Cap. 39 of Roma Aeterna

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Cap. 39 of Roma Aeterna

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Cap. 39 of Roma Aeterna. I appreciate your corrections.

Cur Aeneas optavit ut pro patria pugnans occidisset?
Quia omnia mortem praesentem nautis ostendunt.

Cum mare tanta tempestate misceri videret, quid fecit Neptunus?
Zephyro dixit domum properavisse regique dixisse non illi datum fuisse imperium ponti saevumque tridentem.

Unde Dido magnum auri pondus quaesivit?
Sychaeus Didoni thesauros occultos monstravit.

Quo Tyrii profugi venerunt?
Karthaginem venerunt.

Quid Aeneas deae narravit?
narravit quem fuisse aut quibus ab oris venisse.

Quid Venus Aeneae nuntiavit?
nuntiavit socios tuos salvos fuisse.

Quid illioneus Didonem oravit?
oravit ne eos ab oris Africae arceret.

Num casus Troiae Didoni ignotum erat?
ignotum non erat.

Quid Dido Troianis pollicitus est?
auxilio dimisisse opibusque iuvavisse pollicitus est.

Quid ad ceteros Trioanos missum est?
munera ampla missa sunt.

Quid Dido Aeneam rogavit?
insidias Danaum casusque eorum erroresque eius rogavit.

A quo facto finem narrandi fecit?
funere patri in sicilia facto, finem narrandi fecit.

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Re: Cap. 39 of Roma Aeterna

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Perseus wrote:Quid Aeneas deae narravit?
narravit quem fuisse aut quibus ab oris venisse.
you need an indirect question instead of AcI
Quid Venus Aeneae nuntiavit?
nuntiavit socios tuos salvos fuisse.
are you addressing the reader?
Quid Dido Troianis pollicitus est?
auxilio dimisisse opibusque iuvavisse pollicitus est.
check subject/verb agreeement

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As about first, please advice how the answer should be? can you right one with indirect question as you suggested?

As about 2nd and 3rd how about these?

Quid Venus Aeneae nuntiavit?
nuntiavit socios eius salvos fuisse.

Quid Dido Troianis pollicitus est?
Dido Troianis auxilio dimisisse opibusque iuvavisse pollicitus est.

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Dido is what gender?

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Sorry, in the first example, it should be quis, which introduces an indirect statement, so you need the subjunctive, not AcI. Pay attention to the sequence of tenses.

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Dido is feminine as she was queen of Carthage. But in the main question it is used 'pollicitus est'. Isn't it wrong and shouldn't it be 'pollicita est'?

Is below correct?

Quid Aeneas deae narravit?
narravit quis esset aut quibus ab oris veniret.

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Re: Cap. 39 of Roma Aeterna

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Nunc omnia recte habes!

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