Chapter 7: Chapter
Notes
- The verb for "to dare":
audeö,
audëre, ausus sum
Like dëbeö
("to owe/should"), audeö
can, but does not always, take a complementary
infinitive.
- e.g.
Audetne
rëgïnam necäre?
~ You dare to kill a queen?
- Monëbimus
rëgem, sed audëbit.
~We will warn the king, but he will dare.
- Littera, litterae, f. - the noun for
"letter"
Singular -> a particular letter of the alphabet; e.g. "x"
Plural -> a text (i.e., a group of letters); e.g. a letter
- e.g. Litteräs
Cicerönis vidëmus humanae
esse.
~ We see Cicero's letter is humane.
- Litterae
Cicerönis humanae sunt.
~ Cicero's letters are humane.
- sub - "under", prep + abl or acc - used w/
Verbs and Location
- Verbs
Motion: The river runs under the bridge - sub + acc
Rest; The valley lies under the mountain - sub + abl
- Locational: "to be under" - sub + abl
- Litterae sub
corpore Cicerönis est.
~ The letter is under Cicero's
body.
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