BASIC LATIN 102: unit sixteen quiz

I. For each case, supply the needed Latin gerunds from the verb "video" and gerundives ("with regina") [20 pts]

GERUND                                                                                         GERUNDIVE

"seeing"                                                                                            "seeing a queen"

"of seeing"                                                                                        "of seeing a queen"

"for seeing"                                                                                       "for seeing a queen"

"seeing"                                                                                             "seeing a queen"

"by seeing"                                                                                         "by seeing a queen"
 

II. Supply the English meanings for the Latin below : [10 pts]

faciendo:                                                                                             hostibus oppugnandis:

legendi:                                                                                                ad amicos faciendos:

ad pugnandum:                                                                                   cupidus pecuniae parandae:

dicere:                                                                                                    urbis delendae causa:

capiendi causa:                                                                                    necesse est nobis mori:
 

III. Give the Latin for each of the [bracketed] English expressions. Be certain that your answers reflect the context, the appropriate case(s), number(s) and gender(s) or verb form(s). Use space provided. [4 ea; 20pts]

a) [Before] he left Carthage, the sailor was [desirous] [of loving the queen].
 

b) [Going] to Rome is [good], but [by seeing] one can also learn or even [by reading] books.
 

c) The idea of [war] [disgusts] all men and women; nevertheless, [fighting] is [better] than [dying].
 

d) [Reading] books [bores] some people, but [it is necessary] for us [to read] [for the sake of learning].
 

e) [Although] he is a [stranger], he came [to warn the Romans] that they [not] remain in the city.
 
 

IV. Translate each of the following carefully, with complete meanings. [10 ea; 50 pts]

a) Cum me rogaverunt cur venissem, dixi me venisse ad Caesarem videndum.
 

b) Imperator infirmum populum oppugnavit, quia bello gerendo patria sua fiat validior.
 

c) Tam studiosus librorum legendorum fuit ut numquam se e villa removeret.
 

d) Domino malo tot hostes quot servos sunt; sed amando vir honestus servos suos amicos facit.
 

e) Discimus agendo; discamus quam maximum priusquam dies et menses et anni lapsi sunt. (Click here for answers to sections III and IV)