01.03.24: second conjugation

Below are some sample sentences using 2nd conjugation verbs:

vidēre: to see

Quid in pictūrā vidēs? What do you see in the picture?

Taurōs vaccāsque in pictūrā videō. I see bulls and cows in the picture.

habēre: to have

Habēsne ōva? Do you have eggs?

Ita, ōva habeō. Yes, I have eggs.

tenēre: to hold

Quid tenet nūntius? What is the messenger holding?

Gladium tenet. He’s holding a sword.

latēre: to be (in) hiding (not ‘to hide’ something e.g. money; to express that concept, the first conjugation verb celāre is used)

Ubi latet leō? Where is the lion hiding?

Leō in silvā latet. The lion’s hiding in the forest.

sedēre: to sit; be sitting

Ubi sedētis, puerī? Where are you sitting, boys?

Num sedētis in viā? You're not sitting in the street, are you?

Minimē, in viā nōn sedēmus, sed in cauponā. No, we’re not sitting in the street, but in the pub.

iacēre: to lie

Fīlius meus aegrotat et in lectō iacet. My son is ill and he’s lying in bed.

Vaccae in agrō iacent. The cows are lying in the field.

docēre: to each

Nōnne magister es? Quid docēs? You’re a teacher, aren’t you? What do you teach?

Linguam Latīnam doceō. I teach Latin.

dēlēre:

Barbarī nōs terrent quod moenia dēlent. The Barbarians are frightening us because they are destroying the (city) walls.

terrēre: to frighten

Quid tē terret? What frightens you?

Arāneae mē terrent. Spiders frighten me.

timēre: to fear

Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs

I fear the Greeks even when they’re bearing gifts.

This is a phrase from the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil. It is said by the Trojan priest Laocoon, referring to the enormous wooden horse left outside the walls of Troy as the Greeks, apparently, withdrew from the long war with the Trojans. Unfortunately, the citizens did not heed the priest’s advice and dragged the horse inside the city…which did not work out well for the Trojans and marks, in the Roman interpretation of history, the beginning of the eventual creation of Rome. But that’s another (long) story.