Latin Exam Study Guide – Flashcards
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There is one Latin form of this tense, and three Latin forms of it.
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Present Tense
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What are the three English forms of the present tense?
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Simple, Progressive, Emphatic
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In Latin, a verb's ending must agree with its subject in person and number.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
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1st, 2nd, or 3rd.
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Person
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Singular or plural.
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Number
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A pattern of endings that go on certain nouns; a noun is born into a ______ and can never leave.
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Declension
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What is the Nominative case used for?
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Subjects and Predicate Nominatives
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An adjective must agree with the noun it modifies in gender, case, and number.
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Noun-Adjective Agreement
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If this ending is at the end of the first word in a sentence, it changes to a "yes or no" question.
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-ne
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What are the three forms of "yes" in Latin?
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Ita vero, ita, certa
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What is the one form of "no" in Latin?
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Minime
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Cur, quis, quid, and ubi are examples of __________.
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Interrogatives
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Nominative, Accusative, and Ablative are examples of ___.
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Case
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What to transitive verbs take?
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Direct Objects
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What kind of verbs take direct objects?
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Transitive Verbs
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What kind of verbs do not take anything?
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Intransitive Verbs
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What is the Accusative case used for?
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Direct objects and objects of some prepositions
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What is the Nominative singular 1st declension ending?
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-a
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What is the Nominative singular 2nd declension ending?
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-us
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What is the Accusative singular 1st declension ending?
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-am
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What is the Accusative singular 2nd declension ending?
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-um
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What is the Accusative singular 3rd declension ending?
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-em
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What is the Ablative singular 1st declension ending?
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-a
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What is the Ablative singular 2nd declension ending?
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-o
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What is the Ablative singular 3rd declension ending?
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-e
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What is the Nominative plural 1st declension ending?
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-ae
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What is the Nominative plural 2nd declension ending?
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-i
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What is the Nominative plural 3rd declension ending?
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-es
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What is the Accusative plural 1st declension ending?
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-as
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What is the Accusative plural 2nd declension ending?
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-os
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What is the Accusative plural 3rd declension ending?
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-es
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What is the Ablative plural 1st declension ending?
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-is
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What is the Ablative plural 2nd declension ending?
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-is
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What is the Ablative plural 3rd declension ending?
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-ibus
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An unconjugated verb.
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Infinitive
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To join a verb to a subject (which also creates a tense).
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Conjugate
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The time when the action of a verb occurs.
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Tense
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What are three examples of a tense?
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Past, Present, Future
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In English, what word always precedes an infinitive?
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To
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An infinitive in Latin is a verb that ends in ___. (ending)
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-re
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What is the Ablative case used for?
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Objects of other prepositions
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What is the present tense 1st person singular ending?
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-o
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What is the present tense 1st person plural ending?
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-mus
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What is the present tense 2nd person singular ending?
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-s
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What is the present tense 2nd person plural ending?
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-tis
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What is the present tense 3rd person singular ending?
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-t
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What is the present tense 3rd person plural ending?
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-nt
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These imitate nouns (modify and agree).
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Adjectives
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These ask how, when, or where?
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Adverbs
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These join words, phrases, or clauses.
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Conjunctions
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Used for direct address; same as Nominative, except 2nd declension singular, which is -e.
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Vocative
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What is the Vocative 2nd declension singular ending?
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-e
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What are the four Accusative prepositions?
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Ad, Per, Prope, and In
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What are the three Ablative prepositions?
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Sub, Ex, and In
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Tells if a word is masculine or feminine.
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Gender
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What year was the supposed date of the Trojan War?
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1184 B.C.
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Who was the supposed author of The Iliad?
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Homer
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Around what year was The Iliad written?
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800 B.C.
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What does the Iliad represent in western culture?
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Literature
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How many years was the Trojan War?
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10
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Who fought in the Trojan war?
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Greeks and Trojans
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The Trojan War started when who stole Helen?
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Paris
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The Trojan War started when Paris stole who?
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Helen
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Who was the king and Helen's wife when she was kidnapped?
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Menelaus
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Menalaus's brother who he persuaded to amass an army and sail to attack Troy.
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Agamemnon
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What sea did Agamemnon sail over?
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Aegean Sea
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Who were two of Menelaus's allies?
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Achilles and Odysseus
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Who were two of Menelaus's enemies?
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Priam and Hector
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Who wrote the Aeneid?
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Urgil
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When was the Aeneid written?
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1st Century B.C.
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The Aeneid connect the the Trojan War to the founding of ____.
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Rome
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Who is the main character in the Aeneid?
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Aeneas
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Who are two people traveling with Aeneas after the fall of Troy?
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Anchises and Ascanius
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Aeneas's wife, _____, could not escape the fall of Troy.
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Creusa
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Who was Aeneas's mother?
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Venus
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Where did Aeneas wander for years?
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Mediterranean Sea
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Where was one of the many places Aeneas settled but could not because of the gods?
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Carthago
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Who was the queen Aeneas almost settled with in Carthago?
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Queen Dido
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What city did Aeneas settle in that would eventually become Rome?
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Lavinium
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Who did Aeneas want to marry in Lavinium?
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Lavinia
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Who was Lavinia's father?
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Latinus
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Who did Aeneas have to defeat to marry Lavinia?
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Turnus
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What were two of the descendants of Aeneas named?
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Romulus and Remus
