# Latin for beginners (1911)

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Plate I
“LENTULUS AD VILLAM SUAM PROPERAVIT” (See page 207)
LATIN FOR BEGINNERS
BY
BENJAMIN L. D'OOGE, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR IN THE MICHIGAN STATE NORMAL COLLEGE
GINN AND COMPANY
BOSTON • NEW YORK • CHICAGO • LONDON ATLANTA . DALLAS . COLUMBUS • SAN FRANCISCO
COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1911, BY BENJAMIN L. D'OOGE
ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
615.10
The Athenæum Press
GINN AND COMPANY • PROPRIETORS • BOSTON • U.S.A.
FILIOLO • MEO
QUI • ME • NON • SOLUM • DICENDA
SED • ETIAM • TACENDA • DOCUIT
HOC • OPUSCULUM • EST
DEDICATUM
CONTENTS
| lesson | | page |
| To the Student — By way of Introduction | To the Student — By way of Introduction | 1-4 |
| PART I. THE PRONUNCIATION OF LATIN |||
| Alphabet, Sounds of the Letters, Syllables, Quantity, Accent, How to Read Latin | Alphabet, Sounds of the Letters, Syllables, Quantity, Accent, How to Read Latin | 5-11 |
| PART II. WORDS AND FORMS |||
| I, II, III, IV,V, VI. | First Principles — Subject and Predicate, Inflection, Number, Nominative Subject, Possessive Genitive, Agreement of Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object, etc. — Dialogue | 12-24 |
| VII-VIII. | First or Ā-Declension — Gender, Agreement of Adjectives, Word Order | 25-30 |
| IX-X. | Second or O-Declension — General Rules for Declension — Predicate Noun, Apposition — Dialogue | 31-35 |
| XI. | Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions | 36-37 |
| XII. | Nouns in -ius and -ium — Germānia | 38-39 |
| XIII. | Second Declension (Continued) — Nouns in -er and -ir — Italia — Dialogue | 39-41 |
| XIV. | Possessive Adjective Pronouns | 42-43 |
| XV. | Ablative denoting With — Cause, Means, Accompaniment, Manner — The Romans Prepare for War | 44-46 |
| XVI. | The Nine Irregular Adjectives | 46-47 |
| XVII. | The Demonstrative is, ea, id — Dialogue | 48-50 |
| XVIII. | Conjugation — Present, Imperfect, and Future of sum — Dialogue | 51-53 |
| XIX. | Present Active Indicative of amō and moneō | 54-56 |
| XX. | Imperfect Active Indicative of amō and moneō — Meaning of the Imperfect — Niobe and her Children. | 56-57 |
| XXI. | Future Active Indicative of amō and moneō — Niobe and her Children (Concluded) | 58-59 |
| XXII. | Review of Verbs — The Dative with Adjectives — Cornelia and her Jewels | 59-61 ​ |
| XXIII. | Present Active Indicative of regō and audiō — Cornelia and her Jewels (Concluded) | 61-63 |
| XXIV. | Imperfect Active Indicative of regō and audiō — The Dative with Special Intransitive Verbs | 63-65 |
| XXV. | Future Active Indicative of of regō and audiō | 65-66 |
| XXVI. | Verbs in -iō — Present, Imperfect, and Future Active Indicative of capiō — The Imperative | 66-68 |
| XXVII. | Passive Voice — Present, Imperfect, and Future Indicative of amō and moneō — Perseus and Andromeda | 68-72 |
| XXVIII. | Present, Imperfect, and Future Indicative Passive of regō and audiō — Perseus and Andromeda (Continued) | 72-73 |
| XXIX. | Present, Imperfect, and Future Indicative Passive of -iō Verbs — Present Passive Infinitive and Imperative | 73-75 |
| XXX. | Synopses in the Four Conjugations — The Ablative denoting From — Place from Which, Separation , Personal Agent | 75-78 |
| XXXI. | Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect of sum — Dialogue | 79-81 |
| XXXII. | Perfect Active Indicative of the Four Regular Conjugations — Meaning of the Perfect — Perseus and Andromeda (Continued) | 81-83 |
| XXXIII. | Pluperfect and Future Perfect Active Indicative — Perfect Active Infinitive | 84-85 |
| XXXIV. | Review of the Active Voice — Perseus and Andromeda (Concluded) | 86-87 |
| XXXV. | Passive Perfects of the Indicative — Perfect Passive and Future Active Infinitive | 88-90 |
| XXXVI. | Review of Principal Parts — Prepositions, Yes-or-No Questions | 90-93 |
| XXXVII. | Conjugation of possum — The Infinitive used as in English — Accusative Subject of an Infinitive — The Faithless Tarpeia | 93-96 |
| XXXVIII. | The Relative Pronoun and the Interrogative Pronoun — Agreement of the relative — The Faithless Tarpeia (Concluded) | 97-101 |
| XXXIX-XLI. | The Third Declension — Consonant Stems | 101-106 |
| XLII. | Review Lesson — Terror Cimbricus | 107 |
| XLIII. | Third Declension — I-Stems | 108-110 ​ |
| XLIV. | Irregular Nouns of the Third Declension — Gender in the Third Declension— The First Bridge over the Rhine | 111-112 |
| XLV. | Adjectives of the Third Declension— The Romans Invade the Enemy's Country | 113-115 |
| XLVI. | The Fourth or U-Declension 116-117 |
| XLVII. | Expressions of Place — Place to Which, Place from Which, Place at or in Which, the Locative — Declension of domus — Dædalus and Icarus | 117-121 |
| XLVIII. | The Fifth or Ē-Declension — Ablative of Time — Dædalus and Icarus (Continued) | 121-123 |
| XLIX. | Pronouns — Personal and Reflexive Pronouns — Dædalus and Icarus (Concluded) | 123-126 |
| L. | The Intensive Pronoun ipse and the Demonstrative īdem — How Horatius Held the Bridge | 126-127 |
| LI. | The Demonstratives hic, iste, ille — A German Chieftain Addresses his Followers — How Horatius Held the Bridge (Continued) | 128-130 |
| LII. | The Indefinite Pronouns — How Horatius Held the Bridge (Concluded) | 130-132 |
| LIII. | Regular Comparison of Adjectives | 133-i35 |
| LIV. | Irregular Comparison of Adjectives — Ablative with Comparatives | 135-136 |
| LV. | Irregular Comparison of Adjectives (Continued) — Declension of plūs | 137-138 |
| LVI. | Irregular Comparison of Adjectives (Concluded) — Ablative of the Measure of Difference | 138-139 |
| LVII. | Formation and Comparison of Adverbs | 140-142 |
| LVIII. | Numerals — Partitive Genitive | 142-144 |
| LIX. | Numerals (Continued) — Accusative of Extent — Cæsar in Gaul | 144-146 |
| LX. | Deponent Verbs — Prepositions with the Accusative | 146-147 |
| PART III. CONSTRUCTIONS |||
| LXI. | The Subjunctive Mood — Inflection of the Present — Indicative and Subjunctive Compared | 148-151 |
| LXII. | The Subjunctive of Purpose | 151-153 |
| LXIII. | Inflection of the Imperfect Subjunctive — Sequence of Tenses | 153-155 |
| LXIV. | Inflection of the Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive — Substantive Clauses of Purpose | 156-159 ​ |
| LXV. | Subjunctive of possum — Verbs of Fearing | 160-161 |
| LXVI. | The Participles — Tenses and Declension | 161-164 |
| LXVII. | The Irregular Verbs volō, nōlō, mālō — ablative Absolute | 164-166 |
| LXVIII. | The Irregular Verb fiō — Subjunctive of Result | 167-168 |
| LXIX. | Subjunctive of Characteristic — Predicate Accusative | 169-171 |
| LXX. | Constructions with cum — Ablative of Specification | 171-173 |
| LXXI. | Vocabulary Review — Gerund and Gerundive — Predicate Genitive | 173-177 |
| LXXII. | The Irregular Verb eō — Indirect Statements | 177-180 |
| LXXIII. | Vocabulary Review — The Irregular Verb ferō — Dative with Compounds | 181-183 |
| LXXIV. | Vocabulary Reviews — Subjunctive in Indirect Questions | 183-185 |
| LXXV. | Vocabulary Review — Dative of Purpose or End for Which | 185-186 |
| LXXVI. | Vocabulary Review — Genitive and Ablative of Quality or Description | 186-188 |
| LXXVII. | Review of Agreement — Review of the Genitive, Dative, and Accusative | 189-190 |
| LXXVIII. | Review of the Ablative | 191-192 |
| LXXIX. | Review of the Syntax of Verbs | 192-193 |
| READING MATTER |||
| Introductory Suggestions | Introductory Suggestions | 194-195 |
| The Labors of Hercules | The Labors of Hercules | 196-203 |
| P. Cornelius Lentulus: The Story of a Roman Boy | P. Cornelius Lentulus: The Story of a Roman Boy | 204-225 |
| APPENDIXES AND VOCABULARIES |||
| Appendix I. Tables of Declensions, Conjugations, Numerals, etc | Appendix I. Tables of Declensions, Conjugations, Numerals, etc | 226-260 |
| Appendix II. Rules of Syntax | Appendix II. Rules of Syntax | 261-264 |
| Appendix III. Reviews | Appendix III. Reviews | 265-282 |
| Special Vocabularies | Special Vocabularies | 283-298 |
| Latin-English Vocabulary | Latin-English Vocabulary | 299-331 |
| English-Latin Vocabulary | English-Latin Vocabulary | 332-343 |
| INDEX | INDEX | 344-348 |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
Plate I
       "LENTULUS AD VILLAM SUAM PROPERAVIT" — Frontispiece
             By E. Forti, Rome. From a facsimile colored under the direction of the artist.
Plate II
       "STABIANA PORTA URBEM INGRESSI SUNT" — 52
             By E. Forti, Rome. From a facsimile colored under the direction of the artist.
Plate III
       CAPTIVI INTERROGANTUR — 148
             By Edmund H. Garrett, Boston. From an original painting in oil.
Plate IV
       "ECCE CAESAR NUNC TRIUMPHAT" — 212
             By Edmund H. Garrett, Boston. From an original painting in oil.
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