Perseus
in urbe Alexandriā
apud Barbillum
Latin grammar
Miscellaneous
100

Ille (He) est nepōs Acrisiī.

Perseus!

100

This great general gave the city its name.

Alexander the Great.

100

Hic iuvenis, sedens prope Barbillum, negōtium agēbat.

Quīntus.

100

In Latin there are three genders of nouns: masculine, feminine, and...

neuter.

100

This Latin word means "although."

quamquam

200

Ille (He) Danaēn in litōre invēnit

piscātor

200

This goddess was celebrated in a sumptuous parade ending at the Great Harbor.

Isis.

200

Hic vir erat medicus.

Petrō.

200

One way to show possession in Latin is by using the ________ case.

genitive.

200

These four irregular imperatives summon the Quamquam to action.

dīc, dūc, fac, fer.

300

Hic deus et haec dea Perseō auxilium dedērunt.

Apollo Minervaque.

300

This was the famous lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.

The Pharos.

300

Hic servus erat vīlicī Barbilī.

Phormiō.

300

This verb form means "more than past."

Pluperfect.

300

This is the chemical symbol for gold.

Au (aurum).

400

Nōs sumus sorōrēs Medūsae.

Graeae aut Gorgōnēs.

400

Name one of the famous scholars who studied at the Great Library of Alexandria.

Hypatia, Hero, Eratosthenes, Mary the Jewess...

400

Hoc erat signō (in caelō) periculōsō, quod astrologus timēbat.

Scorpiō.

400

This is the name of a verbal adjective, ending in -ns, -ntis.

Present participle.

400

According to the ancient historian Suetonius, how many times was Caesar stabbed by Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators?

XXIII

"...tribus et viginti plagis transfixus est."

500

Ille (He) est rēx īnsulae "Seriphos."

Polydectēs.

500

This style of glassmaking is named for the Italian term meaning "a thousand flowers."

millefiori

500

Hae sunt navēs parvae, in quibus Barbillus, Quīntus, et servī crocodīlōs agitābant.

scaphae.

500

Put hic, haec, hoc into the genitive plural. 

hōrum, hārum, hōrum

500

Scholars believe Perseus was a myth originally told in the middle east because of the shape of his weapon, which was a...

falx, or sickle-shaped sword.

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