Latin Grammar Quiz

Singular and _______ are the two options for _______.

Number answers the question “_______?”

Masculine, _______, and neuter are the three options for _______.

Giving all the endings for a verb is called conjugating it, whereas listing all the forms of a noun is called _______ it.

Watching football on the couch can be called a _______ sport. (spectō)

To _______ something is to throw it out the window. (fenestra, preceded by dē for “out”)

Errāre hūmānum est. This is a famous saying from the Roman philosopher Seneca. Can you figure out what it means? (Hint: hūmānum means “human.”) Give your translation here.

“Inundate,” a derivative of the Latin word unda, means “to flood with waves.” The following sentence uses “inundate” and several other derivatives. Write all the derivatives in this sentence: The secretary was inundated with so much paperwork that she made error after error and became extremely irritated.

Now write your own sentence using at least two derivatives from this week’s vocabulary list.

Define the following terms: Noun.