Latina VI Certamen
a.d. iii Kal. Apriles MMXII
I. Read the following story and answer the following questions:
In Italiā prope fluvium Tiberim habitat pastor quidam, nomine Faustulus. Hodie ad casam redit et uxorem, nomine Accam Larentiam, magnā voce vocat, “Uxor! Venī celeriter ad me!”
Larentia venit et virum rogat, “Quid est coniunx? Cur me vocas?”
“Venī mecum ad ripam fluvii,” respondet Faustulus. “Rem miram tibi ostendere volo. Necesse est nobis festinare.”
Pastor et uxor e casā currunt et ad Tiberim festinant. Larentia virum multa rogat. Vir tamen nihil respondet sed uxorem ad ripam fluvii ducit. Ubi adveniunt, Larentia ripam spectat. Ibi videt lupam, quae pueros geminos alit. Lupa pueros diligenter curat et linguā lambit.
“Age, Faustule,” clamat Larentia. “Ramum arboris arripe et lupam repelle!”
“Cur me lupam repellere iubes?” rogat vir. “Lupa pueros neque vexat neque terret. Ecce! Pueros curat quod eos amat.”
“Ita vero,” respondet uxor, “sed ego pueros ad casam nostram portare volo. Ego et tu pueros velut liberos nostros curare debemus.”
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It’s All About the Endings!
Latina VI Certamen
a.d. iii Kal. Apriles MMXII
· fluvium, -i, n., river
· pastor, pastoris, m., shepherd
· casa, -ae, f., hut
· coniunx, coniugis, m./f., spouse
· ripa, -ae, f., river bank
· res, rei, f., thing
· mirus, -a, -um, wondrous
· tibi, dative of tu, (to) you
· ostendo, ostendere, to show
· multa, neut. pl. acc., many things
· geminus, twin
· alo, alere, to nourish
· diligenter, carefully
· lingua, -ae, f., tongue
· lambo, lambere, to lick
· noster, nostra, nostrum, our
· velut, just as
· debeo, debēre, to owe or ought
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It’s All About the Endings!
Latina VI Certamen
a.d. iii Kal. Apriles MMXII
1. Find an example of an ablative of manner. Write the example along with its translation in the spaces below:
a) example: ______
b) translation: ______
2. Find an example of an ablative of means. Write the example along with its translation in the spaces below.
a) example: ______
b) translation: ______
3. How do the ablative of manner and ablative of means differ?
4. Label the sentence: “Larentia venit et virum rogat.” (line 4)
5. What pronoun (in English or Latin) is the subject of “vocas?” (line 4)
6. What Latin word is the subject of “est?” (line 6)
7. Label and Translate: “Rem miram tibi ostendere volo.” (line 5)
8. What the genitive case used for? Give in Latin and translate an example (it does not have to come from the story).
a) explanation: ______.
b) example: ______
c) translation: ______
9. Provide the following:
a) Translate: “Lupam repelle!”______
b) Change “repelle” to the imperative plural: ______
c) Change to the negative imp. pl:______:
10. Translate: “Cur me lupum repellere iubes?” (line 12)
11. Label and Translate: “Pueros curat quod eos amat.” (line 13)
12. What is the subject of “debemus?” (line 15)
II. Label first, then translate the following sentences into Latin (labeling counts):
1. The wolf is not the boys’ mother; the boys are not Larentia’s children; Larentia is wife of the shepherd Faustulus.
2. Faustulus shouts in a big voice, “Don’t order me to drive off the wolf with a stick!”
3. At night Larentia is able to sleep.
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It’s All About the Endings!