Activity 29a

1. Aureliae crines, quos duae ancillae pectebant, pulchri erant.

The antecedent of quos is crines, a masc. pl. noun in the nominative case, also the subject of erant. Quos is accusative, the direct object of pectebant, and masc. and pl. because the antecedent is masc. and pl.

2. Mercator, cuius taberna est prope Forum, glires optimos vendere solet.

The antecedent is mercator, a masc. sg. noun. It is the subject of solet and thus in the nominative case. Cuius is the relative pronoun. It is the possessive form (the shop of whom or whose) and thus in the genitive. You choose the singular form because of mercator.

3. Vehiculum, quo onus portabatur, ingens erat.

The antecedent is vehiculum, nominative, neuter, sg. and the subject of erat. You choose the ablative case to indicate the agent doing the action of a passive verb. The -tur at the end of portabatur indicates a passive voice: was being carried. Quo is neuter sg. to agree with vehiculum.

4. Cornelia poetam, qui versus recitat, conspicit.

The antecedent is poetam, masculine sg. accusative, but qui is the subject of the clause and thus is nominative masculine sg.

5. Cornelia videt lecticam elegantissimam, in qua homo recumbit.

The antecedent is lecticam, accusative sg. feminine, thus the relative pronoun is feminine sg. but ablative case to follow the preposition in.

6. Homo, cui porcus currens nocet, iratus est.

The antecedent is homo, masculine, sg. nominative case but the relative pronoun is masculine sg. dative case because it is ruled by nocet which requires a dative case rather than an accusative form. Think of nocet as is harmful to and it is easier to recall the need for the dative case.