Part 19 (1/2)

Latin for Beginners Benjae 19980K 2022-07-20

[Special Vocabulary]

VERB <supero, -are=””>>, _conquer, overcome_ (insuperable)

NOUNS <cura, -ae=””>>, f, _care, trouble_ <locus, -i=””>>, m, _place, spot_ (location) <locus>> is neuter in the plural and is declined <loca, -oruer, peril_

ADVERBS <semper>>, _always_ <tamen>>, _yet, nevertheless_

PREPOSITIONS <de>>, with abl, _down froh_

CONJUNCTION <si>>, _if_

<172>> Review the active voice of <capio>>, present, imperfect, and future, and learn the passive of the same tenses (--492)

_a_ The present foror>>

_b_ In like manner inflect the passive of <iacio>> and <rapio>>

<173>> <the infinitive=””>> The infinitiveof the verb without person or number; as,

<174>> The forms of the Present Infinitive, active and passive, are as follows:

CONJ PRES PRES INFINITIVE PRES INFINITIVE STEM ACTIVE PassIVE

I <mone->> e->> re'gere, re'gi, _to rule_ _to be ruled_ <cape->> ca'pere ca'pi, _to take_ _to be taken_ IV

1 Observe that to form the present active infinitive we add <-re>> to the present stem

_a_ The present infinitive of <sum>> is sse>> There is no passive

2 Observe that the present passive infinitive is for final <-e>> to <-i>>, except in the third conjugation, which changes final <-ere>> to <-i>>

3 Give the active and passive present infinitives of <doceo>>, <sedeo>>, <volo>>, <curo>>, <mitto>>, <duco>>, <munio>>, <reperio>>, <iacio>>, <rapio>>

<175>> The forms of the Present Imperative, active and passive, are as follows:

ACTIVE[1] PassIVE CONJ SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL I <mo'ne>> mone'te mone're, e>> re'gite re'gere, regi'mini, _be thou ruled _ _be ye ruled_ <ca'pe>> ca'pite ca'pere, capi'mini, _be thou taken_ _be ye taken_ IV

1 Observe that the second person singular of the present passive imperative is like the present active infinitive, and that both singular and plural are like the second person singular[2] and plural, respectively, of the present passive indicative

2 Give the present imperative, both active and passive, of the verbs in --1743

[Footnote 1: For the sake of comparison the active is repeated fro the personal ending <-re>> A form like

<176>> EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p 289

I 1 Tum Perseus alis ad terras multas volabit 2 Monstruros nostros vastabit 3 Si autem Cepheus ad oraculum properabit, oraculum ita respondebit 4 Quis telis Persei superabitur? Multa nis et lacriuntur 6 Multa loca vastabantur et multa oppida delebantur 7 Monstrum est validuo iis non semper credam 9 Parebitne Cepheus oraculo? Verba oraculi ei persuadebunt