LVDVS DOMESTICVS: '02-'03.

Homework 14

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A] "Ultima Cumaei venit carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna, iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto. ... ferrea primum desinet ac toto surget gens aurea mundo" [Ecl. IV,4-9]
VOCAB. Cumaei...carminis=of the song of the sybil of Cuma, as a prophetess. virgo (cf. constellation!) the goddess of justice who had fled the wicked earth. Saturnius,a,um= Saturnian, of the time of Saturn the father of the gods when there was the original golden age before original sin, etc. caelo...alto=from high heaven; toto...mundo=in the whole world. saeclorum=OF centuries. demittitur=is sent; nascitur=is born.

1. If the words here, belonging to a new group of nouns to be learned in January are found in the DICT. 'aetas=age', 'ordo=series,order', 'progenies=offspring', 'gens=people,nation': then they must function as what in the quote above? ________ You can also observe and give us the adjective which Virgil attaches to the nouns: 'ordo+________'; 'gens+_________' 'aetas+_________'; 'progenies+________'.
2. If the verbs are: "desino,ere=to cease,stop,end" and "surgo,ere=to arise" then they must belong to verb Group num. ________, and that will allow you to identify the verb Time in 'surget'________; and the Time in 'desinet'________. with your finger still in the DICT. you can give the Time for: "desiit"_________; "surgit"__________.
   And then you can correctly give the 'ego' forms for those same four verbs in order:
3. If you study your DICT. carefully under the word: "venio,venire,veni,ventum=to come" which belongs to Gp.________. and the DICT. marking will tell you that: 'venit' with a long 'E' is Time________. and its reversed is ________ and that 'venit' with a short 'e' is Time________. and its reversed:
4. The somewhat irregular verb is: 'redeo [redio],redire,redii,reditum=to return', then the verbs in L.3 of the quote must be in Time________.
5. If "ab integro =from the start,from zero" then you can put all that together and be a Virgilian expert-scholar after 14 Latin classes with your flawless version:
6. Make an elegant comment: "According-to the Virgilian (Vergilianus,a,um) verses [versiculus,i-m.] the Romans were awaiting [exspecto,are] around the fortieth (quadragesimus,a,um) year before Jesus having-been-born [natus,a,um] a new and golden century (saeculum,i-n.) after* internal (intestinus,a,um) wars had ravaged (use: divexo,are,avi,atum and destruo,ere,destruxi,destructum) whole (totus,a,um) Rome and Italy 100 (=centum) years (=object form)": [n.b. *after= postquam + an indicative verb]

B] ((some signs of the messianic age. cf. Book of Isaias in Bible Old Testament!!!))

"ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera nec magnos metuent armenta leones ipsa tibi* blandos fundent cunabula flores. occidet et serpens et fallax herba veneni occidet... molli paulatim flavescet campus arista et durae quercus sudabunt roscida mella" [IV,22-30]
VOCAB. capella,ae-f.=she-goat. domum=back home. ipsa,ipsae=themselves. tibi*=for-to you [he is addressing the newborn child. veneni=of poison. lacte=with milk. molli....arista=with soft tuft of grain. durae quercus= tough oak-trees (subj.pl.).

1. The Latin words here: 'armenta=cattle; ubera=udders; cunabula=cradles; mella=bit-of-honey' are all neuter and therefore can function as what in the Latin language? ________ here you will see both come into action.
2. If the verb is: "sudare=to sweat,exude", then what t. must you see immediately in the verse of Virgil? ________ its reversed? ________ its subject here ________ and object ________. the other five Times with the same subject:=
3. If according to the little VOCAB. 'molli' connects with 'arista', then you can point out the other noun+adjective connections for your Latin education. observe and read: 'ipsae'+________. 'roscida'+________. 'magnos'+________. 'blandos'+________. 'distenta'+________. 'ipsa'+________. [n.b. "blandus,a,um=flattering,attractive"; "distentus,a,um=stretched,swollen"; "roscidus,a,um=dewy, covered with dew].
4. Your DICT. is going to give you two distinct verbs: "occido,ere=to kill" and "occido,ere=to fall,collapse". yes or no? ________ to which verb Group do they belong? ______ and which is used by Virgil twice here? ________ in what Time? ________ give the subject of the first ________; the subject of the second ________.
5. All the other verbs here: 'refero,referre=to bring back', Gp. ________ 'metuo,ere=to fear', Gp. ________; 'fundo,ere=to pour-out', Gp. ______; 'flavesco,ere=to turn yellow', Gp. ________ will have to be in Time ________. give the form for t.2 of those 4 verbs with the same subj. as in the text:=
6. Check one or two words in your DICT. and give your own professional Virgilian story about the golden age of the Saviour-Messiah, exactly:

C] ((he concludes with an exhortation to the child, where you can imagine the reaction of the Christians!)):

"Cara deum soboles, magnum Iovis, incrementum! incipe - parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem".
VOCAB. deum=of the gods. incipe=begin. Iovis=of Jupiter. risu=with a smile.

First Experience Latin - Fr. Reginald Foster

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