Wednesday, September 11, 2024

21.10.24: Level 1; review; practice in the verbs [4]; 1st conjugation; present tense

amāre [1] │ to love

amō │I love

amās │you (sg.) love

amat │he / she / it loves

amāmus │we love

amātis │you (pl.) love

amant │they love

[A] “In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Golden Legend, the bells of Strasbourg Cathedral explain their religious and political office, even while under attack by Lucifer and his demons”

https://blogs.hope.edu/belltower/bell-tower-volume-1-issue-1/the-bells-of-our-lives/

Complete the Latin text with the verbs listed below

__________ deum vērum! │ I praise the true God

Plēbem  __________! │ I call the people

__________ clērum! │ I gather the clergy

Dēfūnctōs __________! │I weep for the dead

Nimbum __________! │ I chase away the storm cloud

Fēsta __________! │ I adorn feasts

__________ lentōs! │ I rouse the lazy

Dissipō __________! │ I scatter the winds

__________ cruentōs! │I pacify bloodshed

congregō; decorō; dissipō; excitō; fugō; laudō; pacō; plōrō; vocō

[B] Motto on a church bell; complete the Latin with the verbs listed below:

Patrem  nostrum  __________ │ We celebrate our Father

Chrīstum  fīlium  __________ │ We greet Christ the Son

Sānctum spīritum __________  │ We praise the Holy Spirit

Carōs mortuōs __________ │ We weep for the dear departed

Vīvōs ad precēs __________ │ We call the living to prayers

vocāmus; salūtāmus; plōrāmus; laudāmus; celebrāmus

[C] A statement can be turned into a question by the addition of -ne at the end of the word at the beginning of the sentence; the word is not necessarily a verb. Complete the Latin with the verbs listed below.

[i] Questions to Caesar …

__________ oppidum, Caesar?  │ Are you occupying the town, Caesar?

__________ mūrum, Caesar?  │ Are you storming the wall, Caesar?

__________ signum,  Caesar? │ Are you giving the signal (to attack), Caesar?

Victōriamne  __________, Caesar? │ Are you announcing the victory, Caesar?    

[ii] Questions to a Roman soldier …

__________ne  barbarum? │ Are you wounding the barbarian?

__________ne barbarōs? │ Are you alarming the barbarians?

__________ne in Britanniā? │ Are you spending the winter in Britain?

__________ne  oppidum vāllō? │ Are you surrounding the town with a fortification?

__________ne prōvinciam?  │ Are you pacifying the province?

[iii] Questions to a Barbarian soldier …

__________ agrōs Rōmānōrum?  │ Are you laying waste to / destroying the fields of the Romans?

__________ Rōmānum?  │ Are you overcoming the Roman?

circumdās; dāsne; expugnāsne; hiemās; nūntiās; occupāsne; pācās; perturbās; superāsne; vastāsne; vulnerās


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