Latin IV, Week 1
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Go to the school website and see what’s there. I have “screencasts” for lines 1-33 and other materials. Download the pdf of
Book 1 of the Aeneid. Only the lines you are required to read are included.
Get a translation of the Aeneid. Any translation will do. I like the Fagle translation. Read Book 1 in translation (within the next
two weeks). Read it several times if you have time.
Translate lines 1-33. Answer the questions that follow. Learn the vocabulary.
Do the Wheelock grammar review:
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GRAMMAR REVIEW: Review chapter 20 of Wheelock’s Latin. Review how you decline a 4th declension nouns. About 4th declension:
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Most are masculine, a few are feminine, and a few are neuter. Masculine and feminine are declined the same way.
There are just a few neuters, but they are declined differently. For practice decline:
Versus, versūs (m)
spiritus, spiritūs (m)
genū, genus (n)
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Read and translate Cicero Urges Cataline’s departure from Wheelock (p. 133) (optional)
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Aeneid I.1-20
Invocation of the Muse: Why must the pious suffer?
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Name: ______________________________
Arma virumque canō, Troiae quī prīmus ab ōrīs _________________________________________________________
Ītaliam fātō profugus Lāvīnaque vēnit
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lītora—multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō
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vī superum, saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram,
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īnferretque deōs Latiō—genus unde Latīnum
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Albānīque patrēs atque altae moenia Rōmae.
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Mūsa, mihī causās memorā, quō nūmine laesō _________________________________________________________
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quidve dolēns rēgīna deum tot volvere cāsūs
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insignem pietāte virum, tot adīre labōrās
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impulerit. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae?
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Urbs antīqua fuit (Tyriī tenuēre colōnī)
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Karthāgō, Ītaliam contrā Tiberīnaque longē
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ōstia, dīves opum studiīsque asperrima bellī;
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quam Iūnō fertur terrīs magis omnibus ūnam
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posthabitā coluisse Samō: hīc illius arma,
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hīc currus fuit; hoc rēgnum dea gentibus esse,
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sī quā fāta sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque.
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Prōgeniem sed enim Troiānō ā sanguine dūcī
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audierat Tyriās ōlim quae verteret arcēs;
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Aeneid I.21-40
Causes of Juno's anger, Juno's soliloquy
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hinc populum lātē rēgem bellōque superbum
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ventūrum excidiō Libyae: sīc volvere Parcās
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Id metuēns veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,
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prīma quod ad Troiam prō cārīs gesserat Argīs
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(necdum etiam causae īrārum saevīque dolōrēs
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exciderant animō; manet altā mente repostum
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iūdicium Paridis sprētaeque iniūria formae
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et genus invīsum et raptī Ganymēdis honōrēs)
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hīs accēnsa super iactātōs aequore tōtō
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Trōās, relliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī,
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arcēbat longē Latiō, multōsque per annōs
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errābant āctī fātīs maria omnia circum.
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Tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem.
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Vocabulary to learn:
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9. colō, colere, coluī, cultus: cultivate, dwell in, honor, cherish
1. Vīs, vīs: power, force, will
o Vīs
vīrēs
o Vīs
vīrium
o Vī
vīribus
o Vim
vīrēs
o Vī
vīribus
10. sinō, sinere, sīvī, situs: permit, allow
2. saevus, -a, -um: cruel, savage
14. condo, condere, condidī, conditus: found, establish
3. Lavinius, -a, -um: Lavinian (refers to Lavinium, an ancient
city in Western Italy.
15. arceō, arcēre, arcuī: keep off, defend, restrain
4. Albanus, -a, -um: Alban (refers to Alba Longa, a city that
Ascanius will found.
5. impellō, -ere, impulī, impulsus: strike, drive
11. memor, memoris: mindful
12. Saturnia, -ae: daughter of Saturn
13. vetus, veteris: old, amcoemt
16. arx, arcis: citadel (often used for the whole city)
16. mōlēs, mōlis: burden, mass, difficulty
17. –ve (-ve) added to word: or
5. īnferō, īnferre, īntuli, inlātus: bring in
6. laedō, laedere, laesī, laesus
7. patior, patī, passus sum: suffer,
8. pietas, piētātis: piety, willingness to do one’s duty.
Questions:
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What is metonymy (look it up)? Give an example of metonymy from this reading.
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What noun/pronoun are profugus (line 2)and iactatus (line 3)modifying ?
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In line 4, what case and number is “superum”? It is shortened.
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According to this passage, what is the distinguishing characteristic of Aeneas?
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Look at line 11: tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae: This is an example of “chiasmus”. What is chiasmus? Identify the “ABBA” word order in
this line.
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In line 12, the word tenuēre looks like an infinitive but it is not. It is a shortened form, sometimes used in poetry, of the 3rd person plural perfect
tense. So, what is the longer, standard version of this verb?
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What is Iuno’s favorite city? What is Iuno’s 2nd favorite city?
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What is īuno hoping for in regard to her favorite city? What prophesy is worrying her?
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What is anaphora? Find an example of anaphora in 16-17. Hīc illius arma; hīc currus fuit.
10. In line 19, to whom is the phrase “progeniem . . . Troiānō ā sanguine” referring?
11. In line 22, the word Lybiae (of Lybia) is referring to what?
12. Give several reasons why īuno is angry and the Trojans and therefore their descendants, the Romans.
13. What is Iuno doing to the Trojans?