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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. 62

1. Translate: [preposition practice]
into the house; out of/from the dowry; in mind; to the men/humans; away from the water; out of fires; at home; out of danger; into death/destruction; to the waters; into danger

2. Translate these sentences: [mostly partitive genitives]
a) Where is Megadorus? What plan does he have?
b) A rich man wants a beautiful wife? What’s the problem?
c) Therefore, I consider you good men. [habere + double acc.]
d) The slaves in the house commit too many crimes, too many evil deeds.
e) What kind of [what of a] burden are you carrying? Where are you going?

3. Translate these sentences:
a) Hurry slowly. (Suetonius, proverb)
b) Virtue alone makes life happy. (Cicero)
c) The wise doesn’t do anything unwillingly. (Seneca)
d) The author praises (his) work. (Ovid)
e) In a mob, nothing is moderate. (Tacitus)
f) Pleasure is neither something good nor something bad. (Aulus Gellius)