Year 8

Practise Translation: Aeneas' pietas

Year 8

Practise Translation: Aeneas' pietas

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise relative clauses by translating the second part of Dido and Aeneas' story. Despite his love for Dido, Aeneas is reminded of his pietas (religious duty) to found Rome in Italy.

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7 Questions

Q1.
1. Match the grammatical term to "who" in this sentence: 'I found the man, who took my dog.'
antecedent
relative clause
Correct answer: relative pronoun
Q2.
1. Match the grammatical term to "man" in this sentence: 'I found the man, who took my dog.'
Correct answer: antecedent
relative clause
relative pronoun
Q3.
2. Which THREE of these words are Latin relative pronouns?
Correct answer: quae
Correct answer: qui
quid
Correct answer: quod
quoque
Q4.
3. What TWO things can quod mean?
Correct answer: because
what
Correct answer: which
who
why
Q5.
4. What does the following sentence mean: rex, qui sedet, cives salutat?
The king, who greets the citizens, sits.
Correct answer: The king, who sits, greets the citizens.
Q6.
5. What does the following sentence mean: rex cives, qui sunt laeti, salutat?
Correct answer: The king greets the citizens, who are happy.
The king's citizens, who are happy, greet.
Q7.
6. What does the following sentence mean: rex, quod fessus est, dormit?
Correct answer: The king, because he is tired, sleeps.
The king, who is tired, sleeps.

9 Questions

Q1.
In the following sentence is the word 'who' a relative clause, an antecedent or a relative pronoun? 'Dido, who was queen of Carthage, rescued Aeneas.'
antecedent
relative clause
Correct answer: relative pronoun
Q2.
In the following sentence is 'who was the queen of Carthage' a relative clause, an antecedent or a relative pronoun? 'Dido, who was queen of Carthage, rescued Aeneas.'
antecedent
Correct answer: relative clause
relative pronoun
Q3.
In the following sentence is 'Dido' a relative clause, an antecedent or a relative pronoun? 'Dido, who was queen of Carthage, rescued Aeneas.'
Correct answer: antecedent
relative clause
relative pronoun
Q4.
2. What TWO things can qui/quae mean?
because
what
Correct answer: which
Correct answer: who
why
Q5.
3. What TWO things can quod mean?
Correct answer: because
what
Correct answer: which
who
why
Q6.
4. What does the following sentence mean: deus, qui nuntium misit, erat iratus?
Correct answer: The god, who sent a messenger, was angry.
The god, who was angry, sent a messenger.
Q7.
5. What does the following sentence mean: ego urbem, quae est tua, dedi?
Correct answer: I gave a city, which is yours.
My city, which is your, I gave.
Q8.
6. What does the following sentence mean: uxor periculum timebat, quod maritus discedebat?
Correct answer: The wife was afraid of the danger, because her husband was leaving.
The wife was afraid of the danger, which her husband was leaving.
Q9.
7. (Optional) What does pietas mean?
homecoming
Correct answer: religious duty
special quest