Latin Lit
Who was the first Roman historiographer?
Cato the Elder
How does a gerund differ from a gerundive?
Gerunds are always neuter and do not modify nouns. Gerundives do modify nouns and thus match their noun in gender, number, and case.
Nex, necis f.
Death, destruction
This poet wrote many poems about a love interest given the pseudonym Lesbia. He also wrote the 116 poems in his Libellus in a variety of meters, including hendecasyllabic, elegiac couplets, Sapphic strophe, and, in a few instances, dactylic hexameter.
Catullus
The supine can occur in these two cases.
Accusative and Ablative
Caecus, a, um
Blind
This Roman historian was known for his use of archaisms and wrote Bellum Catilinae and Bellum Iugurthinum?
Sallust
'Cavillor' is a ____ deponent verb.
Diminutive
Pudet
It shames (impersonal)
This poet, like his friend Vergil, was supported by the patron Maecenas. He fought on the losing side at the Battle of Philippi.
Horace
These two cases can have the reason 'Penalty'.
Genitive and Ablative
Postremo
Finally
This Hispanian poet is considered the inventor of the modern epigram.
Martial
'Capesso' is a _____ verb, a type of ____ verb.
Meditative, intensive
Ubicumque
Wherever