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In Latin, this case is used for indirect objects.

Dative Case

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Avārus, Avāra, Avārum

Greedy, avaricious
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This prominent river flows through the City of Rome and today divides this city from Vatican City

Tiber River

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In classical Latin, the letter "u" was often written as what other letter?

"V"

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Directly to the north of the Italian Peninsula, this mountain range helped to separate Rome from the wilderness of Gaul

The Alps

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The Second Declension (Masculine) accusative plural case ending is...

-ōs

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To help, aid, assist

Iuvō, Iuvāre

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Latin remains an official language of this sovereign nation or power

Holy See (Vatican City)

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When one adds the suffix -ne to a Latin word, what does this word become?

An interrogative (question)

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Bellus, Bella, Bellum

Pretty, handsome, charming

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Nouns in the Genitive Case perform this "job" or function in Latin sentences.

Possessive

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Quoque

Also

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The Latin term for the "ruling patriarch" of a Roman family

Paterfamilias

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All finite verbs are characterized, or "limited" by tense, number, mood, person, and ______?

Voice (Active or Passive)

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Name the missing language derived directly from Latin: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French

Romanian

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Nouns in the Accusative Case can be the objects of this kind of prepositional phrase.

Adjectival

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DAILY DOUBLE:  Fluvius, Fluviī (M)

River

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In Ancient Rome, most people, whether slaves or free citizens, wore this long garment; patricians alone wore the toga over the top of this garment

Tunic

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In Latin, this type of verb most frequently appears at the end of sentences

Predicate Verb

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In Ancient Rome, this type of name was typically used only by members of the patrician class

Cognomen

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Fīlia, Fīliae (F) takes this irregular Dative and Ablative plural ending.

-ābus

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Mora, Morae (F)

Delay

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Eventually reduced to just a city, this prominent, North African empire was one of Rome's greatest rivals for a time, especially on the island of Sicily, where Rome grappled with this civilization for political control

Carthage

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In Latin, the suffix -que functions as what word?

(Example: Marcus, Quintus, Iuliaque sunt in familia)

And

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Translate the following sentence into English: Fāma Romae est magna quod virī Romae sunt magnī.

The fame of Rome is great because the men of Rome are great.