hesitated for a short time whether to sail back; soon he said to the helmsman who was advising him to do -ust that, “Fortune favours the brave : make for Pomponianus!”
E-tract from ‘Death of Pliny the Elder’ ~ Pliny the Younger
Karen: 70 Es + 41 Rs = 181 pts ß OUT!
mina'smomma: 48 Os + 19 Cs + 16 Bs + 9 Gs + 16 Ls = 156 pts
Killearn Kitties : 65 Ts + 23 Ds + 25 Us + 3 Qs = 141 pts
Dr.Goodnow: 62 As + 6 Ks + 7 Vs = 137 pts
vinjashira: 56 Is = 112 pts
pitc9: 17 Ps + 22 Ms + 44 Ns + 9 Ys + 13 Fs = 105 pts
AmberLee: 39 Ss + 35 Hs + 12 Ws = 86 pts
GJXZ
Only 3 spaces now and two letters fill them!
sent my best guess.
Kym got it!
'iam navibus cinis incidebat, calidior et densior, quo propius accederent; iam pumices etiam lapidesque nigri et ambusti et fracti igne; iam vadum subitum et litora ruina montis obstantia. haesitat paulisper an retro navigaret; mox gubernatori ut ita faceret monenti “fortes”, inquit, “fortuna adiuvat : Pomponianum pete!”
By now ash was falling on the ships, hotter and thicker the nearer they approached; by now pumice stones also and black stones, both scorched and cracked by the fire; by now there was sudden shallow water and the shore blocking their way with the debris of the mountain. He hesitated for a short time whether to sail back; soon he said to the helmsman who was advising him to do just that, “Fortune favours the brave : make for Pomponianus!”
Extract from ‘Death of Pliny the Elder’ ~ Pliny the Younger'