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Syntax & Grammar Rules Flashcards

1
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Cum + imperfect/pluperfect verb

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Cum Circumstantial

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Cum Circumstantial

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Circumstances an action took place

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Verb of saying, knowing, thinking + interrogative word + verb in subjunctive mood

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Indirect question

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Present/Future/Future Perfect + present

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Same time or after

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Present/Future/Future Perfect + Perfect

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Time before

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Imperfect/Perfect/Pluperfect + Imperfect

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Same time or after

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Imperfect/Perfect/Pluperfect + Pluperfect

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Time Before

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ut/ne + present/imperfect subjunctive

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Pure Purpose Clause

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Pure Purpose Clause

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Answers the question why

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Verb of commanding, persuading, urging + ut/ne + subjunctive

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Indirect command

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11
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This word never forms indirect commands

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iubeo

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iubeō, veto, cupio take these two things

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Infinitive and a subject accusative

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Relative pronoun + present/imperfect subjunctive verb

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Relative clause of purpose

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tantus/tam/ita + ut/ne + present/imperfect subjunctive verb

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Result clause

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15
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So before an adjective is translated as

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tam or ita

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16
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So before an adverb is translated as

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sic or ita

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priusquam + subjunctive verb

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Priusquam Clause of Anticipation

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18
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Priusquam Clause of Anticipation

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An act as anticipated

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19
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priusquam

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Before

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dum + subjunctive verb

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Dum Clause of Anticipation

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21
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Dum Clause of Anticipation

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Denote anticipation or expectancy

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22
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dum

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Until

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Verb of saying, knowing, thinking + noun in the accusative case + infinitive verb

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Indirect Statement

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24
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Action happens same time as main verb

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Present infinitive

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25
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Action happens before main verb

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Perfect infinitive

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26
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Action happens after main verb

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Future infinitive

27
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ne/ut/ne non + verb/expression of fearing + subjunctive mood

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Substantive clause of fearing

28
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Fear that something may happen, is happening, has happened

29
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Expresses a fear that something may happen, is not happening, or has not happened

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ne non or ut

30
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Fearing clauses express this

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An opposite wish of what the speaker fears

31
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Gerundive

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Future passive participle. It is also a verbal adjective in passive voice

32
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Present stem + nd/end + endings of Magnus

33
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Gerundives agree in these 3 ways

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Gender, number, and case

34
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gerundive in the genitive is used with:

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causa or gratia

35
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dative of the gerundive

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Used with indirect object or the dative with adjective

36
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accusative gerundive + ad

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Indicates purpose

37
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Most common use of ablative gerundive

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Ablative of means

38
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sum + gerundive + dative of agent

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The passive periphrastic (i.e. gerundive of obligation)

39
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Gerundive of obligation or passive periphrastic denotes

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Obligation, necessity that something must be done

40
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Person on who obligation rests

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Dative of agent

41
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Gerund

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Verbal noun ending in “ing”

42
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Present stem + nd/end + neuter endings of second declension

43
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What two ways can a gerund never appear?

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Nominative and plural

44
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If a gerund takes a direct object what is it generally found as

45
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What form is the nominative gerund in

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Infinitive

46
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Genitive case + nouns

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Object genitive

47
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Genitive case gerund + adjectives

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Used to complete the meaning

48
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Genitive case of the gerund + causa or gratia

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Denote purpose

49
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Which case of the gerund is hardly used

50
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Ad(other preps) + gerund

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Denotes purpose

51
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Ablative case of the gerund is generally used as

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An ablative of means

52
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Which prepositions may take the ablative gerund

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Ab, de, ex, in

53
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If a verb in the main clause is used in the perfect tense then the infinitive in the indirect statement is translated as

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Is/are➡was/were
Has➡had
Will➡would

54
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Volitive present plural 1st person subjunctive is how it’s usually found. Expresses the will of a person.

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Hortatory subjunctive

55
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Example of hortatory subjunctive

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Let us live

56
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Volative subjunctive that can be found in either the plural or singular 1st person. Occasionally uses imperfect tense.

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Deliberative subjunctive

57
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What does the deliberative do?

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Asks the intentions of the person, asks about the will of the person addressed

58
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Quid faciam: what should I do

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Deliberative subjunctive

59
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A volitive subjunctive that can be found in the 2nd or 3rd person plural and singular.

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Jussive/Prohibitive subjunctive

60
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Which case is it rare for the jussive to be found in?

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2nd person

61
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What does the jussive subjunctive do?

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Like a polite command

62
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Sapies (may you be wise)

Dicat (let him tell)

63
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Prohibits and is negated by ne

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Prohibitive subjunctive

64
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Examples of prohibitive subjunctive

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ne pugnetis (may you not fight)

ne respiciat (may he not look back)

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