Declension and Case
For puellās, identify the declension, case, number, and possible translation.
1st declension; accusative plural; “girls” as a direct object.
Is laudāre a 1st or 2nd conjugation verb? How do you know?
1st conjugation. Its infinitive ends in -āre.
Give the 1st-person plural forms of sum and possum.
sumus — we are
possumus — we can / we are able
Give the Latin words for:
4, 7, 9, 10
4 — quattuor
7 — septem
9 — novem
10 — decem
What was the basic garment worn by Romans of both sexes?
Tunic / tunica
Change servus to the accusative plural.
servōs
Give the present-tense plural forms of moneō. And english translation
monēmus — we warn
monētis — you all warn
monent — they warn
Servī ________ laborāre.
Fill in the correct form
possunt
“The slaves can work.”
Translate:
centum et mille
“100 and 1,000.”
What garment was traditionally associated with a respectable Roman citizen woman?
Only worn by married women
stola
Translate and explain the difference:
puella servum videt.
servus puellam videt.
“The girl sees the slave.”
“The slave sees the girl.”
Give the 1st-person plural present tense of laudō and translate it.
Laudamus- we praise
Puella est laeta, sed laborāre nōn potest.
“The girl is happy, but she is not able to work.”
Servī per viam ad forum ambulant.
Identify the prepositions and explain what case their objects must be in.
per + accusative
ad + accusative
Objects:
viam — accusative singular
forum — accusative singular
Translation:
“The slaves walk through the road/street to the forum.”
What could communicate Roman citizenship, gender, age, and social or political status? It was particularly associated with citizen men and public Roman identity.
Toga
A student translates dominōs as “masters” doing the action. Explain the mistake and give the correct case and number.
Dominōs is accusative plural, not nominative. It means “masters” as the direct object.
Dominus servōs vocat, sed servī dominum timent.
Translate
“The master calls the slaves, but the slaves fear the master.”
Give all six present-tense forms of possum.
1st sg.possum
2nd sg.potēs
3rd sg.potest
1st pl.possumus
2nd pl.potestis
3rd pl.possunt
Puella ambulat ad viā.
What is wrong?
Ad takes the accusative, so it should be:
Puella ambulat ad viam.
“The girl walks to the road.”
What was the Roman navy's main tactic to attack other ships?
Ram them to then board them
Rostrum
Puellae dominōs in viā vident.
Parse every noun for case and number, then translate the sentence.
puellae — nominative plural, subject
dominōs — accusative plural, direct object
viā — ablative singular after in
Translation:
“The girls see the masters in/on the road.”
Puellae magistrum laudant quod eum amant.
Identify the subject, direct object, and verbs, then translate.
Subject: puellae
Direct object: magistrum
laudant — they praise
amant — they love
eum — him
Translation:
“The girls praise the teacher because they love him.”
Dominī in viā sunt, sed servī in villā manēre possunt.
Translate and identify the forms of sum and possum.
“The masters are on/in the road, but the slaves can remain in the house.”
sunt — 3rd-person plural of sum
possunt — 3rd-person plural of possum
Decem servī per viam ad centum dominōs ambulant.
Identify:
The subject
The direct object
Both prepositions
The case of each prepositional object
The verb
The translation
Subject: decem servī
Direct object: centum dominōs
Prepositions: per, ad
viam and dominōs — accusative
ambulant — they walk
“Ten slaves walk through the road toward one hundred masters.”
What is the name of the bridge the Roman navy built to spike onto other boats?
Corvus