A TENSE Situation
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 functions of the six cases (in the right order).
What are subject, possessive, indirect object, direct object, object of the preposition and direct address?
This is the meaning of the word solent in the phrase, "Tempus erat quō hominēs quiēscere solent."
What is "are accustomed"?
This was the name of the famous contractor responsible for the construction of Titus' arch.
What/who is Haterius?
Rome was founded on this many hills.
What is seven?
In the passive voice, these two tenses require the use of the participle.
What are perfect, future perfect and pluperfect?
These are the Genitive singular endings for the I, II and III Declensions (in the right order).
What are -ae, -ī and -is?
The word arcūs (with the macron) can either mean "the arches" or "___ the arch."
What is "of the arch"?
What is seven?
~~DAILY DOUBLE!!~~
During the Republic, the two most senior magistrates who presided over the senate held this office.
What is consul?
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?
~~DAILY DOUBLE!!~~
"Paulō ante hōram prīmam..." means:
a) Paulus was present in the first hour...
b) A little before the first hour...
c) Paulo was absent in the first hour...
d) For Paul his aunt was of prime importance...
What is b) "A little before the first hour..."?
This was the name of the leader of the Jews who had rebelled and retreated to Masada.
What/who is Eleazar?
The center of the city of Rome and the whole Empire was called by this name (two words).
What is Forum Rōmānum?
The presence of these four letters between the perfect stem and the present ending of a verb indicates a pluperfect subjunctive.
What is "-isse"?
The odd one out in this list of mostly second declension nouns: puer, servus, carmen, dōnum.
What is carmen (third declension)?
In the phrase "Mī Deus! Mī Deus! Respice mē!" the word respice means:
a) rescue
b) answer
c) hide
d) look upon
e) remember
What is d) look upon?
Salvius was anxious about the completion of the arch because he had recommended Haterius to this man.
Who was the Emperor (Domitian)?
Jerusalem was destroyed by this Roman Emperor during his father's reign.
Who was Titus?
This is the degree of an 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?
This is the meaning of the word clāde in the phrase "in illā clāde periērunt multa mīlia Iūdaeōrum.
What is crisis?
What is an altar?
This Emperor had boasted that he had received Rome built with brick and left it built of marble (urbem laterīciam accēpī marmoream reliquī).
Who was Caesar Augustus (Octavian)?