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sine (+abl.), without (2)
sinister, sinistra, sinistrum, left, left-hand; harmful, ill-omened (20) (superl. sinisterrimus) (27)
sl, slis (m), sun (27)
slcium, slci (n), comfort, relief (24)
sole, solre, solitus sum, to be accustomed (37)
slus, sla, slum, alone, only, the only (9)
somnus, somn (m), sleep (26)
soror, sorris ( f ), sister (8)
spect, spectre, spectv, specttum, to look at, see (34)
speculum, specul (n), mirror (33)
spr, sprre, sprv, sprtum, to hope for, hope (25)
sps, spe ( f ), hope (22)
spritus, sprits (m), breath, breathing; spirit, soul (20)
st, stre, stet, statum, to stand, stand still or firm (13)
studium, studi (n), eagerness, zeal, pursuit, study (9)
stultus, stulta, stultum, foolish (4)
stultus, stult (m), a fool (4)
suvis, suve, sweet (33)
sub (+abl. w/ verbs of rest or +acc. w/ verbs of motion), under, up under, close to (7)
subit, suddenly (33)
su, himself, herself, itself, themselves (13)
sum, esse, fu, futrum, to be, exist (4)
summus. See superus.
super, superrum (m. pl.), the gods (27)
super, superre, superv, supertum, to be above, have the upper hand, surpass; overcome, conquer (5)
superus, supera, superum, above, upper (compar.
superior; superl.
summus, highest, furthest; suprmus, highest, last) (27)
suprmus. See superus. surg, surgere, surrx, surrctum, to get up, arise (29)
suspend, suspendere, suspend, suspnsum, to hang up, suspend; interrupt (38)
suus, sua, suum, his own, her own, its own, their own (13)
tace, tacre, tacu, tacitum, to be silent, leave unmentioned (28)
tlis, tle, such, of such a sort (34)
tam, so, to such a degree (29)
tam…quam, so…as (29)
tamen, nevertheless, still (8)
tamquam, as it were, as if, so to speak (29)
tang, tangere, tetig, tctum, to touch (21)
tantum, only (26)
tantus…quantus, just as much (many)…as (30)
tantus, tanta, tantum, so large, so great, of such a size (29)
t, you, yourself (sing.) (5)
tempus, temporis (n), time; occasion, opportunity (7)
tene, tenre, tenu, tentum, to hold, keep, possess; restrain (14)
terra, terrae ( f ), earth, ground, land, country (7)
tertius, tertia, tertium, third (15)
time, timre, timu, to fear, be afraid of, be afraid (15)
timor, timris (m), fear (10)
toll, tollere, sustul, subltum, to raise, lift up; take away, remove, destroy (22)
tot, so many (40)
ttus, tta, ttum, whole, entire (9)
trd, trdere, trdid, trditum, to give over, surrender; hand down, transmit, teach (33)
trah, trahere, trx, tractum, to draw, drag; derive, acquire (8)
trnse, trnsre, trnsi, trnsitum, to go across, cross; pass over, ignore (39)
trs, tria, three (15)
trstis, trste, sad, sorrowful; joyless, grim, severe (26)
Tria, Triae ( f ), Troy (21)
t, tu, you (sing.) (11)
tuus, tua, tuum, your (sing.) (2)
tum, then, at that time; thereupon, in the next place (5)
turpis, turpe, ugly; shameful, base, disgraceful (26)
tyrannus, tyrann (m), absolute ruler, tyrant (6)
ubi, where, when (6)
llus, lla, llum, any (9)
ultimus, ultima, ultimum, farthest, extreme; last, final (25)
ultr (adv. and prep. +acc.), on the other side of, beyond (22)
umquam, ever, at any time (23)
unde, whence, from what or which place, from which, from whom (30)
ndvgint, nineteen (15)
nus, na, num, one, single, alone (9)
urbs, urbis ( f ), city (14)
usque (adv.), all the way, up (to), even (to), continuously, always (31)
ut, as, just as, when (24)
ut, (+ subjunct.) in order that, so that, that, in order to, so as to, to; or (+ indic.) as, when (28)
uter, utra, utrum, either, which (of two) (9)
tilis, tile, useful, advantageous (27)
tor, t, sus sum (+abl.), to use; enjoy, experience (34)
uxor, uxris ( f ), wife (7)
vae (often + dat.), alas, woe to (34)
val, valte, good-bye, farewell (1)
vale, valre, valu, valitrum, to be strong, have power; be well (1)
-ve, or (33)
vnd, vndere, vndid, vnditum, to sell (38)
veni, venre, vn, ventum, to come (10)
ventus, vent (m), wind (39)
verbum, verb (n), word (5)
vereor, verr, veritus sum, to show reverence for, respect; be afraid of, fear (40)
vrits, vrittis ( f ), truth (10)
vr, in truth, indeed, to be sure, however (29)
versus, verss (m), line of verse (20)
vert, vertere, vert, versum, to turn; change (23)
vrus, vra, vrum, true, real, proper (4)
vesper, vesperis or vesper (m), evening; evening star (28)
vester, vestra, vestrum, your (pl.) (6)
vetus, gen. veteris, old (39)
via, viae ( f ), way, road, street (10)
vcnus, vcn (m), neighbor (male) (21)
victria, victriae ( f ), victory (8)
vide, vidre, vd, vsum, to see; observe, understand (1)
videor, vidr, vsus sum, to be seen, seem, appear (18)
vgint, twenty (15)
vinc, vincere, vc, victum, to conquer, overcome (8)
vinculum, vincul (n), bond, chain, fetter (36)
vnum, vn (n), wine (31)
vir, vir (m), man, hero (3)
vrs, vrium ( f. pl.), strength (14)
virg, virginis ( f ), maiden, virgin (7)
virts, virttis ( f ), manliness, courage; excellence, character, worth, virtue (7)
vs, vs ( f ), force, power, violence (14)
vta, vtae ( f ), life; mode of life (2)
vitium, viti (n), fault, crime, vice (6)
vt, vtre, vtv, vttum, to avoid, shun (14)
vv, vvere, vx, vctum, to live (10)
vvus, vva, vvum, alive, living (30)
voc, vocre, vocv, voctum, to call, summon (1)
vol, velle, volu, to wish, want, be willing, will (32)
volupts, volupttis ( f ), pleasure (10)
vx, vcis ( f ), voice, word (34)
vulgus, vulg (n), the common people, mob, rabble (21)
vulnus, vulneris (n), wound (24)
vultus, vults (m), countenance, face (40)
MILLE GRATIAS…
In a project even as modest as this libellus, one never manages without helpmates of all sorts—and in this case those who assisted have been legion, and in their officium, I’d say, legionnaires (that’s Roman-speak for “troupers”). First and last, of course, I thank my dear wife Alice, who has labored with me on this project from the start, provided constant support, ideas too, and spent long hours, after a difficult day at the office, working her “Alice Magic” in our yard and garden, thus affording me the privilege of extra time at my desk.
I am grateful to a number of colleagues, but most especially Bob Curtis, a skilled epigrapher and one of the world’s foremost Pompeii scholars, for his generous and expert consultancy, the many photographs he provided for the volume (several shot in Italy especially for this project), and—far beyond all this—for his unceasing friendship over the three decades during which we have taught together at the University of Georgia.
Numerous other friends and colleagues have cheerfully propped me up in one way or another, among them Professor Jared Klein, who expertly advised me on countless matters linguistic; Professors Jim And
erson and Frances Van Keuren, who made available photographs from their splendid Rome collections; artist(-musician) Kay Stanton, who produced numerous drawings of graffiti and other inscriptions and rendered invaluable assistance with all the photo work; teacher Brad Tillery, my co-author on several publishing projects, who helped with an array of challenging research and editorial tasks; over three years, my three stalwart and exceptionally capable graduate assistants, David Driscoll, Eric Verhine, and Deana Zeigler; Professors James L. Franklin, Jr., Paul Shore, and Rex Wallace, for their sage counsel on a range of topics; others who provided drawings and photographs, especially Giorgio Clementi, Professor Paolo Meloni, Mathew Olkovicas, and former student Andrew Sistrand; Timothy McCarthy, researcher and photographer at Art Resource, who has been ably assisting me with artwork for my books since the mid-1990s; the expert staff at the University of North Carolina’s Ancient World Mapping Center, in particular Professor Richard Talbert, Brian Turner, and Ross Twele; my department head, Chuck Platter, for sparing me from at least a few committee assignments; Martha Wheelock and Deborah Wheelock-Taylor, my “sisters-in-Latin,” who have warmly encouraged all my Wheelockian adventures over the past 20 years; and Stephanie Meyers, my editrix most tolerant and most dear, and her colleagues at HarperCollins past and present who were involved in the earliest stages of the book’s conception, Phil Friedman and Bruce Nichols.
Finally, I thank my children, and their spouses, and my grandkids, all for loving their Poppa Rick and enduring more neglect from me these last months than I might wish as a parent to acknowledge.
Rick LaFleur
Lake Oglethorpe, Georgia
Summer, 2009
He studied Latin like the violin, because he liked it.
Robert Frost
The Death of the Hired Man
About the Author
Richard A. LaFleur received the B.A. and M.A. in Latin from the University of Virginia and the Ph.D. in Classical Studies from Duke. He has taught since 1972 at the University of Georgia, where he served for 21 years as head of one of the largest Classics programs in North America and has held since 1998 the chair of Franklin Professor of Classics. He has numerous publications in Latin language, literature, and pedagogy, including the books The Teaching of Latin in American Schools: A Profession in Crisis, Latin Poetry for the Beginning Student, Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader, Latin for the 21st Century: From Concept to Classroom, A Song of War: Readings from Vergil’s Aeneid (with Alexander G. McKay), and the revised editions of Wheelock’s Latin, Wheelock’s Latin Reader, and Workbook for Wheelock’s Latin (with Paul Comeau). Professor LaFleur served as editor of The Classical Outlook for nearly 25 years and is a past President of the American Classical League; he has been recipient of more than a million dollars in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and other agencies, and of state, regional, and national awards for teaching and professional service, including the American Philological Association’s award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics. He has three children and five grandchildren, and lives with his wife Alice on the banks of Lake Oglethorpe, near Athens, Georgia.
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THE WHEELOCK’S LATIN SERIES
Wheelock’s Latin
Frederic M. Wheelock, revised by Richard A. LaFleur
Workbook for Wheelock’s Latin
Paul Comeau, revised by Richard A. LaFleur
Wheelock’s Latin Reader: Selections from Latin Literature
Frederic M. Wheelock, revised by Richard A. LaFleur
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Scribblers, sculptors, and scribes : a companion to Wheelock’s Latin and other introductory textbooks / Richard A. LaFleur.—1st ed.
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1 The vocative singular of nouns like amcus and of masculine adjectives like magnus ends in -e. The vocative singular of flius and of names in -ius ends in a single - (fl, Vergil); the vocative singular of the masculine adjective meus is m; the vocative singular of masculine adjectives in -ius ends in -ie (gregius; gregie). Otherwise, the vocative has the same form as the nominative in all declensions.
2 The plural follows the pattern of the singular except that it has the plural endings.
2 The plural follows the pattern of the singular except that it has the plural endings.
6 The interrogative adjective qu? quae? quod?
meaning what? which? what kind of? has the same declension as that of the relative pronoun.
7 Also sdem.
8 Similarly nus, ttus, llus, nllus, alius, alter, uter, neuter
(see Ch. 9).
9 All forms of the pronouns of the first and second persons except the nom. sg. and the nom. pl. may also be used as reflexive pronouns.
9 All forms of the pronouns of the first and second persons except the nom. sg. and the nom. pl. may also be used as reflexive pronouns.
10 These forms are reflexive only. The nonreflexive forms of the third person are supplied by is, ea, id (see Chs. 11, 13).
11 The form ss is also frequently found.
11 The form ss is also frequently found.
11 The form ss is also frequently found.
11 The form ss is also frequently found.
12 The participles laudtus (-a, -um), monitus (-a, -um), etc., are used as predicate adjectives, and so their endings vary to agree with the subject.
13 Note that the verbs in this list have no passive voice (except for the idiomatic impersonal passive of e, which is not used in this book).
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