States Questions—Novice Flashcards
What use of the accusative besides direct object is used in the following sentence: Milites Romani viam quinque milia passuum longam fecerunt.
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.
What case would “gods” be in the following sentence: We offered sacrifices to the immortal gods?
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
Which of the following cannot take both the accusative and the ablative: sub, in, ab, super?
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
The Latin verbs fero, duco, facio, and dico all share what grammatical peculiarity?
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
What is unusual about the prepositions super, sub, and in?
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
What use of the ablative is found in the following sentence: Frāter et soror ad casam magnā cum celeritāte cucurrērunt?
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
Which does not belong grammatically: ab, in, inter, ad?
AB
B1: What case can in, inter, and ad take?
ACCUSATIVE
B2: How would you say “among us” in Latin?
INTER NOS
What use of the ablative is found in the following sentence: breves Romani cum matre ad forum ierunt.
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
Which of the following is not second declension: castra, carrus, liberi, virtus?
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
Which of the following verbs does not take its object in the accusative case: aperio, credo, minuo, terreo
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
Give the corresponding form of the relative pronoun for the following sentence: We met the men who had been attacked.
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
POSCO, CANO, TRADO, CURRO, and STO all belong to which category of Latin Verbs?
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
Partitive, description, and possession are all uses of what case in Latin?
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
Which of the following prepositions does NOT govern the accusative case: pro, per, propter, prope?
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
Which of the following nouns is NOT first declension: hora, arma, domina, porta?
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
Identify the use of the ablative case in the following sentence: Mīles magnā cum virtute pugnāvit.
MANNER
B1: … “Quartō diē adveniēmus.”
TIME WHEN
B2: … “Perīculō urbem līberāmus.”
SEPARATION
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.”
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
Question number five. How about naming five different cases for me?
Answer: SEE BELOW
B1 & B2. Excellent! Now for both boni, give me the other two cases
Answer: NOMINATIVE, GENITIVE, DATIVE, ACCUSATIVE, ABLATIVE, VOCATIVE,
LOCATIVE
What case is used to show the direct object in a Latin sentence?
Answer: ACCUSATIVE
B1. What case does the preposition cum take?
Answer: ABLATIVE
B2. What case does the preposition inter take?
Answer: ACCUSATIVE
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?
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
Which of these does not belong by conjugation: pulso, paro, pingo, seco
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
Which word does not belong: ad, per, inter, PRO, per
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
Which principal part is generally used to identify a verb’s conjugation
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
Which case is used for the subject in a sentence?
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
Which declension is identified by the singular genitive with a long -i
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
How many declensions of nouns are there in Latin?
FIVE
B1: How many declensions of adjectives are there in Latin?
THREE
B2: How many cases are there in Latin?
SEVEN
In what three ways must and adjective agree with the noun it modifies?
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
Identify the use of the ablative case in the following sentence: Mīlitēs Romānī armīs urbem defendērunt.
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
What do all of the following words have in common grammatically: posse, īre, iuvāre, habēre?
INFINITIVES
B1: …corpus, flumen, tempus, vulnus?
THIRD DECLENSION NEUTER
B2: …clam, fortiter, laetē?
ADVERBS
