LATIN COMP
T or F: All ablative uses include a preposition.
False
The Roman Republic was founded in this year:
509 BC
Which ablative construction answers the question "With whom?" and takes the preposition cum and a (physical) ablative?
Accompaniment
What infinitive use? Dominus servum in villam INTRARE iussit.
Accusative
Possumus magnum agrum videre?
Are we able to see the great field?
What infinitive use? Cur voluisti hic saepe STARE, Marce?
Complementary
What infinitive use?Postquam vos cenavimus, ad cubitum IRE voluimus
Complementary
Cornelius erat sollicitus quod Flavia dormiebat.
Cornelius was worried because Flavia was sleeping.
T or F: After many years of wandering, Aeneas dies in Carthage in the hands of Dido.
False
T or F: An adjective must agree with its noun in its ending.
False
T or F: Apollo, also called Phoebus, is king of the gods.
False
T or F: Cincinnatus was so beloved by the Roman people that he retained his dictatorship for life.
False
T or F: Diana is the goddess of beauty and love
False
T or F: English and Latin tend to follow the same word order.
False
T or F: Every Latin sentence must have an explicit subject.
False
T or F: Homer composed the epic poem Aeneid.
False
T or F: Imperative verbs ask questions.
False
T or F: Imperfect verbs can usually be rendered by the construction "will be verbing."
False
T or F: Infinitive verbs can never be complementary.
False
T or F: Intransitive verbs take a Direct Object.
False
T or F: King Numa Pompilius waged constant war against the Etruscans.
False
T or F: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the last king of Rome.
False
T or F: Nouns are the most important part of speech.
False
T or F: Nouns are the most important parts of speech.
False
T or F: Regular imperfect verbs can be recognized by their 'bi' infix.
False
T or F: Roman Numerals can only count up to 100.
False
T or F: The Imperfect tense is made from the 3rd principal part.
False
T or F: The Perfect tense is made from the 4th principal part.
False
T or F: The Romans traced their heritage back to Agamemnon and the Greeks.
False
T or F: The Sabine women preferred to die rather than stay with their Roman husbands.
False
T or F: The perfect and imperfect endings are identical.
False
T or F: The vocative case is used for the direct object.
False
T or F: There are four different declensions for verbs.
False
T or F: Third declension adjectives cannot modify neuter nouns.
False
T or F: Verbs are the least important part of speech.
False
T or F: While fighting the Etruria, Mucius Scaevola volunteered to protect the Romans while they destroyed the bridge behind him.
False
Camillus was able to save Rome from total destruction in the early 4th Century BC; which invaders did he chase out?
Gauls
The Greek Slave has seen the noble senator in the city.
Graecus Servus vidit nobilem senatorem in urbe.
Amo nuntium quod ex urbe venit.
I love the messenger because he comes from the city.
Volo videre in foro aedificium magnum
I want to see the great building in the forum.
Raedam in viam magna arte agebam.
I was driving the carriage into the road with great skill.
What infinitive use? Vobis in horto CENARE licet.
Impersonal
Secunda hora, nuntius advenit
In the second hour, the messenger arrives.
Necesse est nobis in cubiculo dormire, quod pernoctare in via est periculosum.
It is necessary for us to sleep in the bedroom, because it is dangerous to spend the night in the road.
Marcus tenet baculum quod iratus est.
Marcus holds the stick because he is angry.
Which ablative construction answers the question "How?" and takes an ablative but no preposition?
Means
Mater mea virgam arripit et miserum canem verberat, quod irata est.
My mother grabs a stick and beats the miserable dog, because she is angry.
Soror mea iussit regem audire legatum fortem.
My sister ordered the king to hear the strong envoy.
Nemo auxilium ferebat.
No one was bringing help.
Which ablative construction answers the question "From where?" and takes a preposition and an ablative?
Place From Which
Which ablative construction answers the question "Where?" and takes a preposition and an ablative?
Place Where
Which office was concerned with the Roman judicial system?
Praetor
Sextus cauponam videbat.
Sextus was seeing the inn.
What infinitive use? In via nocte AMBULARE periculosum est.
Subject
Syrus non potebat cisium videre neque fossam vitare.
Syrus was not able to see the carriage nor avoid the ditch.
Pueri nuntium ad portam ducebant.
The boys were leading the messenger to the gate.
Agricola canem ramo magno repellere non potuit, quod nauta ramum poetis bonis dabant.
The farmer has not been able to drive off the dog with a great branch, because the sailor was giving a branch to the good poets.
Puer laetus in hortum saepe currit.
The happy boy often runs into the garden.
Equus onus per urbem trahit.
The horse drags the load through the city.
Agricola ignavus filiam reprehendebat.
The lazy farmer was blaming his daughter
Nuntius et dominus cenabant in horto agricolae, sed in magnam urbem ibant.
The messenger and master were dining in the garden of the farmer, but they were going into the great city.
Mater puellam docet villam curare.
The mother teaches the girl to take care of the country house.
Gemit senator quod ancilla ad urbem venire non potest.
The senator groans because the maid is not able to come to the city.
Miles multos cives in via vidit, et voluit puellae bonae iocum narrare.
The soldier saw many citizens in the road, and he wanted to tell a joke to the good girl.
Fortis puerum puella ignavum terret.
The strong girl frightens the lazy boy.
Which ablative construction answers the question "When?" and takes an ablative but no preposition?
Time When
Which office had veto power and championed the lower classes?
Tribune
T or F: Achilles is the strongest of all the Greeks.
True
T or F: Adjectives have the same gender, number, and case as the nouns they modify.
True
T or F: Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
True
T or F: Both nouns and verbs can be separated into stems and endings.
True
T or F: Changing the ending of a Latin word can change its function in the sentence.
True
T or F: Cincinnatus is the ideal of a model Roman citizen-farmer.
True
T or F: During the Trojan war, Hector was in command of the Trojan army.
True
T or F: Infinitive verbs are not conjugated.
True
T or F: Many early Roman heroes were well respected, even by their enemies.
True
T or F: Pietas is the essential Roman virtue.
True
T or F: Prepositions tell the relationship between two things.
True
T or F: Some third declension adjectives have the same endings for masculine and feminine.
True
T or F: Subjects must agree with their verbs in number.
True
T or F: Tarquinius Superbus constructed the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline.
True
T or F: The Roman Republic was formed in 509 BC.
True
T or F: The Romans conceived of their gods as anthropomorphic.
True
T or F: The Romans trace their heritage through Romulus and Remus back to Mars.
True
T or F: The declension of a noun can be determined from its genitive singular.
True
T or F: The genitive case is used without a preposition.
True
T or F: The imperative mood is used to issue direct commands.
True
T or F: The imperfect tense is used to describe ongoing action in the past.
True
T or F: The nominative singular and accusative singular of neuter nouns are always identical.
True
T or F: The perfect tense is used to denote completed action in the past.
True
T or F: The typical word order for a Latin sentence is Subject -> Object -> Verb.
True
T or F: Third declension adjectives have -i in the ablative singular
True
T or F: Venus is the mother of Aeneas.
True
T or F: When memorizing a verb, it is necessary to learn all four principal parts.
True
I wanted to go into the large garden and to see the many dogs there.
Volui ire in magnum hortum et videre multos canes ibi.
Omnia paramus quod Romae hodie redimus.
We prepare all things because we return to Rome today.
Dum miles et servi in caupona cenant, nemo in hortum intrare potuit.
While the soldier and the slaves were dining in the inn, no one was able to enter the garden.
Cur e silva in rivum ambulatis, puellae?
Why are y'all walking from the woods into the stream, girls?
Cur senatores princeps ad urbem revocat?
Why does the emperor recall the senators to the city?
Cur celebas cibum in cubiculo?
Why were you hiding food in your bedroom?
Decline the adjective noun pair (ager agri) + (ingens ingentis) in the singular:
ager ingens agri ingentis agro ingenti agrum ingentem agro ingenti
Decline the adjective noun pair (ager agri) + (ingens ingentis) in the plural:
agri ingentes agrorum ingentium agris ingentibus agros ingentes agris ingentibus
Conjugate the verb amo, amare in the present tense.
amo amas amat amamus amatis amant
Decline the word arbor, arboris.
arbor arboris arbori arborem arbore arbores arborum arboribus arbores arboribus
Decline the adjective noun pair (caupo cauponis) + (scelestus a um) in the singular:
caupo scelestus cauponis scelesti cauponi scelesto cauponem scelestum caupone scelesto
Decline the adjective noun pair (caupo cauponis) + (scelestus a um) in the plural:
caupones scelesti cauponum scelestorum cauponibus scelestis caupones scelestos cauponibus scelestis
Decline the word cubiculum, cubiculi.
cubiculum cubiculi cubiculo cubiculum cubiculo cubicula cubiculorum cubiculis cubicula cubiculis
Conjugate dormio dormire in the imperfect tense.
dormiebam dormiebas dormiebat dormiebamus dormiebatis dormiebant
Conjugate sum esse in the imperfect tense.
eram eras erat eramus eratis erant
Decline the adjective/noun pair "fortis e + corpus corporis" in the singular.
forte corpus fortis corporis forti corpori forte corpus forti corpore
Decline the adjective/noun pair "fortis e + corpus corporis" in the plural.
fortia corpora fortium corporum fortibus corporibus fortia corpora fortibus corporibus
Conjugate sum esse in the perfect tense.
fui fuisti fuit fuimus fuistis fuerunt
Conjugate habeo habere in the imperfect tense.
habebam habebas habebat habebamus habebatis habebant
Decline the adjective/noun pair "laetus a um + mater matris" in the singular.
laeta mater laetae matris laetae matri laetam matrem laeta matre
Decline the adjective/noun pair "laetus a um + mater matris" in the plural.
laetae matres laetarum matrum laetis matribus laetas matres laetis matribus
Decline the noun/adjective pair "magnus a um + frater fratris" in the plural.
magni fratres magnorum fratrum magnis fratribus magnos fratres magnis fratribus
Decline the noun/adjective pair "magnus a um + frater fratris" in the singular.
magnus frater magni fratris magno fratri magnum fratrem magno fratre
Decline the adjective/noun pair "omnis e + nuntius i" in the singular.
nuntius omnis nuntii omnis nuntio omni nuntium omnem nuntio omni
Decline the adjective/noun pair "omnis e + nuntius i" in the plural.
omnes nuntii omnium nuntiorum omnibus nuntiis omnes nuntios omnibus nuntiis
Conjugate possum posse in the present tense.
possum potes potest possumus potestis possunt
Conjugate possum posse in the imperfect tense.
poteram poteras poterat poteramus poteratis poterant
Conjugate possum posse in the perfect tense.
potui potuisti potuit potuimus potuistis potuerunt
Decline the word servus, servi.
servus servi servo servum servo servi servorum servis servos servis
Conjugate the verb sum, esse in the present tense.
sum es est sumus estis sunt
Conjugate fero ferre in the perfect tense.
tuli tulisti tulit tulimus tulistis tulerunt
Decline the word villa, villae.
villa villae villae villam villa villae villarum villis villas villis
