Nomen mihi est _____________________________
Latin I Honors—Lesson XVI Practice Quest
The following list outlines all of the things you should be able to do after finishing Lesson 16. Look at the list and rate yourself for each item.
1=still don’t know/understand it 2=mostly know/understand it 3=know/understand it completely
________ all of the vocabulary and grammar from lessons 1-15
________ lesson 16 vocabulary (pg. 169)
________ the rules for masculine/feminine/neuter i-stem nouns (pg. 165-6 and your notes)
________ how to identify third declension i-stem nouns (masc., fem., and neuter) (pg.
165-66 and your notes)
________ how to decline, and translate third declension i-stem nouns (pg. 165-7 and your
notes)
________ how to form, identify, schematize, and translate partitive genitives
(pg. 167 and your notes)
________ how to identify, schematize, and translate nouns of quantity with partitive genitives (pg.
167-8 and your notes)
________ how to identify, schematize, and translate partitive adjectives (pg. 169 and your notes)
________ how to form, identify, schematize, and translate partitive ablatives (pg. 168 and your
notes)
You should ask your teacher for help with anything you marked as a 1. As you study for the test, make sure that you spend the most time on items you marked with a 1. Items that you marked with a 2 should be reviewed thoroughly.
Items that you marked with a 3 should be studied after you study the 1s and 2s.
Identify whether the following words are i-stem nouns or not. If a noun is, write ‘i-stem’. If not, write ‘no’.
Masc/Fem
1. dens, dentis ___ i-stem _________ 2. leo, leonis ___ no __________
3. sedes, sedis ___ no ________
Neuter
1. munus, muneris ___ no _________
4. rex, regis ____ no _________
2. pectus, pectoris ____
Translate the following nouns according to their case and number. no _______
1. parens parent
2. hostis of the enemy ___enemy_______________
3. virīs
4. urbes the strength the cities
5. imbri
6. partīs to/for rainstorm the parts
7. arcibus to/for citadels prep. citadels
Translate the following into Latin based on the forms given in English.
1. rainstorm (nom) _____ imber ___________________________________
2. fierce enemy (acc)
3. of deaths
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_____ acrem hostem mortium
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4. to similar cities _____ similibus urbibus
Translate the following phrases into good English.
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1. satis frumenti
2. in medias vias
3. multi e filiis
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______ enough grain _________________________________ into the middle of the roads many of the sons
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4. omnes urbes _________ all of the cities ______________________________
Grammar—Answer the following based on your knowledge of Latin grammar.
1. Describe the civis/civis rule. ___ nom. sg. ends in –es/-is and has the same number of syllables as the gen. sg.
____________________________________________
2. What does the partitive genitive express? ___ part of a whole _____________________________________
3. Complete the table below with the correct information.
Latin parum
English too little
4. What is a defective noun? ____ a noun that does not have all of the forms __________________
5. Complete the table below with the correct information. masculine omnis feminine omnis neuter omne
English all of
6. Why are the adjectives above partitive? ______ they have the word ‘of’ as part of their meaning and communicate the part of a whole idea _____________________
Schematize and translate the sentence below into good English. Answer the multiple choice questions that follow based on the sentence.
1. Cur post multos inopiae annos dei plus frumenti dederunt?
Why after many years of lack did the gods give more grain?
Background on the passage—What did Dido do as her last act? Who else knows? How do they feel? climbs on the funeral pyre and kills herself, Aeneas sees the fire and smoke and is very concerned
Culture—Describe the following types of footwear and tell who wore them. soleae— indoor sandals worn by everbody but the poor calcei— outdoor sandals worn by everbody but the poor caligae— hobnailed boots worn by soldiers
Describe the hairstyles of
Roman women— changed fairly often, worn up in elaborate braids, buns, they dyed and curled their hair
What were their wigs made of?
hair of captives
Roman men— wore their hair short and were clean shaven
_____ philosophers __________________ wore full beards