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Stage 22: dēfīxiō

In Aquae Sulis, Aventina and her niece Vilbia play host to the travellers from Fishbourne. Unfortunately for everyone, Belimicus has also arrived in town and is acting suspiciously. Will the goddess protect Quintus and his friends, or will someone else have to intervene?

Story explorers

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Story Explorers display the stories of the CLC in an interactive format, allowing you to check vocabulary, grammar parsing and derivations.

in vīllā Aventīnae

Meet Aventina, the wealthy owner of a villa in Aquae Sulis and a friend of Dumnorix. She has some news: there's a new chieftain in town, and, unfortunately, he looks suspiciously familiar...

fībula

Time to visit Aventina's inn! Vilbia has been given an expensive brooch by a new customer, but Aventina is not sure whether this mysterious chieftain can be trusted. Perhaps Dumnorix has some thoughts?

prīnceps īnfēlīx scaena prīma

Dice is not a game of chance when Belimicus is playing with loaded dice! Will Dumnorix pay his gambling debts, or will Belimicus pay for his trickery? 

prīnceps īnfēlīx scaena secunda

Vilbia speeds off to find Dumnorix and deliver her urgent news, but there's a villain lurking in the shadows. Will the goddess Sulis save them, or will they have to improvise?

Curse tablet cursing thief of a cloak
Practising the Language

pallium et pugiō

Time for a little 'cloak and dagger' adventure in the backstreets of Aquae Sulis.

Language activities

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Sorting Words asks you to drag and drop words to sort them by meaning, case, etc.

Words Endings gives you a sentence in English together with the same sentence in Latin, but with one or more endings to be chosen from a drop down list.

Vocab Testers are against the clock, multiple choice or type in, and can be set to all words in this stage, up to this stage, etc.

Reviewing the Language exercises are digital versions of exercises towards the back of the CLC textbooks.

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Sorting Words

Participles

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Sorting Words

Which gender?

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Sorting Words

Which case - nouns?

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Sorting Words

Which case - adjectives?

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Sorting Words

Singular or plural?

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Sorting Words

Which declension?

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Sorting Words

Adjective or adverb?

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Sorting Words

Which character?

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Word Endings

Nouns

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Word Endings

Adjectives

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Vocabulary Tester

Stage 22: Vocabulary Tester