Midterm Grammar

Question 1

*genitive - value

Answer 1

verb of evaluation or estimation + non-specific genitive
“a beast of nothing”

Question 2

*genitive - quality

Answer 2

genitive noun + adjective of some describing nature
“a man of great wisdom”

Question 3

genitive - partitive

Answer 3

genitive that is a whole with a noun that is a part
“part of the state”

Question 4

genitive - objective

Answer 4

genitive = direct object
fear that Caesar has
“fear of Caesar”

Question 5

genitive - subjective

Answer 5

genitive = subjunctive
fear that someone has to Caesar
“fear of Caesar”

Question 6

genitive - charge

Answer 6

the genitive is the thing that you are charged with
“I accuse you of tax evasion”

Question 7

*dative - with compound verbs

Answer 7

(compound verb = verb with a root and a prefix attached to it)
compound verb + dative object
“my sales profited my income”

Question 8

dative - possession

Answer 8

form of sum + dative owner
“I have a house”

Question 9

*dative - double dative

Answer 9

dative of reference + dative of purpose
“she is a help to her mother”

Question 10

dative - reference

Answer 10

indicates the person for whose advantage something is done
“I bake a cake for you”

Question 11

dative - agent (gerundive of obligation)

Answer 11

gerundive of obligation + person
“Carthage must be destroyed by me”

Question 12

accusative - time duration

Answer 12

cardinal number + accusative time word
“I walk for 3 minutes”

Question 13

*accusative - exclamation

Answer 13

whatever you shout out in the accusative
“Yay!”

Question 14

accusative - respect

Answer 14

accusative, usually a body part
“having been struck by a dart” (with respect to his thigh)

Question 15

ablative - time when

Answer 15

ablative time word + ordinal number
“Hercules killed the snake on the first day”

Question 16

ablative - time within which

Answer 16

‘within’ + cardinal number + ablative time word
“Taylor performed within 4 hours”

Question 17

ablative - means

Answer 17

object + free word (in, with, etc.), tangible
“I kill you with a sword”

Question 18

ablative - manner

Answer 18

sometimes with a cum preposition, not tangible
“Quintus ran with great speed”

Question 19

ablative - accompaniment

Answer 19

cum + person in ablative
“I walked with my friend”

Question 20

ablative - price

Answer 20

cardinal number + coin in ablative
“It cost 2 dollars”

Question 21

ablative - comparison

Answer 21

comparing noun in ablative, comparative
“Decimus is dumber than Quintus”

Question 22

ablative - quality/description

Answer 22

ablative that describes another word
“Quintus is a man of great character”

Question 23

ablative - separation

Answer 23

verb/adjective of being + intangible object, ‘free from’ or ‘separated from’
“I’m free from worry”

Question 24

*ablative - agent

Answer 24

a/ab + person in ablative + passive verb
“Quintus was attacked by Decimus”

Question 25

ablative - cause

Answer 25

'because of' + ablative noun "Because of the cat"

Question 26

ablative - degree of difference

Answer 26

multo (by a lot) or paulo (by a little) "It was more difficult by a lot"

Question 27

ablative - place from which

Answer 27

a/ab, e/ex, de + tangible object in ablative "He ran away from Rome"

Question 28

ablative - place where

Answer 28

sub, in, pro, supra + tangible object in ablative "He is in Rome"

Question 29

constructions - indirect statement

Answer 29

accusative + mm verb + infinitive + 'that' "Quintus said that you were tall"

Question 30

constructions - purpose clause

Answer 30

ut/ne subjunctive, answers 'why?' "Decimus went to school to beat up Quintus"

Question 31

constructions - result clause

Answer 31

qualifier + ut/ut non, 'so... that' + subjunctive "I am so angry that I am not able to work"

Question 32

constructions - fearing clause

Answer 32

word of fearing + ne/ut + subjunctive "I feared that you would fail"

Question 33

constructions - indirect question

Answer 33

mm verb + question word + subjunctive "I asked her if she would sing"

Question 34

constructions - indirect command

Answer 34

verb of order + ut/ne + subjunctive "I ordered you to stop"

Question 35

constructions - gerund(ive) of purpose

Answer 35

gerund/gerundive + ad "I go to the bank to get money"

Question 36

constructions - gerundive of obligation

Answer 36

gerundive + form of sum "Carthage must be destroyed"

Question 37

constructions - relative clause of characteristic

Answer 37

relative pronoun (who) + subjunctive "He's the type of guy who laughs at others' misfortune"

Question 38

constructions - relative clause of purpose

Answer 38

relative pronoun + subjunctive "I went to the store to buy bread"

Question 39

constructions - cum clause temporal

Answer 39

cum + indicative, 'when' "When you were singing, I was dancing"

Question 40

constructions - cum clause concessive

Answer 40

cum + subjunctive + tamen in the main clause, 'although... nevertheless' "Although I was scared, I nevertheless stood up"

Question 41

constructions - cum clause causal

Answer 41

cum + subjunctive, 'since' "Since I am tired, I will sleep"

Question 42

constructions - jussive/hortatory

Answer 42

subjunctive main verb 'let/may' "Let me go now"

Question 43

constructions - optative

Answer 43

utinam (if only) + subjunctive main verb "If only I had studied more"

Question 44

constructions - deliberative

Answer 44

question word + subjunctive main verb "What should I say?"

Question 45

constructions - potential

Answer 45

subjunctive main verb that expresses possibility "You could say that"

Question 46

constructions - ablative absolute

Answer 46

ablative + participle OR ablative + ablative, 'with' "With Caesar having been killed" "With Caesar as king"