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Gallia

De Bello Gallico I, caput II · 505 words

  1. IVerba
  2. IILege
  3. IIIPēnsum
  4. IVGrammatica
I

Verba

The new words of this chapter, as the book glosses them. Keep them, and they come back for review just before you would forget them.

II

Lege

Read the chapter. The glosses stand in the margin; point at any other word for its meaning.

GalliaNot started
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III

Pēnsum

Quaestiōnēs Answer from the text

  1. Quōmodo Gallia dīvīsa est?

  2. Quid Gallōs ab Aquītānīs dīvidit?

  3. Cūr mercātōrēs Belgās mollēs nōn faciunt?

  4. Quis Galliam dēscrīpsit?

Fīnēs Write the missing ending

  1. In prīmā part Belgae habitant.

  2. Gallī linguam Gallicam loquunt.

  3. Flūmina popul dīvidunt.

  4. Belgae Germānīs proxim sunt.

Respondē Latīnē In a sentence of your own

Cūr Belgae fortissimī sunt?

Compare with a model answer

Belgae fortissimī sunt quia prope Germānōs habitant et semper cum eīs pugnant.

IV

Grammatica

Ablative of place where (with in)

In prīmā parte Belgae habitant.

The preposition in with the ablative case tells where someone is or something happens. Here in prīmā parte means 'in the first part', and the ending -ā marks the ablative singular.

Allen & Greenough § 426 →