Vocabulary
Tenses
Singular / Plural
Translation
Roman Slavery
100

postquam

after

100

What tense is festīnat?

Present

100

ancilla in cubiculo (dormit, dormiunt)

dormit

100

Caecilius est in horto

Caecilius is in the garden

100

Name one way a master could free a slave.

Invite to the couch, take before a magistrate, in the master's will upon his death

200

ferōciter

fiercely

200

What tense is festīnabat?

Imperfect

200

agricolae (erat, erant) iratae

erant

200

puella ambulat

the girl walks

200

Name two ways a person might become a slave.

Captured in battle, pirates, selling yourself into slavery, parents were slaves

300

fūr, fūris

thief

300

What tense is est?

Present

300

(fur, fures) in via ambulant

fures

300

actores adsunt

the actors are here

300

What would a libertus do for his former master?

become his client, visit him during the year, pay respects, take his name, work for him

400

emo, emere

to buy

400

What tense is festīnaverunt?

Perfect

400

pater et mater ad theatrum (festinat, festinant)

festinant

400

senes dormiebant

the old men were sleeping

400

Name two things a liberta might do to earn a living.

marry her master, seamstress, hairdressers, nurses, shopkeepers, artisans, money lenders

500

vituperō, vituperāre

blame, curse

500

What tense is erat?

Imperfect

500

venalicii ancillam in foro (emebat, emebant)

emebant

500

Pompeiani ad theatrum festinaverunt

the Pompeians hurried to the theater

500

Define the word "manumissio"

literally "sending out from the hand," the act of freeing a slave

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