SAT II Latin : SAT Subject Test in Latin
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Example Question #1 : Latin Adjectives
Translate the quoted English words into the correct answer.
"The good farmers" work in the fields
Agricola bona
Agricola bonus
Agricolae bonae
Agricolae boni
Agricoli boni
Agricolae boni
Agricola is one of the few nouns in the first declension that is masculine and not feminine. The adjective then must be in the masculine gender to agree with agricola. The correct nominative plural of agricola is agricolae, and the correct nominative plural masculine adjective is boni; agricolae boni.
Example Question #2 : Latin Adjectives
Choose the correct answers from the options below
Video __________ saxa
tres
trium
tribus
tria
tresia
tria
The number three, "tres," declined like an adjective. The noun "saxa" is the accusative plural of "saxum" a neuter noun. The correct neuter accusative plural of "tres" is "tria."
Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Cases
Vir __________ caeditur
gladio
a gladio
cum gladio
per 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 #1 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
Translate the English in quotes to the correct Latin option.
"This town" is large.
hic oppidum
huic oppidum
haec oppidum
hoc oppidum
hunc oppidum
hoc oppidum
The noun oppidum is neuter and in this case is in the nominative singular. The correct demonstrative pronoun that agrees with a neuter nominative singular noun is hoc.
Example Question #2 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
__________ est Flavia?
Quo
Quae
Quis
Quid
Quam
Quis
The correct answer is "quis", meaning "who" or "what." The sentence translates to "Who is Flavia?" It should be remembered that the verb "to be" takes the nominative and not the accusative, thus eliminating all the other options, except for "quid" which is neuter and not used for people, and "quae" which is plural.
Example Question #3 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
Choose the correct translation for the underlined section of the sentence.
Ego visus sum a Bruto.
for Brutus
at Brutus
by Brutus
with Brutus
to 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 #4 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
The nominative plural of fulmen is __________.
fulmina
fulmines
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 __________.
cornūs
cornūm
cornū
cornūum
cornūa
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 #8 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
Please choose the correct answer from the options below
The proper ablative and dative plural form of the word Dea is __________.
Dea
Deam
Deis
Deabus
Dearum
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 Noun Cases
Aquitania __________ est.
provincia
provinciam
provinciae
provincias
provinciarum
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.
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