Latin GCSE OCR Language Paper 2 - History

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Original post by sophieannie1515

If you prompt me with the sentence and I'll try and remember what I put- I found the sentence beginning 'Illi' really confusing.

yeah that one, I can't remember the sentence off by heart but I'll try my best. It was super confusing because they had pu the word "quaero" (I look for) or the infinitive, but the point is I saw this and I didn't know where the hell it fitted into the sentence.

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It's that the soldiers (of Anthony) were searching for why they were fighting in vain without a leader. The exam was pretty easy ahah

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Original post by retslick

It's that the soldiers (of Anthony) were searching for why they were fighting in vain without a leader. The exam was pretty easy ahah

Ohh I see ok, thank you. I couldn't work out where quaero fitted into the sentence but thanks anyway. Did you really find the test easy. What did you get for the last question on the comprehension section??

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Original post by retslick

It's that the soldiers (of Anthony) were searching for why they were fighting in vain without a leader. The exam was pretty easy ahah

Quaero isnt plural tho?

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Original post by dx31

Quaero isnt plural tho?

Yeah I noticed that too, but it couldn't have been referring to Anthony, otherwise the sentence wouldn't have made any sense. Therefore it has to be referring to the soldiers of Anthony. Even tho it's 2nd Declension Dat/Abl Singular. Did you do the test too??

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it was quaerebant, no? and which was the last question on the comprehension

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Original post by t.xavier17_

Yeah I noticed that too, but it couldn't have been referring to Anthony, otherwise the sentence wouldn't have made any sense. Therefore it has to be referring to the soldiers of Anthony. Even tho it's 2nd Declension Dat/Abl Singular. Did you do the test too??

Couldn't it be referring to Octavian? And yeah!!

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quaero is 'i search for'. It would never be in a translation passage unless it was in speech marks

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Original post by dx31

Couldn't it be referring to Octavian? And yeah!!

Ok, so say (hypothetically) they were referring to Octavian, how would the sentence fit together then?? And cool!! Seeing as you did, what did you get for the last question on the comprehension section? (sorry don't exactly remember what it is lol)

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Original post by t.xavier17_

Ok, so say (hypothetically) they were referring to Octavian, how would the sentence fit together then?? And cool!! Seeing as you did, what did you get for the last question on the comprehension section? (sorry don't exactly remember what it is lol)

Anthony, having left his ships, followed his fleeing wife.

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Original post by retslick

it was quaerebant, no? and which was the last question on the comprehension

I can't remember, I think so, but then the '-bant' would mean that it's imperfect. So past tense. And then the '-nt' would mean that it's referring to the soldiers. Therefore it would have been " they were looking for" no?

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Original post by retslick

Anthony, having left his ships, followed his fleeing wife.

Ok that's fine, I did get that, I just wasn't sure if I was right or not.

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Original post by t.xavier17_

Ok, so say (hypothetically) they were referring to Octavian, how would the sentence fit together then?? And cool!! Seeing as you did, what did you get for the last question on the comprehension section? (sorry don't exactly remember what it is lol)

I was so stuck but I wrote something like "No one other than him was either luckier in war or kinder in peace" Something like that

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Original post by t.xavier17_

I can't remember, I think so, but then the '-bant' would mean that it's imperfect. So past tense. And then the '-nt' would mean that it's referring to the soldiers. Therefore it would have been " they were looking for" no?

Yeah that's what i put^^^^

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Original post by t.xavier17_

Ok that's fine, I did get that, I just wasn't sure if I was right or not.

Oh wait sorry I thought you meant translation!!
For the comprehension I wrote he followed his wife who was fleeing so basically his fleeing wife

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Original post by t.xavier17_

I can't remember, I think so, but then the '-bant' would mean that it's imperfect. So past tense. And then the '-nt' would mean that it's referring to the soldiers. Therefore it would have been " they were looking for" no?

Apparently, 'Militibus Antonii' is dative, therefore it would translate as 'Octavian Shouted to/at Antony's soldiers

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