basics

Question 1

how many steps

Answer 1

5

Question 2

2

Answer 2

mark the anceps

Question 3

3

Answer 3

mark any long syllables

Question 4

what makes an elision

Answer 4

when a word ending in a vowel or an ‘m’ is followed by a word beginning in ‘h’ or a vowel

Question 5

4

Answer 5

mark the fifth spondee

Question 6

5

Answer 6

work out the remaining syllable lengths - trick is to count

Question 7

x and z

Answer 7

count as one consonant

Question 8

qu and gu

Answer 8

when pronounced gw e.g. sanguinis count as one consonant

Question 9

l and r

Answer 9

if the second consonant in a double consonant, the syllable can be either long or short - unless the consonants are in two different words or the first consonant comes from a prefix

Question 10

final a

Answer 10

long for 1st D abl sg or 1st C imperatives

Question 11

final e

Answer 11

long for 5th D abl sg or 2nd C imperatives

Question 12

final i

Answer 12

long - except for nisi and quasi, which are short, and mihi, tibi, sibi, ubi, and ibi, which can be either

Question 13

final o

Answer 13

tends to be long for Ovid and Vergil, except for 1st p sg verbs and ego, duo, modo and cito

Question 14

final u

Answer 14

long

Question 15

acc pl endings

Answer 15

long for masculine and feminine nouns

Question 16

hexameter

Answer 16

• q | - q | - q | - q | - uu | - x

Question 17

pentameter

Answer 17

• q | - q | - // - uu | - uu | -