Grammar review exercises for 8-28

Ablative of description:

Translate the following phrases which use the ablative of description. (Step 1: determine the ablatives. Step 2: translate them to indicate that they describe characteristics of the subject of the phrase.)

1. puer multo ingenio ________________________________________

2. feminam pudicitia verecundiaque _______________________________

3. puella forma mirabili ______________________________________

4. filii pietate egregio ______________________________________

5. respublica multis vitrutibus _________________________________

6. uxor corpore casto __________________________________

Hic haec hoc chart

Working from memory, fill in the chart below. Note where you know the forms and where you are clueless. Then compare the chart to the –us-a-um adjectives on p. 447 of Wheelock. Observe similarities and differences.

Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nom.
gen.
dat.
acc.
abl.
nom.
gen.
dat.
acc.
abl.

Hic, haec, hoc exercise

Put the correct form of hic, haec, hoc into the blank and be ready to translate the sentence. Step 1: determine which word hic etc, modifies. Step 2: determine the case of that word. Step 3: insert the matching case of hic, haec, hoc. (Note: the 1,2,3 might seem ridiculously obvious to some, but for someone who hasn’t seen this stuff for a while or is approahcing it for the first time, it can help, so I put it in.)

1. ___________ virum vidi.

2. sepulchra __________________ feminae haud pulchra est.

3. sub _______________ terra iacet filius eius.

4. ________________ filii miseri sunt.

5. in _______________ sepulchrum cinis feminae castae iacent.

6. _______________ hospes ad sepulchram vocamus.

7. ___________________ sermone lepido, Claudia nos delectabat.

Subjunctive Forms