Saturday, December 6, 2025

22.02.26: Level 2; Vincent (Latin Reader); XLII / XLIII; [1] A Surprise Attack by the British; [2] the Submission of the Trinobantes (ii) grammar review

[1] A Surprise Attack by the British

Posterō diē hostēs, quī procul ā castrīs erant in collibus, nostrōs equitēs proeliō lacessere incipiēbant. Tempore merīdiānō, ubi Caesar trēs legiōnēs et omnēs equitēs cum Gāiō Trebōniō, lēgātō, frūmentī causā mīserat, illī subitō in pābulātōrēs impetum fēcērunt. Sed nostrī ācriter resistēbant atque magnum numerum illōrum necāvērunt et cēterōs fugāvērunt. Hāc ex fugā auxilia, quae omnibus ex partibus convēnerant ad hostēs, discessērunt nec post illud tempus hostēs cum omnibus cōpiīs contrā nostrōs contendērunt.

[2] the Submission of the Trinobantes

Inde Trinobantēs, prope firmissima illārum regiōnum cīvitās, lēgātōs ad Caesarem dē pāce mīsērunt atque sē Caesarī dedērunt. Ex hāc cīvitāte Mandubracius, fīlius rēgis, ad Caesarem in Galliam vēnerat. Caesar multōs obsidēs et frūmentum imperat atque Mandubracium ad illōs mittit. Illī imperāta faciunt atque obsidēs ad numerum et frūmentum mittunt. Inde gentēs multae lēgātōs dē pāce mittunt atque sē Caesarī dant.

The questions refer to either of the two texts

[i] Give the nominative singular of the following nouns

diē

gentēs

obsidēs

pāce

regiōnum

rēgis

[ii] Identify the case of the words in bold and explain why it is being used:

(1) tempore merīdiānō

(2) cum Gāiō Trebōniō, lēgātō

(3) frūmentī causā

(4) prope firmissima illārum regiōnum cīvitās

(5) sē Caesarī dant

[iii] Give the first person singular present tense of the following verbs:

(1) convēnerant

(2) dedērunt

(3) discessērunt

(4) fēcērunt

(5) incipiēbant

(6) mīserat

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[i]

diē < diēs

gentēs < gēns

obsidēs < obses

pāce < pāx

regiōnum < regiō

rēgis < rēx

[ii]

(1) ablative of time when

(2) ablative of accompaniment │ noun in apposition i.e. two nouns are in the same case; cum [i] Gāiō Trebōniō, ¦ lēgātō

(3) genitive with causā (+ gen.) for the sake of

(4) genitive (plural): relative superlative refers to when the superlative is used in relation to something else e.g. the bravest of (all) the soldiers

05.12.24: level 2; degrees of comparison [17]; the superlative (4); relative superlative

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/10/051224-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-17.html

prope firmissima illārum regiōnum cīvitās │ nearly the strongest tribe of those regions

(5) dative; indirect object

[iii]

(1) convēnerant < conveniō

(2) dedērunt <

(3) discessērunt < discedō

(4) fēcērunt < faciō

(5) incipiēbant < incipiō

(6) mīserat < mittō

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