Vocab Notes Flashcards
(90 cards)
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“De” (concerning/down from) always takes
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The ablative
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When “do” is used with an infinitive it means
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Grants/allows
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“Enim” (indeed, of course) placement
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Can’t be first word of a clause, usually it is the second
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As an adverb “et” means
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Even
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“Est” can mean
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“He/she/it is”
Or
“There is” (erat/eritwill be there was/there will be)
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Fourth principal part of sum
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Futurus (future active participle) “going to be”
As “to be” can’t be passive
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When “sum” is used as a linking verb
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Same case proceeding and following it
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The preposition “cum” (with) always takes
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The ablative
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How to say done “by” a person
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A(ab)
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How to say done “by” delay, “by” tears
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Just ablative case
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Case with “ad”
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Accusative (the case of movement towards)
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Case with “per”
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Accusative
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When does dubito mean hesitate and when doubt
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Hesitate when used with an infinitive
Doubt otherwise
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When does multus multa multum have its two meaning
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Much- singular
Many - plural
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What does oro may govern
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Two accusatives:
- the thing begged for
- the person begged
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He begged the queen for money
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Reginam pecuniam oravit
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How to use peto
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If one asks someone for something, he is asking something FROM somebody Therefore a(ab) + ablative
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His son asked Marcus for a gift
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Natus donum a Marco petivit
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How to say fight against
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Pugno + cum
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Pugno + cum
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Means fight against, NOT fight with
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Gratias agere
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‘To thank’ someone
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I thanked the queen
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Gratias reginae egi
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How to send something to someone
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Mitto
Ad + accusative (not dative alone)
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How to point something out to someone
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monstro
Dative case
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I shall point out the queen to the man
Reginam viro monstrabo
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Passive of "video" (see)
Seem or be seem
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Ante governs what case
Accusative case
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Autem's placement
Postpositive conjunction
Cannot be the first word in a clause
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Debeo + infinitive
Ought
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Impero governs what case
Governs the dative case
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How to give a command to someone that he do something
Ut/ne + subjunctive + impero
The person ordered is in the dative
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I order the woman to sing
Feminae ut canat impero
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Perfect tenses of nosco/cognosco
Mean know
| When someone has learned something he knows it
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Post...quam
Just means "postquam"(after)
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Multi socii Romanis in magno bello pugnaverunt
Two ways
Many (men) allied to the Romans fought in the great war
Many men fought in the great war as allies to the Romans
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Et domini et servi pii ad aras deorum venerunt
Two ways
Both the dutiful masters and slaves came to the altars of the gods
Both the masters and slaves came to the altars of the gods as dutiful men
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Careo governs what case
Ablative case
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Opus est governs what cases
what is needed is put in the Nominative, Ablative, or occasionally Genitive case
person in need is in Dative
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locus is masculine in singular but neuter in plural
| If plural masculine locus does occur what does it mean?
refers to passages of literature or the points of an argument.
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suffix -tas -tatis
a feminine endings of abstract nouns which indicates a quality or state
civitas -tatis: the "state of being a citizen" = "citizenship, state"
libertas -tatis: the "state of being free" = "freedom"
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the two masculine nouns in the fifth declension
dies, diei (and a compound of dies)
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meaning of feminine singular of dies
(it is mainly male)
used when a specific day is meant, or reference to time in general
such as longa dies "a long day"
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when fructus -us M is used in the dative with sum
fructui esse = "to be an asset to"
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Nauta reginae fructui erat
the saior was an asset to the queen
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iacto
"throw" but also "boast"
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Iubeo construction
only verb of ordering that does not use the construction for an indirect command (ut/ne + subjunctive)
rather, it uses an infinitive + accusative subject
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the queen ordered the sailors to set sail
regina nautas vela dare iussit
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to seek something from someone
a(ab)/de/ex + quaero, quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus
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we asked that you not go home
quaesivimus ne domum ires
| quaero may introduce an indirect command
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we sought money from our friends
Pecuniam ab/de/ex amicis quaesivimus
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Maiores, maiorum (the plural) means
ancestors
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Quam can mean
how in exclamatory sense
with comparative= than
with superlative= as...as possible
feminine accusative singular relative pronoun/interrogative adjective
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Quam pulchra est!
how beautiful she is!
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Nam omnis populus regem timuit
for all the people feared the king
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adjectives are sometimes better translated as
| Humiles in tectum domini venimus
adverbs
| "we, humble, came into the house of the master" = "we came humbly into the master's house"
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They approached first
--> they were the first to approach
primi accesserunt
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What is proximus found with
often found with the daive
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He was nearest the crowd
Proximus turbae fuit
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what do similis and dissimilis govern
genitive or dative
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we saw the animal on the top of the mountain
Animal in summo monte vidimus
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what is so sweet as to having a very dear friend
having ---> to have
Quid est tam dulce quam habere amicum carissimum
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What does doceo govern
may govern two accusatives: that which is being taught, and the person being taught
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We wish to teach many things to our children
Multa natos docere optamus
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Fero in the third person can mean
"say, report"
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Auctorem clarissimum inillo tecto ferunt vixisse
They say that the very famous author lived in that house
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The very famous author is said to have lived in that house
Auctor clarissimus in illo tecto vixisse fertur
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what does "iam" depend on
what does it mean
depends on the tense of the verb for its meaing
present tense= "now"
past tense= "up to now, already, by this time"
future: "soon"
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Mos meaning in singular
custom
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mos (mores) mean in plural
character (our customs make up our character)
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virtus, virtutis meaning
"the state of being a man" = "manliness, courage, excellene, virtue"
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what is credo, credere, credidi, creditus
| what does it govern
intransitive verb which means "be trusting"
governs the dative case
we translate it as "believe, trust"
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what does cupidus-a-um govern
an objective genitive
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He was desirous of power
Cupidus imperii erat
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Amicos hortati sumus ne huic homini crederent
we urged our friends not to believe this man
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exceptions from the i-stem rule
iuvenis, iuvenis
| parens, parentis
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Do you want courage more than beauty?
Vitutemne forma mavis?
| malo governing an accusative and ablative of comparison
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Do you prefer courage to beauty?
Virtutemne forma mavis?
| malo governing an accusative and ablative of comparison
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minor meaning "threaten" governs what case (complex)
```
threaten something (Accusative) to a person/thing (dative)
threaten person/thing (dative) with something(ablative)
```
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The leader threatened the impious men with death (two ways)
Dux mortem impiis minatus est
Dux impiis morte minatus est
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when "ut" is used with the indicative it means
"as" or "when"
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Utor, uti, usus sum governs what case
ablative case
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did you use your sword
Ferro usus es?
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what deponents govern the ablative case
```
utor, uti, usus sum
fruor, frui, fructus sum
fungor, fungi, functus sum
potior, potiri, potitus sum
vescor, vesci, --,
```
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The slaves took themselves to the altars of the gods
servi se ad deorum aras receperunt
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Ops, opis in singular and plural
singular: power, strength, help
plural: "resources, wealth"
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Te rogavi ne id faceres
I asked you that you not do that
rogo can mean to make a demand from someone as well as "Ask"
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Te pecuniam rogo
I ask you for money
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suffixes -ax -idus -ulus -ivus express
the action of the verb as a quality or tendency
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suffixes -ilis -bilis express
passive qualities and occasionally active ones
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suffixes -bundus -cundus express
a continuance of the act or quality expressed by the verb
