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Elementary Latin I
(LATIN 131)

Professor Ortwin Knorr
Classical Studies Program

 Email: oknorr@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 pp. 148-49

1. Construct comparative and superlative of the following adjectives, giving their meanings when you have done so:
liber: liberior = freer, liberrimus = freest
fortis: fortior = braver, fortissimus = bravest
bonus: melior = better, optimus = best
niger: nigrior = blacker; nigerrimus = blackest
similis: similior = more similar; simillimus = most similar
magnus: maior = greater; maximus = greatest
celer: celerior = swifter; celerrimus = swiftest
parvus: minor = smaller; minimus = smallest
scelestus: scelestior = more wicked; scelestissimus = most wicked
stultus: stultior = more stupid; stultissimus = most stupid
malus: peior = worse; pessimus = worst
tristis: tristior = sadder; tristissimus = saddest
facilis: facilior = easier; facillimus = easiest
multus: plus = more; plurimus = most
ingens: ingentior = larger; ingentissimus = largest

2. Translate these sentences:
a) The king of gods and men stayed throughout that night with that woman in the house.
b) Her husband, Amphitruo, left his home with a very brave army.
c) She believes Jupiter (to be) Amphitruo because he (J.) has made himself similar to that man/the latter (A.).
d) That god is making love to that woman/her throughout the entire night because he has never seen a more beautiful woman than her.
e) He has made this night longer because of Alcumena.
f) More precisely, he has made this night the longest of all nights.
g) Mercury, his son, is a god of the highest astuteness. More precisely, he is more astute than all gods and humans.
h) He has made himself very similar to the slave Sosia.
i) Amphitruo will return home this night because in war, he did his job well and won a very big victory.
j) I have never seen a more stupid slave than Sosia, a more wicked god than Mercury on stage.

3. Translate these sentences:
a) Later considerations, as they say, are usually wiser. (Cicero)
b) Golden reins don’t make a horse better. (Seneca)
c) I see the better things and approve of them, but I pursue the worse ones. (Ovid)
d) No servitude is more disgraceful than a voluntary one. (Seneca)
e) Love reason: The love to this (thing) will arm you against the most difficult things. (Seneca)