Grammar Hammer
Complete the following analogy: taberna : tabernam :: leo : _____.
leonem
Translate the following sentence: “I see the slave.”
ego servum video.
The forum in Pompeii contained at least 5 of these kinds of buildings.
What are temples?
Give the Latin noun and its meaning from which the word “vocation” is derived.
What is vocat / calls?
The drunken Grumio thinks this animal is attacking him in the dining room.
What is a lion?
Complete the sentence with the correct verb:
tu non ___________ laetus.
(sum / es / est)
What is es?
Translate:
quis anulum habet?
Who has the ring?
Political speeches were given from the front steps of this building.
What is the Temple of Jupiter?
If a person were having pecuniary difficulties, what kind of problem would s/he be having - social, moral, physical, or financial?
financial
Wheeled traffic was prevented from entering the forum by this physical obstacle.
What is a row of upright stones?
Complete the sentence with the correct verb:
ego ceram ______________ .
(habeo / habet / habet)
What is "habeo"?
Translate the following sentence into English: “tu pecuniam habes.”
“You have (the) money.”
From the graffiti in Pompeii, we know that people were complaining about this problem.
What is noise at night?
Jon’s desire for knowledge was insatiable. Give the Latin word and its meaning from which “insatiable” is derived.
What is satis / enough?
Caecilius calls Hermogenes to this building to settle their legal dispute.
What is the basilica?
Identify the case of the underlined word:
mercator pecuniam non reddit.
What is nominative?
Translate the following Latin sentence:
tu villam circumspectas.
You look around the house.
To ensure the shopkeeper gave fair measures, the forum contained this.
What is a public weights and measures table?
Events proved the politician to be mendacious. Give the Latin word and its meaning from which “mendacious” is derived.
What is mendax / liar?
eheu! is a Latin exclamation. Does it express amazement, joy, pain or disappointment?
What is disappointment?
Give the Latin word for you have.
What is habes?
Translate the following sentence: ego in foro ambulo.
I walk/am walking in the forum.
The building used by cloth traders, named for the wealthy woman who bought it.
What is Eumachia's building?
The students viewed an annular eclipse of the sun. From what Latin word does “annular” come? What did the sun appear like?
What is anulus / ring?
Caecilius pecuniam tradit. quis pecuniam non reddit?
Who is Hermogenes?