Daily Assignments
– GRST 245 (Intermediate Latin), Fall 2010 Starks –Vassar College: Readings below are to be
completed by the day they appear on the syllabus, as they will comprise the
primary subject matter for consideration in class that day.
Some Independent Study Aids:
Lewis – Elementary Latin Dictionary
Lewis & Short – comprehensive
Latin dictionary
Latin Word Study tool - enter the full Latin
form and you should get a complete grammatical analysis of the word + a
dictionary entry
Latin Dictionary headwords - searchable by
Latin roots and English meanings - enter laud to search for laudo, laudabilis, laudatio etc.
English to Latin word search
Allen and Greenough's New Latin
Grammar for Schools and Colleges (eds.
J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj.
L. D'Ooge) - a fairly advanced and comprehensive
Latin grammar
Latin
Library - best currently available collection of searchable Latin
texts, classical, late Latin, and some Medieval and
Neo-Latin
Many Helpful Latin and Classics Links –
Numerous resources on grammar, vocabulary and culture gathered by the editors
of your text
Book Abbreviations for Assignments Below
LG = Latin Grammar, Oxford, including Ex(ercises) on specific pages;
WRW = PAGE NUMBERS in World of Roman Women
OLC = supplementary text on On-line Companion to Worlds of Roman Women / see link below
In LG, read the assignment and complete all exercises on the pages listed. In
WRW, read aloud and translate the passages, as often as possible, without
writing down a word for word translation. Never write translations in the book
itself - keep a clean text and make notes.
On-Line Companion to Worlds of Roman Women - texts, images, commentary
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T
8-31 |
Introduction Noun
Uses, LG 6-15 (Ex. P. 15) Verb Morphology
Review - Active Indicative/Subjunctive/Imperative |
T
10-19 Th 10-21 |
*feriae autumnales* GAVDETE,
OMNES! |
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Th 9-2 |
Relative
Clauses, Time/Place/Space LG 69-75 (Ex pp. 70 & 75) Impersonal
Verbs, LG 104-107 (Ex. 105-6 & 107) Conditions
LG 114-117 (Ex. 117) Verb
Morphology Review Active
Indicative/Subjunctive/Imperative See
principal parts 62-67 |
T
10-26 |
World
of Family (WRW 61-63) Propertius
Elegiae 4.11 (WRW 79-81) OLC
Julia Secunda & Cornelia Tyche,
Suetonius Divus Iulius 6: Julia, aunt of Caesar Review
last 12
images of FAMILY
at OLC link above |
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T 9-7 |
Participles
LG 76-81 (Ex. p. 81) Time
Clauses LG 118-121 (Ex. pp. 120-21) Verb
Morphology Review - Passive Perfect System = Perf,
Pluperf, FutPerf Tenses Verb
Morphology Review – Some Tips LG 137-141 See
principal parts LG 62-67 QUIZ I |
Th 10-28 |
Nepos
Cornelia fr. 1-2 (WRW 77) – further notes here OLC
Valerius Maximus Memorabilia 4.4:
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi Cicero
ad Familiares 14.20 (WRW 85) Review
first
12 Images of FAMILY
at OLC link above |
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Th 9-9 |
Indirect
Statement LG 82-85 (Ex. 85) Cum/Dum
LG 122-125 (Ex. 125) Because/although/as
if LG 126-129 (Ex. 129) Verb
Morphology Review - Passive Present System = Pres, Imperf,
Fut Tenses See
principal parts LG 62-67 |
T
11-2 |
Petronius
37, 67, 76 (WRW 73-74), ILS1046a (WRW 75) OLC
World of Class: Petronia Hedone,
Claudia Olympias, Caenis OLC
World of Class: Nepos de Viris Illustribus,
praefatio 2-8: Greek and Roman Women Review
Images of JEWELRY
at OLC link here |
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T
9-14 |
Direct
and Indirect Questions & Commands LG 86-95 (Ex. 91 & 94-95) Quin/quominus LG 130-32 (Ex. 132) Some/Any/Every/Each/Other
LG 133-136 (Ex. 136) Verb Morphology
Review - Deponents/Semi-Deponents LG
56, 67-68 See
principal parts LG 62-67 |
Th 11-4 |
Valerius Maximus
4.6.4 (WRW 95), Plautus Epidicus (WRW 101), Livy 4.44
(WRW 103) Review
Images of Julia at OLC link here Review
Images of CLOTHING at OLC
link here |
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Th 9-16 |
Ut Clauses (Purpose, Result,
Fear) LG 96-103 (Ex. 98, 101,
103) Gerunds,
Gerundives LG 108-113 (Ex. 113) Verb
Morphology Review - irregulars LG 57-62 QUIZ II |
T
11-9 |
World
of the Body (WRW 87-91) Pliny
28.20-23 (WRW 93-95), Ovid Amores 1.14.1-5, 13-18 (WRW
104) OLC
Demetrias: Imperial Concubine Review
Images of COSMETICS
and BODY & HEALTH at OLC link here |
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T
9-21 |
WRW
Intro, World of Childhood pp. 1-8 CLE
1518 (WRW 9) = OLC Euodia Cipara (see below) OLC Minucia Suavis, Helena, Maconiana Severiana ILS
5213 (WRW 11) Review
Images of Childhood GIRLS at OLC link above TAKE
HOME EXAM I on Grammar Assigned |
Th 11-11 |
World
of the State (WRW 105-107) Livy
1.47-48: Tullia Minor (WRW 113) (Read intro on Tanaquil WRW 111) Sallust
Bellum Catilinum 24.4-5, 25 (WRW 123) Review
Images of HAIRSTYLES
at OLC link here |
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Th 9-23 |
Aulus Gellius
Noctes Atticae 1.12.1-10 (WRW 17), Naevius 74.9 (WRW 20) OLC Young Girl + Activity ÔComplete a Latin InscriptionÕ Review
Images of Childhood PLAYTHINGS at OLC link above |
T
11-16 |
Livy
2.40: Veturia (WRW 117) OLC
Horace Carmina 3.6, Livy 1.11.5-9: Tarpeia Review
Images of She-Wolf, Sabine Women and Tarpeia at OLC
link above |
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T
9-28 |
Gellius 1.12.11-19 (WRW 19) Martial
Epigrammata 3.69.5-8 (WRW 27) Vindolanda
Letter of Claudia Severa Vindolanda Tablet 291 ONLINE – see ClaudiaÕs
and her scribeÕs handwriting Review
Images of Childhood MONUMENTS, COINS at OLC Link |
W
11-17 |
EXAM
II – Arrange a time to come by my office and take the exam – set
aside about 1 1/2 hours for completing this |
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W
9-29 |
TAKE
HOME EXAM I on Grammar DUE – Hardcopy, my office, by 5 PM |
Th
11-18 |
Tacitus
Annales 1.33, 40, 69 (WRW 125-126) OLC
Tacitus Annales 1.3-6: Livia, 14.34-35: Boudica Review
Images of Livia, Agrippina I and Agrippina II at
OLC link above |
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Th 9-30 |
World
of Learning WRW pp. 21-23 Pliny
Epistulae 4.19 (WRW 25-27) – full text with vocab help here OLC Valerius Maximus 8.3.1-3: Amesia, Afrania, Hortensia – Women as Public Speakers in Court Review
first 4 Images of Learning at OLC |
T
11-23 |
World
of Work (WRW 127-129) Columella de Re Rustica
1.8.19 = OLC here, CIL 6.6647 (WRW 133) ILS
6373: Naevoleia Tyche
– see here
(WRW 135) OLC Caupona of Salvius Pliny
Historia Naturalis excerpts, 35.147-148, 7.158
(WRW 137) OLC
Gnome Pierinis, Aurelia Nais,
Septimia Stratonice, Servia Cornelia Sabina Review
Images of INSCRIPTIONS
at OLC link above QUIZ V |
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T
10-5 |
Suetonius Augustus 64.2-3, Quintilian 1.1.4,6
(for 1.1.6 see also here) (WRW
33) OLC Martial 9.68: girls at school Sulpicia Conquestio 7-11 (WRW
36) Review
next 4 Images of Learning at OLC QUIZ III |
Th 11-25 |
*feriae supplicationis* |
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Th 10-7 |
Juvenal
6.434-456 (WRW 35) ILS 1221
a, b (WRW 47) + image here ILS
8403 (WRW 49) OLC Claudia Piste, Julia Capriola, Review
last 4 Images of Learning at OLC |
T
11-30 |
Plautus
Cistellaria (WRW 139) Vergil
Aeneid 8.407-415 (WRW 140) = OLC here Review
Images of WORKERS
and WORKPLACE at Link Above |
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T
10-12 |
World
of Marriage, WRW pp. 37-39 Valerius Maximus
6.7 (WRW 51), Pliny 7.5, Martial 11.53 (WRW 55) OLC Furia Spes, Tacitus Annales
11.12: Messalina, Martial 4.13 Claudia Peregrina Review
images of Marriage
Ceremony and Dextrarum Iunctio at
OLC link above |
Th 12-2 |
World
of Flirtation (WRW 141-142) Ovid Ars Amatoria (WRW 145) Catullus Carmina
7 & 11 – Opposite ends of an affair OLC Catullus Carmina 70, Maria Auxesis QUIZ VI |
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Th 10-14 |
CIL
6.6593, Valerius Maximus
4.3.3 - Antonia,
4.6.5 (WRW 53) Plautus
Menaechmi 602-652 (WRW 57-60) Review
images of CONIUGES
here QUIZ IIII |
T 12-7 |
Ovid Ars Amatoria excerpts (WRW 147) Sulpicia 1-6 (WRW 151-153) –
additional notes here Review
all images of FLIRTATION at OLC |
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W 12-15 |
FINAL
EXAM – 5-7 PM (SC 008) |
