Pluperfect/perfect tense
Translate: devastaveram
I had devastated
Gender, #, and case of parvus tumultus
male, nom., sing.
Case and function:
Consilium igitur novum cepit
Acc. D.O.
Deinde nauta epistulam avunculo dedit
Then the sailor gave my uncle a letter
What ancient instrument is Nero alleged to have played while Rome burned?
Lyre
Translate: Ieci
I threw
Gender, #, and case of magnarum manuum
fem, pl., genitive
Case and function:
Fortasse Nero imperator dolo id fecit
Abl. of Means
Itaque sine impedimentis flammae omnia devastabant
Ando so the flames were devestating everything without obstacles
What year was the great fire of Rome?
64 A.D.
Translate: Corripueratis
"Y'all had seized"
Gender, #, and case of longo impetui
male, sing, dat.
Case and function:
Avunculus epistulam legit et statim intellexit in monte Vesuvio esse incendium magnum
Acc. S.A.
Nam summa nubes in multas partes sicut in ramos separabatur
For the top of the cloud was being separated into many parts as if into branches
Translate: dente lupus, cornu Taurus petit
The wolf attacks with its teeth, the bull with its horn(s)
Turn temptamus into the pluperfect
temptaveramus
Gender, #, and case of triste cornū
nom. or acc. neuter sing.
Case and function:
Nam eis, qui omnia sua omnesque suos amiserant, propter dolorem iam non erant vires
Dative of possession
Nam eis...propter dolorem iam non erant vires
For the was not longer strength to them on account of pain/suffering
What Roman biographer provides us with the most scathing and negative portrayal of the emperor Nero?
Suetonius
Turn Curris into the perfect
cucurristi
Gender, #, and case of fortis iussūs
male, sing, genitive
Case and function:
Avunculus meus Miseni erat classis praefectus
Locative case, expressing location
Domibus non erant munimenta, templis non erant muri
There were not fortifications for houses, there were not walls for temples
What Emperor immediately preceded Nero
Claudius