A TENSE Situation
These are the four principal parts of a verb (in the right order).
What are present tense, infinitive, perfect tense and perfect passive participle?
These are the functions of the six cases (in the right order).
What are subject, possessive, indirect object, direct object, object of the preposition and direct address?
Modestus called Bulbus a homuncule, which means: a) an uncle; b) an onion; c) a monster; d) a midget.
What is d) a midget?
The plan to assassinate King Cogidubnus originated with: a) either Rūfilla or Metella; b) either Quīntus or Clēmēns; c) either Memor or Cephalus; d) either Salvius or the Emperor; e) Caecilius or Cerberus.
What is d) either Salvius or the Emperor?
Roman engineers used these two constructions to keep their roads as straight as possible, crossing any plains, forests, mountains, rivers, valleys, marshes and deserts which stood in their way.
What are bridges and tunnels?
All tenses which include the word perfect (except the Imperfect tense, which is NOT perfect) take this stem.
What is the perfect stem?
These are the Genitive singular endings for the I, II and III Declensions (in the right order).
What are -ae, -ī and -is?
What is to spare?
Memor passed on the responsibility of assassinating Cogidbunus to: a) Clēmēns; b) Cephalus; c) Quīntus; d) Memor; e) a band of armed guards.
Who was b) Cephalus?
~~DAILY DOUBLE!!~~
Roman surveyors used this device, as well as smoke and fire signals, to map out the straightest and shortest practical route between two points.
What is a grōma?
These are the perfect tense endings.
What are -i, istī, it, imus, istis, -ērunt?
In this gender, the Nominative Plural always ends in -a.
What is neuter?
Bulbus fell down exanimātus, meaning he became this.
What is unconscious?
Cephalus died tying to: a) protect the king; b) poison the king; c) punish the king; d) praise the king; e) prevent the king from entering the baths.
What is b) poison the king?
An agger was an embankment which raised the roadway about three feet in order to ensure both drainage and this tactical advantage.
What is being able to see enemy troop movements?
These are the pluperfect endings.
What are -eram, -erās, -erat, -erāmus, -erātis, erant?
The odd one out in this list of mostly second declension nouns: puer, servus, fōns, dōnum.
What is fōns (third declension)?
Modestus bravely waited until Bulbus had turned his tergum before punching him, which means he turned his ______ .
What is his back?
Cogidubnus had previously received many of these from Rome, which he know hurled to the ground.
What are badges/honors?
Along the cursus pūblicus (Imperial post) a rider could secure fresh horses at posting stations (called mutātiōnēs) and stay at the mansiōnēs (resthouses) so long as they carried a government warrant known as this.
What was a diplōma?
This is the degree of an adverb when the ending is -ius.
What is the comparative degree?
This is the degree of the adjective when the ending is -issimus
What is the superlative degree?
What is stop?
Cogidbunus announces dramatically at the end of our reading, that Britannia was now [this].
What is conquered?
Innkeepers (caupōnēs) were known for being: a) kind and hospitable; b) hospitable but frugal; c) dishonest; d) wealthy; e) religious.
What is c) dishonest?