Stage 11 Vocab
1. candidatus
2. favent
3. vir dives
4. vir nobilis
5. credunt
6. sibi dixit
7. gens nostra
8. rem cogitabat
9. scriptor
10. consilium cepit
1. candidate
2. favor, give support to
3. a rich man
4. a man of noble birth
5. trust, have faith in
6. said to himself
7. our family
8. was considering the problem
9. sign-writer
10. had an idea
Stage 11 Vocab
11. murum
12. scribe!
13. titulum
14. placetne tibi?
15. scripsit
16. asinus
17. senior
18. erade!
19. inscriptionem
20. erasit
21. desistite
22. intro ite!
11. wall
12. write
13. notice, slogan
14. does it suit you?
15. wrote
16. ass, donkey
17. the elder
18. erase!
19. writing
20. erased
21. stop!
22. go inside!
Stage 11 Vocab
23. rem confecit
24. tertium
25. addidit
26. liberalissimi
23. finished the job
24. third
25. added
26. very generous
Stage 11 vocab
27. babae!
28. quo?
29. fautores
30. quinque
31. promisit
32. tantum
33. mendacissimus
34. ad amphitheatrum
35. convenimus
36. orationes
37. mecum
27. hey!
28. where?
29. supporters
30. five
31. promised
32. only
33. very deceitful
34. at the ampitheater
35. gather, meet
36. speeches
37. with me
Stage 11 vocab
38. de te
39. periculosam
40. suscipis
41. exeunt
42. divisor
43. festinate!
44. amicissimi
45. tace!
46. utilissimi
38. about you
39. dangerous
40. you are taking on
41. they go out
42. agent
43. hurry!
44. very friendly
45. shut up! be quiet!
46. very useful
Stage 11 Vocab
47. scissa
48. rapuerunt
49. auxilium
50. effugit
47. torn
48. seized, grabbed
49. help
50. escaped
Grammar
In stage 9 you met the dative case
mercator Metellae togam tradidit.
The merchant handed over the
toga to Metella.
Grumio hospitibus cenam parabat.
Grumio was preparing a meal for
the guests.
In Stage 11 you will meet further
examples.
mercatores agricolis respondent.
The merchants reply to the
farmers.
Quartus Holconio favet.
Quartus gives support to
Holconius.
nos pistori credimus.
We give our trust to the baker.
How can you translate the above
sentences more simply?
mercatores agricolis respondent.
The merchants answer the farmers.
Quartus Holconio favet.
Quartus supports Holconius.
nos pistores credimus.
We trust the baker.
Practice
nos Afro favemus.
We favor Afer.
vos amicis creditis.
We trust our friends.
mercatores candidato nostro non credunt.
The merchants do not trust our
candidate.
pistores mercatoribus respondent.
The bakers answer the merchants.
Notice the dative with the verb
placet:
placetne tibi?
Is it pleasing to you?
mihi placet.
It is pleasing to me.
Or look at the easier way to translate.
placetne tibi?
Do you like it? OR Is it okay with you?
mihi placet.
Yes I do. OR Yes it is.
Notice the different cases of the
words for We and You (plural)
nos sumus fortes.
We are brave.
dei nobis imperium
dant.
The gods give an
empire to us.
omnes nos
laudant.
All praise us.
vos estis ignavi.
You are lazy.
dei vobis nihil dant.
The gods give
nothing to you.
nemo vos laudat.
No one praises
you.
Table
WE
Nominative nos
Dative
nobis
Accusative nos
YOU (P)
vos
vobis
vos
Stage 11 Grammar Part Two
So far you have met the following ways of
asking questions in Latin:
By means of a question word such as quis,
quid, ubi,cur:
quis est Quintus?
Who is Quintus?
quid tu facis?
What are you doing?
ubi est anulus?
Where is the ring?
cur tu lacrimas
Why are you crying?
By tone of voice, indicated in writing
by a question mark:
tu pecuniam
debes?
tu anulum habes?
Do you owe
money?
Do you have the
ring?
By adding –ne to the first word of
the sentence:
vosne estis
contenti?
placetne tibi?
Are you satisfied?
Does it please
you?
By the means of the question num. This
word is used to suggest that the answer to
the question will be no. Notice the different
ways of translating it:
num Quintus timet?
num tu Afro faves?
Surely Quintus is
not afraid?
Quintus is not
afraid, is he?
Surely you don’t
support Afer?
You don’t support
Afer, do you?
Practice #1
cur tu in horto
laboras?
quis est athleta
ille?
tu discum habes?
vosne estis irati?
ubi sunt
mercatores?
Why do you work in the
garden?
Who is that athlete?
Do you have a discus?
Are you angry?
Where are the
merchants?
Practice #2
quid quaeris,
domina?
tune Pompeianus
es?
quis vinum
portat?
cenam paras?
num cenam
paras?
What are you looking
for madam?
Are you a Pompeian
citizen?
Who is carrying the
wine?
Are you preparing
dinner?
Surely you are not
preparing dinner? OR
You are not preparing
dinner, are you?
Sentences Practices
cives in foro candidatos spectant.
agricolae clamant, “nos candidatum
optimum habemus.” “candidatus
noster est Lucius.” “nos Lucio
favemus.”
mercatores agricolis respondent, “nos
candidatum optimum habemus.”
candidatus noster est mercator.” “nos
mercatori favemus.”
Sentence Practice cont.
pistores in foro clamant, “nos pistores
candidatum optimum habemus.”
“candidatus noster est pistor.” “nos
pistori credimus.”
iuvenes pistoribus respondent, “nos
iuvenes candidatum optimum
habemus.” candidatus noster est
athleta.” “nos athletae credimus.”
Sentence Practice cont.
fures clamant, “nos quoque
candidatum habemus.” “candidatus
noster est fur.” nos candidato nostro
non credimus sed favemus.”