Vocabulary
Define the word pestilentia.
plague
Give an English derivative for the Latin word creo.
creature
How do you translate a perfect passive participle?
having been verbed.
positive, comparative, superlative
Agamemnon
Define the word uva.
grape
Give an English derivative for the Latin word prudentior.
prudence
Perfect passive participles are formed from the ______ principal part.
4th
Comparative adjectives use ________ declension endings.
Who is the mother of Orestes?
Klytemnestra
Define the word misceo.
mix
Give an English derivative for the Latin word uva.
uvula
Perfect passive participles use ___________ declension endings.
first and second
Neuter comparative adjectives end in ________.
-ius
Who composed the three Theban plays (Oedipus trilogy)?
Sopocles
Define the word nimis.
too much
Give an English derivative for the Latin word haurio.
exhaust
Translate the sentence:
Cornelii Sextum in fossa vulneratum ab lupo reliquerunt.
The Cornelians left Sextus in a ditch after he was wounded by the wolf.
Sextus est stultior quam Marco.
Sextus is more stupid than Marcus.
Who was Oedipus' wife?
Jocasta
Define the word sino.
allow
Give an English derivative for the Latin word scindo.
rescind
Translate the sentence:
Uxores missorum in proelium pacem speraverunt.The wives of those sent into battle hoped for peace.
Otis est obesissimus ursorum omnium.
Otis is the fattest of all the bears.
Who composed the Oresteia trilogy?
Aeschylus