Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lingua Latina: Cap. XXIV Summary

Summary:
Quintus still lies in bed, unable to get up because his right foot still hurts. Marcus knocks and the door, making a great noise. Quintus calls Syra to question Marcus. Syra lets Marcus into the room through Quintus' door so he can be beaten by Diodorus. However, Marcus also says that Syra was absent to avoid being beaten too much...

Grammar:

  • Pluperfect Tense: used to specify an action that happened before a different completed action
    • Active: perfect stem (3rd prin. part) + -eram, -erās, -erat; -erāmus, erātis, erant 
    • Passive: -tus/-sus eram, erās, erat; -tī/-sī erāmus, erātis, erant 
    • Translation: “had ____ed”
  • Personal Pronouns: (first person singualr, second personal singular. first personal plural, second person plural)
    • Nominative: ego, tu, nos , vos
    • Accusative: me, te, nos, vos
    • Dative: mihi, tibi, nobis, vobis
    • Ablative: me, te, nobis, vobis

Vocabulary:

  • latus, lateris, n. (side)
  • impār, imparis (unequal)
  • ignōrāre (to not know)
  • intus (inside)

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