Key to Worksheet for Reading Latin 3A

FORMS

Give the appropriate forms.

1. the blackest nights (gen.)

   noctium nigerrimarum

2. a better death (dat.)

   morti meliori

3. more wax (abl.)

   plure cerae

4. that war (acc.)

   id bellum

5. the bravest soldiers (abl.)

   militibus fortissimis

6. the worst times (acc.)

   tempora pessima

7. the most beautiful day (gen.)

   diei pulcherrimi

8. those armies (dat.)

   eis/iis exercitibus

9. more misfortunes (nom.)

   plura mala

10. the larger expenses (acc.)

    sumptus maiores / sumptum maiorem

11. the best cities (gen.)

    urbium optimarum

12. that king (abl.)

    eo rege

13. the rather stupid slave (acc.)

    servum stultiorem

14. a most difficult duty (nom.)

    officium difficillimum

15. the smallest head (gen.)

    capitis minimi

16. very many coins (gen.)

    nummorum plurimorum

17. that triumph (dat.)

    ei victoriae

18. the rather gloomy wife (gen.)

    uxoris tristioris

19. a smaller house (gen.)

    domus minoris / domi minoris / aedium minorum

20. the very swift hand (dat.)

    manui celerrimae

21. those orders (nom.)

    ea imperia

22. more booty (acc.)

    plus praedae

23. the biggest things/matters (abl.)

    maximis rebus

24. the easiest roads (nom.)

    viae facillimae

25. that leader (acc.)

    eum ducem

SENTENCES

Translate the following into idiomatic Latin.

1. They consider you (sg.) braver than me.

   te fortiorem quam me habent/arbitrantur.

2. Do you (sg.) want more money?

   plusne pecuniae vis?

3. For many days the masters were more untruthful than their slaves.

   multos dies domini mendaciores quam servi fuerunt/fuere.

4. They will refuse to marry the most beautiful (pl.) of the girls.

   pulcherrimas puellarum domum ducere nolent.

5. He never saw his sons in greater dangers than those.

   filios in maioribus periculis quam eis/iis numquam vidit.

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