Pyramus & Thisbe Notes

Question 1

55-58
pulcherrimus and alter modify _____
iuvenum is _____ (case)
altera and praelata modify _____
quas modifies _____
contiguas modifies _____
altam modifies _____
subj. of habuit is _____

Answer 1

pulcherrimus and alter modify Pyramus
iuvenum is genitive
altera and praelata modify Thisbe
quas modifies puellis
contiguas modifies domos
altam modifies urbem
subj. of habuit is oriens

Question 2

59-64
subject of fecit is _____, direct object is _____, _____
tempore is _____ (case)
vetuere = _____
potuere = _____
aequo modifies _____
captis modifies _____
ambo is _____ (case)
omnis modifies _____
nutu signisque is _____ (case)
fire = _____

Answer 2

subject of fecit is vicinia, direct object is notitiam, gradus
tempore is ablative (with)
vetuere = vetuerunt
potuere = potuerunt
aequo modifies ambo
captis modifies mentibus
ambo is nominative
omnis modifies conscius
nutu signisque is ablative (with)
fire = their love

Question 3

65-70
subj. of fissus erat, duxerat, and fieret is _____
paries-communis and domui-utrique word pairs make _____ (66)
subj. of vidistis is _____

Answer 3

subj. of fissus erat, duxerat, and fieret is the common wall
paries-communis and domui-utrique word pairs make ABAB (66)
subj. of vidistis is you pl. (Pyramus & Thisbe)

Question 4

71-75
hinc-Thisbe and Pyramus-illinc word pairs make _____ (71)
subject of dicebant is _____
subj. of sineres is _____
toto modifies _____
toto nos corpore iungi is _____ (74)

Answer 4

hinc-Thisbe and Pyramus-illinc word pairs make ABBA (technically AABB) (71)
subject of dicebant is the wall
subj. of sineres is you
toto modifies corpore
toto nos corpore iungi is assonance, lovers desire is made explicit (74)

Question 5

76-80
77 has _____ (lit. device)
Talia refers to _____
Talia-locuti and diversa-sede word pairs make _____ (78)
dixere = _____

Answer 5

77 has alliteration
Talia refers to everything Pyramus & Thisbe said about the wall
Talia-locuti and diversa-sede word pairs make ABBA (78)
dixere = dixerunt