Elementary Latin
- QUIZ on your choice of hic, haec, hoc = THIS, THESE; ille, illa, illud = THAT, THOSE; 3rd conjugation verbs (present, imperfect, future); vocabulary ch. 8.
- Present tense endings: o, is, it, is, imus, itis, unt
- Imperfect tense endings: e + bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant
- Future tense endings: am, es, et, emus, etis, ent
Vocabulary, ch. 8
- frater, fratris m brother
- laus, laudis f praise
- libertas, libertatis f liberty, freedom
- ratio, rationis f reason
- soror, sororis f sister
- ad + accusative into, towards
- ex / e + ablative out of
- numquam never
- ago, agere, egi, actum. drive
- disco, discere, didici. learn
- doceo, docere, docui, doctum. teach
- duco, ducere, duxi, ductum. lead
- gero, gerere, gessi, gestum. carry (on)
- scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum. write
- vinco, vincere, vici, victum. conquer
Elementary Greek
- Quiz on essential vocabulary
(I’ll post a list by tomorrow)and verbs (I’ll give you one verb and you conjugate it in all 4 tenses, present, imperfect, future, aorist– for practice, try λύω, λύσω, ἔλυσα and I will post the answers on Friday).
Essential Words (a rather long list)
- αγαθος good
- ο άγγελος, messenger
- άγω drive
- άλλά. but, however
- άλλος, άλλη, άλλο. other, another
- ο άνθρωπος, human being
- άξιος worthy
- από away from (+ genitive)
- ή άρχή – beginning, rule, province
- ἄρχω, ἄρξω. begin, rule (+ genitive)
- αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό. self; same; he, she, it.
- δίκαιος just
- ἐγώ, I — ἡμεῖς I
- εί if
- εις in, towards (plus accusative)
- εκ, εξ out of (plus genitive)
- έκεῖνος, ἐκείνη, ἐκεῖνο that, those
- εν in (+ dative)
- ἐπί. at, on, upon, against (plus genitive, dative, accusative)
- γάρ for (postpositive particle)
- δε but, and (postpositive particle
- διά – (gen) through, (acc) on account of
- τὸ έργον. work, deed
- έχω, έξω, έσχον. have
- ἡ ημέρα – day
- ἡ θάλαττα, θαλάττης sea
- κακός, ή, όν bad, evil, cowardly
- καλός beautiful, fine, noble, pretty
- λείπω,λείψω, ἔλειψα. leave
- ὁ λόγος word, speech, account
- μάκρος long
- μικρός, small, little
- ἡ μάχη battle
- μέλλω, μελλήσω. intend, delay
- μεν indeed (postpositive particle)
- μή not (with infinitive, conditional clauses)
- νομίζω. believe (w. infinitive)
- ὃς, ἣ, ὃ who, which
- ὄδε, ἤδε, τόδε this, these
- οὓτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο this, these
- ἡ ὁδός, τῆς ὁδου. road
- οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ no, not
- παύω stop
- πείθω, πείσω. persuade
- οὖν therefore, then (post-positive conjunction)
- σύ. ὑμεῖς you
- φεύγω flee
- φυλάττω guard
- ἡ χώρα – land, country
- ο φίλος friend
- φιλἰος, φιλία, φιλιον – dear, friendly
Greek history
2nd paper/presentation on Thucydides: instructions are here. Presentations will on Tuesday, December 11 and that date is NOT negotiable! Friday, December 14, will be devoted to review and we have a lot to go over.
- This is a list of ALL the passages in the Landmark Edition of Thucydides that you should have read:
- Pericles’ first speech (pp. 79 – 85).
- Pericles’ Funeral Oration, the plague of Athens, Pericles’ third speech defending his position & policy; Thucydides’ analysis of Pericles and the causes of Athens’ eventual defeat (pp. 110 – 128).
- Pericles’ third speech defending his position & policy; Thucydides’ analysis of Pericles and the causes of Athens’ eventual defeat (pp. 110 – 128).
- The Mytilenian Debate – Book 3.36-50 (pp. 175-184)
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Civil War in Corcyra – Book 3.69-85 (pp.194-201)
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The Melian Dialogue – Book 5.84-116 (pp. 350-116)
If you would like to review what we discussed about the Peloponnesian War, read this account.
The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) — timeline of major treaties and battles
- Map of the Aegean World in 431 BCE
- An older map
- Interactive map of the war (integrated with timeline)
Intermediate Greek
