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Subjunctives
Martial and Recitationes
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contendo, contendere

What is "hurry"

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1st singular present subjunctive of porto, portare

What is portem

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One person who might pay the expenses for a recitatio
What is AUTHOR or PATRON
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nōn intellegimus quārē tam īrātus sit.
What is We don't understand why he is so angry
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Name a clause we use the subjunctive for

What is indirect command/purpose/result/ indirect question

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suspicor, suspicari

what is "suspect"

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3rd plural active present subjunctive of video, vidēre

What  is videant

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event to which an audience was invited to hear an author's work
What is RECITATIO
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vōbīs imperō ut ex urbe statim ēgrediāminī.
What is I order you to go out of the city at once.
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How many students did Symmachus the doctor have?
What is 100
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adsum, adesse

what is "be present"

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2nd singular passive present subjunctive of OFFENDO
What is offendaris
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A possible location for a first public reading of a work 1

What is street corner/ colonnade / barbershop etc

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lēgātus captīvum rogat quārē ad extrēmās partēs Calēdoniae iter faciat
What is the legate asks the captive why he is travelling to the farthest parts of Scotland
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How many eyes does Thais have?
What is ONE
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quo modo

what is "how?" or "in what manner"

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1st plural present subjunctive of MIROR
What is MIREMUR
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This person said people would avoid listening to the whole recital by sending slaves in or leaving early

Who is Pliny?

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rogō ut mihi hōs libellōs dōnēs.
What is I ask that you give me these books.
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One reason a recitatio was a benefit to the public

What is 'allowed them to hear a sample, since browsing was challenging

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derideo, deridere

what is "laugh at, mock"

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2nd plural active present subjunctive of conspicio conspicere
What is CONSPICIATIS
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Martial's attitude to public readings.
What is laughing
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regem adeō vexāvistī ut domum mitterēris.

What is You so annoyed the speaker that you were sent home.

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On this occasion Octavia fainted

What is Virgil's recitation of part of the Aeneid referring to her dead son Marcellus