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Chapter X
Callisto (Pars Secunda)

Learning Numbers  

We have already done these. Collect all of your number vocabulary cards together and have someone in your household test you on them.

Story Reading and Pronunciation  

For pronunciation of many of the words here, see Exercise VI of this chapter ahead of time. Pay particular attention to where the accents are. Some other words are poe-na et rau-cus (two syllables each), a-dul-ter-a, ven-a-tor, be-nig-nus, i-do-ne-us, sup-plex, tu-us, e-a (two syllables), quo-ti-ens, and om-ni-po-tens.  

Make a difference in lines 10 and 11 between venator and venatur, the first is a noun, the second a verb. Both are accented on the second syllable.  

Now read the story outloud.

Verba  

There are some words in the story that are not listed in the Verba. Make vocabulary cards of all of the Verba list and these, too.  

sterno, sternere, stravi, stratum (3) spread out, level

maneo, manere, mansi, mansum (2) remain, stay

recognosco, -ere, recognovi, recognotum (3) recognize  

[If there are any new words I have missed, please let me know.]  

Structure  

59	. evidens
60.	These three first conjugation verbs are quite common. You should write them down at least once in all cases to make sure you know them completely. You are given the Perfect forms here for the three verbs and all of the forms for do, dare in note 8 below. Memorize all of these.
61.	This section starts a crucial understanding of verbs for you. Many Latin verbs have a perfect form that is significantly changed from the 1st principal part. Usually these take four different forms: the vowel changes, i.e. video becomes vidi with a long mark on the middle vowel; the perfect becomes an "s" sound which will show as a written "s" or "x," maneo, manere, mansi; the syllables will be doubled, do, dare, dedi (vowel change, too); there is a "u" or "v" in the perfect stem. The last you have already encountered: voco, vocare, vocavi and doceo, docere, docui.   You need to go back through your vocabulary cards and now, if you have not already done so, list all four principal parts of the Latin verbs.
62.	Again, all forms of sum must be memorized. This one, however, is not too hard if you remember the perfect form, fui. Take off the long -i and your root is fu-. Add the perfect endings to fu-. I have always pronounced the first person singular, fui as "phooey."
63.	Hopefully this, too, is obvious. adsum is what Roman students would say when roll is called, "I am here."

 

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