test overview culture – stage 8: gladiators grammar – accusative plural, superlatives...

Test Overview• Culture – Stage 8: Gladiators

• Grammar – Accusative Plural, Superlatives

• Translation – Comprehension Questions, Grammar Questions

CULTURE: GLADIATORS

Retiarius

Thracian

Murmillo

Samnite

Hoplomachus

GRAMMAR:ACCUSATIVE

PLURAL

So what would be the Accuasitive Plural form of

via, viae (f.)?

Singular PluralNominative: via viaeGenitive: viaeDative:

Accusative: viamAblative:

So what would be the Accuasitive Plural form of

via, viae (f.)?

Singular PluralNominative: via viaeGenitive: viaeDative:

Accusative: viam viāsAblative:

What about the Accusative Plural of amīcus, amīcī (m.)?

Singular PluralNominative: amīcus amīcīGenitive: amīcīDative:

Accusative: amīcumAblative:

What about the Accusative Plural of amīcus, amīcī (m.)?

Singular PluralNominative: amīcus amīcīGenitive: amīcīDative:

Accusative: amīcum amicōsAblative:

What about the Accus. Plural of forum, forī (n)?

Singular PluralNominative: forum foraGenitive: forīDative:

Accusative: forumAblative:

What about the Accus. Plural of forum, forī (n)?

Singular PluralNominative: forum foraGenitive: forīDative:

Accusative: forum foraAblative:

Finally, the Accuasative Plural of rēx, rēgis (m.)?

Singular PluralNominative: rēx rēgēsGenitive: rēgisDative:

Accusative: rēgemAblative:

Finally, the Accuasative Plural of rēx, rēgis (m.)?

Singular PluralNominative: rēx rēgēsGenitive: rēgisDative:

Accusative: rēgem rēgēsAblative:

1st 2nd 2nd 3rd

NOMINATIVE -a -us -um (various)

GENITIVE -ae -ī -ī -isDATIVE

ACCUSATIVE -am -um -um -emABLATIVE

NOMINATIVE -ae -ī -a -ēsGENITIVE

DATIVE

ACCUSATIVE -ās -ōs -a -ēsABLATIVE

SIN

GU

LA

RP

LU

RA

L

1. The farmer praised the gladiator. The farmer praised the gladiators.

2. The slave killed the farmer. The slave killed the farmers.

3. The centurion praised the slaves.

4. The boy led the actors to the theater.

5. The old man led the actor to the theater.

6. A friend told stories.

7. Her friends greeted the slave girl.

8. The farmers listened to the messengers.

Put the following into Latin…

1.The servant greets the master.

2.The servants greet the masters.

3.The gladiator fights the lion.

4.The gladiators fight the lions.

5.The woman watches the dog.

6.The women watch the dogs.

saluto, salutarepugno, pugnarespecto, spectare

1.The servant greets the master.

• servus dominum salutat

2.The servants greet the masters.

• servi dominos salutant.

3. The gladiator fights the lion.

• gladiator leonem pugnat.

4. The gladiators fight the lions.

• glaidatores leones pugnant.

5. The woman watches the dog.

• femina canem spectat.

6. The women watch the dogs.

• feminae canes spectant.

GRAMMAR: SUPERLATIVES

Superlative Adjectives ‘–issim-’ Words

1. The merchant is sad. The old man is very sad.

2. The dog was fierce. The lion was the fiercest.

3. A friend told a very long story.

4. The heavily armored gladiators were brave, but the net-bearing gladiators were the bravest.

5. Melissa was very beautiful.

TRANSLATION PRACTICE

in arena Translation(page 127)