Latin II Final Exam Study Guide

Final Exam Study Guide

2014-5 Final Exam Study Guide

Here is a Rough Check List of things to know for final exam.

A. For vocabulary lists click here. Do not forget words that require special syntax like utor, utī, usus sum.

B. Stories/Readings:

Livy 2.21 and two selections from Eutropius about Marcellus and Hannibal.
Roma Aeterna from lines 1 to 120.
Matron of Ephesus - all
Selections from Titus Livus - Jupiter Feretrius and Lucretia
Vergil, Ilioupersis/Death of Priam
Plinius Minor De Vesuvio
New Selections from last two weeks of class.

Be able to translate literary, parse underlined words (justify all infinitives, subjunctives and uses of cases) and know the content for cultural and historical questions.

B. History and Culture:

Punic Wars: Geography, dates and questions from World of Rome

- Geography of the Bay on Naples

- The world of Rome - Readings and questions from Kings to End of Punic Wars.

- Topography of Rome (hills, Campus Martius, Forum Romanum, etc.)

- Know the content of Roma Aeterna (Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Janus, Vesta, Hut of Romulus, Quirinus, Tiber River, Forum Boarium).

- Know funeral customs from the Matron of Ephesus.

-Know history of the Punic Wars (first and second - see questions from World of Rome)

C. Grammar:

Ablative absolute – elevation is key - study handout
All participles - elevation into subordinate clause – study handout
The passive voice of the present system and perfect system
Deponent Verbs and semi-deponents audio, soleo, gaudeo
Interrogative pronoun quis?, quid?
Interrogative Adjective qui?, quae?, quod?
Paradigm of irregular verb eo, ire, ii, itum
Paradigm of irregular verb fero, ferre, tuli, latus, a, um
duo, duae, duo/ tres, tria
Omnis, -e or fortis, -e – 3rd declension adjectives
Be able to decline vis, vis (f) and mare, maris (n)
4th declension nouns – cursus, - us (m), manus, -us (f), and cornu, cornus (n)
5th declension nouns – res, rei (f) dies, diei (m)
Reflexive pronoun --------, sui, sibi, se, se
Ipse, ipsa, ipsum – intensive pronoun/adjective – do not confuse with reflexive

16. adjective – idem, eadem, idem “the same”

Participles: a) formation and declension

b) elevation into subordinate or relative clause

c) sequence of tenses: present active – same time as MV

perfect passive – before MV

future active – after MV

Active periphrastic = fut. act. part. + sum, ese (translate literally) - Ego haec acturus sum.

Passive periphrastic or gerundive of obligation and dative of agent - Haec mihi agenda sunt.

Positive, comparative, and superlative adjective- regular ones:

laetus, a, um laetior, laetius laetissimus, a, um

fortis, -e fortior, fortius fortissimus, a, um

Positive, comparative, superlative of irregular adjectives –the chart in text

Positive, comparative, superlative adverbs:

laete laetius laetissime

fortiter fortius fortissime

18) Irregular adverbs – see chart - handout

18) 5 infinitives: amare amari

amavisse amatum esse

amaturum esse

19) Indirect Statement: Head verb + Accusative subject + Infinitive

-sequence of tenses

-head verbs: scio, nescio, dico, sentio, puto, cogito, intelligo,

-see handout

-use of the reflexive pronoun and adjective in indirect statement -, ____, sui, sibi, se, se and suus, a, um

21) Irregular and –ius adjectives like solus, a, um see pages 216-217 #131

22) Review: is, ea, id

hic, haec, hoc

ille, illa, illud

qui, quae, quod

ego, mei, mihi, me, me

tu, tui, tibi, te, te

nos, nostri, nobis, nos, nobis

vos, vestri, vobis, vos, vobis

meus, a, um

tuus, a, um

noster, nostra, nostrum

vester, vestra, vestrum

suus, a, um

23) Dative of possession Rana est mihi/I have a frog

24) Objective Genitive Amor ranarum/ love for frogs

23) Locative Case: Romae, humi, Deli domi, ruri, Carthagini, Brundisii, Athenis, Cumis…

24) Place constructions with small islands, cities, domus and rus

24) Gerund and Gerundive: ad + acc = purpose; causa and gratia + preceding genitive

25) Syntax of Cases all case: Nominative, Genitive, Dative Accusative, Ablative.

– see recent handouts

26) All uses of ut – indicative vs. subjunctive (see handout)

26) All use of quam (see handout)

26) Subjunctive syntax: This is the most important thing to study and to know.

a) Independent: jussive, hortatory,

b) Dependent: purpose, result, indirect question, indirect command (Jussive noun clause), cum clauses,

Sequence of tenses: primary and secondary sequence – on going and completed action

– see chart or website

27) Conditional Sentences – Future more vivid, future less vivid, contrary to fact present, contrary to fact past

29) Morphology of Irregular Verbs: fio, fero, volo, nolo, malo, eo, sum, possum

2013-4 Exam Review:

Stories/Readings:

I. Selections from Livy, Eutropius (Marcellus & Hannbial), Roma Aeterna and the Matron of Ephesus. Be able to translate literary, parse underlined words (justify all infintives, subjunctives and uses of cases) and know the content for cultural and historical questions.

II. History and Culture:

Topography of Rome (hills, Campus Martius, Forum Romanum, etc.) Know the content of Roma Aeterna (Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Janus, Vesta, Hut of Romulus, Quirinus, Tiber River, Forum Boarium). Know funeral customs from the Matron of Ephesus. Know history of the Punic Wars (first and second - see questions from World of Rome)

III. Grammar:

Gerund and Gerundive
causa and gratia with preceding genitive
passive periphrastic or gerundive of obligation Haec vobis agenda sunt.
Subjunctive Morphology - regular and irregular verbs and deponents - verb game
Sequence of tenses for subjunctives: primary and secondary - on going and completed action
All uses of the subjunctive (deliberative, jussive, hortatory, purpose, result, indirect command or jussive noun clause, cum clauses, indirect question, relative causes with subjunctive and some conditional sentences, etc.)
Conditional Sentences - future more vivid, future less vivid, contrary to fact: present and past
aliquis, aliquid and after si, nidi, ne
Ablative absolute – elevation is key - study handout
All participles - elevation into subordinate clause – study handout
The passive voice of the present system and perfect system
Deponent Verbs and semi-deponents audio, soleo, gaudeo
Interrogative pronoun quis?, quid?
Interrogative Adjective qui?, quae?, quod?
Paradigm of irregular verb eo, ire, ii, itum
Paradigm of irregular verb fero, ferre, tuli, latus, a, um
duo, duae, duo/ tres, tria
ambo
Omnis, -e or fortis, -e – 3rd declension adjectives
Be able to decline vis, vis (f) and mare, maris (n)
4th declension nouns – cursus, - us (m), manus, -us (f), and cornu, cornus (n)
5th declension nouns – res, rei (f) dies, diei (m)
Reflexive pronoun --------, sui, sibi, se, se
Ipse, ipsa, ipsum – intensive pronoun/adjective – do not confuse with reflexive

12) adjective – idem, eadem, idem “the same”