Perseus 6 Perfect Passive Verbs Getting Started version 2 10.28.22.docx

ANNVS SEC * MĀTERIA LATĪNITĀS MG TABERNĀRIĪ * MMDCCLXXVI DĒ VERBĪS IN FORMĪS * 05.15.23 PĒNSA RĒS GRAMMATICA OBIECTIVE: to recognize perfect passive verbs in Latin: how to recognize them and how to translate them. A). PERFECT PASSIVE VERBS perfect tense - completed action in the past; passive v...

ANNVS SEC * MĀTERIA LATĪNITĀS MG TABERNĀRIĪ * MMDCCLXXVI DĒ VERBĪS IN FORMĪS * 05.15.23 PĒNSA RĒS GRAMMATICA OBIECTIVE: to recognize perfect passive verbs in Latin: how to recognize them and how to translate them. A). PERFECT PASSIVE VERBS perfect tense - completed action in the past; passive voice - happened to the subject; How to conjugate perfect passive verbs in Latin; look up your verb in the dictionary focus on the 4th principal part (participle) change the ending to match the subject; gender and number; add the correct form of the verb to be (sum. esse) this is a compound verb - 2 separate words; but n.b.v; word order in Latin is flexible. B). EXEMPLA GRATIA please review the following Latin sentences using perfect passive verbs. Dominus vīsus est. videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus vīsus (4th part) vīsus (dominus is masc / sing) + est (singular) Dominus vīsus est. The master was seen. Epistula scrīpta est. scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus scrīptus (4th part) scrīpta (epistulā is fem / sing) + est (singular) Epistula scrīpta est. - The letter was written. Librī lēctī sunt. lēgō, legere, lēgī, lectus lēctus (4th part) lēctī (librī = masc / pl) + erant (plural) Lēctī sunt librī. - The books had been read. Nāvēs in mare nāvigātae erant. nāvigō, nāvigāre, nāvigavī, nāvigātus nāvigātus (4th part) nāvigātae (Nāvēs = fem / pl) + erant (plural) Nāvēs in mare nāvigātae erant. - The ships had been sailed. remember; your participle has to agree with the subject; masculine / feminine / neuter singular / plural your verb has to agree with the subject; singular - sum; es; est plural - sumus; estis; sunt C). COMPLVRIMA EXĒMPLA GRĀTIA Ā PERSEĪ FABVLĀ now let’s do a few more of these with examples from our story of Perseus and his adventures. (These are everywhere in real Latin and you have to be able to recognize them at once.) e.g. Danaē īnfantemque eius in arcā ōlim inclūsī ērant. meaning; they had been enclosed (pluperfect). e.g. Et arca lignea ā servīs rēgis in mare tum coniecta est. meaning; it was thrown (perfect) Mare illō tempore ā tempestāte magnā turbātum erat, meaning; __________________________ sed tōta rēs ā Iove vīsa est, et aquae maris ab eō tandem tranquillum factae sunt. meaning of 1st perfect passive verb; __________________________ sed tōta rēs ā Iove vīsa est, et aquae maris ab eō tandem tranquillum factae sunt. meaning of 2nd perfect passive verb; __________________________ Arca ipsa autem ad īnsulā Serīphōs ab immortālibus dēducta est. meaning; __________________________ Post multōs annōs vīta in īnsulā ācta ab Perseō et mātre eius est; meaning; __________________________ Sed iuvenis ūnō diē advocātus ad rēgem subitō est; meaning; __________________________ Māter suā īnsulā Serīphosque ā Perseō igitur relictae sunt. meaning; __________________________ Cēterae Gorgōnēs statim ē somnō excitātae sunt. meaning; __________________________ Ubi cēterae Gorgōnēs mortem Medūsae vīderant, magnā īrā commōtae sunt meaning; __________________________ Medūsa enim ā Perseō ūnō ictū statim occīsa erat. meaning; __________________________ Ōrāculum ā rēge Cēpheō dē īrā deī cōnsulātum est. meaning; __________________________ Respōnsum ōrāculī dē fīliā suā Cēpheō audītum est. meaning; __________________________ Animus rēgis ā magnō dolōre complētus est. meaning; __________________________ Dolor magnus in animō sēnsus ā rēge Cēpheō est. meaning; __________________________ Andromeda ā patre suō est mōnstrō saevissimō sacrificāta. meaning; __________________________ Omnēs hominēs in urbe territī ā mōnstrō saevissimō ē marī sunt. meaning; __________________________ Quod deus maris, Neptūnus nōmine, offēnsus ā Cēpheō erat, meaning; __________________________ Hoc mōnstrum ā deō Neptūnō ad rēgum regis missum erat. meaning; __________________________ Et multī hominēs Athiōpēs dēvorātī ā mōnstrō saevissimō cotīdiē sunt. meaning; __________________________ Omnēs haec rēs in Aethiopiā observātae ā Perseō sunt. meaning; __________________________