Read 'The Prayer of Mary, Queen of Scots' and try to learn it by heart

O Domine Deus! In dura catena,

Speravi in te; In misera poena,

O care mi Iesu! Desidero te;

Nunc libera me; Adoro, imploro,

Ut liberes me!

Pronounce carefully, placing the accent on the proper syllable.

 

religio December symphonia otium periculum

insula saevitia manus aequus femina

tabula saeculum rex adverbium amicus

triumphus justitia ostium vitium quartus

venenum spectaculum fabula vulgus cyclus

Pronounce carefully, placing the accent on the proper syllable. Get ready to read this poem by look up and say.

ROMA AETERNA

О Roma nobilis, orbis et domina О Rome, far-famed and Empress of earth,
Cunctarum urbium excellentissima, Above all cities throned upon high,
Roseo martyrum sanguine rubea, Red with the martyrs' blood of the rose.
Albis et virginum lilies Candida, White with the virgins' lilies of snow,
Salutem dicimustibi per omnia: Hearts evermore hail Thee, О Rome:

AVE, ROMA IMMORTALIS! HAIL, DEATHLESS ROME!

10. Give the Latin word from which each of the following is derived:

enigma, immortal, utilize, insulate, affiliation, pulchritude, persuade, утилитарный, филиал, уникальный, лингвистика, квинтет.

11. Give the Latin word from which each of the following is derived:

religion, table, to insulate, insular, insulation, just, equal, triumph, peril, adverb, quarter, venom, fable, vulgar.

 

 

Lesson 3

GRAMMAR. VOCABULARY. ETYMOLOGY.

NOUNS

All Latin nouns are either masculine, feminine, or neuter. This is called their gender. The gender is shown in the vocabulary by the letters m, f and n. Many masculine nouns end in —us, feminine nouns in —a and neuter nouns end in – um. But there are many exceptions and many other endings too. Men are masculine and women are feminine, but there is no way of guessing the gender of most things. You just have to learn them. The endings of words also change according to how they are used. The different endings are called cases.

• Nomen substantivum: masculinum_, femininum, neutrum.

• Numerus: singularis, pluralis.

• Casus: Noiminativus, Genitivus, Dativus, Accusativus, Ablativus, Vocativus
The inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives is called declension, and such words are said to be declined.

There are five basic groups of nouns in Latin. These declensions are distinguished from one another by the ending of the genitive singular for the first declension, this is -ae, for the second, -i, for the third, -is, for the fourth, -us, and for the fifth, -ei. At present we shall be concerned only with the first of these groups, the first declension.

Noun entries in the vocabulary lists are given in three parts:

Femina, -ae, f

The first of these parts is the nominative singular form; the second indicates the ending of the genitive singular; the third reveals the gender of the noun. Most nouns of the First Declension are feminine but there are a few which are masculine, as agricola, farmer, and nauta, sailor.

terra, ae, f, land (base: terr-)
V. N. terra, land (Subject)	terrae, lands (Subject)	-a	-ae
Gen. terrae, of-land	terrarum, of-lands	-ae	-arum
Dat. terrae, to(for)-land	terris, to(for)-lands	-ae	-is
Ace. terram, land (Object)	terras, lands (Object)	-am	-as
Abl. terra, from-land	terris, from-lands	-a	-is

 

VOCABULARY 1

NB! Beside each Latin word one or more related English words are sometimes given. It will often be easy to give others. English words, when their relation to Latin is recognized, assume a clear meaning, and we can use them correctly. Some Latin words appear changed, others unchanged in English. If any "related English word" is not familiar, consult a dictionary.

English meaning Latin word Related English Words

farmer agricola -ae, m agriculture

Italy Italia,-ae,f Italian

sailor nauta,-ae,m nautical

money pecunia,-ae, f pecuniary

gate porta,-ae,f portal

Sicily Sicilia, -ae, f Sicilian

forest silva,-ae, f silvan

highway, road via,-ae,f viaduct

farmhouse villa,-ae,f villa, village

star stella,-ae,f constalation

daughter filia,-ae f filial

goddess dea,-ae,f deify, deity

inhabitant incola,-ae, m, f colony

 

12. Give the case (or possible cases) and the meaning (or possible meanings) of:

terr ae, tabul a, naut am, agricol arum, fabul as, de ae, terr is, terr am, femin as, naut ae, agricol am, agricol is, silv ae, port is, vi ae, fili as, stell arum, de am, incol a, pecuni ae, incol is, vi arum, vill is, stell ae.

13. Decline:

regina,-ae, f - queen, puella,-ae, f -girl, serva, -ae, f - slave, insula,-ae, f - island, pugna,-ae, f - battle, fight.