I. Translate the bold-face phrases, and try to identify the ablative construction.

1. Quintus ab Maecenate semper laudabatur.

2. tertia hora Quintus ad forum ambulavit.

3. senator superbus Quinto magna arrogantia loquebatur.

4. nemo otium gemmis emere potest.

gemma, -ae, f.: gem

emo, emere, emi, emptum: buy

5. conspiratores Caesarem pugionibus oppugnabunt.

pugio, pugionis, m.: dagger

6. Quintus iter Brundisium cum Vergilio Heliodoroque fecit.

7. Vergilius erat poeta insignis ingenio.

insignis, insigne: remarkable

ingenium, -i, n.:

8. Aeneid Vergilii est carmen multo longius carminibus Horatii.

9. Cicero orationem summa eloquentia scripsit.

10. urbs a Bruto obsessa tandem fame dedidit.

famis, -is, f.: starvation; famine

dedo, dedere, dedidi, deditum: surrender; give up

II. Translate the bold-face phrases into Latin, and say which construction of the ablative is required...

1. Quintus praises his patron with enthusiasm.

enthusiasm: studium, -i, n.

2. Within a few months Octavian went from obscure patrician to triumvir.

few: pauci, -ae, -a

month: mensis, mensis, f.

3. The jeering crowds pelted Cleopatra with eggs.

egg: ovum, -i, n.

4. Those proscribed by the leading men were obliged to seek exile from Rome.

leading man: princeps, principis, m.

5. You can trust Maecenas, who is a man of simple decency.

decency: humanitas, humanitatis, f.

6. There is no drug more powerful than hope.

hope: spes, spei, f.

7. Quintus returned to Rome a few years earlier than Pompeius.

8. The Roman people, worn out from discord, welcomed Octavian as a restorer of peace.

discord: discordia, -ae, f.

9. Quintus saw his friends in the forum and decided to stroll with them to the baths.

10. As emperor, Augustus was unexcelled in reputation.

reputation: dignitas, dignitatis, f.