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Latin III.Q1.Grammar Quiz #2 (Participles, Reading Comp) ANSWERS
hīc scrībe tuum nōmen: ______________________________
Part I: Give the nominative singular and genitive singular form of the following participles:
XXVIII points
Verb: inhibeō, inhibēre, inhibuī, inhibitus ("to hold back, curb, control")
Nominative Singular
Genitive Singular
1. Present Active Participle inhibēns __
inhibentis_______________
2. Perfect Passive Participle inhibitus, -a, -um__
inhibitī, -ae, -ī___________
3. Future Active Participle inhibitūrus, -a, -um___________
inhibitūrī, -ae, -ī _________
Verb: aedificō, aedificāre, aedificāvī, aedificātus ("to build, construct")
4. Present Active Participle aedificāns
aedificantis
Verb: faciō, facere, fēcī, factus ("to make, do")
factī, -ae, -ī
5. Present Active Participle factus, -a, -um
Verb: custōdiō, custōdīre, custōdīvī, custōdītus ("to protect, guard")
6. Present Active Participle custōdiēns
custōdiēntis
Verb: linō, linere, lēvī, litum ("to smeark, rub over")
7. Present Active Participle linens
linentis
Part II: Decline the following participles of amō, amāre in the singular and plural according to
the tense, voice and gender indicated: XL points
Present Active in the masculine gender
Case
Singular
Plural
Nominative
amans
amantēs
Genitive
amantis
amantium
Dative
amantī
amantibus
Accusative
amantem
amantēs
Ablative
amante
amantibus
Perfect Passive in the neuter gender
Case
Singular
Plural
Nominative
amātum
amāta
Genitive
amātī
amātōrum
Dative
amātō
amātīs
Accusative
amātum
amāta
Ablative
amātō
amātīs
CLXX total points + VII extra credit
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Latin III.Q1.Grammar Quiz #2 (Participles, Reading Comp) ANSWERS
hīc scrībe tuum nōmen: ______________________________
Part III: Give the best answer to the following questions about participles: XII points
1. A participle has characteristics of what two parts of speech?
verbs and nouns________________________________________________________________
2. TRUE or FALSE: A participle formed from a transitive verb can have a direct object.
3. The present active participle of "walk" may be translated as any of the following EXCEPT:
a. "while walking"
c. "about to walk"
b. "walking"
d. "who is walking"
4. In what three ways does a participle have to agree with the noun it is describing?
gender, number, and case________________________________________________________
5. What are the tense and voice of the two types of participles that we will learn later this year?
In other words, participles can be present active, perfect passive, future active and what else?
(be sure to give two answers)
Tense
Voice
a. __future
passive_______________
b. perfect_________________
active_________________
Part IV: Write a literal translation of the following Latin sentences: L points
1. Litterās portāns ad Caesarem mediā nocte vēnit.
While carrying a letter (litterae = a letter), he came to Caesar in the middle of the night. _______
2. In mediō monte stābam audiēns virōs clāmantēs.
I was standing in the middle of the mountain listening to the men shouting.__________________
3. Territī puerī, hīs verbīs commōtī, sē recipere ad patrēs cōnstituērunt.
The (having been) frightened boys, (having been) disturbed by these words, decided to retreat
(idiom; literally “to take themselves back”) to (their) fathers. _____________________________
4. Hostēs ad urbem accēdentēs oppressūrī sumus.
We are going to crush/overwhelm the enemy (or “enemies”) approaching (towards) the city. ____
5. Prīma aciēs castra oppugnābat, sed secunda aciēs, in colle instructa, hostēs exspectābat.
The first line of battle was attacking the camp, but the second line (of battle), having beeen
drawn up on the hill, was awaiting the enemy (or “enemies”). ____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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Latin III.Q1.Grammar Quiz #2 (Participles, Reading Comp) ANSWERS
hīc scrībe tuum nōmen: ______________________________
Part V: Give the best answer IN ENGLISH (unless otherwise directed) to the following
questions based on the text of "Watching the Orator at Work". XL points
1. What Latin idiom, used in this passage, means "to plead a case"? causam dīcere _______________
2. You can deduce from plēnum (line 2) that the word tribūnal (line 2) must be what gender?
neuter ______________________________________________________________________________
3. What word in the passage does omnia (line 2) modify? verba (line3) _________________________
4. Why specifically is verba (line 3) accusative? Give the case and construction or otherwise explain in
your own words. acc. direct object / it’s what the judges are “desiring to hear” (audīre cupientēs) __
5. Give one Latin phrase (NOT an entire line) from lines 1-4 that supports the idea that the hypothetical
magnus orator described in the opening paragraph is indeed magnus.
the whole place is full on the benches (omnis...occupātur); tribunal is full; judges want to hear his words;
everyone’s eyes are turned onto him (Oculī...vertuntur) ______________________________________
6. What Latin verb must be understood twice in the sentence Tum…laudēs (lines 4-5)? sunt _________
7. Though one might translate audientium (line 5) as "audience", what is the more literal translation? In
other words, translate audientium in a way that reflects your understanding that in its context, the
word is a participle being used substantively. “of the listening ones” __________________________
8. Complete the following analogy based on your comprehension of Ubi…flent (lines 5-7):
metū : terrentur as misericordiā : flent
9. The infinitive mōverī (line 6) is in what voice? passive _____________________________________
10. Write the Latin independent clause (i.e. main clause that is grammatically self-sufficient) from the
sentence Dē…poteris (lines 8-10): dē ōrātōre saepe iūdicāre poteris _________________________
11. What Latin word does the adverb attentē (line 8) modify? audiēns ___________________________
12. What phrase in the clause sed…aspēxeris (line 9) is logically redundant?
unō aspectū (“with one look”) is redundant b/c the verb aspexeris encompasses the idea of looking ____
13. How many participles are in the sentence Vidēbis…neglegentem (lines 10-12)? 6 (counting dicta) __
14. What are two signs, as described by the author, that an orator is NOT one who is able to move the
hearts and minds of his audience. ANY 2 of: judge is yawning (oscitantem), talking to someone else
(loquentem cum alterō); sometimes wandering off (errantem); checking the time
(mittentem...horas); ignoring the words being spoken (verba....neglegentem) _________________
15. Why is the phrase ab ōrātōre (line 12) in the ablative case? Either give the construction or explain in
your own words. agent / personal agent / it shows by whom the words were spoken (dicta) ________
16. Why is the phrase vērō ōrātōre (line 13) in the ablative case? careō takes an ablative_____________
17. What Latin word is the antecedent of quī in line 14? iūdicēs (judges) _________________________
18. In line 15, the author compares the judges to: birds held in suspense by some song _______________
19. What, according to the author, is a sign that the true orator is doing his work well? Be specific and/or
cite the Latin to support your answer. judges sitting up straight (erectōs); held in suspense (suspensī
tenēbuntur); seem to be taught (docērī) ________________________________________________
20. List both Latin words in the sentence Sī…gerentis (lines 14-17) that describe ōrātōris (line 16):
verī (true) and gerentis (waging/bearing) __________________________________________________
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Latin III.Q1.Grammar Quiz #2 (Participles, Reading Comp) ANSWERS
hīc scrībe tuum nōmen: ______________________________
Watching the Orator At Work
Nunc surgit magnus ōrātor, causam dictūrus: omnis locus
in subsellīs occupātur; plēnum est tribūnal; iūdicēs omnia
illīus verba audīre cupientēs silentium significant. Oculī
omnium ad illum vertuntur. Tum multae admīrātiōnēs,
multae laudēs. Ōrātor animōs audientium tangit. Ubi cupit
eōs metū aut misericordiā movērī, metū aut misericordiā
oppressī terrentur aut flent.
Dē ōrātore, etiam sī tū nōn adsidēns et attentē audiēns,
sed unō aspectū et praeteriēns eum aspēxeris, saepe
iūdicāre poteris. Vidēbis iūdicem ōscitantem, loquentem
cum alterō, nōn numquam etiam errantem, mittentem ad
hōrās, verba ab ōrātōre dicta neglegentem. Haec causa
caret vērō ōrātore, quī potest animōs iūdicum movēre
ōrātiōne. Sī autem ērēctōs iūdicēs vīderis, quī dē rē docērī
vidēbuntur aut suspēnsī tenēbuntur, ut cantū aliquō avēs,
cognōscēs signa verī ōrātōris et labōrem ōrātōrium bene
gerentis.
- adapted from Brutus 200, 290
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Extra Credit: I point each
1. Who is the author of the passage above? Cicero
2. Which of the following verbs is NOT one that can introduce an indirect statement?
audiō
putō
cognoscō
videō
temptō
3. Translate the following sentence into English:
Sē multa dē sōle et lūnā et stellīs cognōvisse dīcēbat.
He was saying that he had learned many things about the sun and the moon and the stars.
4. What does the phrase nōs moritūrī tē salutāmus mean in English? Who would say it?
We (who are) about to die salute you. Gladiators
5. Where in its clause does an infinitive in an indirect statement usually get placed? end of clause
6. What is the case of the subject of an indirect statement? accusative
7. Using the verb sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus ("to know"), compose a complete Latin sentence that makes an
indirect statement out of the direct statement hic nauta in terrā bene ambulāre nōn potest.
sciō hunc nautam in terrā bene ambulāre nōn posse.
acc. subject
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infinitive of main verb
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