Exempla antiqua

Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners

Dative Possessive Possessive Pronouns Reflexive

Cinerary chest

DIS·MANIBVS·M·DOMITI
VS·PRIMIGENIVS·FECITSIBI
ET·SVIS·LIBERTTIS·LIBERTABVSQ
POSTERISQVEEORUM

Dīs mānibus M. Domitius Prīmigenius fēcit sibi et suīs libertīs libertābusque posterīsque eōrum.

Sculpted scene of male figure standing on pedestal making an offering to a reclining female figure. Two smaller figures at each side hold food and wine.

Marble cinerary urn with lid. Roman ca. A.D. 90–110. British Museum 27.122.2a, b (Fletcher Fund, 1927)

Dative of purpose Double dative

Lucius Albinius and the Vestals

CIL 6.1272 / 6.31583

http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi_einzel.php?s_sprache=en&p_belegstelle=CIL+06,+01272

Fragmentary inscription

[L(ucius) Albinius f(ilius)] // [cum Galli ob]siderent Capitolium / [virgines Ve]stales Caere deduxit / [ibi sacra at]que ritus sollemnes ne / [intermitte]rentur curai sibi habuit / [urbe recup]erata sacra et virgines / [Romam rev]exit

Translation from http://attalus.org/docs/cil/elogia.html

[L. Albinius, son of . . .]; led the Vestal [Virgins] to Caere, [when the Gauls] besieged the Capitol. [There] he took care that the sacred objects and rites were not disregarded. When [the city was recovered], he brought the sacred objects and the Virgins back [to Rome].

Dative with adj

Martial 14.36

Ferramenta tonsoria
Tondendīs haec arma tibi sunt apta capillīs;
unguibus hic longīs utilis, illa genīs.

aptus + dat.

Dative with adj Numbers Pres pass indic Relative

Martial 6.1

Sextus mittitur hic tibi libellus,

inprīmīs mihi cārē Mārtiālis:

quem sī terseris aure dīligentī,

audēbit minus ānxius tremēnsque

magnās Caesaris in manūs venīre.

Shelmerdine 12: carus + dat., numbers, si

Shelmerdine 13: Relative pron.

Shelmerdine 14: Present passive

Vocab

libellus, libellī, m. liber parvus
inprīmīs especially
tergeō, tergēre, tersī, tersus to wipe, clean
auris, auris, f. ear
dīligens, diligentis careful, scrupulous
ānxius, -a, -um anxious, uneasy
tremēns, trementis trembling, fearful
manus, manūs, f. hand (manūs here acc. pl.)

If you wait until ch. 16, don’t need to gloss manus; and tremens forms a good lead in to pres. act. ppl. in ch. 17.

Dative with adj

Similarity of humans and animals

Cicero, De natura deorum 1.97

Quid, canis nonne similis lupo?—atque, ut Ennius,
simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis!—

Varro, De lingua Latina 10.4

Sic dicitur similis homo homini, equus equo, et dissimilis homo equo

 

(dis)similis + dative

Dative

Altars

RIB 2150

DEAE

Deae

RIB 1693

DEO MERCVRIO

Deo Mercurio

RIB 1684

FORTVNAE 
P R 
G IVL RAETICVS  LEG VI VICT

Fortunae  p(opuli) R(omani)  G(aius) Iul(ius) Raeticus leg(ionis) VI Vict(ricis)

3rd decl adj Adj agreement Adjectives Dative

Helena epitaph

Funerary monument, depicting a dog, and possibly for the dog.

CIL 6.19190

Monument depicting dog above inscription

Gravestone of Helena; Unknown; Roman Empire; 150 – 200; Marble; 61 x 31.5 cm (24 x 12 3/8 in.); 71.AA.271

HELENAE ALVMNAE

ANIMAE

INCOMPARABILI ET

BENEMERENTI

Helenae alumnae animae incomparabili et benemerenti

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6727/unknown-maker-grave-stele-for-helena-roman-150-200/

See also: Online Companion to The Worlds of Roman Women http://www2.cnr.edu/home/araia/helena.html