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Turn
prenso, prensare, prensavi, prensatus into a future active participle. Translate. |
prensaturus
ABOUT TO take hold of |
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Translate:
nunc ego vobis cenam splendidam daturus sum. |
Now I am about to give ya'll a splendid dinner.
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Why could Christians sometimes be suspected of wrongdoing?
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Christians were often of the lower class
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Describe Stoicism.
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a man's aim in life should be virtue, right behavior, rather than pleasure
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What two things would define one of the "mystery religions?"
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hope of life after death and initiation ceremonies
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Eryllus
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*prepares dinner for Haterius and his clients
-makes sure nothing is neglected *instead of bringing dancing girls and acrobats, he brings a philosopher: Euphrosyne |
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praeco
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did not allow Euphrosyne in, so Haterius makes him go find her before she sets out on the Tiber River
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Haterius
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*patron holding dinner party
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Euphrosyne
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goes to Haterius's dinner party and tells a story about Stoicism-courage and dignity in the face of adversity (the poor farmer: "What's poor?")
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pauper
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poor farmer about whom Euphrosyne tells her story
-suffers great misfortune |
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Translate the following:
spectators de arcu novo loquebantur. |
The spectators were speaking about the new arch.
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Translate the following:
postridie Euphrosyne domum Haterii regressa est. |
On the next day Euphrosyne returned to the house of Haterius.
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Fill in the missing blanks.
Deponent verbs are always _______ in form but ________ in meaning. |
passive in form
active in meaning |
