Latin 201: Grammar overview and diagnostic exercise This is a brief overview of the grammatical knowledge you should

have mastered in Latin 101 and 102, or their e uivalent! "t is your res#onsibility to know this material already! Therefore for anything you don$t know it is your res#onsibility to re%learn it swiftly & " am ha##y to hel# as much as #ossible, but " will not be systematically covering this material on class time! 'ote that (mastery) of the material means that you can correctly #roduce or inter#ret it without outside aids! 'ow, inevitably you cannot remember everything, so don$t worry if there are one or two #roblem s#ots & you will certainly be looking u# many things on a regular basis *ust to double%check yourself, and this is not disastrous, but if you need to look u# ever form and each construction you see, your reading #rogress will become #ainfully slow! "f you have more than a few #roblem s#ots you ought to seem me as soon as #ossible to discuss your best o#tions! +s far as the structure of this handout, note that the same material a##ears in essentially twice, in two formats! The first is my summary of the materials, the second is sim#ly the table of contents of Wheelocks Latin ,-th edition., the textbook for Latin101%102! /ou are of course free to use either or both to guide your #ersonal diagnostics! Homework for Monday: choose either my overview ,##! 1%2. or the 0heelock Table of 1ontents ,##! 2%2., #rint it off, and #ut your name on it! 'ow read it through in its entirety and mark any material with which you are uncomfortable in the following way: underline once 3 rusty but will be o#erational soon, underline twice 3 #oor or no gras# of the indicated material ,if you #refer to do two colors of highlighter that$s fine, *ust indicate what each color means.! 4y 5verview 6orms & you should be able to7 'ouns ,have number, gender, case.: decline ,#roduce the forms for all cases in singular and #lural. a masculine, feminine, and ,if a##licable. neuter noun of all five declensions! 8ronouns ,have number, gender, case.: decline the demonstrative, #ersonal, intensive, reflexive, and relative #ronouns! +d*ectives ,have number, gender, case.: decline both 1st92nd%declension ad*ectives ,%us9%a9%um ad*ectives. and 2rd declension ad*ectives: form and decline the com#arative and su#erlative degrees! +dverbs: create adverbs from ad*ectives: form the com#arative and su#erlative degrees of adverbs! ;erbs ,have number, #erson, voice, tense, mood.: con*ugate verbs of 1st, 2nd, 2rd, 2rd%io, and <th con*ugations, as well as form their infinitives, #artici#les, gerund, and su#ine ,note you do not need to know the future im#erative forms.: likewise for the im#ortant irregular verbs sum, #ossum, fero, volo, malo, nolo, fio, and eo! =sage & you should be able to recogni>e, translate, and9or correctly #roduce the following 'ouns, ad*ectives, and #ronouns & 1ases: /ou should know the six cases and the basic uses for each, as well as a number of s#ecific named uses o 'ominative: sub*ect, #redicate nominative o Genitive: #ossessive, #artitive, ob*ective

o ?ative: indirect ob*ect, #ossessor, agent, with certain intransitive verbs, with some com#ound verbs, of reference o +ccusative: direct ob*ect, accusative of extent of time or s#ace, sub*ect of sentence in indirect statement o +blative: accom#animent, manner, means, #ersonal agent, #lace where, #lace from which, com#arison, descri#tion, s#ecification, se#aration, time when or within which, with certain de#onent verbs, ablative absolute o ;ocative =ses of the infinitive com#lementary sub*ective indirect statement uses of the su#ine relative clauses: relative clauses of characteristic indirect discourse & how Latin forms it and how @nglish forms the e uivalent: o indirect statement o indirect uestion o indirect command ,a!k!a! *ussive noun clause or substantive clause of #ur#ose. conditions #assive #eri#hrastic uses of the gerund and gerundive *ussive9hortatory sub*unctives se uence of tenses for sub*unctive verbs in subordinate clauses result clauses ,a!k!a! consecutive clauses, or adverbial clauses of result. #ur#ose clauses ,a!k!a! final clauses, or adverbial clauses of #ur#ose. #roviso clauses fear clauses cum clauses

0heelock$s Latin -th @dition Table of 1ontents 1ha#ter 1! ;erbs: 6irst and Aecond 1on*ugations: 8resent "nfinitive, "ndicative, and "m#erative +ctive: Translating 1ha#ter 2! 'ouns and 1ases: 6irst ?eclension: +greement of +d*ectives: Ayntax 1ha#ter 2! Aecond ?eclension: 4asculine 'ouns and +d*ectives: +##osition: 0ord 5rder 1ha#ter <! Aecond ?eclension 'euters: +d*ectives: 8resent "ndicative of Aum: 8redicate 'ouns and +d*ectives: Aubstantive +d*ectives 1ha#ter B! 6irst and Aecond 1on*ugations: 6uture and "m#erfect: +d*ectives in %er 1ha#ter -! Aum: 6uture and "m#erfect "ndicative: 8ossum: 8resent, 6uture, and "m#erfect "ndicative: 1om#lementary "nfinitive 1ha#ter C! Third ?eclension 'ouns 1ha#ter D! Third 1on*ugation: 8resent "nfinitive, 8resent, 6uture, and "m#erfect "ndicative, "m#erative

1ha#ter E! ?emonstratives Fic, "lle, "ste: A#ecial %ius +d*ectives 1ha#ter 10! 6ourth 1on*ugation and %io ;erbs of the Third 1ha#ter 11! 8ersonal 8ronouns @go, Td, and "s: ?emonstratives "s and idem 1ha#ter 12! 8erfect +ctive Aystem of +ll ;erbs 1ha#ter 12! Geflexive 8ronouns and 8ossessives: "ntensive 8ronoun 1ha#ter 1<! "%Atem 'ouns of the Third ?eclension: +blatives of 4eans, +ccom#animent, and 4anner 1ha#ter 1B! 'umerals: Genitive of the 0hole: Genitive and +blative with 1ardinal 'umerals: +blative of Time 1ha#ter 1-! Third ?eclension +d*ectives 1ha#ter 1C! The Gelative 8ronoun 1ha#ter 1D! 6irst and Aecond 1on*ugations: 8assive ;oice of the 8resent Aystem: +blative of +gent 1ha#ter 1E! 8erfect 8assive Aystem of +ll ;erbs: "nterrogative 8ronouns and +d*ectives 1ha#ter 20! 6ourth ?eclension: +blatives of 8lace from 0hich and Ae#aration 1ha#ter 21! Third and 6ourth 1on*ugations: 8assive ;oice of the 8resent Aystem 1ha#ter 22! 6ifth ?eclension: +blative of 8lace 0here: Aummary of +blative =ses 1ha#ter 22! 8artici#les 1ha#ter 2<! +blative +bsolute: 8assive 8eri#hrastic: ?ative of +gent 1ha#ter 2B! "nfinitives: "ndirect Atatement 1ha#ter 2-! 1om#arison of +d*ectives: ?eclension of 1om#aratives: +blative of 1om#arison 1ha#ter 2C! A#ecial and "rregular 1om#arison of +d*ectives 1ha#ter 2D! Aub*unctive 4ood: 8resent Aub*unctive: Hussive and 8ur#ose 1lauses 1ha#ter 2E! "m#erfect Aub*unctive: 8resent and "m#erfect: Aub*unctive of Aum and 8ossum: Gesult 1lauses 1ha#ter 20! 8erfect and 8lu#erfect Aub*unctive: "ndirect Iuestions: Ae uence of Tenses 1ha#ter 21! 1um 1lauses: 6ero 1ha#ter 22! 6ormation and 1om#arison of +dverbs: ;olo, 4alo, 'olo: 8roviso 1lauses 1ha#ter 22! 1onditions 1ha#ter 2<! ?e#onent ;erbs: +blative with A#ecial ?e#onents 1ha#ter 2B! ?ative with +d*ectives: ?ative with A#ecial ;erbs: ?ative with 1om#ounds 1ha#ter 2-! Hussive 'oun 1lauses: 6io 1ha#ter 2C! 1on*ugation of @o: 1onstructions of 8lace and Time 1ha#ter 2D! Gelative 1lauses of 1haracteristic: ?ative of Geference: Au#ines 1ha#ter 2E! Gerund and Gerundive 1ha#ter <0! 'e, 'um, and 'onne in ?irect Iuestions: 6ear 1lauses: Genitive and +blative of ?escri#tion