Latin Study Guide Stage 7 | Study Guide

University:
Amherst College
Course:
CLAS 111 | An Introduction to Latin Language and Literature
Academic year:

2021
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451

Pages:

2
Author:

Shyanne Johnson

Stage 7: Vocabulary: Grammar: Right now, we have seen male and female nouns. In Latin, we classify nouns by gender. The three genders that we classify them by are masculine, feminine, and neuter. Neuter is used for nouns that aren’t male or female, such as wine. First declension nouns are generally feminine with a few exceptions. The second declension nouns are masculine and neuter. For masculine nouns, the nominative singular will end in -us and for the neuter, the nominative singular will end in -um. For the third declension, the masculine and feminine nouns have the same endings. The nominative singular and the accusative singular, and nominative plural and accusative plural are the exact same. Culture – Roman Beliefs about Life and Death After a person died, the Romans would place the tomb by the side of roads outside a town. Poor people, who could not afford a tomb. It was believed that the dead continued to go about their daily lives after they died and as a result, their tombs were filled with things that people felt they might need. The Romans also believed that the dead people weren’t happy so they gave flowers hoping that it would make the dead person happier. Every year, there were two festivals that would commemorate the dead where people would remember those who they had lost.