Case Uses: Accusative Flashcards
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Puer librum in scholā legit.
Direct Object
The boy reads the book in school.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
**Lepus sub arbore multās hōrās dormīverat.
Duration of Time
The hare had slept under the tree for many hours.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mīlle pedum ambulāvī
Extent of Space
I walked for one thousand (of) feet.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Puella ad forum cum amīcīs ambulat.
Place to Which
The girl walks to the forum with her friends.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Nautae in portum nāvigābant.
Place to Which
The sailors sailed into the harbor.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Magister discipulās laudāvit.
Direct Object
The teacher praised the students.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Puer centum passūs ad flūmen cucurrit.
Extent of Space
The boy ran one hundred feet to the river.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Līberī tōtam diem cum suō cane lūdēbat.
Duration of Time
The children played with their dog for the whole day.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Fēmina ad templum sacrum cum familiā venit.
Place to Which
The woman comes to the sacred temple with her family.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Rēx mēnsem ūnum in urbe mānsit.
Duration of Time
The king stayed in the city for one month.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Via mīlle passūs ad oppidum dūcit.
Extent of Space
The road leads one thousand steps (one mile) to the town.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Fēmina pictūram in mūrō pīnxit.
Direct Object
The woman painted a picture on the wall
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Equus ducentōs pedēs in circō quam celerrimē festīnābat.
Extent of Space
The horse hastened in the circus for two hundred feet as quickly as possible.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mīlitēs ad castra hostium diū iter faciēbant.
Place to Which
The soldiers marched for a long time to the camp of the enemies.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Viātōrēs trēs hōrās prope flūmen quam celerrimē currēbant.
Duration of Time
The travelers ran for three hours near the river as quickly as possible.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Magister librōs discipulīs dat.
Direct Object
The teacher gives books to the students.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mercātor et sua uxor in oppidum novum venient.
Place to Which
The merchant and his wife will come into a new city.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mīlitēs tria milia passuum per silvam prōcessērunt.
Extent of Space
The soldiers proceded for three miles through the forest.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Poētae paucās hōrās cantābant.
Duration of Time
The poets sang for a few hours.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Magister verba sapientiae discipulīs dīxit.
Direct Object
The teacher said words of wisdom to the students.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mīlitēs fortēs urbem hostium multōs diēs oppugnāvērunt.
Direct Object
The strong soldiers attacked the city of the enemies for many days.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mīlitēs castra trecenta passūs ā rīpā posuērunt.
Extent of Space
The soldiers pitched camp three hundred steps from the riverbank.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mercurius ad montem volāvit et Paridem vīdit.
Place to Which
Mercury flew to the mountain and saw Paris.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Fēmina vīgintī annōs suum marītum exspectābat.
Duration of Time
The woman waited for her husband for twenty years.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Agricola agrōs magnō cum labōre coluit.
Direct Object
The farmer tilled the fields with great labor.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Mīlitēs quīnque mēnsēs ante bellum ā duce parābantur.
Duration of Time
The soldiers were prepared by their leader for five months before the war.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Caesar Rōmam trāns flūmen iter fēcit.
Place to Which
Caesar marched to Rome across the river.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Poēta multa carmina stylō suō scrīpsit.
Direct Object
The poet wrote many poems with his own pen.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Venīte domum, libērī! Tempus cēnāre est!
Place to Which
Come home, children! It is time to eat!
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Veiī decem annōs ā Rōmānīs obsīdēbātur.
Duration of Time
Veii was besieged by the Romans for ten years.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Nautae tempestātem propter magnōs ventōs metuērunt.
Direct Object
The sailors feared the storm because of the great winds.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Currēmus rūs et diū lūdēmus.
Place to Which
We will run to the countryside and play for a long time.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Līberī dīligentissimē ūnam hōram labōrāvērunt.
Duration of Time
The students worked very diligently for one hour.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Bellum contrā Carthāginem duodēvīgintī annōs gestum erat.
Duration of Time
The war against Carthage was waged _for eighteen years.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Imperātor ad rīpam flūminis cum exercitū magnō prōcessit.
Place to Which
The emperor proceded to the bank of the river with a great army.
Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:
Senex fābulam longam dē mȳthologiā discipulīs nārrābat.
Direct Object
The old man told a long story about mythology to the students.
