Pro Caelio - Chapter XVII.39, part 1 (W. Englert ed.) - exercise A

exercise: analysis of verbs
exercise type: fill in the blanks

Dicet aliquis: "Haec est igitur tua disciplina? sic tu instituis adulescentis? ob hanc causam tibi hunc puerum parens commendavit et tradidit, ut in amore atque in voluptatibus adulescentiam suam conlocaret, et ut hanc tu vitam atque haec studia defenderes?"


Write person, number, tense, voice and mood of the following verbs used by Cicero in the passage above (white box). Be sure to use the following abbreviation system: do not forget the dot after the abbreviation and the space between each of them (no commas!). Example: 3. s. impf. subj. act. (diceret)

For person: first = 1. | Second = 2. | Third = 3.
For number: Singular = s. | Plural = p.
For number: Present = pr. | Imperfect = impf. | Future = fut. | Perfer = pf. | Pluperfect = ppf. | Futureperfect = fpf.
For voice: Active = act. | Passive = pass. | Deponent = dep.
For mood: Indicative = ind. | Subjunctive = subj. | Imperative = imp. | Infinitive = inf.


1. (dicet)

2. (est)

3. (instituis)

4. (commendavit)

5. (tradidit)

6. (conlocaret)

7. (defenderes)