22.01.25: level 1; topic; school [26]; the sky [1]

Complete the Comenius text with the words listed below

Caelum, │ The Heaven,

rotātur, & │ is wheeled about, and

ambit [1] __________, │ encompasseth the Earth,

stantem in [2] __________. │ standing in the middle.

[3] __________, │ The Sun,

ubi ubi* est, │ wheresoever it is,

fulget [4] __________, │ shineth perpetually,

ut ut dēnsa [5] __________,│ howsoever dark Clouds,

ēripiant eum ā [6] __________; │ may take it from us;

facitque suīs [7] __________, │ and causeth by his Rays,

Lūcem, Lūx [8] __________. │ Light, and the Light, Day.

Ex oppositō, │ On the other sīde, over against it,

sunt Tenebræ, │ is Darkness, 

inde [9] __________ │ and thence Night.

[10] __________ │ In the Night

splendet [11] __________, │ shineth the Moon,

& [12] __________, │ and the Stars,

micant, [13] __________. │ glister and twinkle.

[14] __________, │ In the Evening,

est Crepusculum: │ is Twilight:

[15] __________ │ In the Morning,

[16] __________, │ the breaking,

& Dīlūculum. │ and dawning of the Day.

* ubi ubi: wherever; colloquial rather than standard Classical Latin; ‘wherever’ is normally expressed by ubicumque

aurōra; diem; lūna; māne; mediō; nōbīs; nocte; nox; nūbila; perpetuō; radiīs; scintillant; sōl; stēllæ; terram; vesperī

Notes

[1] tenebrae, -ārum [1/f/pl]: although referring to a singular idea in English (darkness) the Latin noun is plural

[2] a further example of the passive voice:

Caelum rotātur │ the sky is turned around (rotated)

[3]

lūx, lūcis [3/f]: light; the third declension noun is used in two cases in the same sentence; endings are added to the stem of the genitive case i.e. lūx, lūc¦is > lūc-

Sōl …facit … lūcem [accusative] (et) lūx [nominative] (facit) diem │ the Sun makes light and the light makes day

nox, noctis [3/f] night; again, the ending is added to the stem of the genitive case i.e. nox, noct¦is > noct-

ablative: nocte │ in the night; at night

[3] Sōl .. facit suīs radiīs lūcem │ the Sun creates light by means of its rays

Latin uses the ablative case to state by what means something is done.