Latin Word of the Day Posted by kunthra on Dec 24, 2009
The Word of the Day is a great visual-auditory tool that allows you to hear Latin vocabulary words used in context. Here are a couple of words that are all from the Latin Word of the Day. The answers will be posted soon, but try to figure out the meanings in English: 1- spiritus 2…
First Conjugation Quiz Posted by kunthra on Dec 21, 2009
In the last post, we looked at the verb portāre (to carry, to bring) in the imperfect tense. Now let’s see if you remember conjugating this verb in the active and passive indicative present tense for the verb vetāre (to forbid, to prohibit). Your job is to fill in the letters marked by blanks. The…
First Conjugation Imperfect Tense Posted by kunthra on Dec 18, 2009
Now that we’ve gone over the first to fourth conjugation in the indicative present in the active and passive, let’s do the imperfect tense. For today’s verb we’ll use portāre (to carry). The tempus imperfectum (imperfect tense) of portāre is the equivalent of saying, “I carried” or “I used to carry” or “I was carrying”…
Fifth Declension Continued Posted by kunthra on Dec 15, 2009
Most fifth declension nouns are feminine, but there is an exception. Diēs (day) can be used both in the masculine and feminine form. N : diēs G : diēī D : diēī Acc : diem Abl : diē Now in the plural: Nom : diēs Gen : diērum Dat : diēbus Acc : diēs Abl…
Fifth Declension Posted by kunthra on Dec 12, 2009
The fifth declension is mostly composed of feminine nouns, and is characterized by the vowel -e in the stem. Here is the noun effigy (ideal) in the singular: N : effigiēs G : effigiēī D : effigiēī Acc : effigiem Abl : effigiē In the plural: N : effigiēs G : effigiērum D : effigiēbus…
Music of Ancient Rome Posted by kunthra on Dec 9, 2009
There seems to be an assumption that the ancient Romans didn’t like music, and that’s not true. We have very few records left of ancient Roman music, but it isn’t because the Romans didn’t enjoy music. Rather, the early Christians burned some ancient Roman texts on music, thinking the music was pagan music. In terms of…
Fourth Conjugation Part 4 Posted by kunthra on Dec 6, 2009
The verbs in this post will be fourth conjugation verbs that have suffic ī and vowel lengthening in the perfect tense: The present active indicative for venīre = to come, to arrive veniō venīs venit venīmus venītis veniunt In the present passive indicative venior venīris venītur venīmur venīminī veniuntur �