Vocab
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptum
What is "to write" ?
scrībis
What is "you write/are writing" ?
A verb whose infinitive form ends in -ere (short -e-).
What is a third conjugation verb?
Ratiō rēgīnam semper dūcit.
What is "Reason always leads the queen" ?
The sixth king of Rome, said to be the son of a slave, raised in the palace by Tanaquil, and known as "the last good Roman king."
Who was Servius Tullius?
vincō, vincere, vīcī, victum
What is "to conquer" ?
scrībēbat
What is "he/she/it was writing" ?
In 3rd conjugation, this tense has the tense sign -bā- added to the verb stem.
What is imperfect tense?
Cicerōnem numquam vincētis.
What is "You (pl.) will never conquer Cicero" ?
Tanaquil, wife of Tarquin the Elder, saw this omen around the head of the boy Servius Tullius and took it as a sign of his future greatness.
What is an aura/halo/ring of fire?
agō, agere, ēgī, āctum
What is "to drive/lead/do/act" ?
scrībunt
What is "they write/they are writing" ?
In 3rd conjugation, this tense has a stem vowel change to -ē- rather than the tense sign -bi-.
What is future tense?
Sorōribus meīs litterās scrībēbam.
What is "I was writing a letter to my sisters" ?
This process of counting and organizing the Roman people was instituted by Servius Tullius.
What is a census?
ducō, ducere, dūxī, ductum
What is "to lead" ?
scrībēmus
What is "we will write/will be writing" ?
The tenses formed using a verb's present stem (present, imperfect, future).
What is the present system?
Scrīptor bonus tamen populum Rōmānum ad lībertātem dūcet.
What is "The good writer, nevertheless, will lead the Roman people toward freedom" ?
Servius Tullius gave his two daughters, both named Tullia, in marriage to Tarquin the Elder's sons, named __________ and __________.
Who are Lucius (Superbus) and Arruns Tarquinius?
trahō, trahere, trāxī, tractum
What is "to draw/drag" ?
scrībam
What is "I will write/will be writing" ?
Dic, dūc, fac, & fer / should have an 'e' but it's not there.
What are the irregular 3rd conjugation singular imperatives?
Dum Cicerō puerōs puellāsque docet, soror mea multa discit, sed frāter meus nihil agit.
What is "While Cicero teaches the boys and girls, my sister learns many things, but my brother does nothing" ?
Livy says the Vicus Sceleratus, or "Street of Crime," was so named because Tullia performed this atrocity after the assassination of Servius Tullius.
What is "running over her father's body in a chariot" ?