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States Questions—Novice Flashcards

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What use of the accusative besides direct object is used in the following sentence: Milites Romani viam quinque milia passuum longam fecerunt.

A

EXTENT OF SPACE

B1: What use of the genitive is also found in that sentence?

PARTITIVE

B2: Translate that sentence

THE ROMANS MADE A ROAD FIVE MILES LONG.

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What case would “gods” be in the following sentence: We offered sacrifices to the immortal gods?

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DATIVE

B1: How would you translate “gods” in that sentence?

DEĪS

B2: How would you translate “goddesses” in the sentence: We offered sacrifices to the immortal goddesses?

DEĀBUS

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Which of the following cannot take both the accusative and the ablative: sub, in, ab, super?

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AB

B1: Which of the following cannot take the ablative: ex, ad, ab, sine?

AD

B2: Which of the following cannot take the accusative: per, apud, prope, pro?

PRO

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The Latin verbs fero, duco, facio, and dico all share what grammatical peculiarity?

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IRREGULAR IMPERATIVES

B1: Give the singular imperative forms for all of those verbs.

FER, DUC, FAC, DIC

B2: Compounds of fero, duco, facio, and dico share that peculiarity except for some compounds of which of those verbs?

FACIO

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What is unusual about the prepositions super, sub, and in?

A

THEY TAKE BOTH ACCUSATIVE AND ABLATIVE

B1: How would you translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: The strange ship is sinking under the water

SUB AQUAM

B2: How would you translate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: The cat sits under the table

SUB MENSA

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What use of the ablative is found in the following sentence: Frāter et soror ad casam magnā cum celeritāte cucurrērunt?

A

MANNER

B1: Translate the sentence in the tossup into English.

THE BROTHER AND SISTER RAN TO THE HOUSE WITH GREAT SPEED.

B2: What use of the ablative is found in this sentence: Frāter et soror ā mātre salūtābantur?

AGENT

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Which does not belong grammatically: ab, in, inter, ad?

A

AB

B1: What case can in, inter, and ad take?

ACCUSATIVE

B2: How would you say “among us” in Latin?

INTER NOS

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What use of the ablative is found in the following sentence: breves Romani cum matre ad forum ierunt.

A

ACCOMPANIMENT

B1: What use of the accusative is also found in that sentence?

PLACE TO WHICH

B2: Translate that sentence into English

THE SHORT ROMANS WENT TO THE FORUM WITH THEIR
MOTHER

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Which of the following is not second declension: castra, carrus, liberi, virtus?

A

VIRTUS

B1: Which of the following cannot be masculine?: manus, ramus, numerus, hostis?

MANUS

B2: In addition to not being masculine, manus isn’t even second declension. What declension does it belong to?

FOURTH

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Which of the following verbs does not take its object in the accusative case: aperio, credo, minuo, terreo

A

CREDO

B1: Which of the verbs in that list is reduplicative?

CREDO

B2: Translate any three of the verbs in that list.

APERIO - OPEN / CREDO - BELIEVE / MINUO - LESSEN / TERREO -
FRIGHTEN

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Give the corresponding form of the relative pronoun for the following sentence: We met the men who had been attacked.

A

QUI

B1: Give the corresponding form of the relative pronoun for the following sentence: You know the women with whom we ran.

QUIBUSCUM

B2: Give the corresponding form of the interrogative pronoun for the following sentence: Whom did you see?

QUEM

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POSCO, CANO, TRADO, CURRO, and STO all belong to which category of Latin Verbs?

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REDUPLICATIVE VERBS

B1: Give the four principal parts of the Latin verb trado.

TRADO, TRADERE, TRADIDI, TRADITUM

B2: Give the four principal parts of the Latin verb cano.

CANO, CANERE, CECINI, CANTUM

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Partitive, description, and possession are all uses of what case in Latin?

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GENITIVE

B1: Possession, special verbs, and indirect object are all uses of what case in Latin?

DATIVE

B2: Description, specification, agent, and means are all uses of what case in Latin?

ABLATIVE

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Which of the following prepositions does NOT govern the accusative case: pro, per, propter, prope?

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PRO

B1: Which of these prepositions does NOT govern the ablative case: ab, prae, dē, ob?

OB

B2: Which of these prepositions does NOT govern BOTH the accusative and ablative cases: in, sub, super, sine?

SINE

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Which of the following nouns is NOT first declension: hora, arma, domina, porta?

A

ARMA

B1: Which of the following nouns is NOT third declension: hostis, ars, mater, liber?

LIBER

B2: Which of the following nouns is NOT second declension: onus, animus, murus, lupus?

ONUS

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Identify the use of the ablative case in the following sentence: Mīles magnā cum virtute pugnāvit.

A

MANNER

B1: … “Quartō diē adveniēmus.”

TIME WHEN

B2: … “Perīculō urbem līberāmus.”

SEPARATION

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VISUAL TOSS UP. Pass out visual question to all players.
The following toss up question is a visual. We are currently providing each player with a copy of the visual. Please do not turn over the visual until instructed to do so. Also, please be mindful that this is a toss-up question, so do not consult or communicate with your teammates. Please turn over the visual; you will have 10 seconds to examine it (wait 10 seconds). Here is your question:

Identify the use of the ablative in letter “A.”

A

ACCOMPANIMENT

B1: What use of the ablative is illustrated in letter “E”?

MEANS

B2: Translate the sentence in letter D.

THE LEADER / GENERAL QUICKLY LED (HIS) TROOPS OUT OF / FROM THE TOWN

18
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Question number five. How about naming five different cases for me?

A

Answer: SEE BELOW

B1 & B2. Excellent! Now for both boni, give me the other two cases

Answer: NOMINATIVE, GENITIVE, DATIVE, ACCUSATIVE, ABLATIVE, VOCATIVE,
LOCATIVE

19
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What case is used to show the direct object in a Latin sentence?

A

Answer: ACCUSATIVE

B1. What case does the preposition cum take?

Answer: ABLATIVE

B2. What case does the preposition inter take?

Answer: ACCUSATIVE

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As a Latin 1 student, you probably know some of the important rules of grammar and you know some of the exceptions too. Can you name one of the exceptional first declension Latin nouns that is masculine?

A

Answer: SEE BELOW

B1. Name another

Answer: POETA, NAUTA, PIRATA, SCRIBA, AGRICOLA

B2. Another unusual noun is urbs. What is grammatically unusual about urbs?

Answer: IT IS AN I-STEM/IUM GENITIVE PLURAL

21
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Which of these does not belong by conjugation: pulso, paro, pingo, seco

A

Answer: PINGO

B1. Give the dictionary entry for seco

Answer: SECO, SECARE, SECUI, SECTUS, TO CUT

B2. Give the dictionary entry for pingo

Answer: PINGO, PINGERE, PINXI, PICTUS, TO PAINT

22
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Which word does not belong: ad, per, inter, PRO, per

A

Answer: PRO

B1. What is the meaning of pro and what case does it take?

Answer: PRO, +ABL, BEFORE, IN FRONT OF

B2. What is the meaning of per and what case does it take?

Answer: PER, +ACC, THROUGH

23
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Which principal part is generally used to identify a verb’s conjugation

A

Answer: SECOND

B1. Which conjugation would an infinitive ending in a long ĪRE belong to?

Answer: FOURTH

B2. Which conjugation would an infinitive ending in a long ĒRE belong to?

Answer: SECOND

24
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Which case is used for the subject in a sentence?

A

Answer: NOMINATIVE

B1. Which case is used for the direct object in a sentence?

Answer: ACCUSATIVE

B2. What case is used for direct address?

Answer: VOCATIVE

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Which declension is identified by the singular genitive with a long -i

A

Answer: SECOND

B1. Which declension is identified by the singular genitive with an -is

Answer: THIRD

B2. Which declension is identified by the singular genitive with an -ae

Answer: FIRST

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How many declensions of nouns are there in Latin?

A

FIVE

B1: How many declensions of adjectives are there in Latin?

THREE

B2: How many cases are there in Latin?

SEVEN

27
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In what three ways must and adjective agree with the noun it modifies?

A

CASE, NUMBER, GENDER

B1: How must a relative pronoun agree with the noun it modifies?

GENDER & NUMBER

B2: How must an appositive agree with the noun it modifies?

CASE ONLY

28
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Identify the use of the ablative case in the following sentence: Mīlitēs Romānī armīs urbem defendērunt.

A

MEANS

B1: Translate that sentence.

THE ROMAN SOLDIERS DEFENDED THE CITY WITH ARMS

B2: Identify the use of the ablative here: Cicero magnā voce dīxit.

MANNER

29
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What do all of the following words have in common grammatically: posse, īre, iuvāre, habēre?

A

INFINITIVES

B1: …corpus, flumen, tempus, vulnus?

THIRD DECLENSION NEUTER

B2: …clam, fortiter, laetē?

ADVERBS

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