A TENSE Situation
These are the two tenses we have learned so far in the SUBJUNCTIVE mood.
What are Imperfect and Pluperfect?
These are the six cases (in the right order).
What are Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative and Vocative?
Rūfus, ē prīncipiīs ēgressus, ad valētūdinārium contendit.
Rufus, having gone out of the headquarters, hurried to the hospital.
This was the name of Rufus's father.
What is Barbillus?
A roman century (commanded by a centurion) consisted of this many legionaries.
What is 80?
The presence of these four letters between the perfect stem and the present ending of a verb indicates a pluperfect subjunctive.
What is "-isse"?
These are the functions of the six cases (in the right order).
What are subject, possessive, indirect object, direct object, object of the preposition and direct address?
Ad lectum prōgressus, rogāre parābat cūr Quīntus ad castra vulnerātus squālidusque vēnisset.
Having advanced to the bed, he was preparing to ask why Quintus had come to the camp wounded and dirty.
This is the Latin name for a hospital, derived from the phrase meaning "be well" or "farewell."
What is valētūdinārium?
This was the title given to the Roman legionary tasked with carrying the golden eagle.
What is aquilifer?
These are the four principal parts of a verb (in the right order).
What are present tense, infinitive, perfect tense and perfect passive participle?
These are the Genitive singular endings for the I, II and III Declensions (in the right order).
What are -ae, -ī, and -is?
Quīntus tamen in animō volvēbat num hic mīles sibi crēditūrus esset.
Quintus however was wondering [turning in his mind] whether this soldier was going to trust [believe in] him.
Because he was too injured to speak, Quintus pointed to this object lying on a table, in order to let Rūfus know he was a friend of his father.
What is a letter?
This officer lived in the praetōrium of a Roman military camp.
Who was the Commander?
This tense, when in the SUBJUNCTIVE mood, contains the entire infinitive of a verb.
What is Imperfect?
In this GENDER, the Nominative Plural always ends in -a.
What is neuter?
"Amīce," inquit, "tibi maximās grātiās agō quod tot beneficia patrī meō praestitistī.
"Friend," he said, "I give you great thanks because you have shown so many kindnesses to my father."
This was Quintus's full name.
What is Quīntus Caecilus Iūcundus?
This was the name of the great hall on the far side of the courtyard, where the commander worked with his officers, interviewed important local people, and administered military justice.
What is basilica?
This is the degree of the ADVERB when the ending is -ius.
What is the comparative degree?
This is the degree of the ADJECTIVE when the ending is -ior.
What is the comparative degree?
Rūfus, haec locūtus, ē valētūdināriō quam celerrimē exiit ut Agricolam certiōrem faceret.
Rufus, having said these things, left from the hospital as quickly as possible in order to inform Agricola.
At first, Rufus was so moved that he could not do this; he then thanked Quintus, close to tears.
What is speak?
This is the Latin name given to an eight-man section, accommodated in a pair of long, narrow rectangular buildings.
What is contubernium?