Latin II Honors Semester Exam To Do Study List
Part I: Grammar, Syntax, and Forms
1. Know demonstrative hic, haec, hoc by its definition and be able to decline it
2. Know demonstrative ille, illa, illud by its definition and be able to decline it
3. Know demonstrative/personal is, ea, id by its definition and be able to decline it
4. Know personal ego (nōs pl.) and tū (vōs pl.) by their definitions and be able to decline them
5. Know relative qui, quae, quod by its definition and be able to decline it
6. Know interrogative quis, quid by its definition and be able to decline it
7. Decline a fourth declension noun (masculine or neuter paradigm)
8. Decline a fifth declension noun
9. Decline a 2-1-2 adjective to agree with a noun (this is a Latin I skill)
10. Decline a 3rd declension adjective to agree with a noun (this is a Latin I skill)
11. Decline a comparative adjective (uses 3rd declension regular, NON-i-stem endings) to agree with a
noun (vid. p. 189)
12. Fully compare (write out the comparative and superlative degrees) a regular adjective
13. Fully compare a “Sorta-Regular” –ER adjective
14. Fully compare a “Sorta-Regular” –“SEX”ILIS adjective if it’s from facilis, difficilis, similis,
dissimilis, gracilis, humilis
15. Fully compare a “Sorta-Regular” –IUS/EUS adjective
16. Form the adverb of a positive degree adjective (2-1-2 and 3rd declension adjective)
17. Form the comparative adverb from an adjective
18. Form the superlative adverb from an adjective
19. Be able to recognize and understand the function of various cases, including in example English
sentences. E.g. Identify the case and construction of the underlined: “We were released from our
cares when the letter came back with an affirmative response.” ANS: Ablative of Separation
o Objective Genitive
o Partitive Genitive/Genitive of the Whole
o Ablative of Cause
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Ablative of Separation
Ablative of Comparison
Ablative of Degree of Difference
Ablative of Time When/Time Within Which
Ablative of Respect (in phrase maximus natū)
Accusative Duration of Time / Extent of Space
Dative after special adjectives (amīcus, facilis, idoneus, similis, etc.)
All Latin I cases and uses
20. Identify the kinds of words with which the preposition cum becomes an enclitic (e.g. mēcum,
quibuscum, etc.)
21. Explain the grammatical relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent
22. Translate a relative pronoun in an example English sentence into Latin showing the correct gender,
number, and case needed
23. Know the gender characteristics of 4th and 5th declension nouns
24. Differentiate the various ways to translate the word quam based on whether it is used as an
exclamatory adverb (how!), a relative pronoun (whom, which), an adverb in comparisons (than), or an
adverb with a superlative degree adverb or adjective (as....as possible)
25. Write a Latin pronoun, short phrase, or idiom as it is used in an English sentence. E.g. Scrībe Latīne
the underlined: “This coffee is not suitable for us.” ANS: nōbīs (dative after adjective suitable, which
is idoneus)
26. Use post and ante as adverbs (NOT prepositions meaning “after” and “before”) with an ablative of
degree of difference, e.g.:
o multīs annīs post = “many years later” (i.e. “later by many years”)
o paulō ante = “a little earlier” (i.e. “earlier by a little”)
27. Identify the case, gender, and number of a pronoun by its Latin form, e.g. haec can be 1) nominative
feminine singular, 2) neuter nominative plural, and 3) neuter accusative plural.
28. Write a Latin phrase that uses a partitive genitive (these contain words such as satis, nihil, pars, plūs,
paulum, etc.).
29. Recognize examples of adjectives that take the dative case. (vid p. 195)
30. Translate into English a portion of a sentence containing a statement of comparison.
31. Translate into English a short Latin sentence that uses quam and a superlative adjective or adverb.
32. Translate a present passive Latin infinitive into English, e.g. monērī = “to be warned.”
Latin II Honors Semester Exam To Do Study List
33. Understand the comparison of senex as senior / maior nātū in the copmarative and maximus nātū in
the superlative and identify the case and construction of nātū.
34. Understand that a superlative adjective can be used with a partitive genitive: e.g. “This is the tastiest
(superlative adjective) of the treats (partitive genitive).”
35. Distinguish those adjectives with “of” built into their definition that therefore do NOT trigger partitive
genitives:
o omnis, omne = “all of”
o reliquus, -a, -um = “the rest of”
o summus, -a, -um = “the top of”
o medius, -a, -um = “the middle of”
o īmus, -a, -um (also seen as īnfimus, -a, -um) = “the bottom of”
36. Identify what kinds of words (cardinal numbers especially fit this) that don’t use a partitive genitive
but instead use a preposition followed by the ablative. E.g. vigintī ex meīs amīcīs sunt turpissimī.
(“Twenty of my friends are very ugly.”)
37. Identify the verbs that have short, irregular singular imperatives:
o Fac Dūc, Dīc, it’s not Fer!
o their plural imperative forms are MOSTLY regular: facite, dūcite, dīcite, ferte*
o *fer, ferte are the s. & pl. imperatives of ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum, an irregular verb meaning
“to bear, bring”
38. Conjugate a fourth conjugation verb in all six tenses, active and passive, including the imperative
mood
Part II: Vocabulary
1. This time, definitions only for 70 words total
2. Don’t ignore idioms (5 asked), adverbs (8 asked), and conjunctions (3 asked)
Part III: Reading Comprehension
1. Translate the story “How the Aegean Got Its Name”
a. Make a list of the vocabulary that was unfamiliar for this story
b. Read a brief summary of the Theseus myth (from his conception through when he became
king of Athens) as background knowledge to this story
2. The other story will be “at sight” and will be assessed via multiple-choice questions. It uses only
Jenney vocabulary and grammar stuff you know. A couple of words are glossed.
Part IV: Translation
1. Unfamiliar words are glossed, but the vast majority of words are Jenney vocabulary.
2. Sentences are part of an overall story, so there should be some kind of narrative flow that emerges
from your translation.