SAT II Latin : SAT Subject Test in Latin
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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Latin Nouns
Please choose the correct answer below
Tiberis et Padus __________ sunt.
viae
maria
ponti
flumina
montes
flumina
Tiberis and Padus are the latin names for the rivers Tiber and Po, respectively. The word for river in Latin is Flumen, the nominative singular is Flumina.
Example Question #1 : Latin Dative Case
The correct dative plural of dux is __________.
ducia
ducebus
ducibus
duces
duxibus
ducibus
The correct dative plural of dux is ducibus. As a third declension noun with a genitive of ducis, the proper ending, -ibus is added to the stem, resulting in ducibus.
Example Question #1 : Latin Dative Case
Dux mandat __________.
milites
a militibus
militibus
militum
militem
militibus
The verb mandare takes the dative instead of the accusative; therefore the only correct answer can be militibus; since every other option is in the wrong case.
Example Question #1 : Latin Nouns
Choose fill in the blank with the correct answer from the choices below
Senator mandat __________ in hortum
pueri
pueros
puer
puerum
puero
puero
The correct answer is "puero". It should be rememebered that Mandare in Latin takes the dative case instead of the accusative; therefore, "puero" is the only viable option.
Example Question #2 : Latin Noun Cases
Please choose the correct answer from below
The English word littoral comes from which latin word __________.
lector—reader
littera—letter
litus—sentence
leto—kill
litus—beach
litus—beach
The word in English, "littoral," means "pertaining to shores." It is not to be confused with the word "litteral" the noun for beach or shore in latin is "litus," the genitive being "litoris."
Example Question #1 : Using Accusative Case In Latin
The accusative singular of vir is __________.
viram
virem
vir
virum
virūs
virum
Even though the noun vir doesn't end in -us or -um, it is a second declension masculine noun; therefore the correct accusative singular is virum.
Example Question #1 : Latin Prepositions
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
Navigaverunt ex __________.
portus
portuum
porto
portui
portu
portu
The preposition "ex," "out of" takes the ablative case. The noun "portus," is a fourth-declension noun. The abaltive ending for fourth-declension nouns is a -u, so the correct answer is portu.
Example Question #1 : Latin Verb Tense
Please choose the correct answer below
Which phrase is Julius Caesar reported to have said when crossing the Rubicon river with his army?
Arma virumque cano!
Et tu, Brute?
Alea iacta est!
Veni, vidi, vici.
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.
Alea iacta est!
Julius Caesar when crossing the Rubicon, reportedly said, "Alea iacta est," which means "the die has been cast."
Both "Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis." and "Arma virumque cano!" are from the Aeneid by Virgil.
The remaining two quotes are also Julius Caesar, "Veni, vidi, vici." was what he said about his military campaigns in England, and "Et tu, Brute?" was what he said when he laid dying in the Senate, stabbed by the senators.
Example Question #1 : Latin Verbs
The correct present subjunctive passive of incipimus is __________.
incipiamus
incipiamur
inceperimus
inciperemus
incepissemus
incipiamur
The original verb incipimus is first-person plural; therefore we must find the first-person plural passive subjunctive of this verb. The subjunctive stem for the verb incipere is incipia-, taking the "ia" as the marker for the subjunctive. We then add "mur" to the end to make it passive in the first-person plural present tense.
Example Question #2 : Mood In Latin Verbs
Choose the correct answer from the options below
The correct subjunctive imperfect active of the verb of videtis is __________.
videar
videbetis
vidissemus
videretis
videbatis
videretis
Videtis is the indicative active present form of the verb video in the second person plural.
The proper relative form of this in the subjunctive imperfect is videretis.
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