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Check20. Another version of the wife’s words, in the form of a direct statement:(i) “nemo fidelius indicabit quam ego num maritus possit sanari.”Rather than use nemo in an indirect statement, the Romans used neque … quemquam, as in lines 6-7. nequeenim quemquam fidelius indicaturum means literally For not anybody would more faithfully inform … and innatural English For nobody would more faithfully inform …. (quemquam is the accusative of quisquam: seequestion 9.)Finally translate the words actually used in lines 6-8:(ii) neque enim quemquam fidelius indicaturum num posset sanari.21. Translate lines 4-8.Answers19. (i) “I want to examine my husband’s body; for I will inform him faithfully whether he can be cured” (i.e. she willbe both skilful enough to assess his condition and honest enough to tell him the truth).(ii) His wife said that she wanted to examine her husband’s body; for (she said that) she would inform himfaithfully whether he could be cured.The words “She said that” are optional. If included, they remind the listener that it is still the wife’s speechthat is being reported, not a comment by Pliny.20. (i) “Nobody will inform him more faithfully than I whether my husband can be cured.” For an explanation of theending of fidelius, see the Cambridge Latin Grammar, page 17, paragraph 2.(ii) For nobody would more faithfully inform him whether he could be cured.Note14. He was suffering from septic sores around his private parts. They may have been the result of sexuallytransmitted disease; possible evidence of such disease has been found from examining two skeletons of victimsof the eruption of Vesuvius.98 WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage