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LATIN III
MID-TERM EXAM REVIEW GUIDE
Introduction
Time for your mid-term! Don’t Panic. It will only be worth about 20% of your
semester grade, so what is the worst that can happen? Make sure to prepare each
night a bit each night, practice your flash cards, practice your conjugations and
declensions. Don’t Panic and don’t cram!
Test Date
 Dies Martis, a.d. XVIII Kal. Feb.
Test Structure
 Vocabulary
 Grammar
 Translation
 Reading Comprehension
 Culture
 Derivatives
Vocabulary
 This mid-term will be based on stage 28, so be sure to review the stage 28 vocabulary. Be
able to list each term along with Latin synonyms and antonyms.
Ac, atque
Arrogantia, -ae, f.
Augeō, augēre, auxī, auctus
Beneficium, beneficiī, n.
Cōnstituō, cōnstituere,
cōnstituī, constitutes
Corpus, corporis, n.
Dīligō, dīligere, dīlēxī, dīlēctus
Doleō, dolēre, doluī
Gemitus, gemitūs, m.
Hērēs, hērēdis, m, f.
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Īra, -ae, f.
Lingua, -ae, f.
Malus, mala, malum
Mandō, mandāre, mandāvī,
mandātus
Metus, metūs, m.
Mille
Mīlia, mīlium, n.pl.
Multō
Occīdō, occīdere, occīdī,
occīsus
Opēs, opum, f.pl.
Pallidus, pallida, pallidum
Praeficiō, praeficere, praefēcī,
praefectus
Quisquam,
quidquam/quicquam
Sīc
Solvō, solver, solvī, solūtus
Spēs, speī, f.
Suspicātus, suspicāta,
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Testāmentum, -ī, n.
Ut
Ventus, -ī, m.
Sexāgintā
Septuāgintā
Octōgintā
Nōnāgintā
Centum
Ducentī, -ae, -a
Grammar
 The grammar for this test will focus on
o Uses of the ablative
 Ablative of place where
 Ablative of means
 Ablative of place from which
 Ablative of time when
o Uses of the accusative case
 Direct object
 Duration
 Objects of preparation
o Impersonal Verbs
 Taedet
 Licet
 Oportet
 Decet
 Placet
 Make sure to review the uses of the subjunctive learned thus far:
o Purpose clause
o Cum clause
o Result clause
o Indirect command
o Indirect questions
Translation
 You will be given several sentences, some in Latin, some in English and asked to
translate. These translations will be scored according to the “chunking” method.
o Make sure to review the rules for translation:
 Find subject and verb
 Find direct object
 Find indirect objects
 Find prepositional phrases, subordinate clauses, identify adverbs
 Translate
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Make sure to review your vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
 You will be given a story that is similar in theme, vocabulary and content to the stories in
stage 28. Make sure to re-read each of these stories at least three times each, once for
familiarity, once for grammar, once for translation.
 Practicing your vocabulary wouldn’t kill you, either.
Culture
 The culture section for this test will cover the evidence that we have of life in Roman
Britain. Be sure to review the stage 28 culture, and make note of
o Literary evidence
o Archeological evidence
o Inscriptional evidence
Derivatives
 You will be tested on your ability to determine English derivatives from Latin words and
the Latin roots to familiar English words. Make sure to review page 163 in your textbook.
 Practicing your vocabulary wouldn’t kill you, either.
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