Greek-I
Syllabus
Sept. 5-14, 2007
Sept.
5
CLASS: course introduction; first declension nouns;
pronunciation
HW:
- Oxford Latin Course (OLC), Part II, p. 152, memorize first declension
- review handout on pronunciation
Sept 10
CLASS: second declension nouns; present tense, infinitive and imperative; dictionary skills; begin translating Pandora’s Box
HW:
- OLC, p.152, memorize second declension
- decline campus, luna, and theatrum; give the translation of all cases for the first noun and just the translation of the nom. case for the other nouns
- pp. 157-58, memorize present tense, infinitive and imperative of four conjugations
- give the infinitive, conjugation, and meaning of discedo, advenio, ceno, doceo, and iacio; conjugate these same verbs in the present tense; give the translation of all persons only for the first verb
Sept. 11
CLASS: negative imperative; imperfect tense; third declension nouns; dictionary skills; finish Pandora’s Box
HW:
- memorize negative imperative
- p. 157, memorize imperfect tense
- conjugate ceno, discedo, and iacio in the imperfect tense; translate ceno in all persons, but just the 1st person sing. for discedo and iacio
- p. 152, memorize third declension nouns rex and litus
- decline and translate all cases of timor and caput
Sept. 14
CLASS: third declension i-stems; perfect tense; principal parts; begin Cleobis and Biton
HW:
- p. 152, memorize third declension i-stems
- decline and translate in full nox and urbs
- p. 157, memorize perfect tense
- conjugate doceo and advenio in the perfect tense; translate all persons of doceo
- p. 115, ex. 17.3, odd numbers
- p. 116, ex. 17.7, #3