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Assignment for Tuesday, 05.04.21

Dear Intermediate Latinists,

For Tuesday, May 4, please do the following.

VIEWING

Due by 11:30 AM (EST).

As was true with Chapter 31, Shelmerdine packs a lot of concepts in, much of them by way of review. You will learn a few new concepts beyond the supine, but none of them are as video-worthy as that.

In addition to covering the supine and its uses, the video also reviews some common ways of expressing purpose in Latin, a key concept for a people as highly motivated as the Romans.

Please bring any questions to class, or make use of the group email list.

DC

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Assignment for Friday, 04.30.21

Dear Intermediate Latinists,

For Friday, April 30, please do the following.

READING

Shelmerdine, Chapter 31, on the following forms and concepts. Note any questions along the way.

  • Subordinate Clauses in Indirect Speech (#132, pp. 281–2).
  • Impersonal Constructions (#133, pp. 282–3).
  • More on the Dative: With Compounds, Purpose (#134, pp. 283–4).
  • Review of Cases: Genitive, Dative (#135, p. 285).

HOMEWORK

Due noon (EST) via email.

  • Translate Reading 44 (p. 286), breaking it into individual sentences, per usual.
  • Translate the following sentences into Latin:
    1. It is right that we run as quickly as possible in order to win.
    2. Let her not see those things which it is not right to see.
    3. They say that the Romans, who captured Greece, were conquered by Greek arts.
    4. If you (pl.) had warned the sleeping poets, they would not have shouted too loudly.

DC

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