The Beginner's Latin Exercises. Recapitulatory Exercises for 1st and 2nd Declension, First Class Adjectives.
TODO
- Exercise A shows what has to be learnt and written in preparation for the next exercises (and future lessons).
- Exercise B contains viva voce Exercises.
- Exercise C (from Latin) and Exercise D (from English) contain the sentences to be translated, either orally or in writing.
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REQUIREMENTS
Vocabulary 8. Recap Vocabularies 1-7.
- Roma, -ae, f., Rome.
- regina, -ae, f., a queen.
- corona, -ae, f., a crown.
- femina, -ae, f., a woman.
- puella, -ae, f., a girl.
- filia, -ae, f., a daughter.
- rosa, -ae, f., a rose.
- spina, -ae, f., a thorn.
- aquila, -ae, f., an eagle.
- penna, -ae, f., a feather, a pen.
- poeta, -ae, m., a poet.
- porta, -ae, f., a gate.
- amicus, -i, m., a friend.
- fllius, -i, m., a son.
- servus, -i, m., a slave.
- equus, -i, m., a horse.
- oculus, -i, m., an eye.
- nasus, -i, m., a nose.
- hortus, -i, m., a garden.
- murus, -i, m., a wall.
- et, cong. and.
- minister, -i, m., a servant.
- liber, -i, m., a book.
- ager, -i, m., a field.
- aper, -i, m., a wild boar.
- disclpulus, -i, m., a scholar.
- Deus, -i, m., God.
- vita, -ae, f., life.
- gloria, -ae, f., glory.
- regnum, -i, n., a kingdom.
- oppldum, -i, n., a town.
- templum, -i, n., a temple.
- donum, -i, n., a gift.
- bellum, -i, n., war.
- scutum, -i, n., a shield.
- metallum, -i, n., a metal.
- aurum, -i, n., gold.
- argentum, -i, n., silver.
- ferrum, -i, n., iron.
- plumbum, -i, n., lead.
- hasta, -ae, f., a spear.
- gladius, -i, m., a sword.
- culter, -i, m., a knife.
- taurus, -i, m, a bull.
- epistdla, -ae, f., a letter.
- insula, -ae, f., an island.
- diligentia, -ae, f., diligence.
- vinum, -i, n., wine.
- Italia, -ae, f., Italy.
- altus, -a, -um, high.
- magnus, -a, -um, great.
- parvus, -a, -um, little, small.
- longus, -a, -um, long.
- latus, -a, -um, wide, broad.
- malus, -a, -um, bad, wicked.
- carus, -a, -um, dear.
- acutus, -a, -um, sharp.
- albus, -a, -um, white.
- flavus, -a, -um, yellow.
- multus, -a, -um, many.
- splendidus, -a, -um, splendid, bright.
- meus, -a, -um, my.
- tener, -a, -um, tender.
- miser, -a, -um, wretched.
- pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum, beautiful.
- niger, nigra, nigrum, black.
- ruber, rubra, rubrum, red.
- sacer, sacra, sacrum, sacred.
- aeger, agra, agrum, sick, ill.
- columba, -ae, f., a dove.
- ala, -ae, f., a wing.
- numerus, -i, m., number.
- verus, -a, -um, adj., true.
SYNTAX RULES 1-6
- Transitive Verbs and Direct Object. Transitive Verbs govern the Accusative Case.
- Transitive Verbs and Indirect Object. The Receiver of the action, i.e. the Indirect Object is put in the Dative Case; as, Regina puellae rosam dat, The queen gives a rose to the girl.
- Genitive of Possession. The Possessor is put in the Genitive Case.
- Nominative with "To Be". The Verb To Be takes the same case, nominative after it as before it.
- Ablative of Instruments. The instrument, or means by which something is done, is put in the Ablative Case; as, Videt oculis, He sees with his eyes.
- Agreement of Adjectives. Adjectives agree with their Substantive in Gender, Number and Case.
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EXERCISES
Exercise A
- Learn once more Vocabulary 8. (1-7), Syntax Rules 1-6, Declension 1. and 2.
- Decline together ruber equus ; parvus puer ; magnum donum.
- Give the Vocative (sing.) of amicus, Julius, Julia, Virginius, Deus; and the Ablative (bothe sing. and plur.) of ala, liber, taurus, minister, julia.
- Parse alis, scutorum, filias, agros, oculis, doni.
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Exercise B
1. Put the proper form of ruber before the following nouns, and read thus: rubri tauri, red bulls (nominative plural):
- tauri (NOM); nasos; rosas; vini.
- equi (GEN); oculorum; taurum; portarum.
- metalla. spinae (NOM); metalli; libros.
- rosarum; pennas; alarum; equorum.
2. Read off the Latin for:
- a black horse; white doves (ACC); for good boys.
- with a sharp knife;gold is yellow; of white horses.
- of a true friend; for a good girl; with diligence.
- of sacred gifts; black slaves (ACC); eagles' feathers.
- beautiful girls (ACC); O dear son!; for my daughters.
- of many islands; roses are beautiful; the wings of a dove.
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Exercise C: read and translate from Latin.
- Hortus amici mei est parvus.
- Virginius pulchram filiam amat.
- Roma multa templa splendida habet.
- Magister epistolas penna mea scribit.
- Feminae filios et filias laudant.
- Domini et servi aprum occidunt.
- Aprum hastis occidunt.
- Magister multos discipulos docet.
- Libros aegro discipulo dat.
- Veri amici sunt dona Dei.
- Magna est ministri diligentia.
- Reginae filia est aegra et misera.
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Exercise D: read and translate from English.
- The servant has a red nose and black eyes.
- The scholar's book is the gift of the master.
- My doves have white wings.
- The poet's daughter is writing a long letter.
- Good boys and good girls love God.
- The rose is the queen of the garden.
- The master is writing with a sharp pen.
- The master praises the diligence of (his) slaves.
- Gold and silver are splendid metals.
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CREDITS
C.Sherwill Dawe, The Beginner's Latin Exercises Book, 1880, Rivington, Waterloo Place, London; read the book on archive.org.
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