24.05.25: Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [1]; Mēnsis September

Online text (with macrons) available here:

https://www.fabulaefaciles.com/library/books/sonnenschein/pro-patria

Complete book in pdf format (without macrons) available here:

https://archive.org/details/cu31924031167160/mode/2up

Kalendae sunt hodiē Septembrēs. Prīmus mēnsis fēriārum ēlāpsus est, et scholae īnstant. Nam ante fīnem mēnsis Septembris apud magistrum meum erō. Et per ultimam partem fēriārum necesse est librīs duās hōrās cottīdiē dare. Sīc imperat patruus meus. Māne igitur plērumque lēctitō. Patruus autem mihi librum Tacitī dē vītā Agricolae, ducis celebris Rōmānōrum, dedit. Multa īnsunt dē Britanniā nostrā antīquā. Vīta Agricolae multum mē dēlectat. Nōnnūllīs tamen in locīs difficilis est et obscūra. Sed animō alacrī lēctitō, quia patruus meus difficilia et obscūra explicat, et tabulīs pictīs aedificiōrum, armōrum, nummōrum, viārum illūstrat. Ubi aliquid in Vītā Agricolae dēest, ibi patruus meus capita ex Annālibus Tacitī vel ex Historiā Anglicā recitat. Amīcī meī, Mārcus et Alexander, interdum adsunt dum recitat. Nam saepe nōs vīsitant. Post prandium plērumque ambulāmus, vel lūdō trigōnālī operam damus, vel in marī natāmus.

Vocabulary

alacer [m], alacris [f], alacre [n]: eager

celeber [m], celebris [f], celebre [n]: celebrated

ēlābor, ēlābī, ēlāpsus sum [3/dep]: slip away

instō, -āre, -stitī [3]: be at hand; approach

trigōnālis, -e: adjective referring to a tennis ball

Notes

[i] Septembres: adjective agreeing with Kalendae and meaning 'seventh ' or ' belonging-to-the-seventh month.' The Roman year originally began with March, and so September was the seventh month. The literal translation of this sentence is 'To-day there are the September Calends,' =' to-day is the 1st of September.'

[ii] animō alacrī │with an eager mind; ablative of manner i.e. the way in which the reading is done

Language Review

Nothing will be said here under this heading since the points have been covered in depth in previous posts. At the top of each chapter Sonnenschein notes the language focus. I will add links to those posts which dealt with those points and, where necessary, reference tables.

3^rd declension adjectives

Latin Tutorial

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/250424-youtube-latin-tutorial-3rd.html

[1] All Facebook links in one file:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/469498295661444/

[2] links to posts here

[1] Introduction; 3^rd declension adjectives; the three terminations

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/210424-third-declension-adjectives-1.html

[2] 3^rd declension adjectives: 2 terminations

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/230424-3rd-declension-adjectives-2.html

[3] examples of 3rd declension 2 termination adjectives in the different cases: singular

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-3rd-declension-adjectives-3.html

[4] examples of 3rd declension 2 termination adjectives in the different cases: plural

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-3rd-declension-adjectives-4.html

[5] omnis, -e

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-3rd-declension-adjectives-5.html

[6] suffix: -vowel + bilis, -e

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-3rd-declension-adjectives-6.html

[7] prefix: in-

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-3rd-declension-adjectives-7.html

[8] three terminations

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-3rd-declension-adjectives-8.html

[9] months as adjectives

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/240424-months-as-adjectives.html

[10] one termination

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/250424-3rd-declension-adjectives-9-one.html

[11] one termination

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/250424-3rd-declension-adjectives-10-one.html

[12] one termination; suffix -āx

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/250424-3rd-declension-adjectives-11-one.html