Aeneid Worksheet

I. 170-193

1. septem (170)is an indeclinable adjective. What noun does it go with? __________

2. telluris (171): case? ________ What noun does it depend on? _____________

3. potiuntur (172)is one of those few verbs that takes an ablative direct object. What is the direct object of this verb? _________

4. Troes (172)What is the case, number and gender? __________ ___ ___ What adjectival form describes it? ___________ It is actually the a element of a synchysis or chiasmus in this line. Which is it?

5. tabentis (173): is a present active participle describing what? __________ What ablative complements tabentes? ______________

6. What 4 verbs tell us what Achates does? (include the conjunctions which join them) ________ ___ _________ ___ ________ ___ ________

7. expediunt (178): What 2 nouns are the direct object of this verb? __________ What participle is the subject of expediunt? ____________

8. The subject of expediunt is also the subject of parant (179). What 2 infinitives complement parant? __________ __________

9. petit (181) introduces in indirect question which requires a subjunctive verb. What is the verb of this indirect question? _________ Remember that forms of qui appearing after si (nisi, and ne) are translated as "any." What are the 3 nouns that complete the direct object that quem introduces? ____________ ____________ _____________

10. There is a chiasmus in line184 with nullam at the center. What adjective is it contrasted with? _____________

11. There is enjambement at I.184-5. Errantes (185) describes what noun from the previous line? _________

12. armenta (185): Case? ________

13. agmen (186): What adjective describes this noun? _________

14. What are the 2 direct objects of corripuit (188)? ________________ _____________ These are the antecedent of quae. What case is quae tela? _______________

15. Line 199 is the direct object of sternit (190) and in fact cornibus arboreis is also part of this phrase. What noun/adjective phrase does cornibus arboreis depend on? _____________ ________________

16. What 2 nouns are the direct objects of miscet (191)? _________ ____________ What case is agens? ____________ Who does this participle describe? _________

18. prius . . . quam (192) is a conjunction. When it is split and written as 2 words it is called tmesis. prius. . .quam links what 2 verbs to absistit? ____________ et __________ What mood are these 2 verbs?_____________ What is the number of the paragraph in the Appendix which explains this? _________