Friday, July 11, 2025

Level 3; irregular verbs [18]: eō, īre and its compounds; practice

Complete the Latin with the appropriate form of eō, īre; all of these short extracts are from the authors; the verbs are listed after each section; the answers are at the end of the post

[A]

[1] Present tense

  1. They cross the Rhine in ships and rafts │ __________ Rhenum navibus ratibusque
  2. They reach (arrive at) the frontiers of the Eburones │ Prīmōs Eburōnum fīnēs __________
  3. In that case, I’m off (going away) to the forum │ __________ ad forum igitur.
  4. When we go out from the harbour … │ Ubi portū __________ …
  5. You (pl.) are earning my gratitude [ = you are entering into favour from me / my good graces] │ Ā mē __________ grātiam

[2] Imperfect tense

  1. I was going out of the house │ __________ domō
  2. I was going away unwillingly │ __________ invītus
  3. I saw (him) when he was perishing │ Ego cum  __________ vīdī
  4. We were going past the mother’s grave │ __________ praeter sepulchrum mātris
  5. Pieces of evidence were coming out of the same workshop │ Indicia ex eādem officīnā __________

[3] Future tense

  1. I’ll be off [go away] from here │ __________ hunc
  2. She’ll go to somebody else, however │  Illa aliō __________ tamen

abeō; abībam; adeunt; adībō; exībam; exībant; eximus; ībāmus; ībit; inītis; perībat; transeunt

[B]

[1] Perfect tense

  1. A part perished, surrounded by the barbarians │ Pars ā barbarīs circumventa __________
  2. He went away from here to the army │ __________ hinc in exercitum
  3. When he died [ = he met death]  │ Ubi is __________
  4. Have you made friends again now? [ = literally: have you come back into harmony / agreement] │ Iam vōs __________ in concordiam?
  5. They have encountered (suffered) dangers and weapons │ Perīcula ac tēla __________
  6. In the same attack the cohorts surrounded the left wing │ Eōdem impetū cohortēs sinistrum cornū … __________

[2] Pluperfect tense

  1. They had crossed the Rhine │ Rhēnum __________
  2. He had returned  with the matter no accomplished │ Īnfectā rē __________
  3. He had entered into the plan │ Cōnsilium __________

abiit; circumiērunt; inierat; obiit mortem; periit; redierat; rediistis; subiērunt; trānsierant

[A]

[1]

  1. Transeunt Rhenum navibus ratibusque
  2. Prīmōs Eburōnum fīnēs adeunt
  3. Abeō ad forum igitur.
  4. Ubi portū eximus …
  5. Ā mē inītis grātiam

[2]

  1. Exībam domō
  2. Abībam invītus
  3. Ego cum perībat vīdī
  4. Ībāmus praeter sepulchrum mātris
  5. Indicia ex eādem officīnā exībant

[3]

  1. Adībō hunc
  2. Illa aliō ībit tamen

[B]

[1]

  1. Pars ā barbarīs circumventa periit
  2. Abiit hinc in exercitum
  3. Ubi is obiit mortem
  4. Iam vōs rediistis in concordiam?
  5. Perīcula ac tēla subiērunt
  6. Eōdem impetū cohortēs sinistrum cornū … circumiērunt

[2]

  1. Rhēnum trānsierant
  2. Īnfectā rē redierat
  3. Cōnsilium inierat


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