17.05.25: Level 2; review; prīmus annus [4]; cāsus ablātīvus; cāsus accūsātīvus; expressions of time

Diēs Puerī Britannī

Puer Britannus prīmā hōrā (1) ē lēctō surgit. Ex cubiculō ad prandium dēscendit. Tum domō ad lūdum it. Ibi trēs vel quattuor hōrās labōrat. Prīmum linguam Gallicam discit, deinde Anglicam, postrēmō scientiam mathēmaticam. Tandem ē lūdō exit et domum ad secundum prandium redit. Ūnam hōram domī manet. Post prandium iterum ad lūdum venit. Decimā hōrā in campum exit.

Vesperī domum ad cēnam redit. Post cēnam pēnsum facit. Mox dormīre vult. Prīmā igitur vigiliā sē in lēctum iacit. Brevī sē somnō dat, et trēs vigiliās dormit. Prīmā hōrā gallus cantat; cum gallus cantat, puer nōn iam dormit; sed ē lēctō statim surgit; saepe etiam ante hanc hōram surgit, nam in lēctō manēre nōn vult. Cottīdiē māne surgit, merīdiē prandet, vesperī (2) cēnat, noctū (3) dormit.

(1) Ancient Roman timekeeping refers to the first hour of the day i.e. the first hour after dawn i.e. between 0600 – 0700 am; precise timings could vary depending on the time of the year

(2) vesperī or vespere

(3) noctū is an old ablative form; nocte is also used

[1] Respondē:

1. Quandō ē lēctō surgis?
2. Quandō tē in lēctum iacis?
3. Quandō tē somnō dās?
4. Quandō prandēs?
5. Quandō cēnās?
6. Quandō linguam Latīnam discis?
7. Quid māne discis? (prīmō, deinde, postrēmō)
8. Quis prīmā hōrā cantat?
9. Quandō tū cantās?
10. Quid māne facis? Quid merīdiē? Quid noctū?

[2] Expressions of time with the ablative; find the Latin:

[a]

1. at the first hour
2. at the tenth hour
3. at the first “watch”; in Ancient Rome the night was divided into four vigiliae

[b]

1. at midday
2. in the evening
3. at night

[c]

within a short time

[3] expressions of time with the accusative; find the Latin:

1. He stays at home for one hour.
2. He works for three or four hours.
3. He sleeps for three “watches”.
4. after lunch
5. after dinner
6. before this time / hour

[4] three different cases:

1. He goes from home (ablative).
2. He goes back (to) home (accusative).
3. He stays at home (locative)

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/290324-locative-case.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/02/120525-level-3-summary-of-of-uses-of.html

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/02/180525-level-3-locative-case-2-other.html