Vocabulary
dea, deae, f.
goddess
What are the three grammatical genders?
Masculine, feminine, neuter
The Egyptians believed that ____ were the earthly forms of the goddesses Isis and Bastet.
cats
Nouns and adjectives do NOT have to have the same...
endings
Give the person, number, and tense, then translate:
stābat
3rd person, singular, imperfect
"he was standing"
prō
in front of
An adjective must agree with the noun that it modifies in what ways?
To Rome, the most important commodity from Egypt was...
grain
Give the case, number, and gender:
viā magnā
ablative, singular, feminine
Give the person, number, and tense, then translate:
eratis
2nd person, plural, imperfect
nēmō
no one
For neuter nouns, the accusative is ALWAYS the same as the...
nominative
Which technique revolutionized glass-making and caused other methods to die out?
glassblowing
Give the case, number, and gender:
saxa dura
nominative/accusative, plural, neuter
Give the person, number, and tense, then translate:
petunt
3rd person, plural, present
"they seek"
obstō, obstāre, obstitī
obstruct, block the way
For neuter nouns, the nominative plural ALWAYS ends in...
-a
Place the following rulers of Egypt in chronological order:
-Persian empire (ruled ~200 years)
-Roman empire (ruled ~600 years)
-Ptolemaic dynasty (ruled ~300 years)
-Egyptian pharaohs (ruled ~2600 years)
-Egyptian pharaohs
-Persian empire
-Ptolemaic dynasty
-Roman empire
Give the case, number, and gender:
servī fidēlis
genitive, singular, masculine
Give the person, number, and tense, then translate:
advēnimus
1st person, plural, perfect
"we arrived"
soleō, solēre
to be accustomed, to be wont
Some 3rd declension nouns and adjectives are i-stems. For i-stems, which TWO cases are different than the regular 3rd declension?
Ablative singular and genitive plural
By changing the chemical balance, glass-makers discovered that they could change the color of glass. Which color became the most popular?
clear (or no color)
Give the case, number, and gender:
mīlitibus fortibus
dative/ablative, plural, masculine
Give the person, number, and tense, then translate:
mīserat
3rd person, singular, pluperfect
"he had sent"