28.10.24: Level 1; Maxey [16] (1): reading and comprehension; part 1

Colloquium

Part 1

[i]

Quae arma, mīles Rōmāne, __________?

Galeam et scūtum __________. __________ est galea __________; __________ est scūtum __________.

Quid __________ scūtum?

Scūtum mē __________.

__________ facit galea?

Galea __________ meum tegit.

Complete the text with the words listed below:

caput; facit; habeō; habēs; haec; hoc; mea; meum; quid; scūtum; tegit

[ii]

Quae tēla, mīles Rōmāne, habēs?

Tēla mea sunt gladius et pīlum. Multī mīlitēs sagittās habent sed ego sagittās nōn habeō quod nōn sum sagittārius.

Ubi habitās, mīles Rōmāne?

In castrīs habitō cum est bellum. Castra amō. Castra sunt lāta et longa et multī mīlitēs Rōmānī in castrīs sunt. Longē ā casā patris meī sunt castra. Patrem et mātrem nōn videō. Interdum sum dēfessus et patrem et mātrem vidēre cupiō, sed ad casam nōn eō quod dux hoc dīcit: “Bonus mīles pugnat. Mīles malus domum it.”

1. Why does the soldier not have any arrows? [1]
2. When does he live in the camp? [1]
3. Where is the camp? [2]
4. How does he sometimes feel? [1]
5. What does he want to do? [1]
6. Why can he not go to his cottage? [3]

[iii]

Cūr cōnsilium nōn capis et domum īs?

Dux meus est benignus dux sed cōnsilium intellegit. Nōn cupit mīlitēs domum īre. “Cōnsilium nōn est bonum,” inquit dux. “Est malum. In castrīs manē.” Tum numquam īre cupiō.

Labōrāsne semper in castrīs?

Minimē. Ego et trēs amīcī interdum ad silvam īmus. Cum in silvā sumus, iacula habēmus. (Iaculum est pīlum sed non longum pilum.) Sagittās quoque habēmus. Interdum ad castra animālia portāmus. Animālia ad ducem portantur. Cum cēna bona in mēnsā parāta est, laetī sumus. 

[a] Find the Latin:

• (he) does not want
• (he) understands
• are carried
• Do you (sg.) work?
• stay!
• to go
• we carry
• we go
• we have
• you (sg.) go
• you (sg.) take

[b]

1. How does he describe his commander? [1]
2. What does the commander think of his own advice? [1]
3. How often do they go to the forest? [1]
4. What is a iaculum and how is it different from a pilum? [2]
5. What do they bring to the camp? [1]
6. When are they happy? [3]