Vocab
What does conficio, conficere, confeci mean? and what part of speech is it?
to finish
verb
List the present tense endings for verbs
sing.
o/m
s
t
pl.
mus
tis
nt
this is from the book
"pro pompa currebant multae puellae, quae flores in viam spargebant."
Many girls, who were scattering flowers on the street, were running in front of the procession
What is the Imperative?
What is the Vocative?
a command
direct address
from our notes:
who was one of the oldest deities of the Egyptian Pantheon?
Isis
What does iter, itineris mean in English?
What does spear mean in Latin?
journey
hasta, hastae
decline hic (all genders, singular)
hic haec hoc
huius huius huius
huic huic huic
hunc hanc hoc
hoc hac hoc
this is from the book
"post multitudinem puellarum tubicines et pueri procedebant."
Trumpeters and boys were proceding after the crowd of girls.
how do you form the imperative?
a. positive
b. negative
a. sing: remove the -re
pl: remove the -re and add -te
ex. manere becomes mane!
manere becomes manete!
b. sing: add noli to the front, keep the infinitive
pl. add nolite to the front, keep the infinitive
ex. manere becomes noli manere!
manere becomes nolite manere!
this is from our notes:
when was the Isis festival celebrated and what did it commemmorate?
what crop was vital to Rome's cities and armies?
5th of March
the changing of the winds
the grain of Egypt
What does posco, poscere, poposci mean?
to demand, ask for
decline hic (all genders, plural)
hi hae haec
horum harum horum
his his his
hos has haec
his his his
this is from the book
'"carissima', respondit Aristo, qui anxius circumspectabat,"
"dearest" responded Aristo, who was anxiously looking around.
the vocatives have the same forms as the _______
except for:
nominative
2nd Dec. Masc. Singular
this is from our notes:
what are some of her jobs?
and they are likely bc of the tales abt her in the _______
she is the goddess of the hearth, fertility, and protection from danger
The Book of the Dead
How do you know if a lat. word is a verb?
look for the ending -re, which is in the infinitive
decline ille (all genders, sing.)
ille illa illud
illius illius illius
illi illi illi
illum illam illud
illo illa illo
this is from the book
"'melius est nobis locum novum quaerere."'
2nd Dec. Masc. Sing:
what endings?
-e or -i
dominus goes to domine
servus goes to serve
only ends in -i with nouns whose root ends in -i
filius goes to fili
this is from our notes:
who is Philo
from what book do we get info abt the "Isacis" followers of Isis, and why is this all we know?
he is a jewish philosopher living in Alexandria and an eyewitness to a festival of Isis
"Asinus Aurei", and thats it bc the Roman emperors would periodically persecute the cult
What does in the morning mean in Latin? Macrons count.
Mane (with a macron over the a)
decline ille (all genders, pl)
illi illae illa
illorum illarum illorum
illis illis illis
illos illas illa
illis illis illis
this is from the book
"iam sacerdotes deam Isidem per vias urbis ad portum ferre solebant."
Now the priests were accustomed to carrying the goddess Isis through the streets of the city.
what are the imperatives for festinare?
positive: sing. festina!
pl. festinate!
negative: sing. noli festinare!
pl. nolite festinare!
this is from our notes:
how do you join the cult of Isis?
- a candidate made a confession of their sins
-they took a ritual both to cleanse themselves
-they make sacrifices of repentance and thanksgiving
the rituals were proceeded by a ten day fast
completed in the temple of Isis with the priests preciding