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The Commissatio. Chapter Thirty-Four. Cena - Roman meal; major occasion in daily routine Poculum -drinking-cup Merum - undiluted wine; thick and sweet wine Secundae mensae - dessert course Commissatio - drinking party for male guests
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The Commissatio Chapter Thirty-Four
Cena-Roman meal; major occasion in daily routine • Poculum-drinking-cup • Merum-undiluted wine; thick and sweet wine • Secundaemensae-dessert course • Commissatio-drinking party for male guests • Coronae-garlands worn on heads or around necks of guests • Flores-flowers for the garlands (esp. roses and violets) • Apium-parsley for the garland • Hedera-ivy for the garland • Unguenta-perfumes applied to face and hair; sometimes mixed with wine • Arbiter bibendi-master of drinking; determined the strength of wine to be drunk • Tali-knucklebones; oblong, rounded at two ends; dice • Fritillus-cylindrical box for tali • Venus-highest throw when all four tali came up all different • Canis-poor throw with four “ones” • Senio-poor throw with a combination of sixes • Cyathi-measures of water to be added to the wince Commissatio Terminology
1. Trim the edge off of a paper plate to form the base for the crown. • 2. Cut a space in one side and trim the ends to make points. • 3. Cut narrow leaf shapes from the green paper. • 4. Starting at one end of the wreath base, glue the leaves onto the base. Stop halfway around the base and start at the opposite end. • 5. Tie red ribbon around the crown at the halfway point. How to Make a Laurel-Wreath Crown
PLUS VINI VOCABULARIA More wine
CREO, -ARE, -AVI, -ATUS VOCABULARIA To appoint
PRUDENTIOR VOCABULARIA wiser
QUAM VOCABULARIA than
PRUDENTER VOCABULARIA Wisely, sensibly
NIMIS VOCABULARIA Too much
POSCO, POSCERE, POPOSCI VOCABULARIA To demand, ask for
MISCEO, MISCERE, MISCUI, MIXTUS VOCABULARIA To mix
SINO, SINERE, SIVI, SITUS VOCABULARIA To allow
HAURIO, HAURIRE, HAUSI, HAUSTUS VOCABULARIA To drain
MODUS, -I, m. VOCABULARIA Way, method
CURA, -AE, f. VOCABULARIA care
INVOCO, -ARE, -AVI, -ATUS VOCABULARIA To invoke, call upon
COLLAPSUS EST VOCABULARIA He collapsed
PESSIMUS, -A, -UM VOCABULARIA worst
Verbs 1. creo, -are, -avi, -atus 2. posco, poscere, poposci 3. misceo, miscere, miscui, mixtus 4. sino, sinere, sivi, situs 5. haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus 6. invoco, -are, -avi, -atus 7. Collapsusest • Nouns • 1. modus, -i, m • 2.cura, -ae, f • Phrase • 1. Plus vini • Adjectives • 1. prudentior • 2.pessimus, -a, -um • Adverbs • 1. quam • 2.prudenter • 3.nimis Check Your Vocab List
Cornelius’ dinner party continues with a commissatio: Plūsvīnīestallātum, et omnibus convīvīscorōnaeflōrumdataesunt. Aliīcorōnāsrosārum, aliīhederaecorōnāsinduērunt. Gaiusapiōmodosēcorōnāvit, sedTituset rosāset unguentapoposcit, namin popīnāprope Forum multumvīnumiambiberat. FABULA
Ūnus ē convīvīs, cui nōmeneratMessalla, clāmāvit, “Quiscreābiturarbiterbibendī?” “Nōntucertē, Messalla,” inquitalter. “Aliīvinum sine aquābibunt, sedtuaquam sine vīnōbibis.” FABULA
Cui Messala, “Cur nōnGaiusipse? Quisenimestprūdentior quam Gaius? Illeenimaquam et vīnumprūdentermiscēbit, nequesinetconvīvāsnimisvīnībibere.” FABULA
“Minimē!” interpellatTitusmagnāvōce. “Hōcmodōcreārearbitrumnōnlicet. Fertālōs! Nōn nisi tālīsrēctēcreāturarbiterbibendī.” Paulispertacēbantomnēs. TumGaius, “Estō! Fertalōs! Necesseestomniarēctēfacere.” FABULA
Statimigiturtālī cum fritillōallātī in mēnsāpositīsunt. Ā Gaiōprīmōiactīsunttālī. “Estsēniō!” ab omnibus clāmātumest. Deindeūnus ē convīvīstālōsmīsit. “Canis!” omnēscum rīsūclāmāvērunt. Identidemtālīmissīsunt, sednēmōVeneremiēcit. FABULA
Tandem Titustālōsarripit et in fritillōmagnā cum cūrāponit. “MeumHerculem,” inquit, “invocō.” Tumfritillumvehementermovet. OmnēsTitumattentēspectant. Subitōmittunturtālī. FABULA
“Est Venus!” exclāmatTitus. “Vīcī! Vīcī! Herculēsmihifavet! Nunctempus estbibendī. Iubeōduāspartēsaquae et trēspartēsvīnī.” Prīmumtamenmerumarripit et pōculumsuumcomplet. “Benetibi, Gaī!” clāmatet pōculumstatimhaurit. “Benetibi, Messalla!” clāmat et iterumpōculumhaurit. Subitōcollāpsusest. FABULA
“Non benetibi, Tite!” inquitGaius. “Ēheu! Nimisvīnīiamhausistī.” ServīTitumvīnōoppressumauferunt. Tituseratbibendīarbiterpessimusomnium. FABULA
Adjectives are words that ________, ________, or _____________________ • POSTIVE • An adjective is POSITIVE if it applies • Adjectives to describe the dog…….. • Adjectives can be _____/______ declension: ______ declension describe compare To give highest degree 1st 2nd 3rd Building the MeaningComparison of Adjectives OR
COMPARATIVE • Adjectives are comparative when we compare TWO things or people • One dog is ________________ than the other. • In English we add ______ but in Latin we add ______ for masculine and feminine and _____ for neuter. • This adjective uses only _____ declension endings. • It can be translated as more ___, ____er, or rather _____. Or too ___. • Irregulars: • Better_________ Worse_______ Bigger_______ Smaller________ More______ _________ Bigger/smaller -ER -IOR -IUS 2 melior minor peior maior plus plures
SUPERLATIVE • Used when comparing more than 2 things or people • This dog is ________________. • In English we add ______ but in Latin we add __________ -a, -um. This is a ____/_____ declension adjective. • It can be translated as most ___, ____est, or very _____. • Some adjectives that end in ____ add rimus • Some adjectives that end in _______ add limus • Irregulars: • Best__________ Worst___________ Smallest__________ Biggest___________ Most___________ Biggest -EST -ISSIMUS 1st 2nd -ER -LIS optimus pessimus minimus maximus plurimus