Latin II Semester Exam Study Guide

Semester Exam 2014/5 Study Guide

Latin II Study Guide for Semester Exam 2014-5

1) Format of Latin II Semester Exam:

A. Multiple Choice on morphology, syntax and history/culture

B. Verbal Morphology: 2 Verbs Games (one regular and one irregular verb) and a list of verbs conjugated to translate into English or Latin.

C. Nominal Morphology: 1) decline noun-adjective pairs; Put in required case and translate. Know vocabulary

D. English to Latin Sentences with Indirect Statement, Relative tense, Ablative Absolute, Five uses of infinitives, impersonal verbs, Participles, Relative Clauses, Clauses with dum, cum, ubi, quod, si, nisi, etc. Vocabulary taken from Aeneas, Romulus, Ajax and Aeolus, Roma Aeterna

E. Translation of selections from stories into English and parsing - Aeneas, Romulus, Ajax and Aeolus, Roma Aeterna

F. Unseen translation from Latin to English and parsing.

G. Short Answer questions on history and culture: The Regal Period/Monarchy; 510/9 and the establishment of the Res Publica; Features of the Consulship; Cursus Honorum and Elected Offices; Conflict of Orders; Aeneas Legend; Rape of Lucretia; Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus; General Topography of Rome – See Romulus and/or Lucretia story for map. Study World of Rome (Handout) pages 3-14 and questions.

2) Case Syntax: Know the following very well for semester exam.

I. Nominative Case:

       A. Subject of the finite form of the verb.   Ranae volant="Frogs are flying"
       B. Predicate Adjective or Predicate Nominative 1) Ranae sunt formosae = "frogs are sexy 2) rana est noster rex = this frog is our king 3) Ea videtur irata - she seems angry

II. Genitive Case:
       A. Possessive Genitive   Oculi huius ranae sunt pulcherrimi - "The eyes of this frog are beautiful or this frog's eyes are beautiful"
       B. Objective Genitive           amor ranarum = love of/for frogs
       C. Genitive of Description/Characteristic Noster rex est vir magnae sapientiae virtutisque = "Our king is a man of great wisdom and courage."
       D. Partitive Genitive Viginti milia passum; Pars nostrum in silvas fugere vult - "part of us want to flee into the woods"       plus vine - more (of) wine   maximus deus omnium - the greatest god of all
       E. With words of remembering/forgetting:   Iuno erat memor veteris belli. Juno is mindful of the old war.
       F. Special Adjective: plenus, a, um - full of Eius caput est plenum saxorum - his head is full of rocks

III. Dative Case:
        A. Dative Indirect Object           Ducanus flores pulchriori puellae dabit. "Ducan will give flowers to the more beautiful girl"

       B. Dative of the possessor       Pecunia mihi est. There is money for me = I have money nobis

       C. Dative after special verbs:   noceo, nocere, nocui - to harm
                                                     pareo, parere, parui - to obey
                                                   appropinquo (1) to approach
                                                   credo, credere, credidi, creditum - to believe, trust
                                                   parco, parcere, peperci - to spare
                                                   impero (1) - to command
                                                   persuadeo, persuadere, persuasi - to persuade
                                                   faveo, favere, favi - to favour

       D. Dative with special adjectives: inimicus, a, um; amicus, a, um; carus, a, um; similis, -e; vicinus, a, um;

       E. Dative of purpose (not on semester exam)

IV. Accusative Case:
       A. Direct Object
       B. Accusative of Time Duration or Extend of Space:        multos annos paucos dies tres menses - for three months
       C. With prepositions: per, propter, in, sub, circum, prope, ad, contra, ante, post, apud, extra, intra, ultra, praeter, inter, super...
       D. Accusative subject of an infinitive:   Marcus dicit hos viros in urbem venisse./ Marcus says that these men have come into the city

V. Ablative Case:
       A. SIDSPACE prepositions: sine, in, de, sub, pro, ab, cum, ex + ablative
       B. Means or Instrument (no preposition)   Is eum regem acuto gladio interfecit - he killed the king with a sharp sword
        C. Manner (optional cum):  summa cum laude/with the highest praise magna (cum) celeritate
        D. Time When: tertio die= on the third day   prima luce=at first lignt

       E. Time within Which   paucis annis = in a few years   tribus diebus = in three days
       F. Personal Agent (after passive voice - use a(b)  -      Haec a(b) militibus agentur  = These things will be done by the soldiers.
       H. Ablative of Cause - Adentu Caesaris - On account of the arrival of Caesar
       I. Ablative Absolute:   Verbis his dictis, patres domum venerunt./When these words had been said, the Senators went home.

2.5) Crucial Terms and concepts: apposition, substantive adjective, pronoun, antecedent, participle phrase, subordination, relative clause, ablative absolute, subordinating conjunction, coordinating conjunction…

3) Vocabulary: Review vocabulary from stories: Aeneas, Romulus, Lucretia, Ajax and Aeolus

4) Translation and Parsing: Be able to translate and parse individual words from stories: Aeneas, Romulus, Ajax and Aeolus. Know also context and characters.

5) Ablative absolute – elevation and relative tense are crucial - study my handout or see the ablative absolute chapter in Wheelock page 193

6) All participles –morphology and elevation into subordinate clause and relative – study handout or see chapter in Wheelock 184

7) Verbal Morphology (especially passive voice of the present system and perfect). Here a few to practice:

actum est feret docent docebuntur duceris capi cepi ceperamus tulerimus

fiebat ibit iverit factum est voluit malebat iunctae sunt iungemus iunxistis iungi

iunxisse iunguntur iacietur iecimus iaci ieci iactum erat iactum erit sensit sentiemini

sentietis sensisti sensa erant ire ferte fer fertur fert ferent lata sunt

rapientes rapietis rapiebamini raptus est rapti estis malent volent rapi rapui rapuisse

8) Irregular Verbs fio, fieri, factus sum; eo, ire, ii, iturus; fero, ferre, tuli, latum; volo, velle, volui; nolo, nolle, nolui; malo, malle, malui - appendix in Wheelock

9) Omnis, -e or fortis, -e – 3rd declension adjectives also ingens & acer, acris, acre

10) Third declension i-stem nouns: civis, ars, animal, mare, vis, hostis, etc – see Wheelock page 114.

11) Be able to decline vis, vis (f) and mare, maris (n)

12) 4th declension nouns – cursus, - us (m), manus, -us (f), and cornu, cornus (n) or genu, genus (n)- knee

13) 5th declension nouns – res, rei (f) dies, diei (m)

14) Reflexive pronoun --------, sui, sibi, se, se and reflective possessive adjective suus, a, um

15) Ipse, ipsa, ipsum – intensive pronoun/adjective – do not confuse with reflexive

16) 5 infinitives: amare amari

amavisse amatum esse

amaturum esse

17) Syntax of infinitives – Five uses (complementary; objective with iubeo, iubere; as subject; with impersonal verbs – licet, placet and indirect statement – see my handout

18) Indirect Statement (Wheelock page 201): Head verb + Accusative subject + Infinitive

-sequence of tenses of infinitives

-see handout and Wheelock chapter XXV

-relative tense is crucial

-use of the reflexive pronoun and adjective in indirect statement -, ____, sui, sibi, se, se and suus, a, um vs. personal pronoun

19) Irregular and –ius adjectives like solus, totus, nullus, ullus, unus, etc.

20) RELATIVE PRONOUN – morphology of qui, quae, quod What is the relationship between any pronoun and its antecedent?

21) Review morphology of: is, ea, id

hic, haec, hoc

ille, illa, illud

ipse, ipsa, ipsum

iste, ista, istud

qui, quae, quod

ego, mei, mihi, me, me

tu, tui, tibi, te, te

nos, nostri, nobis, nos, nobis

vos, vestri, vobis, vos, vobis

meus, a, um

tuus, a, um

noster, nostra, nostrum

vester, vestra, vestrum

suus, a, um

-ius paradigm: totus, a, um; solus, a um; unus, a, um; ullus, a, um; nullus, a, um

idem, eadem, idem -the same

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