Sunday, October 20, 2024

10.01.25: Level 1; Julia, a Latin Reader (Reed) [3](2)

Match the words and phrases in bold with the Latin in the wordcloud; one Latin word is used twice

[1] Nominative

  • Julia is with the pirates 
  • the farmer exclaims 
  • the pirates say
  • the sailors give 

[2] Genitive

  • the farmer’s anger
  • towards the pirates’ ship
  • towards the sailors’ cottages 

[3] Dative

  • the sailors give their boat to the farmer 
  • the farmer gives a lot of money to the pirates 

[4] Accusative

  • he calls Julia 
  • towards the cottage 
  • he seizes a helmet and a spear 
  • the pirates carry Julia to the farmer’s boat 
  • the farmer calls the pirates 
  • the sailors seize helmets and spears
  • towards the cottages

[5] Ablative

  • in our boat
  • in the cottage 
  • on the table 
  • with the farmer 
  • with the pirates 

10.01.25: level 1; topic; school [19]; science [1]

philosophia nātūrālis (natural philosophy): the general term used for the study of chemistry, botany and physics until the 19th century when the sciences were reclassified and became separate subjects such as the three studied at school:

biologia, -ae [1/f]: (New Latin) biology

chēmia, -ae [1/f] or chīmia, -ae [1/f]: (New Latin) chemistry, a shortened form of Mediaeval Latin alchēmia and alchīmia: ialchemy, the turning of base metals into gold; the word was borrowed from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء [al-kīmiyāʔ]: chemistry and Anc. Gk. χῠμείᾱ [khumeíā]: alchemy; also: ars chēmica

physica, -ae [1/f]: (New Latin) physics

scientiae, -ārum [1/f/pl]: the Sciences

anatomia, -ae [1/f]: anatomy

astronomia, -ae [1/f]: astronomy; both astronomia and astrologia were first used to refer to the study of the stars, the latter subsequently adopting the meaning that we use now i.e. the study of the supposed influence the stars have on our lives

chīrūrgia, -ae [1/f]: surgery

herbāria, -ae [1/f]: botany; also: ars herbāria

medicīna, -ae [1/f]: medicine

scientia, -ae [1/f] māchinālis: engineering

zōologia, -ae [1/f]: (New Latin) zoology