Catullus 2

Passer, deliciae meae puellae--> what word does meae modify?

• deliciae

• puellae

quicum ludere, quem in sinu tenere--> these relative pronouns refer to: *hint* look at the gender of the pronoun to rule out one of the answers.

• passer

• puella

• Catullus

cui primum digitum dare appetenti

• first the finger

• the finger first

• one finger

• the first finger aka the pointer finger

et acris solet incitare morsus. What word does acris modify (remember, in classical Latin, sometimes authors substituted an -is ending on third declension non/acc plurals instead of writing -es)

• the girl

• the sparrow

• the bites

carum nescio quid lubet iocari. --> if it's deponent, how does iocari translate?

• to tease

• to be teased

carum nescio quid lubet iocari

• wherever

• what he wants

• what she wants

• anything, whatever

et solaciolum sui doloris,--> sui, "his, hers, its" modifies which word? (remember, an adjective takes its case from the noun it modifies. Look at the -i at the end and find another case that is the same!)

• et

• solaciolum

• doloris

credo ut tum gravis acquiescat ardor:

• I think

• you think

• he thinks

• to think

credo ut tum gravis acquiescat ardor:

• that

• when

• so

• how

credo ut tum gravis acquiescat ardor: What noun does this adjective modify?

• credo

• tum

• acquiescat

• ardor