Case
gender & number
Noun functions
parts of speech
References
100

The adjective PROXIMĀ uses this case to indicate "time when"

PROXIMĀ nocte dum dormit Psychē, iterum adest marītus ille 

What is ABLATIVE? 

100

The noun NOCTE (line 1) has this as its gender and number.  

proximā NOCTE dum dormit Psychē, iterum adest marītus ille

FEMININE SINGULAR

100

MARITUS is functioning as the ________ in this first sentence?

proximā nocte dum dormit Psychē, iterum adest MARITUS ille et 'Psychē,' inquit, 'uxor cāra, ego tē valdē amō

What is SUBJECT ?

100

The word UXOR is said to be this part of speech.

'Psychē,' inquit, 'UXOR cāra, ego tē valdē amō et tibi omnia dō quae cupis

What is a noun 

100

EGO in line 2 refers to this character.

'Psychē,' inquit, 'uxor cāra, EGO tē valdē amō et tibi omnia dō quae cupis

Who is Cupid

200

The pronoun TIBI uses this case to show that it is an indirect object.

'Psychē,' inquit, 'uxor cāra, ego tē valdē amō et TIBI omnia dō quae cupis.

What is DATIVE

200

The adjective CARA has this gender and number.

'Psychē,' inquit, 'uxor CARA, ego tē valdē amō et tibi omnia dō quae cupis

What is FEMININE SINGULAR?

200

The pronoun TE is functioning as the ___________ of the sentence in line 2. 


'Psychē,' inquit, 'uxor cāra, ego TE valdē amō et tibi omnia dō quae cupis.

What is DIRECT OBJECT? 

200

INQUIT (line 2) is an example of this part of speech.

'Psychē,' INQUIT, 'uxor cāra, ego tē valdē amō et tibi omnia dō quae cupis

What is a VERB?


200

The pronoun TIBI (line 3) refers to this character.

'Psychē,' inquit, 'uxor cāra, ego tē valdē amō et TIBI omnia dō quae cupis

Who is Psyche?

300

The word LUCE (line 3) is in this case.

sī mē in LUCE videris, numquam ad tē redībō.'

What is ABLATIVE?  

300

The pronoun EAM in line 6 has this gender and number.

Psychē diū sic vivit : interdiū  vōcēs EAM cūrant, nocte gaudet complexibus marītī.

What is FEMINE SINGULAR

300

The word MARITI in line 4 is best translated "of her husband"  and therefore is said to show ______________ in this sentence.  

Psychē, ubi MARITI verba audit, valdē trīstis est

What is POSSESSION? 

300

NON in line 3 is an example of this part of speech.

sed NON licet tibi vultum meum vidēre

What is an ADVERB?

300

The pronoun EAM (line 6) refers to this character.

Psychē diū sic vivit : interdiū  vōcēs EAM cūrant, nocte gaudet complexibus marītī.

Who is Psyche?

400

The noun MARITI in line 4 uses this case to show possession.

Psychē, ubi MARITI verba audit, valdē trīstis est,

GENITIVE

400

The pronoun EI in line 6 (end of first paragraph) has this gender and number.

Psychē, ubi marītī verba audit, valdē trīstis est, sed oscula marītī cōnsōlātiōnem EI ferunt.

FEMININE SINGULAR

400

The word UXOR (line 2) is in the vocative case and therefore expresses ___________ in this sentence.  

et 'Psychē,' inquit, 'UXOR cāra, ego tē valdē amō et tibi omnia dō quae cupis.

DIRECT ADDRESS

400

SED in the second sentence in the 2nd paragraph (line 7) is an example of this part of speech

What is a CONJUNCTION?

400

The relative pronoun QUAE (line2) refers back to this word in the same sentence.

Also known as its antecedent.  

What is OMNIA (all things which....)?

500

The noun COMPLEXIBUS in line 7 glossed in the margins as meaning "in the embraces" uses this case.

interdiū  vōcēs eam cūrant, nocte gaudet COMPLEXIBUS marītī

What is ABLATIVE

500

The noun OSCULA (meaning "kisses") in line 4 uses this gender and number.  

Psychē, ubi marītī verba audit, valdē trīstis est, sed OSCULA marītī cōnsōlātiōnem eī ferunt

What is NEUTER PLURAL?

500

The noun OSCULA in the sentence below is functioning as the _________ in this context. 


Psychē, ubi marītī verba audit, valdē trīstis est, sed OSCULA marītī cōnsōlātiōnem eī ferunt

What is the SUBJECT?

500

The simple letter  Ē  in the sentence below is an example of this part of speech.

Psȳchē Ē lectō exsilit lucernamque accendit;

What is a PREPOSITION
500

The relative pronoun QUAE in the second to last sentence refers back to this word earlier in the sentence.  

sed lucerna illa stillam oleī ardentis ēmittit, QUAE in Cupīdinem cadit.

What is STILLAM?