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Elementary Latin I
(LATIN 131)

Professor Ortwin Knorr
Classical Studies Program

 Email: oknorr"AT"willamette.edu
Phone: x6029
Mailbox: 107 Eaton
Office Hours: W 11:30-12:30 pm
and by appointment, 306 Eaton

Answer Key to the Exercises GVE p. 25-26

1. Attach the correct form of multus to these nouns (in ambiguous cases, give all possible alternatives):
cûrâs multâs
aurum multum
fûrês multî/multôs
senem multum
honôris multî
aedem multam
servôrum multôrum
senum multôrum
aedîs multâs
corônae multae
(optional)
servum multum
unguenta multa
aedis multa/multae
familiam multam
aedium multârum
honor multus
aedês multae (multâs)

2. Pair the form of multus with the nouns with which it can agree:
1. multus senex, servus [translate: "many an old man"/ "many a slave"]
2. multi Laris, senes, servi
3. multis honoribus, senibus
4. multas aedîs, familias
5. multae servae, aedi
6. multa unguenta, cura
(optional)
7. multos servos, fures
8. multo honori
9. multorum unguentorum, senum, deorum
10. multarum servarum, aedium

3. Translate into Latin:
servae multae (Remember Latin word order: adjectives often follow the noun!)
honôris multî
corônârum multârum
aurum multum
senem multum
fûrum multôrum
senês multôs

4. Translate these sentences:
(a) There are many thieves in the house.
(b) Many old men have many cares.
(c) Many slave-women are full of cares.
(d) Euclio has a lot of/much gold, many pots full of gold.
(e) The old man has many slaves.

5. Translate these sentences: [real Latin quotes]
(a) No power is long-lived (Ovid).
(b) Life is neither a good nor a bad thing (Seneca).
(c) Nobility is the only and unparalleled virtue (Juvenal).
(d) A life is long if it is full (Seneca).
(e) Fortune is blind (Cicero).