Nomen:__________________ Stage 19 Venatio I P 149 Lines 1-5 Barbillus________________ me to a ________________. Early in the morning he ___________ the overseer, Phormio, with many ________________. Phormio led two young goats ___________. But when we _______________________ from the house, the astrologer of________________, alarmed/upset, ran to________________. “___________, where are you hurrying?” he shouted. “Why do you ________________ to leave the house________________?” Lines 6-11 “We are _____________________to my estate,” Barbillus responded. “But master,” says the astrologer, “you are ________________, it is dangerous for you ________________ from the house today because the sun________________ Aries.” When I heard ________________, I mocked the ________________. Barbillus, although he believed him, did not want to ________________ me. After he thought about the situation for a long while, he said “It________________ me to leave.” Lines 12-18 Therefore the astrologer, when he ___________ to persuade his master, gave him an ________________, which the Chaldeans had made. Then, without a care, we ________________to the estate of ________________. Through part of the ________________ the Nile River was ________________ flowing. When we ________________ there, we saw ________________ ________________ assembled. In this crowd ___________________ were some ________________ , who ________________ spears in their hands. Near the Ethiopians was standing ________________. Lines 19-24 Phormio said, “Hello, ______________! We have prepared ________________ for you. The small boats, which_______________, _____________________.” “Have you ________________, the young goats?” ________________ Barbillus. “We have ________________ two young goats, master,” said the ________________. “We have ________________ them in the ________________ already.”
Nomen:__________________ Stage 19 Venatio II p.150 Lines 1-5 Then Phomio led us to the ________________ of the ________________ where the small boats, which he ________________, were tied up. After we boarded the ________________ we sailed cautiously to the ________________ in which the ________________ were lying hidden. When we ________________ the ________________, the water became more ________________ and the reeds became more ________________. After we sailed to the ________________ of the swamp, Barbillus gave ________________ the sign. Phormio ________________ the young goats into the ________________. Lines 5-10 The blood ______________was drawing the crocodiles, who were heading for the goats ________________. Then the Ethiopians began to ________________ the crocodiles. They were ________________ their spears and ________________ the crocodiles. The ________________ of the crocodiles was ________________; however, the ________________ of the Ethiopians was greater. Soon many crocodiles were ________________. Lines 12-15 Suddenly, ___________________ a great clamor. Phormio was calling ________________, because a hippopotamus, ___________ the Aethiopians __________________________ from the swamp, had overturned the _______________ of Barbillus. He had thrown down ______________ and _______ slaves into the ________________. Lines 16-22 Although we ________________ quickly to Barbillus and to the ________________ who were ________________ in the water, the crocodiles ________________ ________________ them already. We threw our ________________ at the crocodiles ________________. When we drove off the crocodiles, we were able to ________________ Barbillus and one ________________. But after we dragged ________________ from the ________________, we found him ________________. The spear, which the ________________ had ________________, had hit the ________________ of Barbillus. Barbillus was ________________ seriously by his own ________________. II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of “hic, haec, hoc, hī or hae.” 1. ________________ femina est in villā. 2. ________________ templum prope forum est. 3. ________________ vir pecuniam numerat. 4. ________________ stōlae sunt sordidae! 5. ________________ servī sunt Aegyptiī. 6. ________________ donum est equus.
