APFIVE Syntactic Function of Nouns in Vergil
Describe how Latin nouns function in context and contribute to the meaning of the text.
What syntactic function do the nouns ‘scuta,’ ‘galeas,’ and ‘corpora’ serve in relation to the river Simois?
saevus ubi Aeacidae telo iacet Hector, ubi ingens Sarpedon, ubi tot Simois correpta sub undis scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora volvit
A
Ablatives of means showing how the river moves
B
Genitives of possession belonging to the warriors
C
Subjects of ‘correpta’ describing what has been seized
D
Direct objects of ‘volvit’ showing what the river rolls along
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