Chapter 15 Test Review Grammar

ancilla DĪXIT plaustra horreō appropinquāre.

• says

• said

Answer explanation

dixit has the XLSUV stem for the perfect tense

ancilla dīxit plaustra horreō APPROPINQUĀRE.

• are approaching

• were approaching

Answer explanation

after the VOTH dixit, which is perfect tense, the infinitive becomes past tense

Alexander putat _____________Lūcīlium amāre.

• Sabina

• Sabinam

Answer explanation

Sabinam is the accusative subject of amare.

Alexander putat Sabinam Lūcīlium AMĀRE.

• loves

• loved

Answer explanation

the main verb putat is in the present tense, so the infinitive remains in the present tense, also.

SCIŌ tē prō Nerōne illud metallum administrāre.

• I know

• I knew

Answer explanation

scio has a present tense ending

sciō tē prō Nerōne illud metallum administrāre.

What is the ACCUSATIVE SUBJECT of administrāre?

• tē

• Nerōne

• illud metallum

Answer explanation

I know that YOU are managing that mine for Nero.

Te is the accusative form of "tu"

nōnne scīs custōdēs meōs aurum in plaustrīs ad monētam imperātōris rēctā ducere?

• Surely you know that my guards lead the gold in wagons directly to the Emperor's mint?

• Surely you understand that my slaves take the gold to the mint in the Emperor's wagons?

Answer explanation

scis is you know

intellegis is you understand

custodes are guards

servos are slaves

Sabīna putat sē Alexandrum amāre.

• Sabina thinks that she (someone else) loves Alexander.

• Sabina thinks that she (herself) loves Alexander.

Answer explanation

se is the reflexive pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence "Sabina, herself"

Alexander putat eum Sabinam amāre.

• Alexander thinks that he (someone else) loves Sabina.

• Alexander thinks that he (himself) loves Sabina.

Answer explanation

eum is a 3rd person pronoun that refers to "him" another person than the subject of the sentence. se means "himself"

Lūcīlus scit __________ aurum auferre. "Lucilius knows that he (another person) is stealing gold."

• sē

• eum

Answer explanation

se means "himself," referring back to the subject of the sentence

eum means "him," i.e. someone other than the subject of the sentence