Pre-States Questions—Advanced Flashcards
What use of the subjunctive is found in the following sentence: Caesar ad Italiam ivit ut bellum gereret?
PURPOSE
B1 Translate that sentence into English
CAESAR WENT TO ITALY TO WAGE WAR
B2 Now translate that sentence “Caesar went to Italy to wage war” into Latin using a
gerundive.
CAESAR AD ITALIAM IVIT AD GERENDUM BELLUM/BELLI GERENDI CAUSA
What use of the subjunctive is found in the following sentence: Spectatores timebant ne sagittae exploratorem necavissent?
FEAR CLAUSE
B1: Translate that sentence into English using archaeologist for explorator.
THE SPECTATORS WERE AFRAID THAT THE ARROWS HAD KILLED THE
ARCHAEOLOGIST
B2: Translate this sentence into English: Utinam omnes antiquas linguas transferre possim.
IF ONLY I COULD/WERE ABLE TO TRANSLATE ALL THE ANCIENT/OLD
LANGUAGES
In what two cases can you find the Latin supine?
ACCUSATIVE AND ABLATIVE
B1 Give the ablative supine form for the verb tango
TACTU
B2 Give the accusative supine for the verb misceo
MIXTUM
What use of the subjunctive is found in the following sentence: Caesar militibus ut quinque milia passuum iter faciant imperat?
INDIRECT COMMAND
B1: What use of the genitive is found in that sentence?
PARTITIVE
B2: Translate that sentence into English.
CAESAR ORDERS HIS SOLDIERS TO MARCH FIVE MILES
What use of the subjunctive is found in the following sentence: uxor Caesaris veretur ut maritus supersit.
FEAR
B1 Translate that sentence into English.
THE WIFE OF CAESAR IS AFRAID THAT (HER) HUSBAND IS NOT SURVIVING
B2 Using a deponent verb, translate this sentence into English: The people were afraid that Caesar would come to Pompey’s theater.
POPULUS VEREBATUR UT CAESAR AD THEATRUM POMPEI VENIRET
What use of the genitive is found in the following sentence: Tiberius multos senators maiestatis damnavit?
GENITIVE OF CHARGE
B1 Translate that sentence.
TIBERIUS CONDEMNED MANY SENATORS OF TREASON
B2 What other case can be used to show charge/penalty, specifically of monetary penalties?
ABLATIVE
What classification is given to all of the following verbs: rorat, piget, decet, taedet?
IMPERSONALS
B1 What classification is given to scisco, calesco, and mitesco?
INCEPTIVES/INCHOATIVES
B2 What classification is given to volito and iacto?
INTENSIVE/ITERATIVE
What sort of condition is found in the following sentence: “Si Nero vinum forte bibisset, in via iacuisset”?
CONTRARY TO FACT PAST
B1 Translate that sentence into English
IF NERO HAD DRUNK THE STRONG WINE, HE WOULD HAVE LAID IN THE ROAD
B2 Now change the Latin sentence so that it says: “If Nero should drink the strong wine, he would lay in the road?
SI NERO VINUM FORTE BIBAT, IN VIA IACEAT
What use of the dative is found in the following sentence: Nobis Scipio est monendus?
AGENT
B1 Translate that sentence into English.
WE MUST WARN SCIPIO
B2 What use of the dative is found in this phrase: mihi nomen est
POSSESSION
Which does not belong grammatically: utor, obliviscor, potior, fruor, vescor?
OBLIVISCOR
B1: Most verbs take an accusative direct object. What case do utor, potior, fruor, and vescor take as their direct objects?
ABLATIVE
B2: Obliviscor also does not take an accusative direct object, what case does obliviscor take?
GENITIVE
