LAT 421
Quiz #1
September 13, 2023



Petronius, Satyricon 40.2-4

We did not yet know where we should direct our suspicions, when outside the dining-room a huge ruckus was raised, and – shazam – Spartan dogs actually ran about/began to run about the table. A dish followed them, on which a boar of outstanding size had been placed, and in fact wearing a cap of freedom, from whose teeth two little baskets hung – one filled with fresh dates, the other with dry ones.

magnitudinis: genitive, singular, feminine; genitive of quality

[Points: translation (2 pts. per word = 1 pt. for semantics, 1 pt. for syntax) + identification (1 pt. per morphological item, 2 pts. for syntax) = 97 total points]