Grammar Misc.
Case and function of manus: multī ad deōs manūs tollere
Acc. D.O.
Case and function of cubiculum: Irrūpit cubiculum meum māter;
Acc., D.O.
Pliny's mother was what relation with his uncle
His uncle's sister
Proinde quid cessātīs ēvādere
Then/therefore why do you hesitate to evade/escape?
What large city founded by Greeks near Misenum translates to "New City"
Naples/Neapolis
Case and function of mortālitātis : miserō, magnō tamen mortālitātis sōlāciō—
Gen. objective
Case and function of omnia: ut nōn movērī omnia sed vertī crēderentur.
Nom. Subject
The friend of Pliny's uncle who urges younger Pliny and his mother to escape came from what country
Spain
Nam vehicula quae prōdūcī iusserāmus...agebantur
For vehicles, which we had ordered to be led forth, were being driven
When Pliny tells Tacitus the following, what part of the Aeneid is he referring to?
‘Quamquam animus meminisse horret, ... incipiam."
Telling Dido about the Trojan War
Case and function of exigenti: litterīs quās exigentī tibi dē morte avunculī meī scrīpsī,
Dat., modifying tibi (I.O.)
Case and function of studiis: Profectō avunculō ipse reliquum tempus studiīs—ideō enim remānseram— impendī;
Dat. with compound verb (impendeo)
Based on the following, how old was Pliny the younger at the time of the eruption?
agēbam enim duodevīcēnsimum annum
17
Hunc identidem assurgentēs excutiēbāmus
What does Pliny mean by the following: Ego contrā salvum mē nisi ūnā nōn futūrum
That he would not consider himself safe unless his mother were also safe
What kind of condition is the following:
opertī aliōquī atque etiam oblīsī pondere essēmus.
Past CTF (operti...essemus)
Case and function of hora: Iam hōrā diēī prīmā, et adhūc dubius et quasi languidus diēs.
Abl of time when
What is Pliny saying in the following:L
Respondimus nōn commissūrōs nōs ut dē salūte illīus incertī nostrae cōnsulerēmus.
They wouldn't leave Misenum without first knowing about the fate of uncle Pliny
Haec nēquāquam historiā digna nōn scrīptūrus legēs
You will read these things by no means worth of history non intending to write (them)
Tacitus' writings about the eruption of Vesuvius would have been under which Roman emperor
Titus
Why is augerent subjunctive?
Nec dēfuērunt quī fictīs mentītīsque terrōribus vēra perīcula augērent
Relative clause of characteristic
Case and function of prudentiae: quodque in pavōre simile prūdentiae, aliēnum cōnsilium suō praefert,
Dat. with adj, (simile)
Bithynia
Occursābant trepidantibus adhūc oculīs mūtāta omnia altōque cinere tamquam nive obducta.
All things changed and covered with deep ash as if with snow were meeting/coming before our still trembling eyes
What is the Ancient capital city of Campania?
minus formīdolōsus quia Campāniae solitus;
Capua