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Was That a Rhetorical Question
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"I recognize" in Latin

what is agnosco

100

This character disguises himself/herself in the woods in order to talk to Aeneas

Who is Dido

100

parce is an imperative and takes the _________ case.

what is the dative case

100

when a verb is shortened or abbreviated for the sake of rhythm/rhyme scheme, we call it a __________ verb.

what is syncopated
100

the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses

what is anaphora

200

Accusative plural of "iron" 

what is ferra

200

Keeper of the south winds appointed by Jupiter, Juno gives him her loveliest nymph, Deiopia, in return for letting out the winds to attack Aeneas' fleet

Who is Aeolus

200

dux nomine erat has an example of this type of ablative

What is an ablative of respect

200
citius is a ________ (degree) __________ (part of speech).

what is comparative adverb

200

the continuation of a unit of thought beyond the end of one verse and into the first few feet of the next.

what is enjambment

300

"I speak to my brother"

what is for fratri

300

the son of Aeneas

who is Ascanius

300

The adjective memor, memoris takes this case

what is the genitive case

300

The two ways to express a comparison in Latin are:

what are 1.ablative of comparison and 2. quam with the thing being compared in the same case 

300

an overabundance of conjunctions.

what is polysyndeton

400

"the everlasting air is present" (air is feminine)

what is aeterna aer adest

400

The name of the Trojan who spoke to Dido for the Trojan men

Who is Illioneus

400

the tense, mood, person, number and voice of nesciat

what are present, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular, active
400

the translation of the gerund fandi

what is "of speaking"

400

the expression of an idea by means of two nouns connected by a conjunction instead of by a noun and a modifying adjective, or by one noun modified by another. EG vincilis et carcere = vincilis carceris

what is hendiadys

500

"to that degree, the fields will appear even"

what is adeo arva aequa apparebunt

500

The brother of Dido

who is Pygmalion

500

introgressi is shortened for introgressi sunt. The translation of this sentence is:

Teucri introgressi sunt

what is "The Trojans have entered"

500

This sentence uses the Dative of Possession. Put it into Latin:

"We had a king Aeneas"

what is rex nobis erat Aeneas
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an extended and elaborate description of a work of art, a building, or a natural setting.

what is ecphrasis

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