Friday, June 21, 2024

01.08.24: Level 2; Dē crocodīlō [3]

aperiō, aperīre, aperuī [4]: open

cadō, cadere, cecidī [3]: fall

extrahō, extrahere, extrāxī [3]: drag / pull out

haereō, haerēre, haesī [3]: stick

obeō, obīre, obiī [irr.]: go to meet; mortem obeō: die

Iēiūnus, -a, -um: hungry

quamquam: although

[A]

  1. How did the crocodile describe the third son? [1 point]
  2. Here is an example where a test question may want a lot of detail in an answer. Identify ‘blocks’ of information: Describe what happened when the crocodile wanted to eat the boy. [9 points] (Answer in the comments): [1] Ad porcī cadāver celeriter natāvit, │ [2] ōs aperuit, │ [3] porcum dēvorāvit. │ Sed [4] hāmus │ [5] in ōre eius │ [4] haesit │ et [6] senex │ [7] Rōbertum │ [8] fūne │ [9] ē flūmine Nīlō │ [6] extrāxit.*
  3. What did the man think it was not right for the crocodile to do? [1 point]
  4. What did he do to the crocodile? [1 point]
  5. Where was the crocodile kept? [1 point]
  6. What did the emperor’s slave do? [2 points]
  7. How do we know that the crocodile died happily? [2 points]

[B] Find the Latin

  1. He heard the boy wailing
  2. He thought to himself
  3. It isn’t proper ¦ for you (to eat…)
  4. … filled with sleep and food…


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[1] He quickly swam to the the body of the pig │ [2] opened (his) mouth │ and [3] devoured the pig. But [4] the hook stuck │ [5] in his mouth │ [6] and the old man dragged │ [7] Robert / the crocodile │ [8] with the line │ [9] out of the river Nile.

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