Grammar Handouts #7 - Relative Clauses

 
To be completed by September 23, 8 AM

Readings

 
Read through the following short selections on the relative pronoun in Latin:

Take note of any questions you have and bring them to class.

Sentences

 
Translate these sentences in advance of class and identify the use of the relative in each sentence.

  1. Prol. 4: Nūlla Lacedaemonī vidua tam est nōbilis, quae nōn †ad cēnam† eat mercēde conducta. Commentary and Vocabulary

  2. Hann. 2.1: Nam — ut omittam Philippum, quem absēns hostem reddidit Rōmānīs — omnium iīs temporibus potentissimus rēx Antiochus fuit. Commentary and Vocabulary

  3. Hann. 3.1: Hāc igitur, quā dīximus, aetāte cum patre in Hispāniam profectus est. Cuius post obitum, Hasdrubale imperātōre suffectō, equitātuī omnī praefuit. Commentary and Vocabulary

  4. Hann. 3.4: Ad Alpēs posteāquam vēnit, quae Italiam ab Galliā sēiungunt, quās nēmō umquam cum exercitū ante eum praeter Herculem Grāium trānsierat, quō factō is hodiē saltus Grāius appellātur, Alpicōs cōnantēs prohibēre trānsitū concīdit; loca patefēcit, itinera mūniit, effēcit, ut eā elephantus ōrnātus īre posset, quā anteā ūnus homō inermis vix poterat rēpere. Hāc cōpiās trādūxit in Italiamque pervēnit. Commentary and Vocabulary

  5. Hann. 5.2: Namque, obductā nocte, sarmenta in cornibus iuvencōrum dēligāta incendit ēiusque generis multitūdinem magnam dispālātam immīsit. Quō repentīnō obiectō vīsū tantum terrōrem iniēcit exercituī Rōmānōrum, ut ēgredī extrā vāllum nēmō sit ausus. Commentary and Vocabulary