adjectives – Elementary Latin

October 9, 2020

Assignment for Monday, 10.26.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, October 26, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 11, on the following not-unrelated topics:

Special Adjectives in -ius (#57, pp. 101–2)
Numerals (#58, pp. 102–3)
Expressions of Time (#59, pp. 103–4)

VOCABULARY

Due by 9:00 AM (EST) by email.

Write a one-paragraph short story (6–8 sentences) in which you feature English derivatives from 75% of the Chapter 10 and 11 vocabulary (pp. 91–2 and 106–7).

As before, use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.

When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun, and the infinitive form of a verb. ALSO: If your derivative contains a Latin preposition, include it in your parenthetical citation.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Assignment for Monday, 10.19.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Monday, October 19, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 10, on third-declension adjectives:

Third Declension Adjectives (#52, pp. 86–8)

VOCABULARY

Due by 9:00 AM (EST) by email.

Write a one-paragraph short story (6–8 sentences) in which you feature English derivatives from 75% of the Chapter 9 vocabulary (p. 83).

As before, use the English words naturally in your prose, but put the Latin words from which they are derived in parentheses immediately afterward.

When listing the Latin words, use the first form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun, and the infinitive form of a verb. ALSO: If your derivative contains a Latin preposition, include it in your parenthetical citation.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the formatting requirements for written work.

Please let me know if you have questions.

DC

September 10, 2020

Assignment for Thursday, 09.17.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Thursday, September 17, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 5 on further uses of the genitive and ablative, as well as the linking verb sum:

More Uses of the Genitive: Explanatory, Objective, Subjective (#30, pp. 40–1)
Adjectival Modification (Summary) (#31, p. 41)
Sum: Present Indicative and Infinitive (#32, p. 41)
Sentence Pattern: Linking (#33, p. 41–2)
More Uses of the Ablative: Accompaniment, Manner (#34, p. 42–3)

Note any questions along the way.

DC

September 8, 2020

Assignment for Tuesday, 09.15.20

Dear Elementary Latinists,

For Tuesday, September 15, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 5 on the fundamentals of adjectives:

The Adjective: First and Second Declensions (#27, 37–9)
Agreement (#28, 39–40)
Substantive Use (#29, 40)

Note any questions along the way.

DC