STUDY GUIDE FOR LATIN 1 NATIONAL LATIN EXAM

Nouns:

1st 2nd Mas 2nd N 3rd M/F 3rdN

Nom (subj) a us/r um ---

---

Gen (Poss ae ī ī is is

Dat (I.Ob) ae ō ō ī ī

Acc (D.Ob) am um um em ----

Abl (O/prep) ā ō ō e e

PLURAL FORMS

1st 2nd Mas 2nd N 3rd M/F 3rdN

Nom (subj) ae i a es

a

Gen (Poss arum orum orum um

um

Dat (I.Ob) is is is ībus

ibus

Acc (D.Ob) as os a es a

Abl (O/prep) is is is ibus

ibus

1 Nominative:

subject and predicate nominative

2 Genitive:

possession (of, ‘s, s’)

3 Dative:

indirect object (to/for) with verbs of giving, saying, showing, telling, entrusting

4 Accusative:

direct object and object of the following prepositions:

ad –to, toward, near ante –before, in front of circum -around In –into, onto per -through post –after, behind contra -against inter-between, among prope –near trans –across

5 Ablative:

ablative of means (no Latin preposition= by means of, with, by)

object of the following prepositions (SID SPACE)

Sub -under Sine –without In –in, on Prō- on behalf of, for Dē- about, down from Ab/ā – away, from

Cum- with Ex/ē –out of, out from

6 Vocative:

direct address –used in questions and commands; often punctuated with “ ”, ! or ?

PRONOUNS:

-personal:

ego, tū, nōs, vōs (nominative, dative, accusative and ablative)

I/me you we/us you

Nom ego tū nōs vōs Gen meī tuī nōstrum

vestrum Dat mihi tibi nōbīs vōbīs Acc mē tē nōs vōs Abl mē tē nōbīs vōbīs

-interrogative:

quis, quid, quī (nominative and accusative only) (uses ? mark)

Who? Who? What? Nom S quis quis quid Acc S quem quem quid Who (pl)? Who (pl)? What

(pl)? Nom pl quī quae quae Acc pl quōs quās quae

Adjectives:

Declensions 1st and 2nd (masculine, feminine and neuter) see noun chart above

-noun and adjective agreement = number, gender and case-interrogative: quot =how many

Numbers:

Cardinal numbers 1-10; unus, duo, tres/tria, quattuor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem

100 –centum and 1000- milleRoman numerals 1-100:

I (1), V(5), X(10), L(50), C(100), D(500), M(1000)

Adverbs:

positive forms made from from first and second declension adjectives (usually ly in English)

-formation: pulcher, pulchrA, pulchrum=beautiful:

remove the ‘A’ from feminine, replace with ē = pulchrē = beautifully

-interrogatives: cur, (why?) ubi (where?) quomodo (how?)

-irregulars: bene (well), male (badly)

Conjunctions:

aut, (or) et (and)

quod (because) sed (but) ubi (when) neque, (and not/neither/nor)et...et, (both… and) neque...neque (neither…nor)

Enclitic:

-ne (indicates a question –do not use with question word like how, when, who, etc)

-que (attach on the second of the 2 words/phrases; translate before the second of the 2 words e.g. peanut butter and jelly = peanut butter jellyQUE

Verbs:

Translations of 4 tenses: Present, Imperfect, Future, Perfect:

Present: I verb I do verb I am verbing

Imperfect: I was verbing I used to verb I kept verbing

Future: I shall/will verb

Perfect: I have verbed I verbed I did verb

Conjugations 1st – 4th -are: -ēre: -ere: -ire

Subj. Present Imperfect Fut 1st/2nd Fut 3rd/4th Perfect

I -ō -bam -bō -am -ī

You -s -bās -bis -ēs -istī

He, she, it -t -bat -bit -et -it

We -mus -bāmus -bimus -ēmus -imus

You plural -tis -bātis -bitis -ētis -istis

They -nt -bant -bunt -ent -ērunt

-present active imperative singular and plural

= verb! 1st 2nd 3rd 4th ā āte ē ēte ĕ ĭte ī īte

-present active infinitive

= to verb 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

-āre -ēre ere -īre

-negative imperative

noli, nolite + infinitive = don’t verb! e.g. nōlī amāre = don’t love! Nolite amare = ya’ll don’t love!

-irregular verb

sum, esse, fuī, futūrus (to be): (4 tenses) present, imperfect, future, perfect

Present Imperfect Future Perfect

sum eram erō fuī es erās eris fuistī est erat erit fuit sumus erāmus erimus fuimus estis erātis eritis fuistis sunt erant erunt fuērunt

II. CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

-Geography:

Roman world, e.g., Roma, Italia, Graecia, Britannia, Hispania, Mare Nostrum, Tiber River

Important Italian locations, e.g., Ostia, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Brundisium, Apennine Mts

Provinces and major cities, e.g., Africa, Athens, Gallia, Carthage, Asia Minor, Troy

-Mythology:

Olympians (Greek/Roman names) symbols, duties; founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus

Olympians and associated myths, e.g., Daphne and Apollo, Arachne and Minerva;

Major heroes and monsters, e.g., Hercules, Aeneas, Medusa, Cyclops

Trojan war, e.g., Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, Helen

-Roman life:

city of Rome, e.g., Forum, Circus Maximus, Colosseum; Palatine Hill, Via Appia, Curia

-Daily Life

villa, E.g. atrium, triclinium, insulae

-clothing, e.g., toga, tunica, stola;

Roman household, e.g., pater, mater, servus, filius, filia

-meals, e.g., ientaculum, prandium, cena, culina

-architectural structures and their functions: e.g., aqueduct, thermae, circus, amphitheater, curia,

basilica

HISTORY:

-Basic historical divisions:

Monarchy- 753BC-509 BC – kings are highest ruling officials

Republic – 509 BC-27BC – consuls are highest officials

Empire – 27 BC -476 – emperors are highest ruling officials

-Kings of Rome:

1. Romulus, 2. Numa Pompilius, 3. Tullus Hostilius, 4. Ancus Martius, 5. Tarquinius Priscus, 6. Servius Tullius, 7. Tarquinius Superbus

2. -Early Roman heroes-Horatius, Cincinnatus, Mucius Scaevola

III. LATIN IN USE

-Basic spoken phrases: e.g., Salve, salvete hello Quid agis? How are you? / What are you doing? Quid est nomen tibi? What’s your name? Vale, valete goodbye Ita vero, Yes! Minime, no! Quid est? What is it? Quis est? Who is it? Gratias tibi ago, Thank you Sol lucet, The sun is shining Quota hora est? What time is it? Adsum, I am present Quid novi? What’s new?

-Derivatives:

English words based on Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes e.g., agriculture, aquarium, portable, lunar, octet ; sedentary, sorority, puerile, quadruped