[Owl] Lesson 10 (2007/06/15)

Irregular verbs

Defective verbs

Impersonal verbs

Forms of Verbal nouns and adjectives

Uses of Verbal nouns and adjectives

The Latin sentence

Simple sentences

Compound sentences

Subjunctive mood

Use of subjunctive mood

Samples of subjunctive sentences


Words are important


The Conjugation Chart - present stem
Tenses from the Present Stem
The Conjugation Chart - perfect stem
The General Conjugation Chart


Maxim 71-80
Promoveatur ut amoveatur.
Let him be promoted to get him out of the way. (N/A)

Contraria contrariis curantur.
The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates)

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. (Ennius, quoted by Cicero.)

Leges bonae ex malis moribus procreantur.
Good laws are born of bad customs. (Macrobius, Saturnalia)

Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur.
Nobody should be punished for his thoughts. (Corpus Iuris Civilis. Cf. liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes.)

Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love (Seneca Philosophus, Epistulae)

Ave, imperator, morituri te salutant.
Hail, emperor, those who will die salute you. (Suetonius, Vitae Caesarum, Claudius. The fighters' greeting to the emperor before gladiatorial games.)

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.
The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen)
 
A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.    
A boar is sometimes held by a small dog. (N/A)

Occasio aegre offertur, facile amititur.    
Opportunity is offered with difficulty but lost with ease. (N/A)