1. Discipulī librum trīstissimum legēbant.
B) very sad
superlative adjective:
trīstissimus, -a, -um
02.12.24: level 2; degrees of comparison [14]; the superlative
(1); the biggest, the most beautiful, the best
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/021224-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-14.html
2. Cuius amīcus in ātriō est?
D) Whose
interrogative pronoun;
genitive singular; literally: the friend of whom? = whose friend?
15.08.25: Level 3; review; direct questions [5]; interrogative
pronouns
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/05/150825-level-3-review-direct-questions.html
3. Hostēs cōnsilia Rōmānōrum praedīcere poterant.
C) were able
imperfect tense of possum
05.04.24: working with different tenses
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/050424-working-with-different-tenses.html
4. Minerva erat prūdentior cēterīs deīs.
A) than the rest of the gods
ablative of comparison
conveying that X is bigger / better etc. than Y
12.11.24: level 2; degrees of comparison [6]; object of
comparison (1)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/09/121124-level-2-degrees-of-comparison-6.html
5. Nymphae haec carmina canunt.
C) these
demonstrative adjective; neuter
accusative plural
02.11.25: Level 3 (review); demonstratives [1]; 3rd person
pronouns [i] hic / ille / iste
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/021125-level-3-review-demonstratives-1.html
6. Ūndēvīgintī equī in agrō stābant.
C) Nineteen
cardinal number; literally: one from
twenty
28.02.24: numbers 11-20
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/lying-about-your-age-numbers-11-20-step.html
7. Dominus canem prope iānuam dormientem nōn videt.
A) sleeping [or: which is sleeping / while it
is sleeping]
present active participle:
dormiēns, -entis
Accusative singular: dormientem
17.08.24: Level 2; the present active participle [5];
declension [3]; accusative [1]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/06/170824-present-active-participle-5.html
21.08.24: Level 2; the present active participle [6];
declension [4]; accusative [2]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/07/210824-present-active-participle-6.html
23.08.24: Level 2; the present active participle [7];
declension [5]; accusative [3]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/07/230824-present-active-participle-7.html
8. Parvī puerī celeriter arborem ascendērunt.
B) quickly
adverb
04.09.24: adverbs [2](1); -ē; -ter (1)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/07/040924-adverbs-2-e-ter-1.html
9. Nōbīs placet īre ad amphitheātrum.
A) It pleases us.
impersonal verb; literally X pleases
/ is pleasing to us
03.10.26: Level 3+ (review); impersonal verbs [7] placet;
displicet; iuvat; dēlectat; vidētur
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2026/04/031026-level-3-review-impersonal-verbs.html
10. Aut pugnāte aut discēdite ab urbe!
B) Either ... or
correlative
xx.yy.26: Level 3+ (review); correlatives [1]
introduction; et … et; aut … aut …; vel
… vel; neque (nec) … neque (nec)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2026/06/xxyy26-level-3-review-correlatives-1.html
11. Māter nostra, _____ dōnum dedimus, laetissima erat.
C) cui
relative pronoun; dative singular; to
whom we gave the gift
11.08.24: Level 2; Practice in reading the perfect tense; A
First Latin Reader (Vincent) [8](3): quī, quae, quod; all cases; genitive and
dative cases
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/06/110824-level-2-practice-in-reading.html
12. Nōnne vīs īre ad lūdōs hodiē?
What is the expected answer to the question?
A) Ita vērō! Volō īre.
nōnne [adverb]: surely …? This expects
a positive answer.
Nōnne intellegis? | Surely you understand? / You
understand, don’t you?
Nōnne vīs īre ad lūdōs hodiē? | Surely you want to go to the
games today? / You want to go …, don’t you?
A) Ita vērō! Volō īre. | Yes! I want to go.
25.02.24: negatives and interrogatives
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/negatives-and-interrogatives-1.html
13. Mōns, quī trēs diēs ērūperat, trēs urbēs
dēvāstāvit.
D) for three days
accusative of duration of time i.e. for how long an
action was carried out
20.03.24: more on ages; duration of time [1]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/200324-more-on-ages-duration-of-time-1.html
14. Nōnnūllī ducēs Gallōrum erant _____ Rōmānōrum.
D) amīcī
predicate nominative i.e. X =
Y; some leaders (X) were friends (Y) of the Romans
23.02.24: Declensions and cases [1] (nominative; vocative)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/declensions-and-cases-1-nominative.html
15. Hannibal impetum exercituum nōn timuit.
A) of the armies
4th declension noun;
genitive plural
21.11.25: Level 1; Carolus et Maria [16][v] Grammar Notes (1):
4th declension nouns
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/211125-level-1-carolus-et-maria-16v.html
all posts:
https://adckl.blogspot.com/search/label/declensions%3A%204th
16. Ferte, ancillae, vīnum in triclīnium!
B) Carry!
imperative plural of ferō
19.10.25: Level 3; ferō and its compounds [1]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/07/191025-level-3-fero-and-its-compounds-1.html
17. Omnēs sociī regem vulnerātum salūtāvērunt.
D) (the) wounded (king) [or: the king who had been
wounded]
perfect passive participle
13.01.25: Level 2; the passive voice [20]: the perfect passive
[1]; three-in-one: the perfect, pluperfect and future perfect passive; the
fourth principal part / the perfect passive participle
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/10/130125-level-2-passive-voice-20-perfect.html
18. Deinde Hippomenēs pōmum ā deā datum dēposuit.
C) by the goddess
ablative of agent
24.05.25: Level 3;
summary of the uses of the ablative case [8]: the ablative of agent
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/02/240525-level-3-summary-of-of-uses-of_26.html
20.12.24: Level 2; the passive voice [4]; present passive;
passive agent
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/10/level-2-passive-voice-4-present-passive.html
19. Puerī, puellam territūrī, post arborem stābant.
C) (who were) intending to frighten [or: about to / going
to frighten]
future active participle: terreō,
-ēre, -uī, territus > territurus, -a, -um
25.09.25: Level 3; the grammar of things to come: diēs īrae
(Requiem); the future active participle
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/06/250925-level-3-grammar-of-things-to.html