Galore Park Latin Prep Book 3

Theo Zinn was educated at Charterhouse and New College, Oxford. He was for over twenty years the Head of Classics at Westminster School, during which time he revived and directed the Westminster Latin Play, a national institution commanding respect across the world. He now lives and continues to teach in Godalming, an awesome repository of knowledge about the Classical languages which he has loved, and taught others to love, for so many years.

Chapter 1Salve, salve, salvequi, quae, quodSolemn ruleBeware!WhomTwo voices are thereamor and moneorPronouncing -orTranslating 'by'qui, quae, quaeregor and audioripse, ipsa, ipsum videorcapiorVast ruleamabarAnother vast ruleVocabulary 1Chapter 2ipsi, ipsae, ipsaMoods - indicative, imperative, subjunctiveThe imperfect subjunctivePurpose clausesSequence of tensesneMore about placeA very, very solemn rule!ParticiplesHow to use the present participlesMore purpose clausesMore about placeThe locative caseVocabulary 2Chapter 3 Future PassiveThe fifth declension: resres publicaregar, audiar, capiarImmensely solemn warning A nice little thingPast Participle PassiveTimevoloVocabulary 3Chapter 4The perfect passiveThe pluperfect passivealiusnoloA further use of ipseA little piece on locusidem, eadem, idemNumbers: 30-100 and 1000Compound numeralsdumVocabulary 4Chapter 5eidem, eaedem, eademferototus, tota, totumIndirect commandThe passive of feroIdioms(i) alii ...alii (ii) is qui and ei qui(iii) idem(iv) multus(v) And, finally, the present infinitveA note on using vocabularies and dictionariesnoVocabulary 5Chapter 6StoriesHomer's Iliad (The Wrath of Achilles): Achilles and Agamemnon quarrelAchilles refuses to fightAt last Achilles returns to battleNero becomes Emperor: things go wellThings go less well with NeroNero comes to a bad endThe birth and upbringing of PerseusPerseus promises Polydectes the Gorgon Medusa's headPerseus cuts off the Gorgon's head, rescues Andromeda and returns homeCrossword 1Vocabulary 6Chapter 7The perfect infinitive activePerfect infinitives: irregular verbsgradus - the 4th declensionThe present infinitive passiveSolemn noteThe perfect infinitive passiveIndirect statementIndirect statement introduced by a primary tenseIndirect statement introduced by a historic tenseIndirect statement: agreementNegative indirect statementsOratio ObliquaPersonal pronouns in 'Oratio Obliqua'Vocabulary 7Chapter 8Deponent verbsThe pluperfect subjunctive active: amavissemcum, the conjunctionDeponent verbs: the present participleDeponent verbs: the past participleTwo nice little idioms for purpose clausesVocabulary 8Chapter 9domusRevision of participlesThe ablative absoluteMore deponent verbsMore on the ablative absolutecum + the imperfect subjunctiveSolemn warning about the ablative absoluteUsing sum (understood)Vocabulary 9Chapter 10StoriesThe Emperor GalbaOthoVitellius and VespasianVespasian and TitusDomitianDomitian and NervaRoman comedyPhormio (i)Phormio (ii)Phormio (iii)Crossword 2VocabulariesProper Nouns and AdjectivesVocabulary: Latin - EnglishVocabulary: English - Latin