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VERBA
LATINA
CASVS
NOMINVM
PRE-ROMAN
HISTORY I
DISAMBIGUATION
(G.Sg. vs. N.Pl.)
PRE-ROMAN
HISTORY 2
100
This word means 'slave woman.'
What is ancilla?
100
The subject of the verb is called this.
What is the Nominative case.
100
The father of the Trojan prince Aeneas.
Who is Anchises?
100
celeriter redeunt servī.
What is Nominative Plural ('the slaves')?
100
This Alban prince seized power from his brother Numitor.
Who is Amulius?
200
This is the word a Roman slave would have used to refer to his master.
What is dominus?
200
The direct object of the verb is called this.
What is the Accusative case?
200
She brought Aeneas through underworld to visit the shade of his father.
Who is the Sibyl of Cumae?
200
Pater puerī est senātor Romānus.
What is Genitive Singular ('of the boy')?
200
This daughter of Numitor was forced to become a Vestal Virgin lest she produce an heir to the throne.
Who is Rhea Silvia?
300
This man was the overseer of the slaves.
What is the vīlicus?
300
The possessive is called this. (Its also used for the preposition 'of'.)
What is the Genitive case?
300
He started a war with the Trojans and Latins when the princess Lavinia was promised to Aeneas instead.
Who is Turnus?
300
puerī epistulās scrībunt.
What is Nominative Plural ('the boys')?
300
This shepherd found the infants Romulus and Remus being nursed by a she-wolf.
Who is Faustulus?
400
This 'stick' was a tool of punishment as well as a symbol of the overseer's authority.
What is the baculum?
400
This case corresponds to many English prepositions (e.g., 'by, with, from, in, at, on').
What is the Ablative case?
400
He was the son of Aeneas. Julius Caesar's family claimed descent from him.
Who is Ascanius, AKA Iulus?
400
pater vōcem puellae audit.
What is Genitive Singular ('of the girl')?
400
Romulus and Remus watched for signs from these two hills.
What are the Palatine and the Aventine?
500
This is the Latin word for the threshing floor, an open, level area where grain was separated.
What is ārea?
500
This case supplies the Indirect Object and may be translated with 'to' or 'for.'
What is the Dative case?
500
This family ruled over the city of Alba Longa, which was the successor of Aeneas's kingdom but preceded Rome.
What is the Silvian Dynasty?
500
puerī vōcem Mārcī audiunt.
What is Nominative Plural ('the boys') and Genitive Singular ('of Marcus')?
500
This is the birthday of the city of Rome.
What is April 21, 753 B.C.E.?