SAT II Latin : Latin Nouns
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Cases
Vir __________ caeditur
per gladio
gladio
a gladio
cum gladio
gladium
gladio
The correct answer is gladio. This is the example of the ablative of means, meaning an inanimate object was used to achieve an action. As such, there is no need for a preposition, as gladio in this context means "with a sword" already.
Example Question #2 : Latin Noun Cases
Choose the correct translation for the underlined section of the sentence.
Ego visus sum a Bruto.
to Brutus
at Brutus
by Brutus
for Brutus
with Brutus
by Brutus
The sentence translates to "I was seen by Brutus." This is called the ablative of personal agent, which uses the preposition "a" before the noun that is doing the action.
This construction is seen in the words "a Bruto."
Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Paradigms
The nominative plural of fulmen is __________.
fulmines
fulmina
fulmenes
fulmena
fulminae
fulmina
The noun lightning, fulmen is a third-declension neuter noun. As such, the proper ending for the nominative plural is -a. The genitive, which determines the stem, is fulminis; therefore the correct nominative plural is fulmina.
Example Question #1 : Latin Nouns
The correct accusative singular of cornū is __________.
cornūm
cornūum
cornūs
cornūa
cornū
cornū
The correct accusative singular of cornū is cornū. This is a fourth declension neuter -ū noun, and the accusative and nominative declensions match in neuter genders.
Example Question #2 : Latin Noun Paradigms
Please choose the correct answer from the options below
The proper ablative and dative plural form of the word Dea is __________.
Deis
Deabus
Dearum
Deam
Dea
Deabus
The noun "dea," though it is a first declension noun, is "deabus" in the plural dative and ablative, so as not to get it mixed up with the ablative and dative plural of the 2nd declension masculine noun "deus."
Example Question #2 : Latin Nouns
Aquitania __________ est.
provinciarum
provincia
provincias
provinciam
provinciae
provincia
The correct answer is provincia. Because of the verb est, which comes from the verb esse, to be, the nominative must be used instead of the accusative in a construction called the predicate nominative.
Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Cases
Please choose the correct answer below
Tiberis et Padus __________ sunt.
viae
flumina
montes
ponti
maria
flumina
Tiberis and Padus are the latin names for the rivers Tiber and Po, respectively. The word for river in Latin is Flumen, the nominative singular is Flumina.
Example Question #4 : Latin Noun Cases
The correct dative plural of dux is __________.
ducibus
ducebus
duces
duxibus
ducia
ducibus
The correct dative plural of dux is ducibus. As a third declension noun with a genitive of ducis, the proper ending, -ibus is added to the stem, resulting in ducibus.
Example Question #1 : Latin Dative Case
Dux mandat __________.
militem
militum
a militibus
milites
militibus
militibus
The verb mandare takes the dative instead of the accusative; therefore the only correct answer can be militibus; since every other option is in the wrong case.
Example Question #2 : Latin Noun Cases
Choose fill in the blank with the correct answer from the choices below
Senator mandat __________ in hortum
puerum
puer
pueros
puero
pueri
puero
The correct answer is "puero". It should be rememebered that Mandare in Latin takes the dative case instead of the accusative; therefore, "puero" is the only viable option.
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