Supplement to Cpt. 16-17

Exempla

Instructions: 

Read each pair of sentences below. Then, for each sentence, identify the following:

• Are there any conjunctions in the sentence? Bracket all [dependent clauses], including relative clauses.

• What is the subject of the sentence? If it’s a linking sentence, what is the predicate nominative?

• What is/are the verb(s) and infinitives in the sentence? For each verb, is it transitive/intransitive/linking?

• If the sentence has a transitive verb, what is the direct object?

• Are there adjectives in the sentence?

• Are there prepositions in the sentence? If so, use parentheses to mark off the prepositional phrases (i.e., the preposition and the words that go along with it).

Ex. I see Julia without the little girl. Iūliam sine puellā parvā videō. 

I see Julia (without the little girl). Iūliam (sine puellā parvā) videō.

Also identify the relative pronoun, its antecedent, the main clause, and the relative clause in each sentence below.

1)

The citizens who fear violent war warn us about the dangers. Cīvēs quī bellum ācre timent dē perīculīs nōs monent.

Relative pronoun:

Antecedent:

Main clause:

Relative clause:

2) 

The woman whose virtue you praise is brave.    Fēmina cuius virtūtem laudās est fortis.

Relative pronoun:

Antecedent:

Main clause:

Relative clause:

3)

The citizens to whom we entrust the city are powerful. Cīvēs quibus urbem committimus sunt potentēs.

Relative pronoun:

Antecedent:

Main clause:

Relative clause:

4)

The woman whom you praise writes a brief poem. Fēmina quam laudās carmen breve scrībit.

Relative pronoun:

Antecedent:

Main clause:

Relative clause:

5) 

All the citizens with whom we stand love us. Cīvēs omnēs quibuscum stāmus nōs amant.

Relative pronoun:

Antecedent:

Main clause:

Relative clause:

Compositio

Instructions: 

A. Rewrite one or more of the Latin sentences used in the exempla above, using one or more different words on the vocabulary list from Cpt. 16-17 or a special module.

Ex. I see [direct object] without the girl. [Direct object] sine puellā videō.

I see the sailor without the girl. Nautam sine puellā videō.

B. First, insert your choice of vocabulary from Cpt. 16-17 or a special module into the blanks in the passage below. Then, translate the passage into English.

Poēta, [relative pronoun] carmen longum dē Ariadnā scrībēbat, dīxit: “Ariadna dulcis, [relative pronoun] Thēseum amābat, eum iūvit. Sed Thēseus, [relative pronoun] mortem mōnstrī ingentis dēsīderābat, nōn eam amāvit.”

Lectio

Instructions: 

Read aloud the passage below, paying attention to how much you can understand as you read in Latin. Then, read through the passage more carefully, working to understand the sense of the passage; don’t write out a translation! As you do so, label all conjunctions, subjects and predicate nominatives, verbs and infinitives, direct objects, adjectives, and prepositions in the passage, and put all (prepositional phrases) in parentheses. Finally, answer the questions below.

Ariadna et Minotaurus II

(adapted from the work of Pitt Classics student Sarah C. Street & Catullus’s Carmen 64)

Meus frāter, Mīnōtaurus, hominēs dēvorābat. Itaque meus pater, Mīnōs, rēx Crētae, eī cīvēs Athēnārum dabat, quōs vīcerat. Post multōs annōs, fīlius rēgis Athēnārum, Thēseus, trāns mare ad Crētam vēnit. Thēseus mortem meī frātris cupiēbat quod mōnstrum septem puerōs et septem puellās Athēnārum per omnēs annōs dēvorāverat. Ille dīxit: “Ipse mōnstrum vincam!” 

Glossary:

All vocabulary not found in capita 1-17 are glossed below. Words in bold on DCC Latin Core Vocabulary List.

• Ariadna, Ariadnae, f. - Ariadne, princess of Crete

• Mīnōtaurus, Mīnōtaurī, m. - the Minotaur (a hybrid mythological creature)

• dēvorō, dēvorāre, dēvorāvī, dēvorātum - to devour

• Mīnōs, Mīnōnis, m. - Minos, the king of Crete and Ariadne’s father 

• Crēta, Crētae, f. - Crete (an island in the Mediterranean)

• Athēnae, Athēnārum, f. (pl., as some city names are) - Athens

• Thēseus, Thēseī, m. - Theseus (a Greek hero from Athens)

• per omnēs annōs (idiom) - every year (literally: through all years)

• mōnstrum, mōnstrī, n. - monster

Comprehension Questions:

• How does Minos feed the Minotaur?

• Who is Theseus? Where does he come from?

• What does Theseus want? Why?