REL / HUM 293 Beginning Latin Week 1
NAME (Anglica) ______________________
NŌMEN (Latīna)
_____________________
Give your own last name and, if you wish, you may choose a Latin first name for yourself
MONDAY
For each of Questions i-xxvii, write out 3 English words which have the sound of the Classical Latin letter
i
Latin "b"
ii
Classical Latin "c"
iii
Latin "d"
iv
Latin "f"
v
Latin "g"
vi
Latin "h"
vii
Latin "k"
viii
Latin "l"
ix
Latin "m"
x
Latin "n"
xi
Latin "p"
xii
Latin "s"
xiii
Latin "t"
xiv
Latin "a"
xv
Latin "ā"
xvi
Latin "e"
xvii Latin "ē"
xviii Latin "i"
xix
Latin "ī"
xx
Latin "o"
xxi
Latin "ō"
xxii Latin "u"
xxiii Latin "ū"
xxiv Latin "ae"
xxv Latin "au"
xxvi Latin "ei"
xxvii Latin "oe"
xxviii Latin "ui"
xxix How is the Latin letter "i" pronounced when it comes before a vowel
xxx
How is the Latin letter "v" pronounced when it comes before a vowel
xxxi What is the name for the sign which indicates a long vowel
xxxii What does the word "cognate"; mean
xxxiii Name four of the oldest Indo-European languages
xxxiv Name four Romance languages
xxxv Quid est “mother” in Latīnā? What is "mother" in Latin :
xxxvi Quid est “brother” in Latīnā? What is "brother" in Latin :
xxxvii Quid est "son" in Latīnā?
xxxviii Quid est "friend" in Latīnā?
xxxix Quid est "time" in Latīnā?
xl
Quid est "hand" in Latīnā?
TUESDAY
i.
ii.
iii.
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vi.
What is the date for the Early Period of Latin Literature
What other culture and language had a great influence on Latin during the Early period
Name two Roman writers from the Early Period
What are the dates for the Golden Age of Latin Literature
What are the dates for the Ciceronian Period of Latin Literature
Name 6 writers of the Ciceronian Period and give their dates, short name and full name
vii. What are the dates for the Augustan Period of Latin Literature
viii. Name 5 writers of the Augustan Period and give their dates, short name and full name
ix.
x.
What are the dates for the Silver Age of Latin Literature
Name 7 writers of the Silver Age and give their dates, short name and full name
xi. What are the dates for the Patristic Period of Latin Literature
xii. Name 6 writers of the Patristic Period
xiii. What form of Latin did Jerome use for his translation of the Bible
xiv. What are the dates for the Medieval Period of Latin Literature
Trānsfer in Latīnam - Translate into Latin :
xv. (The) father is in the study.
xvi. (The) mother is in the hall.
xvii. (The) son is in the dining room.
xviii. (The) dog is in the street.
xix. (The) slave is in the garden.
xx. (The) cook is in the kitchen.
xxi. (The) father is writing in the study.
xxii. (The) mother is sitting in the hall.
xxiii. (The) son is drinking in the dining room.
xxiv. (The) dog is sleeping in the street.
xxv. (The) slave is working in the garden.
xxvi. (The) cook is working in the kitchen.
xxvii. (The) cook is drinking in the kitchen.
xxviii. (The) dog is sleeping in the street.
xxix. (The) father is working in the study.
xxx. (The) mother is drinking in the dining room.
xxxi. (The) son is sitting in the hall.
xxxii. (The) son is sleeping in the garden.
xxxiii. (The) cook is sitting in the kitchen.
xxxiv. (The) cook is sleeping in the kitchen.
xxxv. (The) slave is sleeping in the garden.
xxxvi. (The) slave is drinking in the garden.
xxxvii. (The) mother is in the dining room.
xxxviii. (The) dog is in the kitchen.
xxxix. (The) father is in the hall.
xl.
(The) slave is in the street.
WEDNESDAY
i Put in the correct sequence for the historical development of the Alphabet (who learned from whom?)
ii English Egyptian Greek
Phoenician-(Semites) Latin Etruscan
iii What causes a syllable to be long by nature
iv What causes a syllable to be long by position
v Break into syllables, and underline the long syllables :
vi Caecilius Metella Quīntus Clēmēns Grumiō
Cerberus
vii If a word only has two syllables, where does the stress fall
viii If a word has more than two syllables, what would cause the stress to fall on the next-to-last syllable
ix If a word has more than two syllables, what would cause the stress to fall on the "antepenult"
x Underline or change to Bold the syllables which should be stressed in each word
xi Caecilius Metella Quīntus Clēmēns Grumiō Cerberus
xii On page 7 of the Cambridge Latin Course - Write out, saying the words aloud, and then translate the
Latin passage titled "Cerberus". Try to write "good English" rather than a "wooden literal"
translation. eg. "The dog is sleeping in the street." rather than "Dog in street sleeps."
Scrībe fābulam Latīnam "Cerberus" et trānsfer in Anglicam.
LATĪNA :
ANGLICA :
xiii On page 9 of the Cambridge Latin Course - complete the exercise under "Practicing the Language"
To put macrons over the long vowels, go to "Insert" -> "Symbol" -> vowels with macrons occur in the
"Latin Extended-A" series, between the 7th and 11th lines from the top
A. 1
2
3
4
5
6
B. 1
2
3
4
5
6
xiv, Which of the Introductory online resources did you try today :
Do you have any comments about the online resources :
THURSDAY
For each of the English words listed below, give the meaning of the word, and the Latin word(s) from
which it is derived (see page 7 for Latin vocabulary):
i
patriarch
ii filial
iii circumspect
iv canine
v horticulture
vi culinary
vii stationary
viii sedentary
ix bibulous
x script
xi imbibe
xii laborious
xiii dormant
xiv matrilineal
xv servile
xvi introit
Using the WebPage for Roman Numerals, give the English number and the Latin name for the numbers :
Roman
English
Latin name
I
1
ūnus
II
2
duo
III
3
trēs
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XL
L
LX
XC
C
D
M
This week's Question Words are quis - who?
quid - what ?
ubi - where?
Using the Cambridge course, p.2-7,
answer the following questions in Latin Answer in complete sentences : Respondē in Latīnā
i.
quis est in tāblīnō?
ii.
ubi est māter?
iii. quis est in hortō?
iv. quis in culīnā labōrat?
v.
ubi est fīlius?
vi. quid est in viā?
vii. quis in hortō labōrat?
viii. quid in viā dormit?
ix. ubi est canis?
x.
ubi est coquus?
FRIDAY
Translate into Latin - remember that the verb goes at the end if it is not part of the verb "to be":
Trānsfer in Latīnam :
i.
The dog is in the garden
ii. The dog barks in the street.
iii. The food is on the table.
iv. The father is angry
v.
The mother sleeps in the bedroom,
vi. The slave stands in the garden.
vii. The cook snores in the kitchen.
viii. The son goes out.
ix. The father enters.
x. The dog stands on the table.
xi. The slave works in the dining room.
xii. The mother drinks in the garden.
xiii. The dog jumps.
xiv. The slave shouts in the street.
xv. The dog is on the table.
xvi. The food is in the dining room.
xvii. The father writes in the study.
xviii. The cook stands in the kitchen.
xix. The son gets up.
xx. The mother sits in the hall.
Review and Consolidation :
Check below when completed
You do not need to turn this work in,
but put a check in the column at the right when you have completed each task :
Do each task 5 times
1. Write out by hand and recite aloud the names of Latin numbers from 1 to 20, __ __ __ __ __
Scrībe et rēcītā
2. Write out by hand and recite aloud each of the entries in the Stage 1 Vocabulary Checklist on page 18
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