Tuesday, May 13, 2025

13.08.25: Level 1; Road to Latin [27]; [i] Templa antīqua; [ii] In Britanniā

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[neuter nouns of the second declension]

Templa Antīqua

Templum est Athēnīs. Templum est antīquum. Incolae Athēnārum templum saepe intrant. Incolae in templum ambulant quod columnās et statuās libenter spectant. Proximī templō sunt multī virī. Columnae pulchrae templī virōs dēlectant. In templō est magna statua deae sapientiae. Proximae statuae sunt ārae. Fēminae ārās deae ōrnant. Agricolae frūmentum ad ārās templī portant. Nautae aurum ā terrīs extrēmīs in templum portant. Sīc virī et fēminae templī deam adōrant.

Hodiē quoque templa antīqua virōs et fēminās dēlectant. Ā terrīs extrēmīs ad Graeciam nāvigant. Templa clāra intrant et laudant. Etiam hodiē columnae templōrum antīquōrum sunt pulchrae. Proxima magnīs templīs sunt multa domicilia parva. Incolae Graeciae longās fābulās dē templīs antīquīs nārrant.

Exercise

Respondē Latīnē:

  1. Ubi est templum?
  2. Quāle est templum?
  3. Quid incolae Athēnārum saepe intrant?
  4. Ubi sunt virī?
  5. Dēlectantne templī columnae virōs?
  6. Ubi est statua deae?
  7. Quō agricolae frūmentum portant?
  8. Quid nautae in templum portant?
  9. Quid virōs et fēminās hodiē dēlectat?
  10. Quālia templa hodiē virōs et fēminās dēlectant?
  11. Quid virī et fēminae intrant?
  12. Nōnne columnae templōrum antīquōrum sunt pulchrae?
  13. Ubi sunt parva domicilia?
  14. Nārrantne incolae Graeciae fābulās longās dē templīs antīquīs?

In Britanniā

In Britanniā cōpiae Rōmānae castra magna habent. Castra Rōmāna proxima sunt ōrae quod Rōmānī multās onerāriās habent. Onerāriae auxilia et frūmentum ad cōpiās Rōmānās portant. Circum castra est altum vallum. In vāllō stat Mārcus, lēgātus Rōmānus. Mārcus est adultus fīlius Cornēliī. Mārcus nūntium Rōmānum extrā vallum videt. Nūntius ad castra Rōmāna properat. "Salvē, amīcē," clāmat Mārcus. "Parantne Britannī proelium?"

"Salvē, lēgāte, multī Britannī armātī sunt in silvīs proximīs. Intrā silvās sunt multa arma et multum frūmentum quoque. Fēminae cum fīliīs et fīliābus ab oppidīs et ab agrīs in silvās properant quod fāma Romanōrum est magna et proelium timent," nūntius clāmat. Tum in castra celeriter properat.

Lēgātus neque Britannōs neque perīcula bellī timet quod vallum castrōrum est firmum et cōpiae Rōmānae sunt multae.

Vocabulary

adōrō, adōrāre [1]:  to worship

āra, -ae [1/f]:  altar

arma, armōrum [2/n/pl.]: arms, armour

aurum, aurī [2/n]: gold

auxilium, auxiliī [2/n]: help, aid; reinforcements, auxiliary troops (when plural)

bellum, bellī [2/n]: war

Britannia, -ae [1/f]:  Britain

Britannus, Britanna: British

Britannus, -ī [2/m]: a Briton

castra, castrōrum [2/n/pl]: camp

celeriter: quickly

cōpia, -ae [1/f]:  abundance, plenty; troops, forces (when plural)

domicilium, domiciliī [2/n]: dwelling, home

etiam: even, also​

fāma, -ae [1/f]:  fame, reputation, report

frūmentum, frūmentī [2/n]: corn, grain

intrā (+acc.): within, inside

oppidum, oppidī [2/n]: town

perīculum, perīculī [2/n]: danger, peril

proelium, proeliī [2/n]: battle

sīc: thus

templum, templī [2/n]: temple

timeō, timēre [2]: to fear

vallum, vallī [2/n]: rampart

Grammar

2nd declension neuter nouns: all cases; note that, in the declension table, the vocative is not listed since the vocative singular and plural are the same as the nominative singular and plural forms.

The only differences in endings between masculine and neuter nouns of the second declension are:

[i] Neuter nominative singular -um has the same ending -um in the accusative

[ii] Neuter nominative and accusative plural ends in -a

[1] Nominative singular

Templum est Athēnīs. │ The temple is at Athens.

[2] Genitive singular

Columnae … templī virōs dēlectant. │ The columns of the temple delight the men.

[3] Dative singular

Proximī templō sunt multī virī. │There are many men next to the temple.

[4] Accusative singular

Incolae … templum … intrant. │ The inhabitants enter the temple. [i.e. the nominative and accusative singular of neuter nouns in -um is the same]

Incolae in templum ambulant │ The inhabitants walk into the temple.

Mārcus nūntium … extrā vallum videt. │ Marcus sees a messenger outside / beyond the rampart.

[5] Ablative singular

In templō est magna statua │ There is large statue in the temple.

In vallō stat Mārcus │ Marcus is standing on the rampart.

[6] Nominative plural

Templa … virōs et fēminās dēlectant │The temples delight the men and women.

[7] Genitive plural

Columnae templōrum … sunt pulchrae │ The columns of the temples are beautiful.

[8] Dative plural

Proxima … templīs sunt multa domicilia parva. │ Many small dwellings are next to the temples.

[9] Accusative plural

Templa … intrant et laudant. │ They enter and praise the temples [i.e. the nominative and accusative singular of neuter nouns in -um is the same]

[10] Ablative plural

Fābulās templīs … nārrant │ They tell stories about the temples.

Ab oppidīs … properant │ They hurry away from the towns.

Note: castra, castrōrum [2/n/pl]; you can see that this noun is listed as a plural although, in English, it is singular i.e. (military) camp; the Latin noun does have a singular: castrum, -ī [2/n] meaning ‘fort’ or ‘castle’ but it is the plural that is by far more commonly found. Here are the examples from the text with the English translation as a singular noun:

Nominative: Castra … proxima sunt ōrae │ The camp is near the shore [the Latin noun is plural and so the verb is plural (sunt and not est) but English translates it as a singular]

Genitive: vallum castrōrum │ the rampart of the camp

Accusative:

Nūntius ad castra … properat. │The messenger hurries towards the camp.

Circum castra est … vallum. │ There is a rampart around the camp.

In castra … properat │ He hurries into the camp.





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