Latin II Review Calendar: Nouns
Friday, September 13th triskaidekaphobia
1. Review rules for Latin T-Shirt Contest: Look at examples
2. Brainstorm for T-Shirt Ideas
3. Sing Noun Ending Songs
Labor Domi: Work on T-Shirt Design use links on the homework
blog to help you; Turn in Syllabus cards by 9/19
Due Dates
Thursday 9/19
Noun Vocabulary Quiz
Signed Syllabus Cards
due
Friday 9/20
T-Shirt Design Due
Wednesday 9/25 Test
Monday, September 16th Omnium enim rerum principia parva sunt. - Cicero
The VJCL Convention theme this year
1. Complete Notes on the Gender of Latin Nouns
2. Fill in ending charts for declensions 1-3 with NEUTER FORMS
3. Worksheet 15.6
Labor Domi: Study new noun vocabulary on Quizlet. Know the nominative, genitive, gender
and meaning of each noun; T-Shirt Design due Friday
Tuesday, September17th
In Computer Lab 137
1. Using the story ludi funebres to help you, complete selected sentences and submit to
Blackboard
2. Analyze the case, number and gender of nouns in the sentences from ludi funebres
Labor Domi: Study new noun vocabulary on Quizlet. Know the nominative, genitive, gender
and meaning of each noun; T-Shirt Design due Friday
Wednesday, September 18th QUOT HOMINES TOT SENTENTIAE
1. Translate 16.1 coquus novus I from worksheet 16.1 into your notebook
2. If time: Noun VINCO
Labor Domi: Study new noun vocabulary on Quizlet. Know the nominative, genitive, gender
and meaning of each noun; T-Shirt Design due Friday; Turn in Syllabus cards by tomorrow
Thursday, September 19th NOVUS HOMO
1. Quiz on new noun vocabulary. Know the nominative, genitive, gender and meaning of
each noun.
2. Use a highlighter to identify supporting text AND answer questions 1-9 for 16.1
coquus novus II in your notebook
Labor Domi: T-Shirt Design due tomorrow come after school to 137 if you need help.
Friday, September 20th Usus magister est optimus -Cicero
1. Turn in T-shirt design
2. Correct and discuss 16.1 coquus novus I & II (Wrap-up Activity)
3. Translation Tips
Labor Domi: Complete questions for 16.1 coquus novus II if not finished in class
Continued on next page…
Monday, September 23rd Lucida sidera -Horace
Use Translation Tips to translate 16.2 caerimonia ridicula I into your notebook
Labor Domi: Use a highlighter to identify supporting text AND answer comprehension
questions 1-9 for 16.2 caerimonia ridicula II in your notebook
Tuesday, September 24th Finis coronat opus -Ovid
1. Correct 16.2 caerimonia ridicula I & II
2. Review for Tomorrow’s Test
 Nouns (Case, Number and Gender)
 Reading Comprehension
 Short Translation
Labor Domi: Study for Tomorrow’s Test
Wednesday, September 25th MAGNUM OPUS
Test
 Nouns (Case, Number and Gender)
 Reading Comprehension
 Short Translation
Labor Domi: TBA
Notes on Neuter Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives
 Neuter Nouns are Nice because their nominative and accusative
forms are the same.
 Plural Nominative and Accusative forms end in –A with the
exception of some pronoun forms like HAEC
 There are neuter nouns in declensions 2, 3, and 4
Notes on noun genders
 Nouns that refer to men or male jobs in the Roman world
(gladiator, poeta, agricola, servus) are all masculine
 Nouns that refer to females in the Roman world are generally
feminine (mater, ancilla, gladiatrix)
 You can use the declension groups to help you. For example 1st
declension nouns are MOSTLY feminine except for PAIN words
Poeta-poet Agricola- farmer Incola-inhabitant Nauta-sailor
Pirata-pirate Athleta- athlete
 For most nouns, though you have to MEMORIZE the gender
Case
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
“ The giving
case”
Accusative
Notes on Case and Use
Used for…
Helper words in English
1. Subject of sentence
2. with verb est
No Helper Word
1. OF
possession/ownership
2. ‘s or s’
indirect objects
1. TO
2. FOR
with the verbs:
give/show/tell
1. direct objects
2. prepositions AD, IN
(into)
Ablative
SID SPACE prepositions
(second semester)
Vocative
direct address
e.g.
exempli gratiā
1. no helper word
2. ad=toward/in=into
e.g.
in culinā= in the kitchen
ex atrio= out of the atrium
set apart by commas
“Hi, Grumio!”
for the sake of example
Nominative: Caecilius est pater. Caecilius is the father
Genitive: Quintus est filius Metellae. Quintus is Metella’s son/the son of
Metella
Dative: Caecilius cibum Cerbero dat. Caecilius gives the food to Cerberus/
Caecilius gives Cerberus the food.
Accusative: Metella Grumionem spectat. Metella looks at Grumio.
Ablative: Clemens in horto laborat. Clemens is working in the garden.
Vocative: Salve, Quinte! Hi, Quintus!
Notes on Noun endings
1st Declension:
Case
Singular ending
Nominative -a
Possible Genders: f & a few m (PAIN)
Plural Ending
-ae
Genitive
-ae
-arum
Dative
-ae
-is
Accusative
-am
-as
Ablative
-ā
-is
Vocative
-a
-ae
2nd Declension:
Case
Singular ending
Nominative
-us (-r/er)
-um
Possible Genders: m & n
Plural Ending
-i
-a
Genitive
-i
-orum
Dative
-o
-is
Accusative
-um
Ablative
-o
Vocative
-e (from -us)
OR -i (from ius)
-um
-os
-a
-is
-um
-i
-a
-a
3rd Declension:
Possible Genders: m/f & n
Case
Singular ending
Plural Ending
Nominative/Vocative No ending
No ending
-es
-a/ -ia
Genitive
-is
-um
Dative
-i
-ibus
Accusative
-em
Ablative
-e (sometimes -i)
Case and Use:
Case
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative
Vocative
Used for…
No ending
-es
-a/ -ia
-ibus
Helper words in English
Noun Vocabulary for Review
aqua (aquarium), aquae f. water
unda (undulate), undae f. wave
saxum (saxifrage), saxi n. rock
sacerdos (sacerdotal), sacerdotis m. priest
princeps (pricipal), principis m. chief
plaustrum, plaustri n. wagon
nauta (nautical), nautae m. sailor
mare (marine), maris n. sea
lectus, lecti n, couch
equus (equine, equestrian), equi m. horse
rex (regal, Regis Philbin), regis m. king
nox (nocturnal, nox from HP), noctis f. night
Translation Tips
1. Find the word(s) in Nominative Case. This is the subject. Label it “S”
2. Find the verb(s) in the sentence. Remember these are often at the end. Label the
Verb “V”
3. If you can’t find any Nominative words, use a pronoun when you translate the verb.
Label the Verb “SV”
4. Find any Accusative words in the sentence (NOT with prepositions like ad villam).
These words are the Direct Objects. Label them “D.O.”
5. When you write the sentence in English use this order: 1. S
2.V 3.D.O.
1. This example has no Nominative Subject:
D.O.
SV
Romanos (superare non potest.)
He is not able to defeat the Romans.
N.B. superare non potest includes the main verb, potest and the complementary
infinitive, superare that goes with it.
2. This example has a relative clause (rel.) inside the main sentence. Do the outer main
sentence first and then do the inner relative clause:
S1
D.O.3
rel.4
S5
V6
V2
flammae effigiem ceratam, (quam sacerdotes in rogum posuerant), liquabant.
The flames were melting the waxen image which the priests had placed onto the pyre.
3. This example has many appositives, or nouns in the same case. These nouns
rename/describe each other like adjectives, but the same basic rules apply:
S1
fortasse, Grumio,
S1
D.O.3
D.O.4
V2
tu hospitem meum, Quintum Caecilium Iucundum, cognovisti.
Perhaps, Grumio, you have recognized my guest, Quintus Caecilius Iucundus