Welcome back!
We’ll warm up in our first class using verbs, nouns and prepositions.
Questions to review
Can you identify:
- what do each of the three items in the dictionary form for a noun mean? Example:
- filius, filii (m.)
- what three pieces of information fully identify the form of a noun? Example:
- filiorum
- what do each of the four items in the dictionary form for a verb mean? Example:
- dico, dicĕre, dixi, dictus
- what five pieces of information fully identify the form of a verb? Example:
- dixit
Vocabulary to review
The dictionary form for a preposition has only two pieces of information: the (unchanging) form, and the case of the noun used with it. For example, an entry like
per + acc.
means that nouns used with the preposition per are in the accusative case. To express the idea “throughout the night” (nox, noctis, f.), you could use the phrase per noctem.
Here is a list of all the prepositions used frequently in Hyginus. Review the list, and try the interactive exercise below.