Chapter 15

Question 1

exemplar, -aris, N.

Answer 1

example, model, copy

Question 2

opera, -ae, F.

Answer 2

work, labor, care, attention, aid

Question 3

computo, -are

Answer 3

reckon, count, compute

Question 4

respectus, -us, M.

Answer 4

respect, care, regard, concern, consideration

Question 5

ullus, -a, -um

Answer 5

any; (pron) anyone, anything

Question 6

infirmo, -are

Answer 6

weaken, annul, refute, disapprove

Question 7

calor, -oris, M.

Answer 7

heat

Question 8

superior, -ior, -ius

Answer 8

upper, higher, former; (adv.) superius

Question 9

Ablative Absolute

Answer 9

A noun or pronoun in the ablative case with a predicative participle, or adjective, or even another noun agreeing with it, is used to denote an incident that accompanies or explains the action of the verb on which it depends like an adverbial clause. This construction is very common in Latin, and is called the Ablative absolute, because it is independent of, or loosed from (absolutus), the main structure of the sentence. The noun or pronoun in the Ablative absolute should not refer to the subject or object of the clause on which it depends.

Ablative absolutes may be used to replace a temporal, causal, concessive, or conditional clause.