verbs
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb and translate the sentence:
ego tremores (sensit, senistī, sensī).
ego tremores sensī.
I felt the tremores.
This is the MOST COMMON usage of the dative case.
What is the indirect object, "to/for _______"?
This character dominum frustra custodiebat.
Quis est Cerberus?
laetissimus, ferocissimus, pulcherrimus, optimus, etc
What is superlative?
The MOST happy, SUPER ferocious, REALLY pretty, the BEST, etc
THIS is tacked on to the first word in the sentence to form a neutral question.
What is -ne?
ex: tune tremores sensistī?
Did you feel the tremors?
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb and translate the sentence:
Alexander fratribus rogavit, "vosne nubem mirabilem (conspeximus, conspexistis, conspexerunt)?"
Alexander fratribus rogavit, "vosne nubem mirabilem conspexistis?"
Alexander asked his brothers, "Did you guys see the funky cloud?"
These three special verbs take the dative case, meaning they always want a dative near by.
favet, favit - to support someone in the dative
credit, credidit - to trust/believe someone in the dative
placet, placuit - it is pleasing to someone in the dative (mihi placet = I like it)
This character's final words were "ego te amo. ego semper te amavī."
Quis est Metella? (talking to Lucia)
This adjective is the level between regular adjectives and superlative adjectives:
callidior, tristior, iratior, melior
What is comparative?
smarter, sadder, angrier, better
THIS WORD starts a question that's snarky/sassy/rhetorical/shows disbelief.
What is num?
ex: Poppaea hominibus rogavit, "num vos in thermīs manetis? mons iratus urbem delet!"
Surely you're not just going to stay in the baths? The volcano is destroying the city!
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb and translate the sentence:
multī Pompeianī per vias (cucurrimus, cucurrit, cucurrerunt).
multī Pompeianī per vias cucurrerunt.
Many Pompeians ran through the street.
Identify the dative & why that word is in the dative case (i.e. what type of dative is it?):
Caecilius Holconio favit (until Holconius was so rude to him during the volcano!!).
Caecilius Holconio favit.
Caecilius supported Holconius.
Holconio is dative because special verb favet, favit always takes the dative.
Clemens had a near death experience, but he survived thanks to THIS deity protecting him in their temple.
Quis est Isis?
This word can be used two ways with adjectives:
Alexander callidior est ______ Quintus.
"______ pulcher est Alexander!"
What is quam?
Alexander callidior est quam Quintus. (Alexander is smarter than Quintus.)
"quam pulcher est Alexander!" (How cute is Alexander! Alexander is soooo cute!)
THIS WORD starts a question that expects the answer to be "yes!".
What is nonne?
Ex: nonne tu nubem mirabilem vidistī?
Didn't you see the funky cloud?
List all the forms of the three tenses of verbs we know.
present - o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
imperfect - bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant
perfect - ī, istī, it, imus, istis, erunt
Identify the dative & why that word is in the dative case (i.e. what type of dative is it?):
Caecilius Clementī anulum dedit et exclamavit, "quaere Quintum!"
Caecilius Clementī anulum dedit et exclamavit, "quaere Quintum!"
Caecilius gave the ring to Clemens and shouted, "find Quintus!"
dative indirect object "TO Clemens"
This character was comforting Thrasymachus and Diodorus after Alexander's death when Clemens found them.
Form all three degrees of the adjective for strange/funky/odd/unique/extraordinary.
mirabilis - funky
mirabilior - funkier
mirabilissimus - the MOST funky
Translate all of the following question words:
quis/qui
quid
ubi
cur
quis/quī - who?
quid - what?
ubi - where?
cur - why?
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb and translate the sentence:
in villa (dormiebam, dormiebas, dormiebamus) et subito sonos magnos audivī!
in villa dormiebam et subito clamorem ingentem audivī!
I was sleeping in my house and suddenly I heard a huge noise!
Identify the datives & why those words are in the dative case (i.e. what type of datives are they?):
Caecilius sacrificium laribus fecit quod laribus semper credebat.
Caecilius sacrificium laribus fecit quod laribus semper credebat.
Caecilius made a sacrifice TO the household gods because he always believed in/trusted them.
first laribus - dative indirect object
second laribus - dative with special verb credit, credidit
These three men refused to listen to Poppaea urging them to flee the baths and died shortly after.
Qui sunt Lucrio, Afer, & Pantagathus?
(Felix was also there, but he was team Poppaea)
Form all three degrees of the adjective "good".
bonus - good
melior - better
optimus - best
Translate the following questions:
1. Grumione nunc pirata est?
2. Num Grumio nunc pirata est?
3. Nonne Grumio nunc pirata est?
1. Is Grumio a pirate now?
2. Surely Grumio isn't a pirate now, right?
3. Isn't Grumio a pirate now?