Vocabulary
History/Myth
Grammar
Scansion
Derivatives
100
Define the word genus.
Race
100
Who was Octavian's advisor?
Maecenas
100
In a sentence with a linking verb, what case does the complement take?
Nominative
100
The last foot of a verse is always a ________________.
Spondee
100
From what Latin verb is the word eject derived?
Iacio
200
Define the word passus.
Suffered
200
When was Vergil born?
70 BCE
200
What case do indirect objects take?
Dative
200
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum The first foot of this line is a _______________.
Spondee
200
The English word patience is derived from what Latin verb?
Patior
300
Define the word memoro.
Recount
300
Where was Vergil born?
Andes near Mantua in northern Italy
300
What are verbal adjectives called?
Gerundives
300
The final foot of a verse is called the _______________.
Anceps
300
From what Latin noun does the word savage derive?
Saevus
400
Define the word dives.
Riches
400
What were the Sortes Vergilianae?
To open the Aeneid at random and use the first line your eyes fall on as an omen of good or evil.
400
What declension noun endings does the present participle use?
Third
400
pensam insomnia terrent. Scan the last three feet of this line.
Spondee, dactyl, spondee
400
What is the littoral zone in a lake?
The weedy area near the shoreline.
500
What is the latin word for shore?
Litora or ora
500
Name Vergil's two pastoral works.
Eclogues and Georgics
500
What do we call the intentional omission of a word or phrase from a sentence?
Elipsis
500
multa uiri uirtus animo multusque recursat Scan this line.
DSSSDS
500
The word collision is derived from what Latin verb?
Laedo
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