Sunday, August 9, 2026

14.03.27: Level 3; ACL/NJCL; 2016; Latin II (ii); Questions [1] – [19]; answers

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