Key to Worksheet for Reading Latin 1D/E
John Porter, University of Saskatchewan

SENTENCES

1. What old men are you (pl.) capturing?

   quos senes capitis? [interrogative adjective]

2. Who is making you (sg.) wretched?

   quis te miserum/miseram facit? [interrogative pronoun]

3. To whom are you (sg.) giving the knife?

   cui cultrum das? [interrogative pronoun]

4. What name do you (pl.) want?

   quod nomen vultis? [interrogative adjective]

5. We want much treasure.

   multum thesaurum volumus.

6. Go (pl.) away into the house!

   abite in aedis.

7. Whose wife is shouting?

   cuius uxor clamat? [interrogative pronoun]

8. What thieves are leading the rich man home?

   qui fures divitem domum ducunt? [interrogative adjective]

9. What do you (pl.) command?

   quid iubetis? [interrogative pronoun]

10. Are they remaining home?

    manentne domi?

11. Do you (pl.) hear the poor (i.e., not wealthy) men?

    pauperesne auditis?

12. To what gods does she pray?

    quibus dis supplicat? [interrogative adjective]

13. Whom do I see?

    quem video? [interrogative pronoun]

14. Do the wives of old men care for wretched slaves?

    servosne miseros uxores senum curant?

15. I do not fear you (sg.), nor you me.

    ego te non timeo, neque tu me.

16. As the poor love the wicked, so are they wretched.

    ut pauperes [viri] malos amant, ita miseri sunt.

    • N.B. The inclusion of viri helps to avoid ambiguity re the case of pauperes, but it is not necessary.

17. Are the pots full of ointment?

    plenaene unguenti aulae sunt?

18. You (sg.) are bringing fire, they are bringing water.

    tu ignem fers, *illi* aquam ferunt.

    • N.B. You have yet to learn the term in asterisks. It is not necessary to the basic sense of the sentence, but helps to establish the implied contrast.

19. Do you (sg.) want many names?

    multane nomina vis?

20. My sisters are flogging your (sg.) brothers.

    sorores meae fratres tuos verberant.

FORMS

1. what dangers? (nom.)

   quae pericula

2. which knife? (acc.)

   quem cultrum

3. whose treasure? (nom.)

   cuius thesaurus

4. what girls? (nom.)

   quae puellae

5. what old man? (dat.)

   cui seni

6. whom? (dat.)

   cui

7. what water? (abl.)

   qua aqua

8. which sisters? (gen.)

   quarum sororum

9. what Lares? (dat.)

   quibus Laribus

10. whom? (acc.)

    quem

11. what eye? (nom.)

    qui oculus

12. which garland? (acc.)

    quam coronam

13. what gold? (nom.)

    quod aurum

14. what rich man? (abl.)

    quo divite

15. what talents/abilities? (abl.)

    quibus ingeniis

16. what name? (gen.)

    cuius nominis

17. me (dat.)

    mihi

18. you (gen. sg.)

    tui

19. me (abl.)

    me

20. you (dat. sg.)

    tibi

21. you (acc. sg.)

    te

22. into the water

    in aquam

23. under the pot

    sub aula

24. toward the cooks

    ad coquos

25. out of the fire

    ex igne

26. in the name

    in nomine

27. onto the knife

    in cultrum

28. at home (do not use aedes)

    domi

29. beautiful girls (dat.)

    puellis pulchris

30. wretched boys (gen.)

    puerorum miserorum

31. evil gods (dat.)

    dis malis

32. poor (i.e., not wealthy) husband (dat.)

    viro pauperi

33. beautiful sister (abl.)

    sorore pulchra

34. they capture

    capiunt

35. we wish

    volumus

36. he bears

    fert

37. go! (sg.)

    i

38. she makes

    facit

39. you (sg.) wish

    vis

40. capture! (sg.)

    cape

41. be safe! (pl. fem.)

    salvae este!

42. you (pl.) make

    facitis

43. we bear

    ferimus

44. I capture

    capio

45. she wishes

    vult

46. you (sg.) capture

    capis

47. speak! (sg.)

    dic

48. they bear

    ferunt

49. we make

    facimus

50. you (pl.) wish

    vultis

51. carry! (pl.)

    ferte

52. be bad! (sg. masc.)

    malus es!

53. enough names

    satis nominum

54. too much ointment

    nimis unguenti

55. no house (gen.)

    nullarum aedium

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