Monday, May 3, 2010

Write out the paradigms for the relative pronoun and explain what a relative clause does.

Singular

Male

qui
cuius
cui
quem
quo

Female

quae
cuius
cui
quam
qua

Neuter

quod
cuius
cui
quod
quo


Plural

Male

qui
quorum
quibus
quos
quibus

Female

quae
quaram
quibus
quas
quibus

Neuter

quae
quorum
quibus
quae
quibus


The relative clause describes the antecedent.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Check

Part 1

1. Est- 3rd person singular present active indicative of essere / to be

2. Alunt- 3rd person plural present active indicative of allere / to feed

3. Iungere- 2nd person singular present active infinitive of jungare / to bind together

4. Coeperant- 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative of ceopere / to begin

5. Tenuit- 3rd person singular present active indicative of tenere / to possess

6. Incipimus- 1st person plural present active indicative of incipere / to begin

7. Intellegere- 2nd person singular present active infinitive of intellegere / to know

8. Regere- 2nd person singular present active infinitive of regere / to rule

9. Valere- 2nd person singular present active infinitive of valere / to be strong

10. Possumus- 1st person plural present active indicative of possere / to be able

11. Est- 3rd person singular present active indicative of essere / to be

12. Trahere- 2nd person singular present active infinitive of trahere / to drag

13. Timebant- 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative of timere / to drag

14. Exspectabant- 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative of exspectare / to expect

15. Timebat- 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of timere / to drag

16. Neglegebat- 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of neglegere / to neglect

17. Gessit- 3rd person singular present active indicative of genere / to carry

18. Cucurrit- 3rd person singular present active indicative of currere / to gallop

19. Est- 3rd person singular present active indicative of essere / to be

20. Agemus- 1st person plural present active indicative of agere / to urge

21. Timebant- 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative of timere / to drag

22. Recitabat- 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of recitare / to recite

Part 2

1. Quoque

2. Quae

3. Quae

4. Qua

5. Quam

6. Quae

7. Quoniam

1. Cui

2. Quo

3. Quae

4. Quae

5. Qui

6. Qui

7. Quod

8. Quem

9. Quos

10. Qui

11. Qua

12. Quae

13. Qui

Part 3

Be love in old age? Pleasure is indeed less, and less which is wished. We are nothing but concerned, and do not lack what is not desire. Youth very much desire, old men love often enough to have understanding, and a lot

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Case

Nominative case
The Romans used the nominative case most commonly to indicate the subject of a finite verb e.g poet in sentence A and girls in sentence B poets.

Genitive case
When one noun was used to modify another, the Romans put the modifying, or limiting, noun in the genitive case, as we do in such instances as poet's in sentence B and girls in sentence C. One idea very commonly conveyed by the genitive is possession and although other categories besides the genitive of possession are distinguished, the meaning of genitive can generally be ascertained by the translating it with the preposition of . A Latin noun in the genitive case usually follows the noun it modifies.

Dative case
The Romans used the dative to mark the person of thing indirectly affected by the action of the verb, as in the sentence A and to the sailors in B; both of these nouns are indirect objects, the most common use of the dative. IN most instances the these of the dative can be determined by using to or for with the noun.


Accusative case
The Romans used the accusative case to indicative the direct object off the action of the verb, the person or thing directly affected by the action of the verb. It can also be used for the object of certain propositions. Eg. As to in into, post, after, being in sentence A and B roses is the direct object of is (are) giving

Ablative case
The ablative case we sometimes call the adverbial case because it was the case used by the Romans when they wished to modify, or limit, the verb.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Optional Exercises Chapter 17

6. They praised the citizens whom you had sent.
7. The 10 citizens praised who you pity.
8. They praised the citizen who had protected the homeland.
9. They have praised the 100 citizens who had protected the homeland.
10. They have praised the citizen whose son had protected the homeland.
11. The citizens had praised the 7 sons who had protected the homeland.
12. They had praised the citizens who united the homeland.
13.
14. The citizens will praise who they adore.
15.
16. Ten countrymen

Monday, April 26, 2010

1. Hello, good friend, who yesterday brought my son together.
2. Dionysus, from whom before spoke, by guiding Greece and Sicily through temptation.
3. Many citizens either go danger who threaten not to see or whom see disregard.
4. Twice he gives who quickly gives.
5. Who begins, half fact makes.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Medusa and Athena in Nature


There were once three beautiful girls, the ones we now call the Gorgons. In fact, they were some of the most beautiful girls of their time.


The most beautiful of them was named Medusa. Unfortunately, she knew that she was very beautiful, so she was also very vain.


One day, the three sister decided to visit the city. They went into Athena's temple, which was very beautiful. However, Medusa spent the entire time saying that she should have a temple built to her, because she was more beautiful than Athena.


When people heard her insulting the goddess, they fled the temple. However, Athena was too busy looking at her reflection to realize that the place was deserted. Athena, hearing these comments, came down to the temple and saw the girl that was so vain. She was extremely angry, and decided to punish Medusa and her sisters.


They were all turned into the ugliest creatures you would ever see, with snakes for hair and eyes that would turn you to stone.


But the ugliest was Medusa. She was the most hideous of them all, and she taught everyone a simple lesson... DON'T insult a goddess.