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Welcome back to Latin 101

Welcome back to Latin 101. Pronunciation Some history Latin mottos. 1. Pronunciation. Vowels, diphthongs, consonants. 1. Pronunciation (cont.). Word accent (for words of three syllables or more): Rule: Accent the penult, unless the penult is short (in which case, accent the antepenult).

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Welcome back to Latin 101

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  1. Welcome back to Latin 101 Pronunciation Some history Latin mottos

  2. 1. Pronunciation • Vowels, diphthongs, consonants

  3. 1. Pronunciation (cont.) • Word accent (for words of three syllables or more): Rule: Accent the penult, unless the penult is short (in which case, accent the antepenult).

  4. 1. Pronunciation (cont.)Try this: • Virgil, Aeneid 1.1–11 Armavirumquecanō, TrōiaequīprīmusabōrīsĪtaliam, fātōprofugus, Laviniaquevēnitlītora, multumille et terrīsiactātuset altōvīsuperumsaevaememoremIunōnisobīram;multaquoque et bellōpassus, dumcondereturbem,…

  5. 1. Pronunciation (cont.)Try this (cont.): • Virgil, Aeneid 1.1–11 (cont.) inferretquedeōsLatiō, genus undeLatīnum, Albānīquepatrēs, atquealtaemoeniaRōmae. Mūsa, mihicausāsmemorā, quōnūminelaesō,quidvedolens, rēgīnadeum tot volverecāsūsinsignempietātevirum, tot adīrelabōrēsimpulerit. Tantaeneanimīscaelestibusīrae?

  6. 1. PronunciationTake dictation: (From p. 41 of Introduction to Latin)

  7. 1. PronunciationFollow-up: • Compare some different approaches to pronunciation of Virgil, Aeneid 1.1–11: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/poetry_and_prose/Aeneid.1.intro.html http://www.rhapsodes.fll.vt.edu/Aeneid1/aeneid1.htm http://www.poetaexmachina.net/

  8. 2. Some historyLatin and English as Indo-European siblings

  9. 2. Some historyLatin and English as Indo-European siblings

  10. 2. Some historyLatin’s historical influence on English

  11. 2. Some historyLatin: one of several ancient “Italic” languages From Philip Baldi, Foundations of Latin

  12. 2. Some historyBorrowings from Greek into Latin

  13. 2. Some historyA writing system adapted from the Greek

  14. 2. Some historyLatin: the language of the Romans A fragment from the Annales of Ennius (early 2nd c. BCE): mōribusantīquīsrēs stat Rōmānavirisque The Roman republic is founded on ancient customs and on men

  15. 2. Some historyBuilding a national language Cicero, De oratore1.144: utpūrē et Latīnēloquāmur that we may speak purely and Latinly Cicero, Tusculanaedisputationes 1.1 Why have I decided to set forth (Greek) philosophy in Latin writing (litterīsLatīnīs)? Not because philosophy could not be comprehended in Greek writing and with Greek instructors, but rather because I have always believed that our ancestors either invented things on their own more wisely than the Greeks or improved the things they received from them (anything, that is, they deemed worth the effort).

  16. 2. Some historyA language of empire

  17. 2. Some historySchematic timeline of Roman history and Latin authors http://prezi.com/lg2ryxvudqzw/timeline-of-latin-authors-and-roman-history/

  18. 3. Latin mottosChoose any three to memorize 4. felix qui potuitrērumcognoscerecausās(Virgil) Lucky (is he) who could learn the causes of things. 5. Graecia captaferumvictōremcēpit(Horace) Captured Greece captured her fierce conqueror. 6. parceresubiectīs et debellāresuperbōs (Virgil) To spare the submissive and crush the proud. 1. mōribusantīquīsrēs stat Rōmānavirīsque(Ennius) The Roman republic is founded on ancient customs and on men 2. ōrātorest, Marcefīlī, vir bonus dīcendīperītus(Cato the Censor) An orator, son Marcus, is a good man skilled at speaking. 3. Rem tenē, verbasequentur(Cato the Censor) Hold on to the topic: the words will follow.

  19. 3. Latin mottosA mix-n-match toolkit to make your own three-word motto NB1—Be ready to dictate your motto to us at the next class-meeting! NB2—Standard word-order is subject-object-verb, but you can vary this order if you think it sounds better.

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