SAT II Latin : SAT Subject Test in Latin
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Latin Nouns
Please choose the correct answer below
Tiberis et Padus __________ sunt.
montes
ponti
flumina
maria
viae
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 #1 : Latin Dative Case
The correct dative plural of dux is __________.
ducibus
duces
ducebus
ducia
duxibus
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 Nouns
Dux mandat __________.
a militibus
militem
milites
militibus
militum
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 Nouns
Choose fill in the blank with the correct answer from the choices below
Senator mandat __________ in hortum
pueri
puer
puerum
puero
pueros
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.
Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Cases
Please choose the correct answer from below
The English word littoral comes from which latin word __________.
litus—beach
leto—kill
littera—letter
litus—sentence
lector—reader
litus—beach
The word in English, "littoral," means "pertaining to shores." It is not to be confused with the word "litteral" the noun for beach or shore in latin is "litus," the genitive being "litoris."
Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Cases
The accusative singular of vir is __________.
virūs
vir
virum
viram
virem
virum
Even though the noun vir doesn't end in -us or -um, it is a second declension masculine noun; therefore the correct accusative singular is virum.
Example Question #1 : Using Prepositions In Latin
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
Navigaverunt ex __________.
porto
portu
portus
portui
portuum
portu
The preposition "ex," "out of" takes the ablative case. The noun "portus," is a fourth-declension noun. The abaltive ending for fourth-declension nouns is a -u, so the correct answer is portu.
Example Question #1 : Using Perfect Tense In Latin
Please choose the correct answer below
Which phrase is Julius Caesar reported to have said when crossing the Rubicon river with his army?
Veni, vidi, vici.
Et tu, Brute?
Alea iacta est!
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.
Arma virumque cano!
Alea iacta est!
Julius Caesar when crossing the Rubicon, reportedly said, "Alea iacta est," which means "the die has been cast."
Both "Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis." and "Arma virumque cano!" are from the Aeneid by Virgil.
The remaining two quotes are also Julius Caesar, "Veni, vidi, vici." was what he said about his military campaigns in England, and "Et tu, Brute?" was what he said when he laid dying in the Senate, stabbed by the senators.
Example Question #1 : Latin Verbs
The correct present subjunctive passive of incipimus is __________.
inceperimus
incepissemus
incipiamur
inciperemus
incipiamus
incipiamur
The original verb incipimus is first-person plural; therefore we must find the first-person plural passive subjunctive of this verb. The subjunctive stem for the verb incipere is incipia-, taking the "ia" as the marker for the subjunctive. We then add "mur" to the end to make it passive in the first-person plural present tense.
Example Question #2 : Latin Verbs
Choose the correct answer from the options below
The correct subjunctive imperfect active of the verb of videtis is __________.
videbatis
videar
vidissemus
videretis
videbetis
videretis
Videtis is the indicative active present form of the verb video in the second person plural.
The proper relative form of this in the subjunctive imperfect is videretis.
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