Collegiate Questions—Novice

Question 1

Which of the following phrases best answers the question word unde: hōrā tertiā, gladiō, ab Āfricā, or magnā cum celeritāte?

Answer 1

AB ĀFRICĀ

B1: Which of the following words, if any, best answers the question word quō: statim, Rōmam, nēmō, gladiō, or ōlim?

RŌMAM

B2: Which of the following words, if any, best answers the question word quandō: māne, minimē, vix, ita, or hīc?

MĀNE

Question 2

What case, besides the nominative, could translate “I” in the sentence “I have three sons,” as well as “me” in “This is hard for me” and “Bob gave me a gift”?

Answer 2

DATIVE

B1: In other situations, a phrase like “for me” could be translated with the preposition prō, which takes what case?

ABLATIVE

B2: Using a dative of possession, say in Latin: “I have three sons.”

MIHI TRĒS FĪLIĪ SUNT

Question 3

What use of the ablative is often introduced by the prepositions ab, ex, and dē?

Answer 3

(ABLATIVE OF) PLACE FROM WHICH // SEPARATION

B1: Translate into English the following sentence, which features an ablative of place from which: “Quot puerī cum equīs ex agrō currunt?”

HOW MANY BOYS ARE RUNNING OUT OF THE FIELD WITH THE HORSES?

B2: What other use of the ablative is illustrated in that sentence?

ACCOMPANIMENT

Question 4

What vowel is found before the genitive plural ending in cīvis and some other third-declension nouns, just as it can be found before the third-conjugation endings in verbs like the one meaning “to do”?

Answer 4

I

B1: It is easy to tell that nouns such as cīvis and nāvis are i-stem third-declension nouns from looking at their dictionary entry. What pattern connects cīvis and nāvis and indicates that they are i-stem nouns?

THE NOMINATIVE AND GENITIVE ARE THE SAME // THE NOMINATIVE ENDS IN -IS AND THE GENITIVE HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF SYLLABLES [DO NOT ACCEPT JUST “THE NOMINATIVE ENDS IN -IS,” SINCE THAT FAILS TO EXCLUDE WORDS LIKE SANGUIS]

B2: What is the meaning of the noun iuvenis, which is not an i-stem noun despite looking like one?

YOUTH // YOUNG MAN

Question 5

What use of what case is found after words such as mīlia, nihil and satis, as well as in the phrases nēmō eōrum vīvit and pars mīlitum in proeliō cecidit?

Answer 5

PARTITIVE GENITIVE

B1: What is the term for adjective forms such as laetissimus, which mean “most [adjective]” and are often followed by a partitive genitive?

SUPERLATIVE (ADJECTIVE)

B2: Using mīlia, say in Latin: “two thousand hands.”

DUŌ MĪLIA MANUUM

Question 6

What name is given to the horizontal line written above Latin vowels to indicate that they should be pronounced “long”?

Answer 6

MACRON / MACRONS / MACRA

B1: Give the grammatical term, literally meaning “double-sounding,” for a pair of vowels that get pronounced together in a single syllable.

DIPHTHONG

B2: Other than “ae” — that is, a followed by e — give one example of a diphthong in Classical Latin.

AU, EI, EU, OE, UI