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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 p. 219

1. With which nouns do the parts of ipse agree? [practices the forms of ipse]
ipsî (dat. s. m./f./n. or nom. pl. m.): calamitâtî, cônsulês, convîviô, nûntiî
ipsa (nom. s. f. or nom.&acc. pl. n.): gravitâs, signa, simulâcra
ipsâ (abl. s. f.): gravitâte

2. Translate: [idioms with ipse]
they wanted it themselves
the sign itself
they (f.) screamed themselves
with/by means of the plan itself
they spared the man himself or they themselves spared the man
merriment itself
they themselves begged and pleaded
don't hold her herself back

3. Translate these sentences:
(a) No one can be of a tranquil mind. (Cicero)
(b) The wise (man) conquers fortune through virtue. (Seneca)
(c) Alas, Fortune, which god is more cruel towards us than you? (Horace Sat. 2.8.61-62)
(d) This (man) enjoys wealth the most who needs it the least. (Seneca)
(e) Alas, how difficult is it not to betray the offence through (her) face. (Ovid Met. 2.447;
Callisto story)
(f) Silver is less valuable than gold, gold (less valuable) than virtues. (Horace Epist. 1.1.52)
(g) An honourable death is better than a disgraceful life. (Tacitus)
(h) Out of Africa, (there comes) always something new. (Pliny)
(i) The entire life of man is nothing else but a journey to death. (Seneca)
(j) To some, nature shows one way, to others, another. (Sallust)