16.08.24: Level 1; Ora Maritima [7](3)

Vocabulary

castellum, -ī [2/n]: castle

clivus, -ī [2/m]: slope; hill

commentārius, -ī [2/m]: diary; journal

consecrātus, -a, -um: consecrated

erat: he / she / it was

fretum, -ī [2/n]: channel; estuary; strait

gramineus, -a, -um: grassy

navigium, -ī [2/n]: vessel; ship

pharus, -ī [2/f]: lighthouse

post Chrīstum nātum: after the birth of Christ

quondam: at one time; formerly

saeculum, -ī [2/n]: century

scriptitō, -āre [1]: write often

signum, -ī [2/n]: flag

specula, -ae [1/f]: watchtower

velum, -ī [2/n]: sail (of a ship)

Note:

secundō saeculō: in the second century; Latin uses the ablative to indicate a specific point in time or time period

[A] These four statements are wrong. What should they be?

1. The author writes his journal when he’s at school.
2. They sometimes visit Dover.
3. The town’s far away.
4. There’s a castle near the town.

[B] 

1. What is in the castle?
2. How are the walls described?
3. What did the Romans use this location for?
4. Where is the consecrated building?
5. In what century was there a Christian church?
6. Some of these ships are known as ‘castella’ (castle liners). How do the ships indicate that?
7. To which part of the image posted does each sentence [1] to [4] refer?

[1] Castellum in prōmunturiō ōrae maritimae stat. [2] Post castellum sunt clīvī grāmineī et lātī. [3] Ex castellō fretum Gallicum spectās. [4] Ante oculōs sunt vēla alba multōrum nāvigiōrum