The Beginner's Latin Exercises. First Conjugation - Passive Voice. Conjunctive Mood.
TODO
- Exercise A shows what has to be learnt and written in preparation for the next exercises (and future lessons).
- Exercise B contains viva voce Exercises.
- Exercise C (from Latin) and Exercise D (from English) contain the sentences to be translated, either orally or in writing.
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REQUIREMENTS
Vocabulary 53. First Conjugation.
- armo, -as, -avi, -atum, -are, v.tr., to arm.
- civitas, -atis, f., the state.
- dictator, -oris, m., dictator.
- acriter, adv., sharply, vigorously.
- strenue, adv., busily, actively.
- tam, conj., so.
- fere, adv., almost.
- Iterum, adv., a second time.
EXERCISES
Exercise A
- Learn Vocabularies 52. and 53., the Syntax Rule 21. and revise Vocabularies 32. and 33. and the Conjunctive of amor.
- Conjugate laudo in the Conjunctive Passive.
- Write out the 3rd Person, Singular and Plural, of all the tenses of the Conjunctive Passive of: orno, do, porto, and domo.
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Exercise B
1. Read off the English, naming Mood and Tense, of:
- amer; amatus sis; amemini; ameris.
- amareris; amati essemus; amaremur; amarentur.
- amatus sit; amaremini; amati sitis; amati essetis.
2. Turn these Verbs into the Active form, giving the meaning in English.
Exercise C: read and translate from Latin.
- Fortiter pugnate, servi, ut post proelium liberemini.
- Multi alios laudant ut ab aliis laudentur.
- Cave, amice, ne sagittis barbarorum vulnereris.
- Vigilate, nautae, ut navis servetur.
- Omnes cives armati sunt ne urbs oppugnaretur.
- Agricolae strenue laborant ut agri ante hiemem arentur.
- Cincinnatus dictator creatus est ut civitas servaretur.
- Barbari tam acriter pugnabant ut castra nostra fere expugnata sint.
- Marius tam felix in bello fuit ut iterum consul creatus sit.
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Exercise D: read and translate from English.
- The boy praised his friend that by his friend he might be praised.
- The soldiers kept-watch lest the camp should be attacked.
- Citizens, get-ready your arms lest the city be attacked.
- Our (men) fought so vigorously that the enemy's camp was-carried -by-assault.
- Let the victims be decked with flowers.
- Numa was so renowned that he was created king.
- Let the fleet be-got-ready immediately.
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CREDITS
C.Sherwill Dawe, The Beginner's Latin Exercises Book, 1880, Rivington, Waterloo Place, London; read the book on archive.org.
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