SAT II Latin : SAT Subject Test in Latin
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Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Cases
Please choose the correct answer below
Tiberis et Padus __________ sunt.
maria
flumina
viae
montes
ponti
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 #11 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
The correct dative plural of dux is __________.
duces
ducebus
ducia
duxibus
ducibus
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 #12 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
Dux mandat __________.
militibus
a militibus
militem
militum
milites
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 : Using Dative Case In Latin
Choose fill in the blank with the correct answer from the choices below
Senator mandat __________ in hortum
pueri
pueros
puerum
puero
puer
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 #1 : Latin Genitive Case
Please choose the correct answer from below
The English word littoral comes from which latin word __________.
littera—letter
litus—beach
lector—reader
litus—sentence
leto—kill
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 #5 : Latin Noun Cases
The accusative singular of vir is __________.
virem
virūs
vir
viram
virum
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 : Using Prepositions In Latin
Choose the correct answer from the options below.
Navigaverunt ex __________.
portui
portu
porto
portus
portuum
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 : Using Perfect Tense In Latin
Please choose the correct answer below
Which phrase is Julius Caesar reported to have said when crossing the Rubicon river with his army?
Et tu, Brute?
Alea iacta est!
Arma virumque cano!
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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 : Using Subjunctive Mood In Latin
The correct present subjunctive passive of incipimus is __________.
inceperimus
incipiamur
incipiamus
incepissemus
inciperemus
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 __________.
videbatis
videbetis
vidissemus
videretis
videar
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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