Homework Assignment I

Chapter 1, Wheelock's Latin (Sixth Edition Revised), pp. 5-7.  Learn the vocabulary on the list.  Do the exercises (below the vocabulary).   Be sure to bring your exercises to class:  I am your human key.  If you have any questions, leave a comment or e-mail me.  We will go over EVERYTHING in class.

VOCABULARY LIST

me: me, myself 

quid:  what

nihil:  nothing

non:  not

saepe:  often

si:  if

amo, amare, amavi, amatum:  to love, like; amabo te (idiom), please (literally, I will love you)

cogito, cogitare, cogitavi, cogitatum:  to think, ponder, consider, plan

debeo, debere, debui, debitum:  to owe; ought, must

do, dare, dedi, datum:  to give, offer

erro, errare, erravi, erratum:  to wander; err, go astray, make a mistake

laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum:  to praise

moneo, monere, monui, monitum:  to warn, advise, remind

salveo, salvere, to be well; to be in good health; salve, salvete, hello, greetings.

servo, servare, servavi, servatum:  to preserve, save, keep, guard

conservo, conservare, conservavi, conservatum - a stronger form of servo:   to preserve, conserve, maintain

terreo, terrere, terrui, territum:  to frighten, terrify

valeo, valere, valui, valiturum:  to be strong, have power, be well;   vale, valete, good-bye, farewell.

video, videre, vidi, visum:  to see; observe, understand

voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatum:  to call, summon

Exercises:  These sententiae - sentences - are based on ancient Roman originals.

1.  Labor me vocat.  (labor = work, labor)

 2.  Mone me, amabo te, si erro.

 3.  Festina lente.  (a saying of Augustus. - festino, festinare, to make haste, hurry; lente, slowly)

4.  Laudas me; culpant me.  (culpo, culpare, to blame, censure)

 

5.  Saepe peccamus.  (pecco, peccare, to sin)

6.  Quid debemus cogitare?

7.  Conservate me!

8.  Rumor volat.  (volo, volare, to fly)

9.  Me non amat.

  

10.  Nihil me terret.

  

11.  Apollo me saepe servat.

 12.   Salvete! - quid videtis?  Nihil videmus.

 

13.  Sape nihil cogitas.

 

14.  Bis das, si cito das.  (bis, twice.  cito, quickly.  What do you suppose this proverb means?)

 

15.  Si vales, valeo.  (A friendly sentiment with which Romans often commenced a letter.)

 16.  What does he see?

  

17.  They are giving nothing.

18.    You ought not to praise me.

 

19.  If I err, he often warns me.

 

20.  If you love me, save me, please!