Lat 106 S05 |
Satire |
Grammar |
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| Conditions | |||
| Type |
Protasis |
Apodosis |
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Simple |
Present |
Present
indicative |
Present
indicative |
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Past |
Imperfect
or perfect indicative If he was tall |
Imperfect
or perfect indicative he was unlucky. |
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Future |
More vivid |
Future
indicative If he is (shall be) tall |
Future
indicative he will be unlucky. |
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Future
perfect indicative If he is (shall have been) tall |
Future
indicative he will be unlucky. |
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Less vivid |
Present
subjunctive If he should be tall |
Present
subjunctive he would be unlucky. |
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Perfect
subjunctive If he should be (should have been) tall |
Present
subjunctive he would be unlucky. |
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Contrary
to Fact |
Present |
Imperfect
subjunctive If he were tall |
Imperfect
subjunctive he would be unlucky. |
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Past |
Pluperfect
subjunctive If he had been tall |
Pluperfect
subjunctive He would have been unlucky. |
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General |
Present |
2nd
sing. present subjunctive If anyone drinks anti-freeze |
Present
indicative something bad happens. |
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Perfect
indicative If he says something |
Present
indicative people listen. |
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Past |
Pluperfect
indicative / subjunctive If he said something |
Imperfect
indicative people always listened. |
| Adverbial Clauses (qualify independent clause: how, why when?) | |||
| Type | Independent |
Dependent |
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| Result/Consec. A&G 536 |
Pos. (ut) | tanta
vis probitatis est |
ut
eam in hoste diligamus |
| Neg. (ut non) | nemo
adeo ferus est No one is so savage |
ut
non metescere possit. that he cannot soften |
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| Rel. (qui, ubi, unde, quo, etc.) | nulla est celeritas There is no swiftness |
quae
possit cum animi celeritate contendere that can compare with the swiftness of the mind |
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| Purpose/Final A&G 529 |
Pos. (ut) | ab
aratro abduxerunt Cincinnatum They brought C. from the plough |
ut
dictator esset. so that he might be dictator. |
| Neg. (ne) | scalas
parari iubet He orders ladders to be readied |
ne
quam facultatem dimittat. so that he may not lose any opportunity. |
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| Causal A&G 539 |
Quod, quia, quoniam, quando + indic. | tacent
They are silent |
quia
periculum metuunt |
| + subjtv. | mea
mater irata est My mother is angry |
quia
non redierim (I reckon) because I did not return. [subjtv. when cause is alleged of another person] |
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A&G 549 |
cum causal | id
difficile non est This is not difficult |
cum
tantum equitatu valeamus. since we are so strong in cavalry. |
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...but
also |
cum concessive (sometimes grouped with causal) |
brevi
spatio legiones numero hominum expleverat In a short time he had filled out the legions with their number of men |
cum
initio non amplius duobus milibus habuisset. though at the start he had had not more than 2000. |
| ...and
also |
cum adversative (sometimes grouped with concessive) | patriis
intermiscere petita verba foris malis You'd prefer to mix words sought from abroad with native ones, |
cum
Pedius causas exsudet Poplicola atque Corvinus. while Pedius Publicola and Corvinus sweat out their cases (in Latin). |
| Temporal A&G 541 |
ubi, ut, postquam, simul ac, cum primum, quotiens | |
Ubi, ut (when), postquam (after), simul ac, cum primum (as soon as), quotiens (whenever) usually + indicative |
| dum, donec, quoad, quam, diu | |
dum, donec, quoad, quam, diu (while, as long as) usually + indicative | |
| dum, donec, quoad, antequam, priusquam | |
dum, donec, quoad (until), antequam, priusquam (before that) + indicative | |
| ...but | Expectate Wait |
dum
consul aut dictator fiat Caeso. till Caeso becomes consul or dictator. [Subjtv. when action is only expected] |
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| cum + indic. | de
te probant They approve of you |
cum
quiescunt when they are quiet. [indic. refers to past or future] |
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| principes erant
Aedui incipere ver arbitrabatur |
cum
Caesar in Galliam venit. cum
rosam viderat. |
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| ...but | accepi
tuas litteras I received your letters |
cum
essem otiosus in Tusculano. when I was relaxing in my Tusculan home. [imp. or plupf. subjtv. to describe circumstances accompanying or preceding action of main vb.] |
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| Conditional |
see
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above | |
| Concessive A&G 527 |
etsi, etiamsi, tametsi | |
+ indic. or subjtv. as in conditions. |
| quamquam | |
indic. | |
| quamvis, licet | |
subjtv. (usually pres. or pf.) | |
| Proviso A&G 528 |
dum, modo, dummodo, tantum ut | oderint Let them hate |
dum
metuant. provided that they fear. |
| neg. (ne) | Nil
obstat tibi Nothing gets in your way |
dum
ne sit te ditior alter. provided that no one be richer than you. |
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Ind.
Address |
vb. of saying, thinking, etc. |
Democritus
dicit Democritus says |
innumerabiles esse
mundos. |
| impers. vb. or est+ |
verum
est It is true |
amicitiam
nisi inter bonos esse non posse that friendship cannot be except between the good. |
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Doubt |
quin |
non
dubium erat There was no doubt |
quin
plurimum Helvetii possent. but that the H. were most powerful. [quin clause = sbj. or obj.] |
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Quod
|
Sbj. of impers. vb. |
bene
mihi evenit It is well for me |
quod
mittor ad mortem. That I am sent to death |
| Obj. of addo, mitto, etc., rejoice, grieve, appositional clause |
gaude Rejoice |
quod
spectant oculi te mille loquentem. (over the fact) that 1000 eyes behold you speaking. |
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Ind.
command |
vb. of command, exhort., persuade, resolve, ttake care, permit + ut |
decrevit
senatus The senate decreed |
ut
Opimius videret. that Opimius should see. |
| Neg. (ne) |
hortatur
eos He urges them |
ne
animo deficiant. not to lose heart. |
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Ind.
wish |
Ut / ne |
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sbjtv. [cupio, volo, nolo, malo take infin. too] |
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Fear A&G 564 |
Pos. (ne) |
timeo I fear |
ne
Verres fecerit... that (lest) Verres has done... [logic= May Verres not do X; I fear he will.] |
| Neg. (ut / ne non) |
vereor |
ut
tibi possim concedere. that I cannot grant you. [logic= May I be able; I fear won't be.] |
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Vereor I fear |
ne
exercitum firmum habere non possit. he cannot have a strong army. |
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Ind.
question |
vb. of asking etc. + interrog. pronoun or particle |
quidam
quaesivere Some have asked |
comoedia
necne poema esset. whether or not comedy is poetry. |
| Adjective Clauses (qualify independent clause: relative qui, ubi [where], unde [whence], quo [wither] | |||
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Relative
qui |
simple rel. |
quis
fuit Who was it |
horrendos
primus qui protulit enses? who first introduced terrible swords? [states fact about antecedent] |
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...but
note |
result or characteristic |
non
sum is I am not one |
qui
his rebus delecter. to delight in these things. |
| purpose |
legatos Romam misere They sent ambassadors to Rome |
qui
auxilium peterent. to seek aid. |
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| cause |
miseret
tui me I pity you |
qui
hunc facias inimicum tibi. who make this man your enemy. |
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Rel.
particles |
quo (whither), qua (where), ubi (where), unde (whence) as with rel. qui |
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| Paradigms | |||
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Substantives |
Allen and Greenough on substantives | ||
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Verbs |
Kennedy on verbs | ||
| Other Helps | |||
| Morphology |
Perseus Latin Morphological Analysis (e.g. for dederit). Be advised, Perseus' lexical tools work better for Greek than Latin, so you will encounter glitches (words that are said not to exist in the dictionary, forms that the script does not recognize, etc.). The Morph. Analysis, wonderful as it is, does not replace old-fashioned memorization and know-how. | ||
| Words |
Online Lewis & Short (e.g. laudo) | ||
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