Gudius 5: The Trees and the Axe Quiz

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Sic fraxino DIXISSE fertur quercus: merito caedimur.
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dico

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Eligebat quae ______ vellet.
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robora

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Accepit munus, et coepit SECURI magna excidere robora.
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securis

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Accepit munus, et coepit securi magna excidere ______.
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robora

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______ iusserunt omnes oleastrum dari.
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arbores

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Accepit munus, et coepit securi magna excidere ROBORA.
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robur

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Eligebat quae robora VELLET.
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volo

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Arbores IUSSERUNT omnes oleastrum dari.
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iubeo

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Sic fraxino dixisse FERTUR quercus: merito caedimur.
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fero

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Quidam ab ARBORIBUS petit manubrium ut sibi darent.
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arbor

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Quidam ab arboribus petit manubrium ut sibi DARENT.
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do

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ELIGEBAT quae robora vellet.
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eligo

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Sic fraxino DIXISSE fertur quercus: merito caedimur.
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perfect active infinitive

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ACCEPIT munus, et coepit securi magna excidere robora.
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3rd-person singular perfect active indicative

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Arbores iusserunt omnes OLEASTRUM dari.
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oleaster

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Arbores iusserunt omnes oleastrum DARI.
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present passive infinitive

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Quidam ab arboribus petit manubrium ut sibi DARENT.
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3rd-person plural imperfect active subjunctive

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Sic fraxino dixisse fertur quercus: merito CAEDIMUR.
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1st-person plural present passive indicative

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Accepit munus, et coepit securi magna EXCIDERE robora.
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present active infinitive

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ELIGEBAT quae robora vellet.
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3rd-person singular imperfect active subjunctive

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Eligebat quae robora VELLET.
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3rd-person singular imperfect active subjunctive

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Sic ______ dixisse fertur quercus: merito caedimur.
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fraxino

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Arbores IUSSERUNT omnes oleastrum dari.
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3rd-person plural perfect active indicative

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Quidam ab arboribus petit manubrium ut ______ darent.
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sibi

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Accepit munus, et coepit ______ magna excidere robora.
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securi

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illustration by Walter Crane