Grammar
What is a Declension? How many do we have in Latin?
A declension is a grouping of Nouns that share the same set of endings.
There are five declensions in Latin
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)
What are the names of the sons of Pelops?
Atreus and Thyestes
Thyestēs uxōrem Atreī corrumpit.
Thyestes seduces the wife of Atreus
Frāter, fratris m.
Brother
What are the five main cases we use in Latin?
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative
Whose wife is seduced?
Atreus
Īnsidiās igitur contrā frātrem cōgitat.
He plans an ambush against his brother.
Cēna, -ae f.
dinner
What DECLENSION is this word in?
Rex, regis
3rd declension
What is Atreus not able to do?
Tolerate the crime his brother committed.
Quārē fīliōs parvōs meī frātris necābō secābōque.
Therefore I will kill and cut up my brother's small sons.
Membrum, ī n.
Limb
What CASE is the word HISPANIA using in the following sentence:
Rex HISPANIAE donum filiō fluminā dat.
Genitive, 'of spain'
What is Atreus’s plan? What two things is he going to do?
He plans on killing his nephews and serving them for dinner.
Thyestēs suōs fīliōs mortuōs in mēnsā videt.
Thyestes sees his dead sons upon the table.
Inveniō, -īre, vēnī, -ventus
to find, discover
What CASE is the word URBS using in the following sentence:
Agricola rēgī Hispaniae pecuniam in URBE dat.
Ablative, object of the preposition
'in the city'
She has black two cats.
What is Ms. Riedlinger's favorite candy?
Peanut M&Ms
Necō, necāre, necavī, necātum
to kill