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Elementary Latin II
(LATIN 132)

Professor Ortwin Knorr
Classical Studies Program

 Email: oknorrATwillamette.edu
Phone: x6029
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Answer Key to the Exercises GVE p. 309

(Top:)
Translate these sentences and say whether the infinitive is prolative (i.e., completes the meaning of a verb, e.g. volô, possum), reporting speech (a.c.i.), or historic:
(a) The nobles did not want to entrust the consulship to Catilina. (prolative)
(b) Fulvia had told many (people) that Catilina was preparing a conspiracy. (a.c.i.)
(c) Catilina created more commotion day by day, placed weapons (w. caches or armed men), sent money to Manlius. (historic)
(d) Catilina denies that he is making a conspiracy. (a.c.i.)
(e) Sempronia makes verses (and) uses modest spech. (historic)
(f) Cicero forbade Cornelius and Vargunteius to enter his house. (prolative)

(Bottom:)
Translate these sentences; pick out ablatives, distinguishing ablatives of respect from other usages:
(a) Sempronia, born from a noble family (abl. of origin) was learned (well-versed) in Latin literature (abl. of resp.).
(b) A certain man, Curius by name (abl. of resp.), was in love with Fulvia at that time (abl. of time).
(c) Not with respect to the whole matter (abl. of resp.), but with respect to the times (abl. of resp.) you were wrong.
(d) That night (abl. of time), Cornelius and Vargunteius were kept away from Cicero's door (abl. of separation; Jones/Sidwell may understand it as abl. of resp.).
(e) Although Catilina was lucky in terms of his birth and beauty (abl. of respect), he was nevertheless a man of very little wisdom (abl. of description).