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24 Cards in this Set
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nōnne?
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isn’t it? doesn’t it?
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asks a question expecting a positive answer
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num?
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it isn’t, is it?
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asks a question expecting a negative answer
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-ne?
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is it? do you?
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enclitic appended to the emphatic or first word; asks for info, not expecting a “yes” or “no”
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utrum honestum est an turpe?
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is it honorable or base?
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double question construction
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honestne est an turpe?
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is it honorable or base?
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double question construction
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honestum est an turpe?
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is it honorable or base?
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double question construction
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suntne dī annōn?
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are there gods or not?
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double question construction
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres,
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All Gaul is divided into three parts,
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Line 1 of Caesar's Gallic Wars
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Ā rēbus gerendīs abstrahit senectūs. Quibus? An eīs quae iuventūte geruntur et vīribus?
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Old age withdraws men from active pursuits. From which ones? Isn’t it just those that are performed by youth and strength?
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“an” usually introduces a double question, but traces of it exist as simply a question word.
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zōthēcula
-ae |
cubicle
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1 fem. noun
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zōthēca
-ae |
private room
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1 fem. noun
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zōnula
-ae |
little belt
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1 fem. noun
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ab hāc parte
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on this side
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idiom using "ab"
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ab integrō
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afresh
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idiom using “ab”
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ā tergō
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in the rear
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idiom using “ab”
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cōpiōsus ā frūmentō
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rich in corn
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idiom using “ab”
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abigō
abigere abēgī abāctum |
drive away
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres,
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All Gaul is divided into three parts
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sentence 1, line 1 of the Gallic Wars
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quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani,
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of which the Belgae inhabit one, the Aquitani another
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sentence 1, line 2 of the Gallic Wars
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tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
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the third who are called Celtae in their own language but Gauls in ours.
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sentence 1, line 3 of the Gallic Wars
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Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt.
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All these differ among themselves in language, customs, and laws.
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Caesar, de bello Gallico, 2nd sentence
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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
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Finally, Catilina, how long will you exhaust our patience?
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Cicero, 1st Catilinarian, 1st sentence
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abaculus
-ī |
a small cube or tile of colored glass for making ornamental pavements
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m. dim. abacus
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zanthenes
-is |
a yellow gem
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m., 3rd
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