2010 Regional Latin II Grammar

Question 1

The Latin word quam can mean many things. Identify the meaning of quam in the following
sentence: Puellam pulchriorem quam Juliam numquam vidi.
B1. What does quam mean in this sentence: Haec est puella quam vidī.
B2. The quam in bonus 1 is of course a relative pronoun. In what two ways must a relative pronoun
agree with its antecedent?

Answer 1

than
whom
gender and number

Question 2

Translate the following sentence into English: “Fabulam, poēta, virīs narrā”.
B1. Now, say in Latin, “Friend, give the girl a gift”.
B2. Finally, say in Latin, “Lucius, lead the soldiers to water”.

Answer 2

Poet, tell the men a story
Donum, amice, puellae dā (donā)
Militēs, Lucī, ad aquam duc

Question 3

Translate this sentence into English, “Nolite currere, puerī, in scholā!”
B1. Using a negative imperative, say “Do not walk away from me!”
B2. Negative imperatives can also be formed by using the negative particle nē and which tense of the subjunctive?

Answer 3

Boys, do not run in school!
Nolī(te) ambulare ā mē
perfect

Question 4

Using the Latin verb possum, say in Latin, “He can walk”.
B1. What is the term for the verb form ambulāre in that sentence?
B2. Which of these verbs also regularly takes a complementary infinitive: dō, doceō, debeō, demittō?

Answer 4

Potest ambulāre
complementary infinitive
debeō

Question 5

What case do reflexive pronouns lack?
B1. Give the declension of the third person singular reflexive pronoun.
B2. Give the declension of the third person plural reflexive pronoun.

Answer 5

Nominative
suī, sibi, sē, sē
suī, sibi, sē, sē

Question 6

For the verb doceō, give the 3rd person plural, present active subjunctive.
B1. Translate that verb form.
B2. Give the same form for the Latin verb sum.

Answer 6

doceant
let them teach/may they teach
sint

Question 7

What would be the correct meaning of the Latin verb gerō in the following sentence: Milēs gerit
caligās?
B1. What would be the correct meaning of gerō in this sentence: Romanī contra Graecōs bellum gerunt?
B2. What would be the correct meaning of gerō in this sentence: Servī multa dona sēcum gerunt?

Answer 7

to wear
to wage
to carry; bring; bear

Question 8

Say in Latin, “I know that the city is beautiful”.
B1. Now say in Latin, “We understood that the consul was brave”.
B2. Finally, say in Latin, “They see that the man has been wounded”.

Answer 8

Sciō urbem esse pulchram
Intelleximus consulem esse fortem
Vident viruum vulneratum esse

Question 9

What use of the genitive is found in the following Latin sentence, “Vir sapiens magnum amorem
librōrum habet”.
B1. What use of the genitive is found in this sentence, “Iulius Caesar erat vir summae fortitudinis”.
B2. Using a different case for “highest bravery”, give the sentence in the first bonus in Latin again.

Answer 9

Objective Genitive
Genitive of Description
Iulius Caesar erat vir summā fortitudine

Question 10

For the Latin verb ferō, give the future active participle.
B1. For the same verb, give AND spell the present passive infinitive.
B2. For the same verb, give the 2nd
person plural, present passive indicative form.

Answer 10

laturus
F-E-R-R-I
ferris