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* If the highest level of Latin that you have taken is Latin I, take the assessment below. I. Translation Translate the following passage about Hannibal, a famed Carthaginian warrior and avowed opponent of the Romans. Make sure you consult the vocabulary listed below. 1 Ubi Hannibal puer novem annōrum erat, pater eius, nōmine Hamilcar, ad Hispāniam multīs cum mīlitibus nāvigāre parābat. Multīs ante annīs Rōmānī Hamilcarem in bellō vīcerant; ab Carthāginiēnsibus īnsulās Siciliam Sardiniamque cēperant. Nunc in animō habēbat Hamilcar ad Hispāniam transīre et ibi imperium novum condere. In Āfricā manēre nōlēbat puer Hannibal, itaque patrī appropinquāvit. 6 Pater, pater! clāmāvit Hannibal. Dūc mē tēcum ad Hispāniam! Nōlī mē in Āfricā cum puerīs relinquere! Sed tū puer es, respondit pater, quī eō ipsō tempore ōmina ad āram cōnsulere parābat. Virī Carthāginiēnsēs, nōn puerī, hostēs Rōmānīs sunt. Puer nōn sum, inquit Hannibal. Sī tū hostis Rōmānīs es, ego quoque Rōmānīs hostis sum. 12 Sī ita cōgitās, inquit Hamilcar, necesse tibi erit id iūre iūrandō affirmāre. Manum fīliī in capite victimae posuit. Hannibal, Ego semper hostis Rōmānīs erō, inquit. Semper contra Rōmānōs pugnābō. Nōn quiēscam nisi urbem Rōmam cēperō. 1 annus, -ī, m. year 2 Hispānia, ae, f. Spain nāvigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus to sail multīs ante annīs many years before 3 bellum, -ī, n. war vincō, vincere, vīcī, victus to conquer Carthāginiēnsēs, Carthāginiēnsium, m. pl. the Carthaginians īnsula, -ae, f. island -que and 4 trānseō, trānsīre, trānsiī or trānsivī, trānsitus to go across imperium, -ī, n. empire 5 condō, condere, condidī, conditus to found 8 ōmen, ōminis, n. omen āra, -ae, f. altar 9 hostis, hostis, gen. pl., hostium, m. enemy 12 id it iūre iūrandō affirmāre to affirm by swearing an oath 13 caput, capitis, n. head victima, -ae, f. sacrificial victim 14 contrā, prep. + acc. against 15 pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus to fight
II. Grammar Analysis Answer the following questions about the grammar used in the passage that you translated. 1. What tense are erat (line 1), parābat (line 2), habēbat (line 4), and nōlēbat (line 5)? 2. What tense are vīcerant (line 3) and cēperant (line 4)? 3. What tense are appropinquāvit (line 5), clāmāvit (line 6), respondit (line 8), and posuit (line 13)? 4. In lines 12-15, there are four verbs in the future tense and one verb in the future perfect tense. Identify them below. 5. Identify the case (e.g. nominative, genitive, etc.), number (singular or plural), and declension (first, second, or third) of each of the following nouns: annōrum (line 1):,, mīlitibus (line 2):,, īnsulās (line 3):,, animō (line 4):,, imperium (line 4):,, patrī (line 5):,, Āfricā (line 7):,, ōmina (line 8):,, virī (line 9):,, hostis (line 10):,, Rōmānīs (line 10):,, fīliī (line 13):,, capite (line 13):,,
* If the highest level of Latin you have taken is Latin II, take the assessment below. I. Translation Translate the following passage about Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome. Make sure you consult the vocabulary listed below. 1 Annō MXLVI a.u.c. imperium Rōmānum multās per prōvinciās patēbat. Eō ipsō tempore tot gentēs, tot nātiōnēs regēbant Rōmānī ut placuerit summum imperium inter quattuor imperātōrēs, duōs Augustōs et duōs Caesarēs, dīvidī. Inde alter Augustus Nīcomēdīae regēbat, alter Mediōlānī. Duodecim post annīs Galērius, ut Augustus, imperium Nīcomēdīae, Cōnstantius, alter Augustus, Trēverīs imperium obtinēbat. 6 Cōnstantiī fīlius erat Cōnstantīnus, iuvenis summī ingeniī et reī mīlitāris perītissimus. Galērius autem, cum tōtō imperiō Rōmānō potīrī vellet, Cōnstantīnum sēcum Nīcomēdīae dētinēbat nē iuvenis ille mīlitibus patris grātus fieret. Cōnstantīnus tamen, cum cognōvisset patrem iam in Britanniā bellum gerentem morbō affectum esse, ā custōdibus effūgit, atque summā celeritāte in Britanniam festīnāvit. Patrī occurrit Eburācī. Haud multō post Cōnstantius mortuus est. 12 Tum Cōnstantīnus ut Augustus ā mīlitibus salūtātus est. Cum autem multī eī invidērent, imperium armīs cōnfirmandum erat. 1 a.u.c. = ab urbe conditā from the founding of the city (notation similar to B.C. or A.D.) imperium, -ī, n. empire, power pateō, -ēre, -uī to extend 2 regō, regere, rēxī, rectus to rule summus, -a, -um highest, supreme 4 Nīcomēdīa, -ae, f. Nicomedia (a city in Bithynia) 5 Trēverī, -ōrum, m. pl. Treveri (the modern city of Trier) obtineō, obtinēre, obtinuī, obtentus to hold 6 rēs mīlitāris, reī mīlitāris, f. military affairs, warfare, art of warfare 7 perītus, -a, -um + gen. skilled (in), expert (in) potior, -īrī, -ītus sum + abl. to obtain, seize 8 dētineō, dētinēre, dētinuī, dētentus to detain, hold as a prisoner 9 bellum gerere to wage war 11 Eburācum, -ī, n. York (in Britain) 13 invideō, invidēre, invīdī, invīsus + dat. to envy, be jealous of cōnfirmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus to strengthen, make secure cōnfirmandum erat had to be
II. Grammar Analysis Answer the following questions about the grammar used in the passage that you translated. 1. Identify the tense, person (1 st, 2 nd, or 3 rd ), number (singular or plural), voice (active or passive), and mood (indicative or subjunctive; if it is subjunctive, you must indicate why it is subjunctive, e.g. result clause, cum clause, etc.) of each of the following verbs: patēbat (line 1): placuerit (line 2): vellet (line 7): fieret (line 9): cognōvisset (line 9) effūgit (line 10): salūtātus est (line 12): invidērent (line 13): 2. There are two instances of indirect statement in the passage above. Indicate the number of the line in which each indirect statement appears and identify the accusative subject and infinitive found in each indirect statement: Indirect statement #1: Indirect statement #2: 3. Identify the case (e.g. nominative, genitive, etc.), number (singular or plural), and declension (first, second, or third) of each of the following nouns: prōvinciās (line 1):,, gentēs (line 2):,, ingeniī (line 6):,, imperiō (line 7):,, morbō (line 10):,, celeritāte (line 10):,,