Friday, June 6, 2025

17.09.25: Level 2; Easy Latin Plays (Newman: 1913); Māter Gracchōrum [1][ii]; Scaena Prīma; answers

[1] What effect does Tiberius’ absence have on Gaius? (5)

[1] (i) alone / feels lonely when (ii) training / doing exercise (iii) in the Field of Mars and (iv) chasing wild animals (v) in forests │ (i) Sōlitārius iam semper ego (iii) in Campō (ii) mē exerceō, vel (v) in silvīs (iv) ferās captō sōlitārius.

[2] According to Cornelia, what is Tiberius doing? (3)

[2] (i) Thinking and (ii) toiling / labouring / working (iii) on behalf of the country │ (iii) prō patriā nostrā (i) cōgitat et (ii) labōrat

[3] Translate: Num vīs patris vestrī fīlium, Āfricānī nepōtem, esse dēgenerem? Num ille vēnātiōnibus studēbit, dum miseriīs premuntur cīvēs Rōmānī?

[3] (i) Surely you don’t want (ii) your father’s brother, (iii) the grandson of Africanus, (iv) to be inferior to his predecessors? (v) He won’t be involved in hunting, will he [Surely he won’t be …] , (vi) while Romans citizens are oppressed (vii) by miseries?

[4] Why are the people shouting? (2)

[4] (i) Greeting Gracchus (ii) the Tribune of the Plebs │ Salvē Gracche! Ecce Tiberius, tribūnus plēbis!

[5] What three things does Cornelia say Gracchus will do as Tribune of the Plebs? (3)

[5] (i) save Rome (ii) restrain the Senate (iii) favour / support the citizens │ (i) … servābis Rōmam. (ii) Senātum comprimēs, (iii) cīvēs fovēbis

[6] [a] What was Tiberius Gracchus doing recently? (3)

[b] How did he feel when he was doing this? (1)

[6] [a] (i) returning to Italy (ii) travelling / making a journey (iii) along the Appian Way │ (i) in Ītaliam revēniēbam; (ii) iter faciēns [present active participle] (iii) per Viam Appiam

[b] grieving greatly │ multum dolēbam

[7] What did he see? (4)

[7] (i) everywhere (ii) slaves (iii) wretched and foul / disgraceful men (iv) guarding flocks │ (i) Ubīque (ii) servōs vidēbam, (iii) miserōs hominēs et turpēs, (iv) gregēs cūstōdientēs [present active participle].

[8] Who used to live in this area and how has the ownership of the land changed? (3)

[8] (i) Roman farmers; (ii) each one cultivated his own fields (iii) now the wealthy have all the fields │ Ubi (i) agricolae Rōmānī ōlim habitābant et (ii) suōs quisque agrōs colēbat. (iii) Nunc, ēheu, omnēs agrōs dīvitēs habent

[9] What is the situation of those living in Rome? (3)

[9] (i) (living) in poverty and (ii) crime / wrongdoings (iii) followers of the aristocrats │ cīvēs Rōmānī in urbe (i) in paupertāte ac (ii) vitiīs versantur, (iii) optimātium clientēs.

[10] What three things, according to Gracchus, will happen now that he is Tribune? (3)

[10] (i) He will introduce / make a very just law (ii) return fields to the poor (iii) each will cultivate his own farm again│ (i) Lēgem feram iūstissimam. (ii) Agrōs pauperibus reddam; (iii) iterum suum quisque fundum cōlet.

[11] Why does Cornelia want her son to listen? (1)

[11] he will be a witness │ Ego et tū testēs sumus.

[12] What does she tell Gaius that Tiberius will do? (3)

[12] (i) return the Italian fields (ii) to the Roman people and (reinstate) (iii) former morals / principles / habits  of the Romans │ Tiberius (ii) populō Rōmānō (i) agrōs Italōs restituet, et (iii) prīstinōs Rōmānōrum mōrēs.

[13] Find the Latin:

(i) addressing Gaius │ Gāium alloquēns [present active participle]

(ii) while making the journey│ iter faciēns [present active participle]

(iii) (come) here, boy! │ hūc, puer!; hūc: to here

(iv) shouts are heardClāmōrēs audiuntur [passive]

(v) the Roman people have made / elected me (as) tribune of the Plebs. │ populus Rōmānus [accusative] tribūnum [accusative] plēbis creāvit

(vi) this will be your work │ Hoc … tibi [dative] erit opus [= literally: this will be the work for you, or you will have this work / task]

[14] What case (marked in bold) is used in the following phrases and why is it used? (2)

Salvē Gracche!

Tū ergō, mī fīlī, servābis Rōmam.

[14] (i) Both in the vocative case i.e. Gracchus (nominative) > Gracche; meus fīlius > mī fīlī (ii) used when addressing somebody directly


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