Nōmen_______________________________Hōra_____Diēs________________________ Lingua Latīna III – Master Quiz Passages
DO NOT LOSE THIS PACKET!
The passages in this packet will be used for oral recitation grades, translations on stage quizzes, and passages for reading
comprehension questions on the midterm and final exam. You will be using these passages to practice dividing and accenting
words, translating precisely into English, etc. They will be used for homework grades (dividing & accenting; translating), quiz
grades (oral recitation/reading), and study material on stage quizzes on which you will write out a translation and answer
questions about the grammar. Please do not lose this packet!
When assigned, you will need to write out a translation for a passage plus divide and accent all of the words. Instructions for dividing
and accenting words is below.
DIVIDING AND ACCENTING (HOMEWORK GRADE)
Trying hard to divide a new word
Keep in mind what you’ve already heard
With consonants, be mean!
Divide before or between
And most of your fears will be cured.
Dividing words into syllables is simple and logical. Use the poem to help
you remember the most important rules—you always divide before a single
consonant or between two consonants. You also divide between two
vowels.
But watch out for these exceptions: combinations like tr and gr count as a
single consonant: pa-trem, a-gri-co-la. Also, qu, ch, ph, th count as a
single consonant: am-phi-the-ā-trum.
Where does that accent go?
A syllable is long if it contains a long vowel or diphthong OR if it contains
a short vowel followed by two or more consonants or by x (=ks). If the next
to last (penultimate) syllable is long, the accent goes there. Otherwise it
goes on the next to next to last (antepenultimate) syllable. Just follow these
questions to get your accent right!
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1) Is the accent ever on the last syllable? NEVER.
2) Does the next to last syllable have a long vowel?
 yes – ACCENT IT!
 no – go to question #3
3) Is the next to the last syllable followed by two consonants?
 yes – ACCENT IT!
 no – move to the syllable before the next to last
syllable and ACCENT IT!
RECITATION
You will be graded on the following simple rubric for recitation:
++ = 100 = -0
+ = 95 = -1 to -3
 = 85 = -4 to -7
- = 75 = -8 to -10
-- =70 = more than -10, but an honest effort was made
Recitations will be PHONED IN and left on my Google Voice
Mail: (512) 337-2166. You may call as many times as you
need to.
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TRANSLATING (HOMEWORK AND ON STAGE QUIZZES)
Learning how to translate a story into English accurately is a skill which
demonstrates your ability to pay attention to details as well as to understand
the big picture. As your Latin passages continue to become more complex,
it will help you to follow these steps used for reading Latin. Please take
special note of #6.
RULES FOR READING
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Read the sentence or passage completely. In order to see all the
words in context, reread as needed.
While reading, register the word endings and their relationship
to one another. Reread as needed.
Now look up unfamiliar words. Reread as needed.
Recognize word groups and read them in sequence. Reread as
needed.
Once a subordinate clause or phrase hasbegun, it must be
completed before the rest of the sentence can proceed. Reread
as needed.
Translate only when you know how a sentence works and what it
means.
HOW THOSE RULES APPLY TO TRANSLATING
What does it mean to “see the words in context”? Certain words, when
next to other words, can mean different things. An accusative can be a
direct object of the main verb or even of a participle, or, with a preposition
in front of it, the object of the preposition.
Why do I need to “register word endings or their relationship to one
another”? Latin is an inflectional language—the function of a word in the
sentence changes according to its ending as opposed to whether it is first or
second or last. Words with accusative endings are often first in the
sentence, but they are objects none the less. Latin also loves to “nest”
phrases, especially those containing participles, with words of the same case
on either side of an accusative, genitive, or perhaps a prepositional phrase.
Why should I wait to look up unfamiliar words? Sometimes you can
figure out the meaning of a word just because of its context in a paragraph.
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If you are rereading the sentence or paragraph, you may realize just from
logic what the unknown word means. Why waste time looking up
everything?
What are “word groups”? Is reading in sequence really necessary if
Latin is all about the endings anyway? Word groups and word order
actually become more important in Latin as you learn more Latin. More
often than not, recognizing “nested” phrases (especially with participles)
will be the most important thing you learn to do this year, and if you are
reading in word order you will find that they are easier to recognize. Then,
if you combine this new skill with your knowledge of sentence patterns,
your reading will steadily improve.
What’s so important about where a subordinate clause is in the sentence?
Why can’t you finish the sentence/main clause and then deal with the
subordinate clause? In Latin, the subject will often appear before the
subordinate clause and by the time you finish with the subordinate clause
you may forget that the subject was even there. Therefore, it’s important to
understand how Latin “nests” phrases and clauses. This will also prevent
you from translating parts of the subordinate clause as part of the main
clause and vice versa.
Why do I need to keep rereading? (I want to be done already!) Sometimes
it’s difficult to see word groups the first read through, especially if your
mind is puzzling over the meaning of particular words. Rereading not only
helps you to register word endings and see phrasing which you might have
missed the first time, but it can also help you figure out the meaning of
unfamiliar or forgotten words just from the context of what’s going on
elsewhere in the sentence.
Why can’t I start writing out a translation as I figure out each word?
(Doesn’t it save me time to do it that way?) If you race to write down the
meaning of the first word because you know what it means without
registering endings, without seeing word groups and phrasing, and if that
word was an object and not the subject, you would have begun the sentence
totally wrong. After that, your brain will want to discount the significance
of all other endings because you’ve predetermined incorrectly how the rest
of the sentence will flow. Take the time to understand the whole sentence
before writing anything down. In the long run, it will save you time and
lead to fewer errors.
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Stage 31: adventus
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diē illūcēscente, ingēns Rōmānōrum m ultitūdō
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viās urbis complēbat. pauperēs ex īnsulīs
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exībant ut aquam ē fontibus pūblicīs traherent.
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senātōrēs ad forum lectīcīs vehēbantur. in
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rīpīs flūminis Tiberis, ubi multa horrea sita
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erant, frūmentum ē nāvibus ā saccāriīs
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e x p ō n ē b ā t u r . (Unit 3 214)
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Stage 32: cēna Hateriī.
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convīvīs laetissimē bibentibus, poposcit
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Haterius silentium. spectāculum novum
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pollicitus est. omnēs convīvae in ani mō
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volvēbant quāle spectāculum Haterius ēditūrus
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esset. ille rīdēns digitīs concrepuit. hōc signō
datō, Eryl lus ē triclīniō ēgressus est.
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Stage 33: Tychichus
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domō eum trahēbant magnā vōce clāmantem:
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“mox Dominus noster, rēx glōriae, ad nōs
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reveniet; ē caelō dēscendet cum sonitū
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tubārum, magnō numerō angelōrum comitante.
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et vīvōs et mortuōs iūdicābit. nōs Chrīstiānī,
sī vītam pūram vīxerimus et eī crēdiderimus,
a d c a e l u m a s c e n d ē m u s . ” (Unit 3 258)
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Stage 34: īnsidiae
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tum Chionē, ē cubiculō dominae ēgressa, iussit
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lectīcam parārī et lectīcāriōs arcessī. medicum
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quoque nōmine Asclēpiadēn quaesīvit quī
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medicāmenta quaedam Vitelliae parāret. inde
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Domitia lectīcā vecta, comitantibus servīs,
d o m u m H a t e r i ī p r o f e c t a e s t . . (Unit 3 276)
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Stage 35: vīta rūstica
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in epistulā tuā dīcis tē valdē occupātum esse.
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ego quoque, cum Rōmae essem, saepe negōtiīs
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vexābar; nunc tamen vītā rūsticā fruor. nam
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rūrī iucundissimum est forās īre aliquandōper
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agrōs equitātum, aliquandō fundum īnspectum.
crās in silvīs proximīs vēnābor; vīcīnī enim
c r ē d u n t a p r u m i n g e n t e m i b i l a t ē r e . (Unit 4 6)
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Stage 36: Marcus Valerius Martiālis I
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in audītōriō exspectant multī cīvēs. ad sunt ut
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Valerium Martiālem, poētam nōtissimum,
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recitantem audiant. omnēs inter sē
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colloquuntur. subitō signum datur ut taceant;
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audītōrium intrat poēta ipse. audītōribus
plaudentibus, Martiālis scaenam ascendit ut
versūs suōs recitet.
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Stage 37: epistula
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septimus annus est, domine, ex quō pater tuus,
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dīvus Vespasiānus, ad prōvinciam Britanniam
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mē mīsit, barbarōs superandī causā. tū ipse,
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audītīs precibus meīs, iussistī Calēdoniōs
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quoque in populī Rōmānī potestātem redigī.
nunc tibi nūntiō exercitum Rōmānum magnam
v i c t ō r i a m r e t t u l i s s e . (Unit 4 41)
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Stage 38: Imperātōris sententia
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ego ipse, ut scīs, līberōs nūllōs habeō quī
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imperium post mortem meam exerceant.
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cōnstituī igitur fīliōs tuōs in familiam meam
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ascīscere. cognōmina "Domitiānum” et
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“Vespasiānum” eīs dabō; praetereā rhētorem
nōtissimum eīs praeficiam, M. Fābium
Quīntiliānum. prō certō habeō Quīntiliānum
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e ō s o p t i m ē d o c t ū r u m e s s e . (Unit 4 60)
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Stage 39: hērēdēs prīncipis
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“timēbat tamen nē deī ipsī, sī flammae ad
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caelum ā terrā ascendissent, eōdem ignī
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cremārentur. dīversam ergō poenam impōnere
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māluit; nimbōs ingentēs dē caelō dēmittere
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cōnstituit ad genus mortāle dīluviō
perdendum.” Titō nārrante, iānua subitō
a p e r ī t u r . i n g r e d i t u r E p a p h r o d ī t u s . ( Unit 4 82)
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Stage 40: accūsātiō II
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patefēcerat enim Myropnous pūmiliō Salvium
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auctōrem fuisse exiliī Domitiae, Paridis
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mortis. Myropnous nārrāvit Salvium domum
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Hateriī falsīs litterīs Domitiam Paridemque
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invītāvisse; Salviō auctōre, Domitiam in
īnsulā duōs annōs relēgātam esse, Paridem
occīsum esse.
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Stage 44: Daedalus et Icarus I
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Daedalus intereā Crētēn longumque perōsus
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exilium, tāctusque locī nātālis amōre,
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clausus erat pelagō. “terrās licet” inquit “et undās
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obstruat, at caelum certē patet; ībimus illāc!
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omnia possideat, nōn possidet āera Mīnōs.”
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Phone-In Instructions
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1.
Call 512-858-3163 (my classroom phone) any
time school is not in session. (Otherwise, I may
answer it and you’ll have to do the recitation live!)
2.
Say your first and last name clearly and what
period you have Latin.
3.
Read the assigned passage to the best of your
ability.
4.
Repeat your first and last name and what period
you have Latin, in case it was unclear the first
time.
5.
Call as many times as you need to if you mess up
or don’t feel you did your best.
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