Class Notes

09/18/2014

Passive Periphrastic:
mihi laborandum est add 3rd person singular of esse passive
periphrastic
militibus desiliendum erat
pugnandum
consistendum

Trouble Verbs:
consisto, consistere, constiti to stop/halt (stand, after walking)
constitui, constituere, constitui, consitutum to decide/set up
consto, constare, constiti to agree
consuesco, consuescere, consuevi, consuetum to become
accustomed, inure oneself

Supine:
Looks like a 4th declension noun
Used in 2 forms ablative and accusative singular
ex. In English we say miserabile visu/dictum miserable to see
or say
In the accusative, the supine expresses purpose (*dont use infinitives
because those are not supposed to express purpose*)
ex. rogatum = to ask

Vocab:
Dactylic Hexameter Can never be long, short, long; consists of dactyl
and anceps
Dactyl long, short, short (like a finger)
o Not done through stress, but via length
Spondee long, long
Anceps last single syllable (X), doesnt matter if its long or short
Hexameter 6 feet (1 foot = two feet)
Syllables defined by the number of vowels
Diphthong two vowels that are pronounced together for one syllable
ex. ae, oe
Elision Combining of two words
Back-to-back Vowels Elision and reduction to one syllable, but always
if a word ends in an m and the next words starts with a vowel, then the m
gets cut off, then elision to the next word
Hiatus A yawn; a lack of elision where there could be one

 Always Long:
The first syllable
Dipthongs (ae, oe, eu)
Dative and ablative plurals (is, is)

Ablative feminine singular

Genitive plural (orum, arum)
Accusative masculine/feminine plural (os, as)
Any vowel before two constants or an x or a z (h doesnt count)
l and r sometimes (l and r are liquids)
De as a prefix to a verb

Always Short:

Que will always be short

ends in ibus

Important Scansion Notes:

Qu the u doesnt count

is pronounced as ys that are replaced with js, dont count
Third declension neuter nouns tend to be dactyls (long, short,
short)
Short can sometimes be long by position, but long can never be
short
Notate over vowels, as they are the ones possessing the quantity
Elision occurs when m is before a vowel, or there are two
vowels; always takes the marking of the second syllable
Names beginning with i can often count as Js (Iuno, Iulius)