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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
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.
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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.