24.03.26: Level 2; Vincent (Latin Reader); LII / LIII; [1] Boadicea; [2] The Roman Advance (ii) grammar review

Claudius, quī in Britanniam vēnerat, paucōs diēs sōlōs manēbat, quod, ut Tacitus nārrat, caelum imbribus et nebulīs erat foedum. Plautius, quī cōpiās in Cantium exposuit, legiōnem vīcēsimam Virocōnium, secundam Iscam, nōnam Lindum mīsit. Posteā Boudicca, rēgīna Icēnōrum, rebelliōnem magnam contrā Rōmānōs, quī bellum in Ordovicēs gerēbant, subitō parāvit. Boudicca oppida multa et castra expugnāvit atque numerum maximum Rōmānōrum necāvit.

From text #1

[1] Find from the first text one example of each of the following:

[i] relative clause

[ii] subordinate clause of reason

[iii] pluperfect tense

[2] Identify the cases in bold and explain why they are being used:

[i] paucōs diēs

[ii] caelum imbribus et nebulīs erat foedum

[iii] numerum maximum Rōmānōrum

[2] The Roman Advance

Rōmānī, postquam Boudiccam superāvērunt, cōpiās Dēvam et Ebūracum dūxērunt. Hōc tempore Rōmānī Ebūracum caput Britanniae fēcērunt. Legiōnēs Rōmānae oppida maxima, Iscam, Devam, Ebūracum tenēbant; cōpiae auxiliārēs, quae erant minōrēs numerō, castra tenēbant. Rōmānī viās multās fēcērunt; per illās cōpiae Rōmānae iter celeriter faciēbant atque auxilium ad suōs mīlitēs celerrimē mittere poterant. Hōc tempore Rōmānī magnam partem īnsulae superāverant.

Text #2

[1] Find from the second text one example of each of the following:

[i] subordinate clause of time (temporal clause)

[ii] relative clause

[iii] comparative adjective

[iv] superlative adjective

[v] superlative adverb

[2] Identify the cases in bold and explain why they are being used:

[i] hōc tempore

[ii] minōrēs numerō

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Text #1

[1]

[i] quī in Britanniam vēnerat; quī cōpiās in Cantium exposuit; quī bellum in Ordovicēs gerēbant

[ii] quod … caelum imbribus et nebulīs erat foedum

[iii] vēnerat

[2]

[i] accusative of duration of time i.e. for how long an action took place

[ii] ablative of cause; the sky was foul because of rain and mists; not an ablative of means since the rain and mists are not instruments acting on the sky, but conditions causing its state

[iii] genitive, specifically partitive genitive i.e. a very large number of Romans

Text #2

[1]

[i] postquam Boudiccam superāvērunt

[ii] quae erant minōrēs numerō

[iii] minōrēs

[iv] maxima

[v] celerrimē

[2]

[i] ablative of time when

[ii] ablative of respect / specification; fewer in (terms / respect of) number