Grammar Boot Camp 7 : Grammar and Latin Phrases
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Some Latin
Words & Phrases
Used As English
Set II:Scholarship
Passim
“Throughout.”“All through.”
Passim
For more on the question of irregular Latin verbs,
see Smith, Jones et al., pp. 208-214 et passim.
Nota Bene(NB)
“Note Well.”
Nota Bene(NB)
Videlicet(viz.)
“One may see.”(≈ id est)
Videlicet(viz.)
Scilicet(scil.)
Scilicet(scil.)
“One may know.”(≈ id est)
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Vide–
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Vide–video (thing you see)
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Vide–
Sci–
video (thing you see)
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Vide–
Sci–
video (thing you see)
science (how you know)
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Vide–
Sci–
–lice
video (thing you see)
science (how you know)
Can you think of any English wordsthat we get from these three roots?
Vide–
Sci–
–lice
video (thing you see)
science (how you know)
license (permission)
So...
scilicet (scil.)
videlicet (viz.)
“one may know”
“one may see”
In Re
“In the Matter (of).”
In Re
“In the Matter (of).”
In Re
Ex. gr., “Any new developments in re that new business you’re starting?”
“In the Matter (of).”
In Re
Often used as simply re (as when you answer an e-mail).
Ex. gr., “Any new developments in re that new business you’re starting?”
“In the Matter (of).”
In Re
Often used as simply re (as when you answer an e-mail).
Ex. gr., “Any new developments in re that new business you’re starting?”
Note however that re does not stand for “regarding” or “response.”
Magna cum laude
“With great praise.”
Magna cum laude
Non sequitur.
“It doesn’t follow [logically].”
Non sequitur.
...Uhhhh, no.
That’s a non sequitur.
How’s about a rabbit with a pancake on his head?
How’s about a rabbit with a pancake on his head?No, also a non sequitur.
Erratum
“Mistake.”
Erratum
Agent
AgentThe doer (of a verb).
AgentThe doer (of a verb).
I love my wife.My wife is loved by me.
Direct Object
Direct ObjectObject directly receiving
the action of a verb.
Direct Object
I love her.I give the roses away.
Object directly receivingthe action of a verb.
Indirect Object
Indirect Object
Object affected by the verb indirectly.
Indirect Object
Object affected by the verb indirectly.
I give her the roses.She tells me a secret.
Nominative Case
Nominative Case
Set of forms for making a subject.
Nominative Case
1. I we2. thou you [ye]
3. he/she they
Set of forms for making a subject.
Genitive Case
Genitive CaseSet of forms for showing
belonging.
Genitive Case
1. my/mine our(s)2. thy/thine your(s)3. his/her(s)/its their(s)
Set of forms for showing belonging.
Objective Case
Objective CaseSet of forms for making an
object.(Direct Object, Indirect Object, or Object of a
Preposition)
Objective Case
1: me us2: thee you3: him/her them
Set of forms for making an object.
(Direct Object, Indirect Object, or Object of a Preposition)
Active Voice
Active VoiceWhen the agent is the subject.
Active Voice
I love her.
When the agent is the subject.
Passive Voice
Passive VoiceWhen the direct object is the
subject.
Passive VoiceWhen the direct object is the
subject.
She is loved by me.
The Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire
was writtenby Edward
Gibbon.
The Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire
was writtenby Edward
Gibbon.
Passive:
The Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire
was writtenby Edward
Gibbon.
Passive:
Active:
The Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire
was writtenby Edward
Gibbon.
Edward Gibbonwrote
The Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire.
Passive:
Active:
Pompeywas defeated
by Cæsar.
Pompeywas defeated
by Cæsar.
Passive:
Pompeywas defeated
by Cæsar.
Passive:
Active:
Pompeywas defeated
by Cæsar.
CæsardefeatedPompey.
Passive:
Active:
Boadicealed
the British revoltagainst Rome.
Boadicealed
the British revoltagainst Rome.
Active:
Boadicealed
the British revoltagainst Rome.
Active:
Passive:
Boadicealed
the British revoltagainst Rome.
The British revoltagainst Rome
was ledby Boadicea.
Active:
Passive:
At Herculaneum(they)
discoveredan amazing library.
Active:
At Herculaneum(they)
discoveredan amazing library.
Active:
Passive:
At Herculaneum(they)
discoveredan amazing library.
An amazing library
was discovered
at Herculaneum.
Active:
Passive:
At Herculaneum(they)
discoveredan amazing library.
Pliny the Youngerwrote
an account of Vesuvius’ eruption.
Pliny the Youngerwrote
an account of Vesuvius’ eruption.
Active:
Pliny the Youngerwrote
an account of Vesuvius’ eruption.
Active:
Passive:
Pliny the Youngerwrote
an account of Vesuvius’ eruption.
An account of Vesuvius’ eruption
was writtenby Pliny the
Younger.
Active:
Passive: