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Pliny's Ghost Story
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This story contains verbs in the past tense (perfect and imperfect) which we haven't covered in class yet.
The imperfect (past tense) is indicated by the infix -ba-
It indicates action that happened in the past.
I am including a glossary for this story here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1smlLDnjoKoK7tt8Bnh4fTO4tJSL1lDBHoFi_TuLiYTw/edit?usp=sharing
You can also use the textbook glossary, here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAxqKqiXaLMehY8q_nySyB-OFd969sDp/view?usp=sharing
If you continue to have difficulty with vocabulary, you can try Whitaker's Words, here:
https://archives.nd.edu/words.html
This assignment will probably take more than one day to complete.
Please do your best to complete it.
Do not go on to the other assignments until this one is done.
Translate the following sentences.
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Question 1
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Erat Athēnīs magna et spatiōsa domus.
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Question 2
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Multī hominēs domum timēbant.
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Question 3
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Hominēs in illā domō per tōtam noctem strepitūs audiēbant.
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Question 4
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Tum, appārēbat īdolōn, senex et horribilis!
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Question 5
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Īdolōn omnēs hominēs terrēbat.
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Question 6
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Ergō, nēmō in illā domō habitāre volēbat.
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Question 7
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Quōdam diē, vēnit philosophus, nōmine Athēnodōrus.
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Question 8
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Athēnodōrō domus placēbat et eam emit.
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Question 9
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Vespere, Athēnodōrus iussit servum lectum in prīmā parte domūs pōnere et lūmen portāre.
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Question 10
10.
Tum servum iussit exīre et dormīre.
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Question 11
11.
Epistulam scrībere coepit.
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Question 12
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Prīmum fuit silentium noctis.
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Question 13
13.
Deinde audīvit vincula.
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Question 14
14.
Athēnodōrus scrībere perrēxit.
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Question 15
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Tum fuit magnus strepitus vinculōrum.
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Question 16
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Athēnodōrus rēspexit et vīdit īdolōn.
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Question 17
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Īdolōn tacitē stābat.
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Question 18
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Īdolōn iussit Athēnodōrum venīre.
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Question 19
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Ille tamen nōn iit sed perrēxit epistulam scrībere.
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Question 20
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Nam is nōn timēbat īdolōn.
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Question 21
21.
Tum īdolōn, suprā caput Athēnodōrī, clāmāvit.
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Question 22
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Athēnodōrus rēspexit īdolōn et iterum īdolōn eum iussit venīre.
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Question 23
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Athēnodōrus lūmen sustulit et īdolōn secūtus est.
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Question 24
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Per domum īdolōn eum dūxit.
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Question 25
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Ībat lentē, quod vincula gravia erant.
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Question 26
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Īdolōn eum dūxit in āream domūs, tum ēvānuit.
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Question 27
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Athēnodōrus herbās in āreā posuit.
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Question 28
28.
Posterō diē ad magistrātūs iit et eōs rogāvit āream effodere.
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Question 29
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Invēnērunt hominis ossa inter vincula.
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Question 30
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Ossa pūblicē sepulta sunt.
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Question 31
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Īdolōn numquam domum rediit.
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Question 32
32.
Ubi domus sita est? (Where is the house?)
Question 33
33.
Quālīs est domus? (What kind of house is it?)
Question 34
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Quid hominēs in illā domō audiēbant? (What do people hear in this house?)
Question 35
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Quālīs est īdōlōn? (What kind of spirit is it?)
Question 36
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Quō mūnere Athēnodōrus fungitur? (What is Athenodorus’ career?)
Question 37
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Estne ‘vespere’ tempus diēī an noctis? (Is vespers a time of day or night?)
Question 38
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In quā parte domūs servus dormit? (In which part of the house does the slave sleep?)
Question 39
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Quid servus ad Athēnodōrum portat? (What did the slave carry to Athenodorus?)
Question 40
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Quid Athēnodōrus scrībit? (What did Athenedorus write?)
Question 41
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Num īdōlōn celeriter ībat? (Did the spirit go quickly?)
Question 42
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In quā parte domūs īdōlōn ēvānuit?(In which part of the house did the spirit vanish?)
Question 43
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Quem Athēnodōrus āream effodere rogāvit? (Which area did Athenodorus ask to be excavated - dug up?)
Question 44
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Rediitne domum īdōlōn? (Did the spirit return to the house?)
If you finish the assignment early, choose one of the following activities:
quiz.nle.org
duolingo
magistrula - zombie games
legonium - Gimkit games (or just look around the site)