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  • Ubi Gyges anulum invenit? List three answers, in Latin.
    in hiatu, in equo aeneo, in digito corporis mortui
  • Where was Gyges supposed to be when he found the ring? Answer in grammatically perfect Latin
    in concilium/concilio pastorum
  • "foribus apertis corpus hominis mortui vidit." Translate this phrase; then explain the grammar of the first two words.
    having opened the doors, he saw the body of a dead person (ablative absolute)
  • Describe two details about the contents of Gyges' horse, in detailed Latin
    anulum aureum in digito corporis mortui, magnitudine inusitata
  • Answer 2 of the following: what was Cicero's full name, his occupation, when did he live, how did he die, name a book he wrote
    Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator and statesman, 106-43 BC, executed, De Officiis/De Re Publica/De Legibus
  • Give the Latin phrase for "throughout the day"
    Per diem
  • What Latin phrase is a motto of many schools in Europe and demands that students "learn or leave?"
    Disce aut discede
  • Give the Latin phrase for 'bon apetit' and explain what's unique about the grammar.
    Bene sapiat (subjunctive)
  • Gyges "descendit in illum hiatum aeneumque equum, ut ferunt fabulae, animadvertit." What does "ut ferunt fabulae" mean?
    As the story goes (so the stories bear)
  • "Hinc ille Gyges inducitur a Platone." Explain the grammar of inducitur
    passive (was introduced)
  • Humans are made of earth. What 3-word Latin phrase sums this up?
    ex humo homo
  • How did the ancient Romans refer to dessert, and why?
    mensa secunda - it was brought out on a second course
  • "ipsum anulum si habeat sapiens..." Translate this sentence; then explain the grammar of habeat.
    If a wise person had this ring itself (subjunctive)
  • "Gyges sustulit quos obstare arbitrabatur." Explain the grammar of arbitrabatur
    Deponent (he overthrew those whom he thought were in the way)
  • Translate the phrase "esse quam videri." Then list the author of this quote or the state that bears it as the motto.
    "To be rather than to seem," Cicero, North Carolina
  • Give the Latin phrase for "so it seems." Then explain what's unique about the grammar.
    Ut videtur - passive/deponent ending
  • Give the Latin phrase for "from the beginning" in grammatically perfect Latin.
    ab initio
  • Describe two details about the horse Gyges finds, in Latin.
    aeneum est; fores in lateribus habet; magnus est; in hiatu est
  • Quomodo dicitur Latine "of unusual size?"
    magnitudine inusitata
  • Another student steals your backpack during lunch. How could you refer to them, in Latin?
    Trium litterarum homo: fur
  • Quomodo dicitur Latine 'bezel' (the top of the ring)?
    pala(m)
  • After Cicero was elected consul instead of Cataline, Cataline plotted to overthrow the Roman republic. What was this conspiracy called?
    the Cataline Conspiracy
  • "honesta enim bonis viris, non occulta quaeruntur." Translate and explain the grammar of "quaeruntur"
    passive (are sought)
  • Tacitus made famous the phrase "O the crime! O the wickedness!" State this phrase in perfect Latin
    O facinus! O scelus!
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