Vocab & Derivatives
What is the Latin root word AND meaning of the derivative CONSTELLATION?
Stella : Star
What are the 3 tenses we have learned thus far?
Present, Imperfect, Perfect
What is the purpose of a nominative?
The noun subject of the sentence / the one doing the action.
The purpose of an accusative is what?
The Direct Object
The One that receives the action
What is the name of the 3 headed dog that guards the Underworld?
Cerberus
State 3 Latin animals we have learned thus far.
Aper, Pavo, Leo, Canis, Feles, Lupus, Leo
Which tense is used for a past tense action that was only once and is totally completed?
Perfect
True or False: It is possible to have a Latin sentence with no nominative, but not without a subject.
TRUE!
The subject will always be there, even if only in the personal ending of the verb.
Is it possible to have a Latin sentence with no accusative?
Yes!
For example: ego in culiculo sto.
In this sentence, nothing is receiving the verb. There is someone doing it and where it is happening, but no direct object.
Who are the Roman King and Queen of the Underworld?
Pluto and Proserpina.
(Greek versions: Hades and Persephone)
What is the perfect tense for of intellegit?
Intellexit
What are the perfect tense personal endings? List all 6 of them in order!
I, Isti, It, Imus, Istis, Erunt
Who is the subject in the sentence:
ancillam vocabas.
YOU
The BAS personal ending indicates the 2nd person subject of the verb.
Make servus plural.
Servus is a second declension word, so the US ending must change to an I in the plural.
Give 2 details about where Romans were buried.
1. In tombs
2. Along the roadside
3. Outside of the city
4. Near the living
What Latin word is the ANTONYM of NIHIL?
Omnis
Besides a V, list 3 other common letters that change in the perfect tense stem before the endings are added.
U, X, S
Who is the subject of the sentence :
in cubiculo dormiverunt.
THEY
The erunt personal ending indicates a 3rd person plural subject that is doing the sleeping.
Make Stella plural.
STELLAE
Stella is a 1st declension word, so the A must change to an AE in the plural.
List 3 parts of the underworld in order of the worst to best.
1. Tartarus
2. Asphodel/Fields of Mourning
3. Elysium /Elysian Fields / Isle of the Blessed
What is the Latin root word AND meaning of the English derivative TACIT?
Tacite : Quietly
What is the literal translation of the word CONSPEXERUNT?
Be sure to include a subject, the tense and the meaning.
They caught sight of
Who is the subject of the sentence:
vinum in culina portavi.
EGO / I
The I personal ending indicates the 1st person singular subject (perfect tense), that is doing the carrying.
What is the correct Latin word that completes the sentence?
(the guests) in triclinium cenaverunt.
HOSPITES
Guest must be plural nominative because of the erunt personal ending. It is a 3rd declension word, so needs an ES to make it plural.
Why would a Roman be buried with money in their mouths?
In order to pay Charon / the ferryman to get across the River Styx to the underworld.
Otherwise, they have to wait 100 years to be taken.