# Finals 1.57-60

Virginia Certamen Questions, Finals, Lines 1.57-1.60. Latin.

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Bonus 2: It was normal for dictators to serve only until the emergency was over, and Cincinnatus served only a few weeks. But that office also had a maximum term-limit. What was it? 6 months.
In the sentence Poetae nautis dona dare poterant what is the case and construction of nautis . Dative of indirect object.
Bonus 1: Now, what is unusual about the nouns poeta and nauta ? Masculines of the first declension.
Bonus 2: In that sentence (repeat if asked) was is the tense of poterant ? Imperfect.

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