Bellum gerunt
Provide a derivative for: lingua
E.g., bilingual, multilingual, language, linguist, linguistics, linguiform, etc.
Translate: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
All Gaul is divided into three parts
Identify the word with which omnis agrees in the following sentence: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
Omnis agrees with Gallia
On what day and year did Julius Caesar die?
Ides of March 44 BCE (i.e., March 15)
Finibus
Provide a derivative for: Bellum
E.g., bellicose, belligerent, belligerence, rebel, rebellion, rebellious, antebellum
Translate: Gallos ab Aquitanis Garunna flumen dividit.
The Garonne river divides the Gauls from the Aquitani
What is the case AND use of lingua in the following sentence:
hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt.
ablative of respect/specification
Julius Caesar wrote Bellum Gallicum. What other piece of literature did he write?
Bellum Civile
Flumen
Provide a derivative for: proximi
E.g., proximity, approximate, approximation, proximal
Translate: a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt
They are very far away from the refinement and humanity of the province.
Identify the degree of fortissimi in the following sentence:
horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae
Superlative
Crassus & Pompey
Continenter
Continuously
Provide a derivative for: Mercatores
Translate: hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt.
All these differ among themselves in language, customs, and laws.
Name one of the two literary devices Caesar employs in the following sentence:
hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt.
Tricolon; asyndeton
Into what social class was Caesar born?
Patrician
Fere
Nearly
Provide a derivative for: flumen
Flume
Translate: proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
And they are nearest to the Germans, who live across the Rhine, with whom continuously they wage war.
What is the antecedent of quarum in the following sentence and why:
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae
In what year was Julius Caesar born?
100 BCE