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?
The noun and participle in this ablative absolute construction, arcū dēdicātō, are both in this case.
What is ablative?
The phrase epistulam ad Haterium scrīptam tenēbat means a) she was holding a letter written by Haterius; b) she was holding a letter written to Haterius; c) she was sent to Haterius with ten scribes; d) she was sent to Haterius to train a scribe.
WHat is b) she was holding a letter written to Haterius?
This was the engineering innovation that allowed Haterius to construct the splendid arch of Titus.
What was a crane (polyspaston)?
What is c) the Roman Republic?
In the passive voice, these three tenses require the use of the participle.
What are perfect, future perfect and pluperfect?
The two words in the noun + adjective pair "bonī sacerdōtēs" (meaning good priests) have different endings because they belong to different _____ while agreeing in case, number and gender.
What are declensions?
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The phrase Diē Illūcēscente means: a) When the day had dawned; b) As the day was dawning; c) the brightness of the day; d) brighter than the day; or e) gods of the island.
What is b) As the day was dawning?
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These were two ways in which Haterius and Salvius were related.
What are patron-client, and through marriage to the sisters Vitellia and Rufilla?
This was the name of the Senate house/the place where the Senate convened.
In the phrase importātī erant, which two English words "added" together result in had, indicating the pluperfect tense?
What are "having" (from having been imported) and "were" (erant)?
Present Active Participles take their endings from this declension.
What is III (third)?
The phrase "frūmentō expositō" means: a) Fruits for export; b) Grains for export; c) When the grain was exported; d) Once the grain had been unloaded.
What is d) "once the grain had been unloaded"?
The ancestors of Haterius (also named Haterius) had risen to this rank in Roman society.
What was consul?
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The words tot and tantaeque in the phrase tot tantaeque erant sarcinae ut servus eās ferre vix posset are words that signal a) a purpose clause; b) an indirect command; c) a result clause; or d) a cum clause.
What is c) a result clause?
These are the Genitive singular endings for the IV and V Declensions (in the right order).
What are -ūs and eī?
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Haterius hoped to attain the rank of consul by first being made this.
What was a priest?
Who was Vesta?
The phrase multitūdine obstupefacta est is an ablative absolute: true or false?
False!
This is the meaning of Cloāca Maxima.
What is the Great Sewer?
Salvius sold Haterius a plot of land on which this famous Roman family was buried.
Who were the Scipii?
This was the name of the road that ran right though the Roman Forum.
What was the Via Sacra?