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CODEX 9.3

 

Please make your selection from the above CODEX menu options for Episode 9.3

KEY-TEXT

 

Listen to the audio feed from TSTT Mission Control as you read, operatives.

 

rēgēs Rōmae

 

Rōmulus Rēmum necāvit et tunc mūrōs circum Rōmam confēcit. Rōmānī Rōmulum valdē amāvērunt quod Rōmulus multās terrās ad Rōmam addit. post Rōmulum multī rēgēs Rōmam rēgnābant; Nūma Pompilius, Tullus Hostīlius, Ancus Martius, Tarquinius Prīscus, Servius Tullius et tandem Tarquinius Superbus.

 

Tarquinius Superbus contrā Volscōs bellum gessit et praedās ad collem Capitōlīnum portāvit. ibi Tarquinius templum māgnificum aedificāvit et templum Iovī dēdicāvit. Rōmanī autem nec Tarquinium Superbum nec fīlium suum Sextum nōn amāvērunt. quōdam diē Sextus Tarquinius Lūcrētiam, uxōrem Collātīnī, vīdit. Sextus voluit Lūcrētiam capere et noctē ad vīllam suam advēnit....


GRAMMATICA

Latin has three genders for nouns and adjectives. You have already met the masculine and feminine; in this mission you will learn about neuter nouns. There are two rules which apply to all neuter nouns:

  • The nominative and accusative endings are always the same (in both singular and plural)
  • The plural nominative and accusative endings are always -a

With the exception of these two rules, neuter nouns behave just like a masculine or feminine noun of the same declension.

In the second declension, neuter nouns have a nominative singular ending -um . According to the first rule above, this means that they also have an accusative singular ending -um.

According to the second rule, second declension neuter nouns have a nominative and accusative ending -a . (NB: think "bacteria," which is really a collection of lots and lots of little organisms, each of which is a single bacterium.)

A second declension neuter noun declines as follows:

singular plural
nominative -um -a
genitive -ī  -ōrum 
dative -ō -īs
accusative -um -a
ablative -ō -īs

Here's a video briefing courtesy of latintutorial.com about neuters of the second declesnion:

 

 

 

Like masculine/feminine nouns in the third declension, there are several options for the nominative singular ending for neuter nouns. Like above, the nominative singular ending is repeated for the accusative singular, and the nominative and accusative plural endings remain -a .

Here is an example:

singular plural
nominative corpus corpora
genitive  corpōris  corpōrum
dative corpōrī  corpōribus 
accusative corpus corpora
ablative corpōre corpōribus

Here's a video briefing courtesy of latintutorial.com about neuters of the third declesnion:

 

VERBA

contra against, opposite (+acc) preposition 
error, errōris; m mistake, error noun
extra outside (+acc) preposition 
necō, necāre, necāvī to kill verb 
pallium, palliī cloak, covering noun
pūgiō, pūgiōnis; m dagger noun
sanguen, sanguinis; n blood noun
tōtus, -a, -um  whole, total adjective
tristis, -is, -e sad adjective
vulnerō, vulnerāre, vulnerāvī to wound verb

CULTURALIA

Operatives, before Rome was a Republic, the city was ruled by a series of kings. However, after the rape of Lucretia (wife of Collatinus) by the son of the king, Sextus Tarquinius, a revolt was led by Lucius Junius Brutus. They overthrew the king and it is traditionally noted that Collatinus and Brutus were made the first two consuls of Rome.

Mission control advises all operatives that this account, while coming from Livy’s Ab urbe condita, discusses a period of Roman history from which there are no reliable historical records and the authenticity of it can not be verified.

ATTUNEMENT

 

CULTURALIA Comprehension Questions
Directions: Using the CULTURALIA section of your CODEX as a guide, answer the following questions:
1. Describe the form of government that replaced the monarchy in 509 BC.
2. Whom did Lucretia kill?
3. Who vowed to avenge the death of Lucreita?
4. Of whom was Sextus Tarquinius the son?  How did he threaten Lucretia?
5. How was Collatinus related to the Tarquins?
6. What were a Consul’s duties during the Republic?


9.3a
Directions: Use the word bank below to fill in column #2 and then fill in column #4 based on words/sentences from the prompts and key texts.

1

2

3

4


1) Rōmulus erat

__rēx___


quī


frātrem suum necāvit.

2) Collātīnus erat

________

quī

 

3) Sextus erat

________

quī

 

4) Salvius erat

________

quī

 

5) Tarquinius aedificāvit

________

quod

 

6) Lūcrētia erat

________

quam

 

7) Brutus arcessīvit

________

quam

 

 

uxor
rēx vir turbam dominus marītus templum



KEY-TEXT Comprehension Questions
Directions: Refer back to the Key-text in 9.3 to answer the following questions in complete Latin sentences.

1. quem Rōmulus necāvit?
2. cur amāvērunt Rōmānī Rōmulum?
3. post Rōmulum, quōt rēgēs Rōmam rēgnābant?
4. quid Tarquinius aedificāvit in colle Capitōlīnō?
5. amāvēruntne Rōmānī Tarquinium et fīllium Sextum?

9.3b
Directions: Use the vocabulary given below to provide an English derivative for the italicized following.

pallium quattuor porta pugiō nuntium
mittō umbra oculus cupidē marītus


1. A large or imposing door or gate.
2. Serving to alleviate or bring relief, cloaking you in comfort.
3. An eyeglass for one eye.
4. An important task or errand on which you might be sent.
5. One fourth of a gallon..
6. Pertaining to marriage or to having a husband.
7. Combative, likely to get into a fight with one’s hands or a dagger.
8. To deliver a message or declare something in an articulate manner.
9. Shadow or shade, cast by trees.
10. Eager or excessive desire; greed or avarice.

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