Translation Sentences
Grammar
Derivations
Culture
Dido and Aeneas
100

Manus gladiatoris tollebatur

The hands were raised by the gladiators.

100
How do you translate a perfect passive participle?

Having been

100

Of or relating to the sense of hearing

Aural

100

 The first stone Amphitheater was built where?

Pompeii

100

Where was Aeneas from?

Troy

200

aliquis in popīnam ingreditur

Someone entered into the bar

200

3 passive voice tenses take the two word verb forms. What are they?

Perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

200

Happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky

Fortuitous

200

All of the following was worn by upper-class Roman women except the

Toga

200

Who was Dido?

Queen of Carthage

300

nūntiī ad lēgātum celeriter missa sunt.

Nuntius, nuntii, m- Message

Legatus, I, m- commander

Mitto, mittere, missi, missus- to send

The messege has been sent to the commander quickly

300

Deponent verbs are verbs that...

Look passive and translate active

300

Easily done, performed, used

Facile

300

Receiving a wooden sword means that a gladiator had

Earned their freedom

300

Who was Anchises?

Aeneas' Father

400

nōs gladiātōrem līberātum vidēmus.

Libero, liberare, liberavi, liberatus- to free


We see the gladiator having been freed.

400

What is an ablative of personal agent?

The "by" in the ablative case after a passive voice verb

400

Extremely bold, reckless, or daring

Audacious

400

In ancient Rome, damnatio ad bestias, or "condemnation to wild beasts" was a form of

Capital punishment

400

Aeneas' son, Ascanius, became Iulus, who became the ancestor of which family?

Julius Caesar's

500

Canis a nobis, ā līberīs scelestīs captae , aquam dabatur.

Nos, nostrum- us

Scelestis- wicked

The dog was given water by us, having been captured by the wicked children. 

500

How do you translate an ablative of means?

"with" the ablative case noun

500

Convincing, forceful, persuasive

Cogent

500

The job of enslaved women, known as ornatrices, was to

Style the hair and makeup of a Roman woman

500

What happened to Creusa, Aeneas' first wife?

She died trying to escape Troy.