Verbs
List all 6 present tense verb endings!
-o
-s
-t
-mus
-tis
-nt
When I say Nominative you say?
Subject
Dionysus/Bacchus turned this group of men into these animals to save them from drowning (after he sank their ship). Name the group of men and the animal they changed into!
Which god created a musical instrument out of cow intestines and a tortoise shell, and what other god did he give it to as a gift? Also what was the instrument called?
Hermes/Mercury created the Lyre and gave it to Apollo
What Latin word is a translation of your teacher’s last name?
Villa - house
What is the only irregular verb that you know?
Sum, esse (to be)
When I say Ablative you say?
Prepositions (ad, ex, in, etc.)
Zeus/Jupiter changed this woman into an animal to disguise the fact that he was cheating from his wife Hera/Juno. Name the woman and the animal she changed into!
Io - Cow
What were caused by the sadness and happiness of the goddess Demeter/Ceres when her daughter Persephone/Proserpina had to come and go from the underworld?
The seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)
Which Latin word gives us English words like current and curriculum?
Curro, currere - to run
List 6 different verbs that you know in their infinitive forms!
Amare - to love
Videre - to seeHabere - to have/hold
Habitare - to live
Clamare - to shout
Ridere - to laugh/smile
Laudare - to praiseRogare - to ask
When I say Accusative you say?
Direct Object
This goddess of prudence turned herself into this small animal and was swallowed by Zeus/Jupiter while she was pregnant. As a result, Athena/Minerva was later born out of Zeus/Jupiter’s head. Name the goddess and the animal she changed into!
Metis - Fly
Who was the queen of the underworld and what did she eat that made her have to stay there for 6 months out of the year?
Persephone/Proserpina - 6 pomegranate seeds
Which Latin word gives us English words like legible and legend?
Lego, legere - to read
What is the infinitive form of the Latin word “sum” and how is it translated?
Esse - to be
Very few masculine nominative words have this ending instead of the normal -us.
-r (puer, vir, liber, etc.)
This weaver was turned into an animal by the goddess Athena/Minerva because she wove a tapestry that insulted Zeus/Jupiter. Name the girl and the animal she changed into!
Arachne - Spider
Which god was thrown off of Mt. Olympus by his father (or mother)?
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Which Latin word gives us English words like video and visual?
Video, videre - to see
What is the only verb you know that only appears in its third person singular form?
Inquit - says
What is the Ablative, plural, feminine ending, and how is it different from the ablative, plural, masculine ending?
-is & they’re exactly the same
This hunter was changed into an animal by the goddess Artemis/Diana when he stumbled upon her bathing in the woods. Name the hunter and the animal he became!
Actaeon - Stag
Which two gods/goddesses contended for the right to be the patron of an important Greek city, and what did each offer as a gift?
Athena/Minerva - olive tree
Poseidon/Neptune - salt-water spring
Which Latin word gives us English words like dormitory and dorm?
Dormio, dormire - to sleep