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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. 174-75

1. Form and translate the comparative and superlative adverbs of:
stulte: stultius, stultissime
bene: melius, optime
putide: putidius, putidissime
misere: miserius, miserrime
pulchre: pulchrius, pulcherrime
celeriter: celerius, celerrime
audacter: audacius, audacissime
male: peius, pessime
(optional):
multum: plus, plurimum
paulum: minus, minime
plane: planius, planissime
magnopere: magis, maxime
facile, facilius, facillime

2. Identify and translate the comparative [C] and superlative [S] adverbs in this list:
facillime: most easily (S)
astutius: more astutely (C)
optime: best (S)
fortius: more bravely (C)
magis: more (C)
minime: in the least way, very little, not at all (S)
pulcherrime: most beautifully (S)

3. Translate each of these phrases:
vir summâ virtûte: a man of the highest virtue
summâ virtûte: with / by means of the highest virtue
servus summâ astûtiâ: a slave of the highest astuteness
astûtiâ summâ: with / by means of the highest astuteness
manibus pedibusque: with hands and feet
hôc annô: (in) this year
eâdem formâ: with/ by means of the same looks
meîs pugnîs: with my own fists
eôdem tempore: at the same time

4. Give the Latin for:
on the same day = eôdem diê
a wife of the utmost excellence = uxor summâ virtûte
with the greatest courage = summâ virtûte
with my fist = pugnô meô
in the same year = eôdem annô
with the same hands = eîsdem manibus
a slave of great boldness = servus magnâ audaciâ
with a trick: dolô

5. Translate these sentences:
a) All future is uncertain. (Seneca)
b) We live among things that are about to perish. (Seneca)
c) It is always difficult to talk about future things. (Cicero)
d) Virtue is the same in man and god. (Cicero)
e) A way / path is (being) made with violence. (Vergil)