LVDVS DOMESTICVS: '02-'03.

Homework 13

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A] AMBROSIVS MEDIOLANENSIS [339-397 post Chr.]:
"Exsultavit infans../..Exsultavit Ioannes, exsultavit et Mariae* spiritus. 'beata' inquit ((Elisabeth)) quae credidisti'. Sed et vos beati, qui audistis et credidistis. Quaecumque enim crediderit anima et concipit et generat Dei* Verbum et opera eius+ agnoscit. Sit in singulis Mariae* anima ut magnificet Dominum; sit in singulis spiritus Mariae* ut exsultet in Deo" [Expositio Ambrosii in Lucam: 11,19].
VOCAB. Dei* - Mariae*=of God, of Mary. sit=may there be, let there be, there should be. ut=so that, in order that+ subjunctive: ---'may...'. exsultare=to jump up, exsult.

1. Even if in class this was not pointed out explicitly, there is a special force for the "ET" in 'et vos beati' which is found in your DICT. and which is not 'and' but ________.
   There is also a special meaning-force to the two "ET" in l.3 : 'et concipit et generat' which is in your DICT. and does not simply mean 'and' but ________.
2. When you know the Latin verb "credo,ere... to believe", then you immediately recognize in the 'crediderit' L.3, Time ________, meaning:
3. Most normal people take that "inquit" l.2, to mean: 'he-she-it asks', but that form is 'inquirit'!!! This verb of Ambrose comes from your DICT. under "inquam"!!! meaning=
4. What is the Latin and vernacular difference between the verbs often confused because of no knowledge of Latin!! between: "exalto,are"= ________ and "exsulto,are"= ________
5. If "opera' [soon to come in class - after Christmas] is the plural of 'opus,operis-n.=work', then it may function as: ________ and here must have what function?
6. If cousin Elizabeth is addressing Mary just having arrived for the birth of John the Baptist, then what verb must you imagine-insert-suppose with that: "beata ________" ?? and in the same way what verb is understood with: 'vos beati _________' ??
7. In Latin: what different functions can the form 'quae' have [this has been asked already]
8. If the verb is: "genero,generare,generavi,generatum=to generate,beget] then the form of Ambrose may look like it is Time ________, but in fact is Time ________. To what verb num. group does that verb belong? ________ from the principal parts given you must write out and identify - perhaps in mixed-up order - the other five Times of the indicative with the same subject as in "generat":=
   Check your DICT. and first give the reversed of that 'agnoscit' ________ [N.B. how did you mark that particular form in your notes?] then give the other 5 Times with the same subject:=
9. What meaning does your DICT. give for: 'qui+cumque,quae+cumque,quod+cumque'? ________ with what word does it agree here?
10. What did Ludus 9 Tell you in anticipation about: "eius" ??
11. If 'in singulis' is going to repeat the idea which we got from PIVS II in C] of Ludus 6, and if "magnificare" is later, bible Latin for: 'to magnify,praise,exalt', then you can render perfectly these famous words of Ambrose:
12. By the way: your DICT. will give you the noun+adjective: "in+fans" meaning:=
13. If the reversed of that 'Exsultavit' must be: ________ , then the reversed of that 'concipit' [N.B. "concipio - take as Gp.IV] must be:
    And what Time do you see in 'concipit'? ________ and 'concepit'? ________
14. According to instructions put into your best Latin the noted words of Clement C. Moore [1779-1863] "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse".
    VOCAB. 'twas=it was. Christmas: say the 'feast':festum,i-n. of Christ born=Christi nati. all: use 'totus,a,um=entire,the whole - agreeing with? ________ house: domus-fem. creature=creatura,ae-f. to stir: use [rarely!] 'moveo,movere'. not--even:ne...quidem.

    -- N.B. if you found the word for "mouse" in your DICT., you will also find close by the word for a small-mouse which seems to appear in some parts of the body as a _________ or in the vernacular: ________ Latin is enough for life!!!!

B]BENARDVS CLARAVALLENSIS [1090-1135 post Chr.]:
'Ecce pax non promissa sed missa, non dilata sed data, non prophetata sed praesentata. Ecce quasi saccum plenum misericordia sua Deus Pater misit in terram../..Postquam enim venit plenitudo *temporis, venit et plenitudo *divinitatis../..Ubi enim Dei* innotescit humanitas, iam benignitas latere non potest../..Quid tantopere+ declarat eius misericordiam &quam quod& ipsam suscepit miseriam? magna plane% et manifesta benignitas Dei* et humanitas! et magnum benignitatis* indicium declaravit, qui humanitati addere nomen Dei* curavit" [Sermo I in Epiphania Domini].
VOCAB. lateo,latere=to lie hidden. misericordia sua [l.2]=with-by his mercy. *all words: = of____. +tantopere=so much, to such-a-degree. &quam quod&=then that. ipsam=itself. %plane=absolutely. $humanitati=to human-nature,humanity. curo,are=to take care, see to it.

1. When beginners see words like: 'humanitas-benignitas', they may-should calculate what function-case-form? BUT if those words are found just like that in DICT. they must be: ________ [of another noun group soon to come in class].
2. From the verbs: 'promittere=to promise; mittere=to send; differre=to postpone; dare=to give; prophetare=to prophesize; praesentare=to make present - the forms here must mean=
3. Be courageous - you can do it for Christmas!

First Experience Latin - Fr. Reginald Foster

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