Taylor's State Cards Flashcards
In Cornelius Nepos’ description of Cato the first sentence states: “In omnibus rebus singulari fuit industria.” Which adjective best describes Cato?
Energetic
In line 1 of Nepos’ passage industria appears. What are its case and number?
Ablative singular
In line 1 of Nepos’ passage iuris appears. What are its case and use?
Genitive - special adjectives
In line 3 of Nepos’ passage “ut non facile reperiri possit” appears. What type of subjunctive is ut introducing?
Result clause
In line 3 of Nepos’ passage “quod ei fuerit incognitum” appears. What is the subject of possit?
Quod (line 4)
In line 5 of Nepos’ passage earum appears. To what does it refer?
Historias (histories)
In line 6 of Nepos’ passage “unde quaeque civitas orta sit Italica” appears. Why is sit subjunctive?
Indirect question
In line 6 of Nepos’ passage appellasse appears. What literary device is this an example of?
Syncope
In Cicero’s De Senectute “Ego vestros patres, tu, Scipio, tuque, Laeli, viros clarissimos mihique amicissimos, vivere arbitror.” To whom is Cato speaking?
Scipio and Laelius
In line 2 of Cicero’s passage In Cicero’s De Senectute, line 2 states: “Ego vestros patres, tu, Scipio, tuque, Laeli, viros clarissimos mihique amicissimos, vivere arbitror.” Which of the following is NOT true about Scipio and Laelius’ fathers?
That they live their lives alone
In line 2 of Cicero’s passage arbitror appears. What is its best translation?
I think
In line 2 of Cicero’s passage “ea vita quae est sola vita nominanda” appears. What is nominanda?
Gerundive
In line 3 of Cicero’s passage munere appears. What is its case and use?
Ablative of means
In line 5 of Cicero’s passage “credo deos immortales sparsisse animos in corpora humana” appears. What is the best translation of sparsisse?
To have scattered
In line 5 of Cicero’s passage “ut essent, qui terras tuerentur” appears. How is ut best translated?
So that
In Hirtius’ De Bello Gallico line 2 states: “castrisque in eorum finibus positis equitum turmas dimittit in omnis partis ad aliquos excipiendos ex quibus hostium consilia cognosceret.”
Two
In line 2 of Hirtius’ passage omnis appears. What case is it?
Accusative
In line 3 of Hirtius’ passage “equites officio functi renuntiant paucos in aedificiis esse inventos.”
Were found
In line 3 of Hirtius’ passage “non qui agrorum colendorum causa remansissent… sed qui speculandi causa essent remissi.” Why had a few Bellovaci stayed at home?
To spy on the Romans
In line 3-4 of Hirtius’ passage colendorum and speculandi appear. What is true about their forms?
The first is a gerundive
In line 4 of Hirtius’ passage “Caesar quaereret quo loco multitudo esset Bellovacorum quodve esset consilium eorum.” What does Caesar ask?
Where the Bellovaci are and what they plan to do
In line 4 of Hirtius’ passage “Bellovacos omnis qui arma ferre possent in unum locum convenisse.” Who has gathered together?
The fighting men of the Bellovaci
In Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita line 1 states: “Hannibal recto itinere per Umbriam usque ad Spoletium venit.” What type of ablative is recto itinere?
Ablative of means
In line 2 of Livy’s passage “cum magna caede suorum repulsus” appears. To whom does suorum refer?
Hannibal’s men
