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Complete the analogy: postulo:postulas :: mereo:_____meres
Complete the analogy meres: mereris:: capis:caperis (short e)
Complete the analogy caperis (short e): capieris (long e):: poneris (short e)::poneris (long e)
What Latin noun is at the root of the case name "nominative"nomen
What Latin noun is at the root of the case name "genitive"gens
What LAtin verb is at the root of the case name "dative"do, dare
Using a compound of volo, say "he prefers"mavult
Conjugate velle in the present active indicativevolo, vis, vult, volumus, vultis, volunt
Conjugate nolle in the present active indicativenolo, non vis, non vult, nolumus, non vultis, nolunt
Conjugate malle in the present active indicativemalo, mavis, mavult, malumus, mavultis, malunt
Conjugate esse (to eat) in the present active indicativeedo, es, est, edimus, estis, edunt
Conjugate velle in the future active indicativevolam, voles, volet, volemus, voletis, volent
Translate nos aestatis taedetwe are tired of summer
Say in Latin: I am ashamed of my parentsme pudet parentum
Why isn't parens an i-stem?because it is a noun and not a verb
Say 2 ways in Latin "to swim"nare, natare
Say in Latin (using an impersonal verb) "I am allowed to swim"mihi licet nare, mihi licet natare, mihi licet ut nem, mihi licet ut natarem
What kind of verbs are licet, taedet, oportet, pluvit?impersonal verbs
Translate potueramuswe had been able
what are the four principal parts of absumabsum, abesse, afui, afuturus
What figure of speech is introduced by words like qualis, ut, velut, sicut, tamquam, or similis?simile
Say in Latin: a milemille passus
Say in Latin: two milesduo milia passuum
Say in Latin: 5000 dogsquinque milia canum
What does the idiom ad multam noctem mean?until late at night
What does the idiom finem facere mean?to finish, to make an end to
What does the idiom castra ponere mean?to pitch camp
What does the idiom castra movere mean?to break camp
What does the idiom consilium capere mean?to form a plan
What does the idiom quam celerrime mean?as quickly as possible
What does the idiom pedem referre mean?to retreat, to go back
What does the idiom in dies mean?daily
What does the idiom certiorem facere mean?to inform
What does the idiom certiorem fieri mean?to be informed
What is the Latin verb at the root of the tense names "present" and "future" mean?sum, esse
What LAtin verb is at the root of the word "gerund"gero, gerere
What case do gerunds lack?nominative
Decline the gerund form for watch(no nominative), spectandi, spectando, spectandum, spectando
What declension and gender and number are all gerunds?2nd declension neuter singular
Change facit to the passivefit
Conjugate facio, facere in the present passivefio, fis, fit, fimus, fitis, fiunt
Make fit perfect tensefactus est
Make factus est future tensefiet
Change volo to the subjunctivevelim
Say in Latin "another huge war"aliud/alterum ingens bellum
Make aliud ingens bellum ablative singularalio ingenti bello
Make alio ingenti bello accusative pluralalia ingentia bella
What kind of verbs like credo and faveo take dative objects?intransitive verbs
List as many intransitive verbs in Latin as you cancredo, faveo, persuadeo, parco, resisto, obsto, noceo, confido,pareo, impero,occuro, ignosco,immineo, obviam eo, mando, pareo, studeo, permitto, praesum, desum, praesum, provideo
Differentiate in meaning between audeo and audioI dare, I hear
Differentiate in meaning between ausum and auditumhaving dared, having been heard
Differentiate in meaning between gaudeo and gaudiumI rejoice, joy
What are verbs like gaudeo, audeo, confido, and fido called?semi-deponent
What is the meaning of deponent verb?passive in form, active in meaning (i.e., has passive endings but is translated actively)
What are semi-deponent verbs?verbs with regular active first and second principal parts, but their third principal parts are passive (example: confido, confidere, confisus sum)
What type of genitive is used in the following sentence: deduxit partem servorum in forumpartitive (of the whole)
Say in Latin "he led part of the slaves into the forum(de)duxit partem servorum in forum
Say in Latin: he led one of the slaves into the forum(de)duxit unum e servis in forum
Say in Latin "the cats live in Rome"feles Romae habitant
What is the difference in saying "he walks to Italy" and "he walks to Rome""ambulat ad Italiam", "ambulat Romam"
How do you say "to home"domum
Conjugate eo, ire in the present active indicativeeo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt
Conjugate eo, ire in the present active subjunctiveeam, eas, eat, eamus, eatis, eant
Choose the correct form of eo to say "let's go!"eamus
give the two imperative forms that mean " go!"i, ite
What kind of subjunctive is eamushortatory
What tense and person is used with a hortatory subjunctivepresent, 1st plural (means "lets")
what tense and person are used with a jussive subjunctivepresent, 3rd (means "let him")
Decline the number 1 in all three gendersunus, unius, uni, unum, uno; una, unius, uni, unam, una; unum, unius, uni, unum, uno
Decline the number 2 in all three gendersduo, duorum, duobus, duos, duobus; duae, duarum, duabus, duas, duabus; duo, duorum, duobus, duo, duobus
decline the number 3 in all three genderstres, trium, tribus, tres, tribus; tres, trium, tribus, tres, tribus; tria, trium, tribus, tria, tribus
What does the idiom "viam munire" meanto build a road
what 2 cases can show possessiongenitive, dative
what kind of verb is needed for a dative of possessionbe verb
say in Latin: "the dog, who is in the garden, belongs to the mother (is the mother's)canis, qui est in horto, matri est
Give the verb meaning "to dare" in the 2nd person singular, perfect, active, indicativeausus es
Name a use of the independent subjunctivehortatory, jussive, deliberative, optative, potential
what kind of subjunctive is in this sentence: quid faciam?deliberative (what should I do?)
what kind of subjunctive is used in the following sentence: pugnabimus ut urbem defenderemusadverbial clause of purpose (we will fight to defend the city)
Using an adverbial clause of purpose, say in Latin we are fighting so as not to be defeatedpugnamus ne superemur
What kind of subjunctive is in this sentence: libri scribuntur quos legamusrelative clause of purpose (books are written for us to read)
What kind of ablative is quo when a relative purpose claus contains some idea of comparison?ablative of degree of difference (i.e., consuli appropinquabo quo melius orationem audiam - "I shall approach the consul in order to hear his speech better" (or literally, "by which the better I may hear his speech")
Is the infinitive ever used to express purpose?no
What preposition is used with peto and postulo and quaero when people are involved instead of thingsa, ab; (e.g., a me petit ut veniam "he is asking me to come")
Say in LAtin "he asked them not to wound him"ab eis petivit ne se vulnerarent
When are the words an and annon used?in double questions when the two halves cannot both be true (e.g., ad Italiam venies, an in Britannia manebis? "will you come to Italy or remain in Britain?" ad Italiam venies annon? "will you come to Italy or not?")
Decline nemonemo, neminis, nemini, neminem, nemine
Decline nullusnullus, nullius, nulli, nullum, nullo
In a the Sequence of Tenses, what tense of subjunctive verb follows an indicative main verb in the primary sequence?present or perfect
What tense is the main verb of a primary sequence sentencepresent, future, future perfect
What tense is the main verb of a secondary sequence sentence?imperfect, perfect, pluperfect
what tense is the subjunctive verb of a secondary sentence?imperfect or pluperfect
Decline visvis, vis, vi, vim, vi, vires, virium, viribus, vires, viribus
What is the difference in meaning between viri and viresmen and strength
Say in LAtin "I fear that he is coming"timeo ne veniat
Say in Latin "I fear that he has come"timeo ne veniret
Say in Latin, "I fear that he is not coming"timeo ut veniat
Say in Latin "I fear that he did not come"timeo ut veniret
Say in Latin "I feared that he would come"timui ne veniret
Say in Latin I feared that he had come"timui ne venisset
Say in Latin "I feared that he had not come"timui ut venisset
What kind of subjunctive is used in this sentence: rogat quid faciamus?indirect question (he asks what we are doing)
What kind of subjunctive is in this sentence: erant tot aedificia ut omnia videre non possemresult clause (there were so many buildings that I could not see them all)
In a purpose clause, what is the opposite of ut?ne
In a result clause, what is the opposite of utut non
In an indirect command, what is the opposite of utne
In a clause of fearing, what is the opposite of utne
What is unusual about clauses of fearingut=what you're afraid will not happen, ne=what you are afraid will happen
Say in Latin enough foodsatis cibi
Say too many horsesnimium equorum
Say more moneyplus pecuniae
What kinds of words does sic modify?verbs
What kinds of words does tam modify?adjectives and adverbs
What kinds of words does ita modify?verbs, adjectives and adverbs
List the 4 types of "c." clauses in Latinc. temporal, c. circumstantial, c. causal, c. concessive
What mood is the verb in a c. temporal clauseindicative
what does c. mean in a c. temporal clausewhen
What does the idiom "cum primum" meanas soon as
what mood is c. in a c. circumstantial clause if the events are in the pastsubjunctive
what mood is the verb in a c. circumstantial clause if events are in the present or futureindicative
how do you translate c. in a c. circumstantial clausewhen
how do you translate c. in a c. causal clausesince
how do you translate c. in a c. concessive clausealthough
what mood is the verb in a c. causal and c. concessive clausesubjunctive
What kinds of genitives and ablatives are modified with an adjectivegenitive of description, ablative of description
What kind of genitive is in this sentence: murus octo pedumgenitive of measure (a wall of 8 feet)
What case must be used for definite measurementsgenitive
decline quidamquidam, cuiusdam, cuidam, quendam, quodam, quidam, quorundam, quibus, quos, quibus
What case is used with quidam, pauci, and cardinal numbers to express partitive ideas?ex or de or ab + ablative
Decline the present active participle of eoiens, euntis, eunti, euntem, eunte, euntes euntium, euntibus, euntes, euntibus
What is the infinitive of fiofieri
Conjugate fio in the imperfect active subjunctivefierem, fieres, fieret, fieremus, fieretis, fierent
What case is the subject of indirect statementaccusative
what case is the subject of gerundive of obligationdative
when a dative is used to show who is doing the action, what kind of dative is itdative of agent
What rhyme tells what happens to the suffix quam in quisquam following certain wordsafter si, nisi, num, and ne, the quam in quisquam drops away (i.e., si quis hunc librum legerit, multa discet - if anyone reads this book, he will learn much
In negative purpose and indirect command clauses, what two words are used instead of nemone quis, ne quid (fugiet ne quis eum capiat - he will flee so that no one may capture him
What are the differences in meaning among aliquis, quisquam, and quisquesomeone, anyone, each one
What case of the gerund is used with words like causa or gratiagenitive
Using a passive periphrastic, say I must hurryfestinandum est mihi
using a passive periphrastic, say this must be donehoc faciendum est
using a gerund, say "I said this for the sake of persuading you"hoc dixi tibi persuadendi causa
What is the definition of a gerunda verb acting like a noun
say "he learned much by reading books"libris legendis multum didicit
The accusative supine is used to represent whatpurpose (with verbs of motion)
The ablative supine is used to represent whatspecification or respect to something
Using a supine, say I have come to fightveni pugnatum
using a supine, say This is strange to seehoc est mirabile visu
List as many ways as you can to say I must hurrynecesse est mihi currere, debeo currere, me oportet currere, mihi currendum est
Say as many ways as you can "he came to ask this"hoc rogatum venit, venit ut hoc rogaret, venit hoc rogandi causa, venit hoc rogandi gratia, venit ad hoc rogandum
What sort of dative is in this sentence: vobis hoc fecireference (I did this for you)
What kind of dative is in this sentence: hae res usui sunt ad bellumpurpose (these things are useful for war)
What kind of dative is in this sentence: tu curae mihi esdouble dative (you are a concern to me)
what kinds of datives make up a double dativereference and purpose
What kind of dative uses words like auxilio (for an aid), curae (for a concern or a care), impedimento (for a hindrance), praesidio (for a guard), subsidio (for a support), usui (for an advantage or use)?dative of purpose


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