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Elementary Latin II
(LATIN 132)

Professor Ortwin Knorr
Classical Studies Program

 Email: oknorrATwillamette.edu
Phone: x6029
Mailbox: 107 Eaton

Answer Key to the Exercises GVE pp. 217-18

1. With which nouns do the adjectives go? [practices the forms of alius and aliquis]
alîus (gen. s. m./f./n.): hospitis, calamitâtis
NB: alterîus [gen. of alter, the other one (of two)] is commonly used as an alternative to alîus
aliî (dat. s. m./f./n., nom. pl. m.): Lampsacênô, sermônês, iânuae
alia (nom. sg. f., nom./acc. pl. n.): convîvia, virgô
aliâ (abl. s. f.): calamitâte
aliqua (nom. sg. f., nom./acc. pl. n.): mulier, verba
aliquâ (abl. s. f.): rê, servâ

2. Translate: [idioms with alius and aliquis]
(a) Different people say different things.
or: Some people say one thing, others something else.
(b) Some were men from Lampsacum, others from Agrigentum.
(c) Different men are making an attack on the city in different places.
or: Some men attack the city in one place, others in another.
(d) Some hurriedly gathered (lit. ran together) from the fields, others from the city.
(e) Someone will say something.
(f) But who is calling (i.e., appealing to the praetor)? Some magistrate? Nobody.
     (Cicero, In Verrem 2.4.146)
(g) Catilina, are you hesitating to go away to some (other) country? (Cicero, In Catilinam 1.20)
(h) Verres left the house with some companion.