A TENSE Situation
If the stem of a participle ends with -ns or -nt, this is the tense of the participle.
What is present tense?
This case is crucial for determining the stem of a noun.
What is genitive?
The phrase "Deus...homō factus est" means that: a) God made man; b) God was made man; c) God is making man; or d) God has affection for man.
What is b) God was made man?
The busy part of Rome that the young woman walked through in the story titled "Adventus" was known as the: a) Sūbaru; b) Cerēbro; c) Cerberus; or d) Subūra.
What was d) Subūra?
While the lūdī circensēs were chariot races, the lūdī scaenicī were these.
What were theatrical shows?
The presence of these four letters between the perfect stem and the present ending of a verb indicates a pluperfect subjunctive.
What is "-isse"?
Participles are verbal ________.
What are adjectives?
In the phrase "vīvus ā discuplīs suīs vīsus est," the word vīsus means: a) alive; b) having lived; c) seeing; or d) having been seen
What is c) having been seen?
This was the name of the Greek philosopher woman that arrived for Haterius's birthday party: a) Euriposyn; b) Eeyespiyen; c) Eupherosyn; d) Euphrosynē; e) Europerson.
What is d) Euphrosynē?
While pantomimes were somber and solo performances by distinguished actors, these other performances were more farcical and slapstick, involving several actors.
What were mimes?
This tense, when in the subjunctive mood, contains the entire infinitive of a verb.
What is Imperfect?
Besides case, adjectives match their nouns in these two other criteria.
What are number and gender?
By saying "Ūnus Deus sōlus adōrandus est," Tychicus was referring to this one of the Ten Commandments.
What is I. You shall have no other gods before me?
This word refers to the morning visitation of clients to a patron's home in Roman culture.
What is salūtātiō?
These were the colors of the four teams (factiōnēs) that competed at the games.
What were white, red, blue and green?
In the first and second conjugations, future tense verbs "mirror" this other tense.
What is imperfect?
All plural genitive nouns end in these two letters (and may include other letters before them).
What is -um?
The phrase "Nōs Chrīstiānī...ad caelum ascendēmus" means Christians can look forward to this.
What is going to heaven?
Tychicus was a critic of this man.
Who was Paris (the actor)?
Besides simply cheering for their favorite team, in spectators used this method to proactively diminish their opponents' success.
What were curses (dēfīxiōnēs)?
In the passive voice, these three tenses require the use of the participle.
What are perfect, future perfect and pluperfect?
In this declension, nouns are mostly feminine, unless derived from the word for "day," in which case they are masculine.
What is fifth?
When Tychicus was beaten and thrown out for having preached the Gospel, a few of those watching "tacēbant, quod Chrīstiānī erant ipsī," meaning this.
What is "they were silent because they themselves were Christians"?
Tychicus was a client of this man.
Who was T. Flavius Clēmēns?
The Circus Maximus could hold this many spectators.
What is 250,000?