Pliny test Review

Iam diēs alibī

Elsewhere, it was already daylight

illīc nox omnibus noctibus nigrior dēnsiorque

 but there, the night was darker and denser than all other nights

quam tamen facēs multae variaque lūmina solvēbant

many torches and various lights were loosening

Placuit ēgredī in lītus

 It was pleasing for them to go out onto the shore

et ex proximō adspicere, ecquid iam mare admitteret

and to see up close whether the sea which was remaining

quod adhūc vastum et adversum permanēbat.

would now allow (them to escape), still vast and against them. 

Ibi super abiectum linteum recubāns

Lying there on a spread out cloth

semel atque iterum frīgidam aquam poposcit hausitque.

he again and again demanded cold water and drank it.

Deinde flammae flammārumque praenūntius

Then the flames and the harbinger of flames

odor sulpuris, aliōs in fugam vertunt, excitant illum

 the smell of sulphur, turns the others to flight, and awaken Pliny the Elder. 

Innītēns servolīs duōbus assurrēxit et statim concidit

Leaning on two servants, he rose and collapsed at once

, ut ego colligō, crassiōre cālīgine spīritū obstrūctō

 as I gather, his breath was obscured by a thick fog

clausōque stomachō quī illī nātūrā invalidus

 and his windpipe was closed, which was by nature weak

et angustus et frequenter aestuāns erat.

and narrow to him, and often inflamed. 

1-3(SA) Writer and audience?

Pliny the Younger and Tacitus

SA) Purpose

Writing about death

SA) Who are those that are blessed?

both an individual who is writer who did stuff worth writing and a writer’s books worth reading

Relationship between two pliny’s

Pliny the Young and Pliny the Elder(Avunculi and avunculus)

9-11 MCQ) What is Pliny being obstructed by?

Ash, rocks, shores

MCQ) What action and words pertain to Pliny the Elder?

“laturus” future active participle

MCQ) What are the nominative noun cases?

ali and solutus

MCQ) What are the accusative noun cases?

cursum recta, periculum, and motus omnes

MCQ) What are the ablative noun cases?

metu and deprenderat oculis

MCQ) What are the genitive noun cases?

illius mali

MCQ) type of clause: adeō solūtus metū, ut omnēs illīus malī mōtūs omnēs figūrās ut dēprēnderat oculīs dictāret ēnotāretque

result

MCQ) type of clause: Cūnctātus paulum an retrō flecteret

Indirect question

MCQ) Type of clause: ut ita faceret

indirect command

dictaret

imperfect (was dictating)

dēprēnderat

indicative verb

Type of clause: Iam nāvibus cinis incidēbat, quō propius accēderent, calidior et dēnsior; iam pūmicēs etiam nigrīque et ambustī et frāctī igne lapidēs;

Elipses

ruinaque

ablative singular

moneti (warning them to do thus)

indirect command