Latin ✨🌈Nuance🌈✨ Flashcards
to elect (in a state election)
creo or facio
to commit suicide
mortem sibi conscivere
advantage (“It is to my advantage to do this thing”)
utilitas
when/while in events where 2 things are happening at the same time
dum + the present indicative
assembled (“The army assembled at Genovia”)
convenio (NOT cogo!)
idiom: “with fire and sword”
igni et ferro
to be wounded
vulnus accipio (NOT recipio)
to negotiate/treat
ago
What type of dative is often used with body parts (e.g. Caesari ad pedes proiecerunt)
dative of advantage/disadvantage
what two types of datives make up a double dative?
dative of interest (advantage/disadvantage) + dative of purpose
For whose good?
Cui bono? (double dative)
what kind of clause results from tam + ut and the subjunctive?
result clause (no tam = a clause of will)
what is the difference between the genitives nostrum and nostri?
nostrum is partitive and nostri is objective
When is dies masculine or feminine?
Masculine usually, but feminine if it’s an appointed day
“at home and in the field” means what and looks like what in Latin?
it means civilian sphere vs military
domi militiaeque
What kind of participles are there?
present active, perfect passive, future active, future passive (gerundive)
What is the best word for opportunity in “if he is given the opportunity”?
facultas
What is the best word for vanquish?
devinco
What is the difference between nitor and conor?
both mean strive, but conor emphasizes the attempt
What is the best way to translate “Since this is the case”/”That being the case” (favorite of Cicero)
quae cum ita sint
what is the difference between…
de urbimus
ab urbimus
ex urbimus
de urbimus (down from the cities) ab urbimus (away from the cities -- you may or may not have been IN the city to begin with) ex urbimus (out of/away from the cities -- you were in the city to begin with)
What is the idiom for “to consider as a source of gain”?
habere quaestui
