Key to Latin 202 Midterm Exam Review

Translate the following into idiomatic Latin.

1. By punishing the conspirators, Cicero saved the state. [gerundive: 161]
   • coniuratoribus puniendis, Cicero rem publicam servavit.

2. The soldiers were ordered to leave. [Do not use iubeo.] [impersonal passive: 155]
   • militibus imperatum est ut abirent.

3. She said that she [herself] would never be loved. [2 versions] [supine/fore ut: 118.2/149]
   • negavit se umquam amatum iri.

   • negavit fore ut umquam amaretur.

4. Don't (sg.) do that! [2 versions] [nolo/jussive subjunctive: 59/152]
   • noli illud/id facere.

   • ne illud/id facias.

5. He was frightening, as you would expect of someone who had killed many men. [terribilis, -e] [utpote qui: 166]
   • terribilis erat, utpote qui multos necavisset.

6. The senate will decide to spare the slaves. [Do not use constituo.] [impersonal active: 154]
   • senatui placebit servis parcere.

7. They are afraid that their [i.e., the other peoples'] allies have not been defeated. [fear clauses: 162]
   • metuunt ut socii eorum victi sint.

8. If only this were true! [optative subjunctive: 153]
   • utinam hoc verum esset!

9. If only this had been true! [optative subjunctive: 153]
   • utinam hoc verum fuisset!

10. All the time we were doing this, the senate was posting guards. [dum: 165.1]
    • dum haec gerebamus, senatus custodes/praesidia disponebat.

11. He handed over the hostages to the senate to be killed. [obses, obsidis] [gerundive: 161.1]
    • obsides senatui interficiendos tradidit.

12. He said that he [himself] had seen the man who killed Caesar. [subordinate clause in indirect discourse: 142]
    • dixit se eum [virum] vidisse qui Caesarem necavisset.

13. What are we to do? [deliberative subjunctive: 152.1]
    • quid faciamus?

14. We fled before Caesar's troops arrived. [antequam/priusquam: 165.3]
    • fugimus priusquam milites Caesaris advenirent.

15. We become wise by reading. [sapiens, -ientis] [gerund: 175]
    • sapientes legendo fimus.

16. The children were spared. [impersonal passive: 155]
    • liberis parsum est.

17. We ought to set out. [Do not use debeo.] [impersonal active: 154 or impersonal passive periphrastic: 161.2 (with 155)]
    • nos proficisci oportet.

    • proficiscendum nobis est.

18. While Cicero was speaking, we left. [dum: 165.1]
    • dum Cicero loquitur, abiimus.

19. No one will be harmed. [impersonal passive: 155]
    • nemini nocebitur.

20. We did this in order to learn more easily. [disco (3)] [quo in final clause: 148]
    • hoc fecimus quo facilius disceremus.

21. I would have wished that you (sg.) hadn't done this. [potential subjunctive: 153.2]
    • nollem hoc fecisses.

22. Provided that you (pl.) are brave, we will never be afraid to wage war. [dummodo: 165.4]
    • dummodo fortes sitis, bellum gerere numquam metuemus.

23. He did this in order to expose the conspirators' plans. [Do not use ut.] [gerundive: 161.3]
    • hoc fecit ad consilia coniuratorum patefacienda.

24. He stated strongly that favor would be shown to the rich. [2 versions] [supine/fore ut: 118.2/149 (with 155)]
    • affirmavit divitibus fautum iri.

    • affirmavit fore ut divitibus faveretur.

25. He was fortunate in regard to his wife and children. [2 versions] [ablative of respect: 147]
    • fortunatus erat uxore et liberis.

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