Latina CCI: a.d. III ides Sept. MMVIII Class Plan I. Aethra Vocabulary II. Aethra Classwork (Groups) III. Purpose clauses IV. Aethra Reading V. Ablative Absolutes VI. Theseus vocabulary I. Aethra Vocabulary aetas, aetatis m =age concedo, -ere, -cessi, -cessum + dative = to concede, give over domus, -us or –i, f = home ensis, ensis, m = sword fore =actually a form of sum, used as perfect subjunctive and future infinitive occido, -ere, occidi, occisum = to kill ostendo, -ere, ostendi, ostentum = to show pervenio, -ire, -veni, -ventum = to arrive pono, -ere, posui, positum = to place, put praecipio, -ere, -ceptus, -ceptum + dative = to command proficiscor, -i, profectus sum = to set forth redeo, redire, redii, reditum = to go back rus, ruris, n = the country Characters: Neptunus = Neptune, god of the sea Aegeus = Aegeus, King of Athens Pandion, -onis m = Aegus’s father Minerva, -ae = Minerva, god of crafts, intelligence, and warfare Aethra = Theseus’ mother, daughter of Pittheus Pittheus, King of Troizen II. Aethra Classwork (Groups)III. Purpose clauses Sequence of tenses: Main clause Purpose clause Primary tenses: present: mihi dona dant … future: mihi dona dabunt … present subjunctive: … ut misericordiam eis ostendem. Historical (or Past) tenses: imperfect: mihi dona dabant… perfect: mihi dona dederunt… pluperfect: mihi dona dederant… imperfect subjunctive: …ut misericordiam eis ostenderem. 1. Aegeus lapidem Aethrae ostendit (present) ut ea omnia filio ___narret____ . (narro, -are, -avi, -atum) Aegeus is showing the rock to Aethra so that she can tell their son everything. 2. Aegeus lapidem Aethrae ostendit (perfect) ut ea omnia filio ___narrare-t___ . (narro, -are, -avi, -atum) Aegeus showed the rock to Aethra so that she could tell their son everything. 3. Aegeus signa relinquit ut filius ad eum ____veniat__________ . (venio, venire, veni, ventum.) Aegeus is leaving signs so that his son will come to him. 4. Aegeus signa reliquit ut filius ad eum ____veniret_______ . (venio, venire, veni, ventum.) Aegeus left signs so that his son would come to him. 5. Aethra filio omnia narrat ut patrem ___petat_______ (peto, -ere, petivi or petii, petitum) Aethra is telling her son everything so he will seek his father. 6. Aethra filio omnia narravit ut patrem _____peteret____ (peto, -ere, petivi or petii, petitum) Aethra told her son everything so he would seek his father. 7. Theseus Procrustem occidet ut viatores tuti _____________________ . (sum, esse, fui, futurum) Theseus will kill Procrustes so that travellers will be safe. 8. Theseus Procrustem occidit ut viatores tuti _____________________ . (sum, esse, fui, futurum) Theseus killed Procrustes so that travelers would be safe. 9. Theseus taurum Marathonium capiet ut eum ________________ (occido, -ere, occisi, occisum) Theseus will capture the bull of Marthon in order to kill it. 10. Theseus taurum Marathonium cepit ut eum ________________ (occido, -ere, occisi, occisum) Theseus captured the bull of Marthon in order to kill it. IV. AETHRA READING V. Ablative Absolutes:1. lecto proposito, longe dormivit. _____________________________________________ (propono, -ere, -posui, positum = to offer --- lectus, -i m = bed) 2. lecto novo dato, non dormivit. ______________________________________________ 3. (novus, -a, -um = new) 4. cena in mensa posita, omnes eam ederunt. 5. (cena, -ae f = dinner; mensa, -ae = table; edo, -ere, edi, esum = to eat) 6. his viris interfectis, Theseus Athenam advenit. _________________________________ 7. tauro in agro manente, Theseus Athenas advenit. 8. tauro interfecto, 9. viro in mare iacenti 10. lapide alato, Theseus signas invenit. Ablative Absolutes in green, Ablatives of means in blue: Corynetem Neptuni filium armis occidit*; Pityocamptem, (qui iter gradientes cogebat, ut secum arborem pinum* ad terram flecterent, quam* qui* cum eo prenderat, ille eam viribus missam faciebat*; ita ad terram graviter elidebatur* et periebat), hunc interfecit. Procrusten Neptuni filium. Ad hunc hospes cum venisset, si longior esset, minori lecto proposito reliquam corporis partem praecidebat; sin autem brevior statura erat, lecto longiori dato// incudibus* suppositis extendebat eum, usque dum lecti longitudinem aequaret. Hunc interfecit. Scironem, qui ad mare loco quodam praerupto* sedebat et, qui* iter gradiebatur, cogebat eum sibi pedes lavare et ita in mare praecipitabat*, hunc Theseus pari leto* in mare deiecit, ex quo Scironis* petrae sunt dictae. Cercyonem Vulcani filium armis occidit. Aprum*, qui fuit Cremyone, interfecit. Taurum, qui fuit Marathone, quem Hercules a Creta ad Eurystheum adduxerat, occidit. Minotaurum oppido Gnosi* occidit. VI: Theseus Vocabulary Theseus Reading Overview: This brief section tells how Theseus, who (somehow) had both Poseidon and Aegeus as his father, came to adulthood (i.e. late teens) and set out on his journey to Athens, with the responsibility of killing all of the evildoers who populated the highway between Troizen and Athens. Neptunus et Aegeus Pandionis filius in fano* Minervae cum Aethra Pitthei filia una nocte *fanum, -i n = shrine *concubero, -ere, concubui, concubitumconcubuerunt*. Neptunus, quod* ex ea natum esset, Aegeo concessit. Is* autem postquam a Troezene Athenas redibat, ensem suum sub lapide posuit et praecepit Aethrae, ut tunc eum ad se mitteret, cum posset eum lapidem allevare* et gladium patris tollere; ibi fore* indicium cognitionis* filii. Itaque postea Aethra peperit* Theseum, qui ad puberem* aetatem cum pervenisset, mater praecepta Aegei indicat ei lapidemque ostendit, ut ensem tolleret, et iubet eum Athenas ad Aegeum proficisci, eosque, qui itineri infestabantur,* omnes occidit. = to go to bed with. quod = “(the child) which …” *Is = “he” (meaning Aegeus) *(al)levo, levare. -avi. -atum = to lift *fore = “would be” *indicium cognitionis = token of recognition (i.e. the sign by which he would recognize his son) *peperit: gave birth to * think, “puberty” *infestor, -ari, infestatus sum, to infest or trouble (+ dative) ut ... present stem (amo, -are) present imperfect future amavi, amatum perfect pluperfect future