Latin 3 Semester 1 Exam

Dux, ducis- leader, commander

Exercitus- army

Gladius- sword

Metus- fear

Patria- fatherland/ country

Tristis- sad


Aequus- equal

Aestas- summer

Autumnus- autumn (2nd dec)

Glacies, glacia- ice (5th dec)

Hiems- winter

Ver, veris- spring


Apertus- open

Calceus- shoe

Purus- clean, pure

Sinister- left (hand)

Soleo- to be accustomed to

Sordidus- dirty, soiled

Vigilo- to stay awake, watch


Desino- to cease (inf)

Licet- it is allowed, permitted

Malum- a bad thing

Mālum- apple

Si- if

Tacitus- silent

Tergum, terge- back


Which case is used for direct objects: accusative 

Which case is used for subject: nominative 

Case is used for calling someone: vocative 

This case that talks about location is: Locative 

Which case signifies which declension the word is: genitive  

Which case is used for predicate nominative: nominative 

Which 2 cases are used for prepositional phrases: accusative and ablative 

Possession is usually used as genitive but mihi nomen est: dative 

What cause is used for indirect object: dative 

Locative Case- expresses location, is restricted to cities, towns, small islands, and four other words


Participles- adjectives formed from verbs

Are participles common in Latin? yes

What do participles show? tense and voice

What does it translate to in English? -ing (the dog is sleeping)

What do participles have? gender, number, and case

What do participles follow? 3rd declension adjectives

Participles come from _____ but act as _____. verbs, adjectives

What are the key letters? -nt

The ablative single may end in e or i. True

What is the first month in the old Roman calendar? March

What date was the Ides of March? 15th of March

What is the dividing/ halfway point of the old Roman calendar? ides

What was the first day of the month? calends

What was nine days before the ides? nonies

The Romans and Germans are friends False

January is named after Janus True

German children play on the ice True

Febuarius is the shortest month True

Germania est promiqa Romana False 

Amelius est Amelia frater True

Amelius est uncle to Marcus, Quintus, and Iuliua true

Amelius milas est True

Sunt quator in anuo True

Sunt tantum decum months False

Time flies for Quintus who stay all day in bed false

Wears toga in army false

The rhein flumen divided german from gall true

Hanc probationem esse iustam cogito. I think that this test is fair.

Credo illum magistrum male agere carrum. I believe that Magister drives his car poorly.

Ex nihilo- out of nothing

Malesuada fames- hunger leads to crime

Mandamus- we command

Margaritas ante porcos- pearls before swine

Pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris- you are dust and to dust you shall return

Mendacem memorem esse oportet- a liar should have a good memory

Minima de malis- the lesser from two evils

Mirabile visu- wonderful to behold

Mobile vulgus-the fickle crowd

Modus vivendi- a way of getting along together