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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 Sequence of Tenses Exercise

1. Verres lictoribus imperavit ut Gavium in crucem tollerent.
Verres ordered (his) lictors to crucify Gavius.
(ut + subj., i.e., purpose clause; impf. subj. tollerent is simultaneous to ind. perf. imperâvit)

2. Verres quî praetor malus fuisset Rômam redîre nôluit.
Verres who (was of the sort that he) had been a bad praetor (governor) did not want to return to Rome.
(relative clause w/ consecutive characteristic; plupf. subj. fuisset is prior in time to ind. perf. nôluit)

3. Syrâcûsânî â Cicerône petivêrunt ut Verrem accûsâret.
The Syracusans asked Cicero to accuse Verres.
(ut + subj., i.e., purpose clause; impf. subj. accûsâret is simultaneous to ind. perf. petivêrunt)

4. Cicero affirmâvit sê Verrem quî multa scelera commîsisset accûsâtûrum esse.
Cicero affirmed/stated strongly that he would accuse Verres who (because he) had committed many crimes.
(relative clause with causal characteristic; plupf. subj. commîsisset is prior in time to perf. affirmâvit).

5. Erant quî Verrem amârent; sunt, qui etiam nunc istum ament; semperque erunt qui eum imitentur. (imitârî = to imitate)
There were (those of the sort) who loved Verres, and there are (those of the sort) who even now love that (despicable) man, and there will always be (those of the sort) who will imitate him.
(three relative clauses with consecutive characteristics à la sunt qui;
impf. subj. amârent simultaneous to ind. impf. erant;
pres. subj. ament simultaneous to ind. pres. sunt;
and pres. subj. imitentur simultaneous to ind. future erunt. (NB: There is no fut. subj.!)