Exempla antiqua

Nam et uxōrem dūcere et nōn dūcere malum est.

Dulcis amor patriae, dulce vidēre suōs.

Salvom [=salvum] lavisse

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Spoken by Cassandra:

Note use of iuvāre “to please”

Shelmerdine 14 – present passive system

Shelmerdine 13 – relative pronoun

(One of the Sententiae Antiquae in Wheelock 18)

Laetus sum laudārī … abs tē, pater, laudātō virō.

Cicero, Ad Fam. 5.12.7

Nōn amō tē, Sabidī, nec possum dīcere quārē.

Hoc tantum possum dīcere, nōn amō tē.

Possum and personal pronouns – Ch. 7

Dico – Ch. 8

Issa est passere nequior Catulli,
Issa est purior osculo columbae,
Issa est blandior omnibus puellis,
Issa est carior Indicis lapillis,
Issa est deliciae catella Publi.     5
Hanc tu, si queritur, loqui putabis;
sentit tristitiamque gaudiumque.
Collo nixa cubat capitque somnos,
ut suspiria nulla sentiantur;
et desiderio coacta uentris     10
gutta pallia non fefellit ulla,
sed blando pede suscitat toroque
deponi monet et rogat leuari.
Castae tantus inest pudor catellae,
ignorat Venerem; nec inuenimus     15
dignum tam tenera uirum puella.
Hanc ne lux rapiat suprema totam,
picta Publius exprimit tabella,
in qua tam similem uidebis Issam,
ut sit tam similis sibi nec ipsa.     20
Issam denique pone cum tabella:
aut utramque putabis esse ueram,
aut utramque putabis esse pictam.

Textbooks notes:

In Shelmerdine, comparative adjectives (ch. 21) are 2 chapters after indirect statement (ch. 19), so could read most of it. Could revisit when get to purpose and result (lines 17–20).

In Wheelock, the sequence is indirect statement (25), comparatives (26 & 27), purpose (28), result (29).

Handout with interlinear translation (omits a couple of lines) and grammar exercises at

http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/Latin1000/Readings/1020B/29Martial22.pdf