SAT II Latin : Latin Verbs
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Example Question #1 : Latin Verbs
Please choose the correct answer below
Which phrase is Julius Caesar reported to have said when crossing the Rubicon river with his army?
Et tu, Brute?
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.
Arma virumque cano!
Veni, vidi, vici.
Alea iacta est!
Alea iacta est!
Julius Caesar when crossing the Rubicon, reportedly said, "Alea iacta est," which means "the die has been cast."
Both "Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis." and "Arma virumque cano!" are from the Aeneid by Virgil.
The remaining two quotes are also Julius Caesar, "Veni, vidi, vici." was what he said about his military campaigns in England, and "Et tu, Brute?" was what he said when he laid dying in the Senate, stabbed by the senators.
Example Question #2 : Latin Verbs
The correct present subjunctive passive of incipimus is __________.
inciperemus
incipiamur
incipiamus
inceperimus
incepissemus
incipiamur
The original verb incipimus is first-person plural; therefore we must find the first-person plural passive subjunctive of this verb. The subjunctive stem for the verb incipere is incipia-, taking the "ia" as the marker for the subjunctive. We then add "mur" to the end to make it passive in the first-person plural present tense.
Example Question #3 : Latin Verbs
Choose the correct answer from the options below
The correct subjunctive imperfect active of the verb of videtis is __________.
vidissemus
videbatis
videbetis
videretis
videar
videretis
Videtis is the indicative active present form of the verb video in the second person plural.
The proper relative form of this in the subjunctive imperfect is videretis.
Example Question #3 : Latin Verbs
Marce, __________!
veni
veniat
venit
venite
venti
veni
The correct answer is veni. The name Marce is the vocative form of the name Marcus. This, coupled with the exclamation mark, lets us know that this is a command. The correct singular imperative of venire is veni.
Example Question #1 : Using Imperative Mood In Latin
Choose the correct answer from the choices below.
Servilia, __________ in villam!
venite
ventum sum
venitur
veni
venerunt
veni
The comma after the name spoken signifies that she is being addressed directly, so the imperative mood is needed. The singular imperative of Venire, to come is "veni."
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