28.01.25: Level 1; oral proficiency in Latin [3](2)

[IV] In arēnā Spartacus videt alterum gladiātōrem. Alter gladiātor videt Spartacum. Ambulant in mediam arēnam et tum pugnant. Diū et ferōciter duo gladiātōrēs pugnant. Alter gladiātor cadit ad terram. Spartacus venit ad hunc gladiātōrem. Spartacus eum necat! Tandem Spartacus est victor. Spartacus nunc est laetissimus quod est victor in arēnā. Multī spectātōrēs congrātulātī sunt Spartacum.

[V] Mortuus gladiātor portātur ex arēnā. Et subitō galea cadit. Spartacus spectat faciem alterīus gladiātōris. Ecce! Spartacus dīcit, “Est amīcus meus! Ō mē miserum! Ego necāvī meum amīcum! Ego sum miserrimus! Nōlō esse gladiātor nunc. Volō esse līber!”

cadō, cadere [3]: fall

congrātulātī sunt: (they) congratulated

faciēs, -ēī [5/f]: face

necō, necāre [1]: kill

medius, -a, -um: middle; the middle of i.e. Latin uses an adjective whereas English uses a noun

• ambulant ¦ in mediam arēnam │ they walk ¦ into the middle of ¦ the arena

laetissimus, -a, -um: very happy

miserrimus, -a, -um: very miserable

Match the questions with the answers below

1. Quem Spartacus in arēnā videt? ____________________
2. Quōmodo duo gladiātōrēs pugnant? [ī] ____________________ [iī] ____________________
3. Quis cadit ad terram? ____________________
4. Quis est victor? ____________________
5. Quid accidit dum mortuus gladiātor ex arēnā portātur? ____________________
6. Cūr nunc Spartacus miserrimus est? ____________________
7. Quid Spartacus vult? ____________________

alter gladiātor; alterum gladiātōrem; diū et …; esse liber; ferōciter; galea cadit; quod amīcum necāvit; Spartacus