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Wiley's Real Latin

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by Robert Maltby


  “me miserum!”2 dicturus erat: vox nulla secuta est!

  ingemuit: vox illa fuit, lacrimaeque per ora

  non sua fluxerunt; mens tantum pristina mansit.

  quid faciat? repetatne domum et regalia tecta

  an lateat silvis? pudor hoc, timor inpedit illud.

  Dum dubitat, videre3 canes …

  Ovid Metamorphoses 3.194–206

  1The subject of dat is Diana.

  2This is an example of an accusative of exclamation; translate: “woe is me.”

  3videre is an alternative form of the perfect indicative active 3rd person plural = viderunt.

  Vocabulary

  Nouns

  aedis, -is (f.) – temple

  āra, -ae (f.) – altar

  arbiter, -trī (m.) – arbiter; judge

  Athēnae, -ārum (f. pl.) – Athens

  Aurēlia via, Aurēliae viae (f.) – the Aurelian Way, a coastal road from Rome to the Alps

  Byzantiī, -ōrum (m. pl.) – Byzantines

  coetus, -ūs (m.) – assembly; company

  condiciō, -ōnis (f.) – condition

  convīvium, conviviī (n.) – party; celebration

  Crētensēs, -ium (m. pl.) – Cretans

  crīmen, -inis (n.) – charge

  Dolabella, -ae, Cn. (m.) – Gnaeus Dolabella (an associate of Verres)

  fābula, -ae (f.) – story; fable

  fructus, -ūs (m.) – enjoyment

  Hannibal, Hannibalis – Hannibal, the most famous Carthaginian leader

  impudentia, -ae (f.) – shamelessness

  inopia, -ae (f.) – lack

  iūdicium, iūdiciī (n.) – judgment; trial

  lēnitās, -ātis (f.) – kindness; leniency

  litterae, -ārum (f. pl.) – letter; document; report

  magnitūdō, -inis (f.) – size; greatness

  Minerva, -ae (f.) – Minerva, goddess of wisdom, handicrafts (= Greek Athena)

  modus, -ī (m.) – limit

  Natālis, -is (m.) – Birthday Spirit

  particeps, -cipis (m.) – participant; partner

  pondus, -eris (n.) – weight

  princeps, -cipis (m.) – leader

  rēs gestae, rērum gestārum (f. pl.) – accomplishments

  Rhēnus, -ī (m.) – the Rhine

  rīpa, -ae (f.) – bank (of a river)

  scrība, -ae (m.) – clerk

  sermō, -ōnis (m.) – conversation

  sevēritās, -ātis (f.) – severity; seriousness

  Suēbī, -ōrum (m. pl.) – the Suebi (a people of northeastern Germany)

  supplicātiō, -ōnis (f.) – public prayer; public thanksgiving

  testis, -is (m.) – witness

  virtūs, -tūtis (f.) – virtue; courage

  Verbs

  accidō, -ere, accidī – happen

  aestimō, -āre – value; appraise; weigh

  agitō, -āre –move; drive; rouse; celebrate

  appellō, -āre – call

  audeō, -ēre, ausus sum – dare

  auferō, auferre, abstulī, ablātum – take from

  cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessum (+ dat.) – yield (to); give in (to)

  celebrō, -āre – celebrate; honor

  coepī, coepisse, coeptum – began (this verb occurs only in past tenses)

  cognoscō, -ere, -nōvī, -nitum – become acquainted with

  concēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum – depart; yield (to); concede

  cōnstat – it is agreed

  cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, consultum (+ dat.) – take thought for; have regard for

  dēcernō, -ere, -crēvī, -crētum – decide; declare

  dēcertō, -āre – fight; contend with

  dēmonstrō, -āre – point out; show

  dissimulō, -āre – hide; conceal

  ēdūcō, -ere, -dūxī, -ductum – lead out

  existimō, -āre – consider

  flagitō, -āre – demand

  imitor, -ārī, imitātus sum – imitate

  līberō, -āre – set free

  nōn mē fugit – I am not unaware

  optō, -āre – desire; choose

  pareō, -ēre, -uī, paritum (+ dat.) – obey

  placō, -āre – calm; appease

  praetermittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum – pass over

  reddō, -ere, -didī, -ditum – give back; grant

  remaneō, -ēre, -mansī, -mansum – stay; remain

  reperiō, -īre, repperī, repertum – perceive; find

  repetō, -ere, -īvī, -ītum – return to; go back to

  revertor, -ī, reversus sum – return

  serviō, -īre, -īī, -ītum (+ dat.) – be devoted to; care for

  stabiliō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum – make firm; make stable

  versor, -ārī, versātus sum – concern oneself with

  vertō, -ere, vertī, versum – turn

  FYI

  Audeō is one of a very few semi-deponent verbs in Latin. These verbs are active in the present, future, and imperfect tenses, but deponent in the perfect tenses: ausum sum – I dared, etc. Soleō, -ēre, solitus sum – be accustomed; gaudeō, -ēre, gavīsus sum – rejoice; and fidō, -ere, fīsus sum – trust, are also semi-deponent verbs.

  Adjectives

  aliquī, aliqua, aliquod – some; any

  amīcissimus, -a, -um – most friendly

  difficilis, -e – difficult

  fictus, -a, -um – (participle from fingo) false

  grandis, -e – large; great

  impius, -a, -um – wicked; impious

  improbus, -a, -um – wicked

  innocentissimus, -a, -um – most harmless; most innocent

  optimus, -a, -um – best

  perditus, -a, -um – (participle from perdo) degenerate

  rectissimus, -a, -um – most correct; most appropriate

  sanctissimus, -a, -um – most upright

  sempiternus, -a, -um – eternal

  singulāris, -e – singular; extraordinary

  suāvis, -e – sweet; delightful

  tantus, -a, -um – so great

  tot (indeclinable) – so many

  ūnus, -a, -um – one; alone

  vetus, -eris – old; former

  vīgintī (indeclinable) – twenty

  Adverbs; Prepositions; Conjunctions

  dēnique – finally

  equidem – truly

  nōn sōlum … sed etiam – not only … but also

  plānē – clearly; completely; certainly

  propter (+ acc.) – on account of

  quō – where

  sānē – truly; by all means

  vērō – assuredly; however

  English Derivations

  From which Latin roots do the following English words derive?

  (i) accident

  (ii) agitate

  (iii) scribe

  (iv) fruit

  CHAPTER 14

  Chapter Contents

  14.1 SUBJUNCTIVE PASSIVE 14.1.1 Present Subjunctive Passive First Conjugation

  Second Conjugation

  Third Conjugation

  Fourth Conjugation

  Mixed Conjugation

  14.1.2 Imperfect Subjunctive Passive First Conjugation

  Second Conjugation

  Third Conjugation

  Fourth Conjugation

  Mixed Conjugation

  14.1.3 Perfect Subjunctive Passive First Conjugation

  Second Conjugation

  Third Conjugation

  Fourth Conjugation

  Mixed Conjugation

  14.1.4 Pluperfect Subjunctive Passive First Conjugation

  Second Conjugation

  Third Conjugation

  Fourth Conjugation

  Mixed Conjugation

  14.2 SUBJUNCTIVE OF DEPONENT VERBS 14.2.1 Present Subjunctive First Conjugation

  Second Conjugation

  Third Conjugation

  Fourth Conjugation

  Mixed Conjugation

  14.2.2 Imperfect Subjunctive
First Conjugation

  Second Conjugation

  Third Conjugation

  Fourth Conjugation

  Mixed Conjugation

  14.2.3 Perfect Subjunctive First Conjugation

  14.2.4 Pluperfect Subjunctive First Conjugation

  14.3 SEQUENCE OF TENSES

  14.4 PURPOSE AND RESULT CLAUSES 14.4.1 Purpose Clauses (also called final clauses)

  14.4.2 Result Clauses (also called consecutive clauses)

  14.5 NOUN CLAUSES INTRODUCED BY UT

  Translation from Latin

  Translation into Latin

  Extra Passage

  Vocabulary Nouns; Pronouns

  Verbs

  Adjectives

  Adverbs; Conjunctions; Prepositions

  FIGURE 14.1 Undersea mosaic. Roman copy of Hellenistic original. Mosaics were made in a number of styles over many years. During the Imperial period they were mass-produced and were found in both private houses and public buildings (such as baths). Source: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy/Alinari/The Bridgeman Art Library

  14.1 Subjunctive Passive

  The subjunctive mood also has passive forms. The simplest way to remember how the present and imperfect subjunctive passive are formed is: take the active forms and change the endings from -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt to -r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini, -ntur.

  14.1.1 Present Subjunctive Passive

  First Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person amer amēmur

  2nd person amēris amēminī

  3rd person amētur amentur

  FYI

  The present and imperfect subjunctives of all conjugations have the alternative 2nd person singular ending -re; for example, amēre, ponāre and imperfect vidērēre.

  Second Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person videar videāmur

  2nd person videāris videāminī

  3rd person videātur videantur

  Third Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person ponar ponāmur

  2nd person ponāris ponāminī

  3rd person ponātur ponantur

  Fourth Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person inveniar inveniāmur

  2nd person inveniāris inveniāminī

  3rd person inveniātur inveniantur

  Mixed Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person capiar capiāmur

  2nd person capiāris capiāminī

  3rd person capiātur capiantur

  14.1.2 Imperfect Subjunctive Passive

  The easiest way to remember how to form the imperfect subjunctive is: take the present infinitive active and add the endings -r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini, -ntur.

  First Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person amārer amārēmur

  2nd person amārēris amārēminī

  3rd person amārētur amārēntur

  Second Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person vidērer vidērēmur

  2nd person vidērēris vidērēminī

  3rd person vidērētur vidērentur

  Third Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person ponerer ponerēmur

  2nd person ponerēris ponerēminī

  3rd person ponerētur ponerentur

  Fourth Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person invenīrer invenīrēmur

  2nd person invenīrēris invenīrēminī

  3rd person invenīrētur invenīrentur

  Mixed Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person caperer caperēmur

  2nd person caperēris caperēminī

  3rd person caperētur caperentur

  14.1.3 Perfect Subjunctive Passive

  The perfect subjunctive passive, like the perfect indicative passive, has two parts: the perfect participle and in this case the present subjunctive of the verb sum.

  First Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person amātus, -a, -um sim amātī, -ae, -a sīmus

  2nd person amātus, -a, -um sīs amātī, -ae, -a sītis

  3rd person amātus, -a, -um sit amātī, -ae, -a sint

  Second Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person vīsus, -a, -um sim vīsī, -ae, -a sīmus

  2nd person vīsus, -a, -um sīs vīsī, -ae, -a sītis

  3rd person vīsus, -a, -um sit vīsī, -ae, -a sint

  Third Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person positus, -a, -um sim positī, -ae, -a sīmus

  2nd person positus, -a, -um sīs positī, -ae, -a sītis

  3rd person positus, -a, -um sit positī, -ae, -a sint

  Fourth Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person inventus, -a, -um sim inventī, -ae, -a sīmus

  2nd person inventus, -a, -um sīs inventī, -ae, -a sītis

  3rd person inventus, -a, -um sit inventī, -ae, -a sint

  Mixed Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person captus, -a, -um sim captī, -ae, -a sīmus

  2nd person captus, -a, -um sīs captī, -ae, -a sītis

  3rd person captus, -a, -um sit captī, -ae, -a sint

  14.1.4 Pluperfect Subjunctive Passive

  The pluperfect subjunctive passive, like the pluperfect indicative passive, has two parts: the perfect participle and in this case the imperfect subjunctive of the verb sum.

  First Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person amātus, -a, -um essem amātī, -ae, -a essēmus

  2nd person amātus, -a, -um essēs amātī, -ae, -a essētis

  3rd person amātus, -a, -um esset amātī, -ae, -a essent

  Second Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person vīsus, -a, -um essem vīsī, -ae, -a essēmus

  2nd person vīsus, -a, -um essēs vīsī, -ae, -a essētis

  3rd person vīsus, -a, -um esset vīsī, -ae, -a essent

  Third Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person positus, -a, -um essem positī, -ae, -a essēmus

  2nd person positus, -a, -um essēs positī, -ae, -a essētis

  3rd person positus, -a, -um esset positī, -ae, -a essent

  Fourth Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person inventus, -a, -um essem inventī, -ae, -a essēmus

  2nd person inventus, -a, -um essēs inventī, -ae, -a essētis

  3rd person inventus, -a, -um esset inventī, -ae, -a essent

  Mixed Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person captus, -a, -um essem captī, -ae, -a essēmus

  2nd person captus, -a, -um essēs captī, -ae, -a essētis

  3rd person captus, -a, -um esset captī -ae, -a essent

  FIGURE 14.2 Silver denarius, 41 bc. Head of Marc Antony. Marc Antony, general, ally of Julius Caesar, lover of Cleopatra, waged war against Octavian (later Augustus). He was defeated by the forces of Octavian at the battle of Actium and committed suicide in 30 bc. © Leeds Museums and Galleries (Discovery Centre)

  14.2 Subjunctive of Deponent Verbs

  14.2.1 Present Subjunctive

  The present subjunctive of deponent verbs is formed in the same manner as the passive of non-deponent verbs (again, active in meaning as with the indicative mood).

  First Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person arbitrer arbitrēmur

  2nd person arbitrēris arbitrēminī

  3rd person arbitrētur arbitrentur

  FYI

  The present and imperfect subjunctives of all conjugations have the alternative 2nd person singular ending -re; for example, arbitrēre, sequāre and imperfect progrederēre.

  Second Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person verear vereāmur

  2nd person v
ereāris vereāminī

  3rd person vereātur vereantur

  Third Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person sequar sequāmur

  2nd person sequāris sequāminī

  3rd person sequātur sequantur

  Fourth Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person mentiar mentiāmur

  2nd person mentiāris mentiāminī

  3rd person mentiātur mentiantur

  Mixed Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person prōgrediar prōgrediāmur

  2nd person prōgrediāris prōgrediāminī

  3rd person prōgrediātur prōgrediantur

  14.2.2 Imperfect Subjunctive

  The imperfect subjunctive of deponent verbs is formed as follows: take what would be the present infinitive active and add the endings -r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini, -ntur.

  First Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person arbitrārer arbitrārēmur

  2nd person arbitrārēris arbitrārēminī

  3rd person arbitrāretur arbitrārentur

  Second Conjugation

  SINGULAR PLURAL

  1st person verērer verērēmur

  2nd person verērēris verērēminī

 

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