Nouns & Adjectives
In what aspects does an adjective have to agree with its noun?
gender, number, and case
What are the four principle parts?
1) first person, singular, present, active, indicative
2) present, active, infinitive
3) first person, singular, perfect, active, indicative
4) perfect, passive, participle
Name an indeclinable noun
there are many possible answers
Did the Romans use macrons?
no
Which river runs through Rome?
the Tiber
Name two forms (gender, number, case, and declension) which have the same ending
there are many possible correct answers
What are the six tenses in Latin and how do you translate each?
1) present: I do/am doing
2) imperfect: I was doing
3) future: I will do
4) perfect: I did
5) pluperfect: I had done
6) future perfect: I will have done
name an adjective (NOT A PRONOUN) that declines like ille, illa, ilud
(get the nine common ones from Wheelocks)
Write/say a (grammatical) sentence in Latin. It can mean anything, but it must be at least three words long.
many possible answers
Name four uses of the ablative
ablative of means, ablative of time, ablative of location, with a preposition, etc.
Write out the present, passive, indicative paradigm for a verb of your choice
amor
amaris
amatur
amamur
amaminiamantur
What are the two meanings of "hic"?
this (pronoun) and here (adverb)
How can you tell the difference between regular and reflexive pronouns?
For first and second person, context. For third person they are different words.
Who is referred to as the "divine twins"?
Castor and Pollux
In what aspects must a genitive agree with the noun they go with?
none of them
Why are -io verbs 3rd conjugation instead of fourth?
Because of the present, active, infinitive ending
What does the phrase "rei publica" literally translate to?
the public thing
Name a preposition that doesn't (or doesn't always) take the ablative.
ablatives of motion (in, sub, super) take the accusative
How did Virgil tie Caesar's family line into the Aenied?
He made Aenius' son the start of the Julian gens.
How are third declension adjectives different from third declension nouns?
(double check with Wheelocks, but I think the singular ablative is different)
What is the first, singular, perfect, active, indicative of ferro?
tuli
Give the N sg, G sg, and gender of one noun from each declension (that you know)
many possible answers
Write the full paradigm for hic, haec, hoc (you get extra time for this one)
hic, huius, huic, hunc, hoc; hi, horum, his, hos, his
haec, huius, huic, hanc, hac; hae, harum, his, has, his
hoc, huius, huic, hoc, hoc; haec, horum, his, haec, his
Name one of the languages in the Italian peninsula before Latin
Oscan, Italic, Rassenna, etc.