OCR GCSE Latin summer 2012

No you have completely misunderstood the point of my corrections.

1) What is 'nolite' the imperative of?
2) It is not innocent slaves, THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IN THE CONTEXT. It is also punishments not punishment.
3) It is not passive.

I put innocent people? because you can put in a subject so it reads better.

Hi I have attached a file with all the grammar you need to know (just know it roughly) and learn all the vocab! For set texts there is an essay in which you have to analyse how the writer creates certain effects. Do you want me to upload an example of that too?

No you have completely misunderstood the point of my corrections.

1) What is 'nolite' the imperative of?
2) It is not innocent slaves, THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IN THE CONTEXT. It is also punishments not punishment.
3) It is not passive.

Are you going to correct your mistakes. I put 'lest' due to the "ne" clause. I always think "in case" is a better translation but is never in the mark scheme.

Are you going to correct your mistakes. I put 'lest' due to the "ne" clause. I always think "in case" is a better translation but is never in the mark scheme.

I put innocent people? because you can put in a subject so it reads better.

Nolite is a completely different association to nolo. Frankly the question would not make sense if you used that. The imperative of te makes it do not, as in an order, along with the re on the verb. The ablative absolute is fine both ways, and there was a subjunctive making it lest the ... Etc. but the examiners will have last say so don't fight :P


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We were never taught to include lest but both are correct. I'm not fighting. Some people justthink that they're the only ones that are correct and do not realize that there ARE alternative answers as well as being unappreciative.

Yes I completely agree, people on ere are so aggressive sometimes hahhaa thank you very much btw, I was trying to back you up by argue


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Our teachers just looked at the paper, they said both fit in the context

OK, so change the ablative absolute to active.
Nolite= http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nolite , so you do need reference to "do not want/desire"
Change it to "penalties" not "penalty" and several were afraid, suggests that it was general public worrying, possibly the crowd, so it should not be confined to slaves.

Nolite is a completely different association to nolo. Frankly the question would not make sense if you used that. The imperative of te makes it do not, as in an order, along with the re on the verb. The ablative absolute is fine both ways, and there was a subjunctive making it lest the ... Etc. but the examiners will have last say so don't fight :P


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Yes I completely agree, people on ere are so aggressive sometimes hahhaa thank you very much btw, I was trying to back you up by argue


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Hi guys, I've compiled a rough unofficial markscheme from what I can remember of the exam. Feel free to tell me more things to add if I have missed them out/or it is wrong.

1)He used to have many slaves
2)He was killed by one of his slaves
3)They were accustomed to punish all the slaves who were living in the same house by death
4)A huge crowd of people
5)Do not kill so many innocent slaves!
6)He sought the most serious punishment for such a dreadful crime.
7)‘It is not always good, senators, to follow traditions handed over by ancestors. Now, however what happens if slaves are able to kill masters without punishment? Surely you do not believe this slave prepared his plan alone, without others? Surely the rest knew what this one wanted to do?’

With these words Cassius was trying to persuade the senators to punish all the slaves of [name], both wicked and loyal. Some were afraid that in this way, innocent slaves would pay an unfair penalty. But Cassius had spoken so violently among the senators that no one dared to go against his opinion. The senators, therefore, when the few had been resisted, sent out soldiers to kill all the slaves of [name].

Google nolo in the imperative, i have confirmed this markscheme with a teacher. The passage could have been talking about it in the general sense so no translation is 'more correct' than the other. Pipe down.

Fair enough, but I doubt they'll mark that wrong. The mark scheme is not fully correct, so are you sure you checked it with a teacher?

I'm not having a go, but how would you know what is completely correct :/ no one absolutely knows, so I don't understand. I'm not having a go, but you're being slightly condescending.


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1: plurima is the superlative of multus. It was only a one mark question so the mark may not come from there but it's still a superlative.

5: Nolite is the imperative of nolo (not want) so is difficult to put as an imperative ('not want').

In the translation, you may consider 'paravisse' (to have prepared) so a pluperfect or equivalent would be better, ie surely you do not believe that this slave had prepared/this slave to have prepared his plan alone, without others?

Also where you put when the few had been resisted.. They weren't resisted, they were resisting.. As in after a few had resisted.




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