AP Latin › Using vocative case in Latin
Choose the correct answer from the choices below
__________, veni in villam!
Juli
Julius
Julie
Julium
Julio
Both the comma after the first word, and the verb in imperative let us know that someone is being addressed directly. In latin, the vocative case is used. For men's names that end in -ius, -i is the marker for the vocative, meaning Juli is the correct answer.
__________, veni in villam!
filī
filie
filius
filii
filies
From the singular imperative veni and the exclamation mark, we know that this is a command, and that it is a singular subject; therefore, the subject is being directly addressed, so we must use the vocative case. The correct vocative for nouns ending in -ius is a simple -i, which is not to be confused with nouns that end in -us which take -e as the vocative ending.