Latin III
HW: Ex. 5 Take out exercise 3: stamp #25 Attempt exercise 5 while stamping…all
these words mean “each”
HW: Finish exercise 6; Reread LESSON 1
Take out exercise 5: stamp #18 Begin exercise 6… Quiz Friday (lessons 1 and 2)
Plorare, plorans, plorat [1]
Ridere, ridens, ridet [2] Surgere, surgens, surgit [3] Dormire, dormiens, dormit [4]
6. ovis errans (=quae errat) ovis errantes
Membum dolens (quod dolet) Membra dolentia (neuter pl=ntia) 7. canis latrans Canes latrantes 8. animal volans Animalia volantia 9. Stella lucens Stellae lucentes
-ntes (m or f pl)ntia (neuter pl)
Caput quod dolet (neuter) Ovis quae errat (feminine) Puer qui ridet (masculine)
Quiz tomorrow on lessons 1 and 2
Study exercises 2 and 5: Fill in the blank Study exercises 3 and 6: Answering
questions in Latin Singular and plural participles: Puella plorans (sing.) Puellae plorantes (pl.)
Latin 1
Please take out your “Ut vales, etc” notes Quiz Thursday (meals, clothes, basic
conversation) Latin Club meets Thursday: Roman Total
War!! Tomorrow and Wednesday: in library
Togae: vestimenta virorum
Toga virilis: “toga of manhood”/ worn for dressy occasions and not usually in your own house
Toga praetexta:
• worn by Senators
• worn by boys until the age of 16.
All Roman boys wore the toga praetexta until the age of 16, when they exchanged it for the toga virilis.
Toga candida
A bright, dazzling, white toga worn by those running for office
What English word?
Toga picta
Dyed purple and embroidered with gold
Worn by generals in a triumph
Tunic. Worn for comfort in everyday life by merchants, farmers, etc. and under togas
Portrait of anonymous Roman man.
Vestimenta feminarum
A statue of a Roman woman wearing a stola (the long pleated dress) and a palla (the cloth draped around her body).
Fibulae (sing. Fibula)
Pinned a Roman woman’s dress at the shoulders
Vir se vestit!Vir togam induit.
Btw, Romans did wear underwear sometimes! ‘Underwear’ dicitur subligar vel subligaculum.
Women wore tunics as underwear.
Utrum bracchium est nudum?
Bracchium dextrum est nudum. Bracchium sinistrum a toga operitur.
Roman Meals
Garum/liquamen: sauce of fermented fish parts; eaten daily
Ientaculum: breakfast; bread with garum, olives, cheese, milk, wine or mulsum (half honey/half wine)
Prandium: light lunch; cold meat, vegetables, fruits (postprandial)
Cena: dinner; largest meal of the day with many courses
The courses of a “cena” Gustus: appetizers; eggs, raw
vegetables, seafood
Cena: cooked meat and vegetables (main course)
Secunda mensa: pastries and fruits
“Ab ovo usque ad mala”
What the Romans didn’t eat…
Pasta, oranges, peanuts, potatoes, rice, tomatoes, tea, coffee, butter, and sugar
Honey was their sweetener How do we know what they ate?
Apicius (ancient Roman who wrote a cookbook), some discussions in literature, mosaics and frescoes
The mother’s responsibilities
Oversee the running of the household—generally confined to domestic responsibilities
Help provide a moral education Prepare sons for service to the state
as officials Prepare their daughters to become
wives and raise dutiful citizens
“Patria Potestas”
“A Father’s Power” Read the packet to find out exactly how
much power a Roman father had over his family.
Fill in the notes sheet. If you finish early, begin your HW :
Exercise 9: Practicing I, II, and III.