Grammar I
Case and function of omnes
Petit ante aliōs pulcherrimus omnēs /Turnus,
Acc. Object of Prep
Case and function of Saturne
Faunō Pīcus pater isque parentem / tē, Sāturne, refert, tū sanguinis ultimus auctor.
Vocative, direct address
Multī illam magnō ē Latiō tōtāque petēbant Ausoniā.
Many (men) from all of Latium and from all of Italy were seeking her (Lavinia)
Why does Latinus prefer Aeneas to Turnus for the marriage of his daughter?
The prophecy that she should marry a foreigner
What is the name of Camilla's father?
Metabus
Case and function of custos
et cūstōs virginis Argus / caelātāque amnem fundēns pater Īnachus urnā
Nom. subject
Case and function of Cornibus
At lēvem clipeum sublātīs cornibus Iō / aurō īnsignībat, iam saetīs obsita
Abl. part of abl. absolute
Nōn illum tēctīs ūllae, nōn moenibus urbēs / accēpēre neque ipse manūs feritāte dedisset:
Not any cities received him within their homes nor within their walls nor would he himself have surrendered due to his fierceness.
What event in Latium prompts the official beginning of the war between the Trojans and Latins?
Ascanius kills a sacred white pet deer
To what Latin tribe did Turnus belong?
Rutulians
Case and function of deum
sed variīs portenta deum terrōribus obstant.
Gen. possession
Case and function of cui
Cui triplicī crīnīta iubā galea alta Chimaeram / sustinet,
Dative of possession
Ipse inter prīmōs praestantī corpore Turnus / vertitur arma tenēns et tōtō vertice suprā est.
Turnus himself of outstanding body struts/turns himself among the front ranks holding his weapons and is/towers above by a whole head.
What is the name of city of Evander where Aeneas goes to seek allies in his war against the Latins?
Pallanteum
Name three characters/events depicted on the Shield of Aeneas
Battle of Actium, Romulus and Remus, Horatius Cocles at the bridge, death of Mettius Fufetius Rape of the Sabine women, Gallic siege of Rome, Augustus' triple triumph
Case and function of oneri
Ille, innāre parāns, īnfantis amōre tardātur cārōque onerī timet
Dat. of reference or interest
Type of subjunctive clause that velet is in
turbaque mīrātur mātrum et prōspectat euntem, / attonitīs inhiāns animīs, ut rēgius ostrō / vēlet honōs lēvēs umerōs,
Indirect question
fīlius huic fātō dīvum prōlēsque virīlis / nūlla fuit prīmāque oriēns ērepta iuventā est.
There was to him no son and no male offspring by the fate of the gods and his child upon rising/being born was snatched away at the beginning of his youth.
What character commits suicide in book 12 out of despair?
Queen Amata
What is the name of King Latinus' grandfather?
Picus
Case and function of nympha
Hunc Faunō et nymphā genitum Laurente Marīcā / accipimus,
Abl. of source
Case and function of labris
Hic nātam in dūmīs interque horrentia lustra / armentālis equae mammīs et lacte ferīnō / nūtrībat, tenerīs immulgēns ūbera labrīs
Dative with a compound verb
tam magis illa fremēns et trīstibus effera flammīs, / quam magis effūsō crūdēscunt sanguine pugnae.
The more that (chimera) was bellowing/roaring and wild/savage with grim flames, the more the battles grew violent with blood poured out.
Who are the two Trojans who go on a night raid and are killed trying to steal Latin armour (similar to the night raid of Odysseus and Diomedes in the Iliad)?
Nisus and Euryalus
From what area/region of Greece are the Strymonian cranes that Camilla allegedly hunted?
Thrace