T. Vrbem quam dicunt Romam, Meliboee, putaui
stultus ego huic nostrae similem, quo saepe solemus   20
pastores ouium teneros depellere fetus.
sic canibus catulos similis, sic matribus haedos
noram, sic paruis componere magna solebam.
uerum haec tantum alias inter caput extulit urbes
quantum lenta solent inter uiburna cupressi.  25

Answer with one Latin word: give the verb that goes with each subject:
(use the exact verb form that is in the poem):
  1. ego
  2. Romam
  3. pastores
  4. haec
  5. cupressi
T or F:
  1. Tityrus Romam suae urbi dissimilem esse putavit?
  2. Meliboeus 'stultus ego' in hac poema est.
  3. Pastores in urbem aliquem teneros ovium fetus depellere solebant.
  4. Tityrus matribus suis haedos similes esse putat.
  5. Tityri urbs magna est.
  6. Cupressi capita inter viburna efferunt.
Answer the following questions with one Latin word from the poem:
  1. Cupressi an (or) viburna lenta sunt?
  2. Quem urbem Meliboeus suae urbi similem esse putavit?
  3. Catuli similes quo sunt? (answer in the appropriate case)

Is the first foot of each line a spondee or a dactyl (answer with 'spondee' or 'dactyl'):

  1. 19
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 23
  6. 24
  7. 25

In these lines, find:

  1. 2 complementary infinitives.
  2. 2 adverbs other than sic and verum.
  3. a pair of correlated adverbs.
  4. 4 different datives dependent on an adjective.
  5. An imperfect verb.
  6. 2 perfect verbs.
  7. An example of indirect speech.

Write the following in Latin (use only words found in the poem):

  1. We think that puppies are not like dogs.
  2. Rome raises its head as much among the other cities as cypresses do among viburnums.

Answer the following in English:

  1. What cities are mentioned in this poem, and what do those cities stand for in this poem?
  2. Identify a few 'figures of speech' in the poem up to this point and say what effect they have/why a poet might have deployed them. If you want a list of figures of speech that might apply, read the entry 'figures of speech' on Wikipedia.

Ancient Comment (from Maurus Servius Honoratus' Commentary on the Poems of Virgil.