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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:48:01 -0700 Subject: Latin Activities: Update for March 19, 2024 This email is from the LatinStudy mailing list. ========================================================================= The LatinStudy list is an open mailing list dedicated to the study of the Latin language. The URL http://www.quasillum.com/study/latinstudy.php describes the list in more detail. This activities update is published periodically, roughly monthly. A copy is at http://www.quasillum.com/latin/latin-activities.php Coordinators should send updates to Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com>. ========================================================================= Group Listings: Group: Plautus (Plautus) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: A Plautus Reader: Selections from Eleven Plays" by John Henderson Assignments: As of 3/17/24, coming soon! Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin Assignments: Mar 19 "De Origine Gentis Saxonicae," pp. 195-6 from "Ut autem" to the end. Mar 26 "Versus Isidori," p. 317, parts E-G. Apr 2 "Gerbertus ad Ottonem" and "Gerdbertus Quondam Scholasticus Ayrardo Suo Salutem," p. 197. Apr 9 "Prayer of Eugenius," p.318. Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Mar 25 7.14.7-15.2 Apr 1 7.15.3-9 Apr 8 7.15.10-16.2 Apr 15 7.16.3-7(part) Apr 22 7.16.7(contd.)-17.4 Apr 29 7.17.5-10 Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Mar 25 22.31.1-7 Apr 1 22.31.8-32.3 Apr 8 22.32.4-33.2 Apr 15 22.33.3-10 Apr 22 22.33.11-34.4 Apr 29 22.34.5-11 Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted Assignments: Mar 25 4.19 Apr 1 4.20 Apr 8 4.21-22(part) Apr 15 4.22(contd.)-23(part) Apr 22 4.23(contd.) Apr 29 4.24 Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: posted Assignments: Mar 25 7.2, 4 Apr 1 7.5-7 Apr 8 7.8-10 Apr 15 7.11-13 Apr 22 7.14-16 Apr 29 7.19, 21-2 Group: Ovid's Epistulae Ex Ponto (Exile) Text: posted, and www.thelatinlibrary.com Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Ex Ponto Liber II To Messalinus: ll. 15-29: 25 March Group: Geoffrey of Monmouth (BritishKings) Text: "The History of the Kings of Britain" by Michael Reeve & Neil Wright Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Book II: p. 41, ll. 205-217: 25 March Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Liber XV: IV. On the Lentienes: Section: 1: 25 March Group: Seneca's Medea (Seneca Medea) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/octavia.shtml Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Act 3: ll. 510-524: 25 March Group: Georgics (Vergil) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Georgics II: ll. 503-518: 25 March Group: Martial's Epigrams (Martial) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/martial/mart.spec.shtml Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber V: on hold pending Don's return Group: Ad Alpes (AdAlpes) Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Text: Ad Alpes — A Tale of Roman Life by H.C. Nutting Text: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b60534;view=1up;seq=19 Comment: easy Latin Assignments: Caput XXXIV: To Parma p. 197-199, ll. 37-49: 25 March Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber VII: Story 13: Table Talk, sections 7-end: 25 March Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: SHA (Severus): section 9: 25 March Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 3/24/2024: 67 (perditionem) Assignment due 3/31/2024: 67 (comparetur) Assignment due 4/7/2024: 67 (extensuri) Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 3/24/2024: 1.36/29-37/20 (maxime) Assignment due 3/31/2024: 1.37/21-38/2 (vallis) Assignment due 4/7/2024: 1.38/3-20 (plurima) Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 3/24/2024: II.1.83 Assignment due 3/31/2024: II.1.84 Assignment due 4/7/2024: II.1.85 Group: Seneca’s Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Seneca) Text: posted, and http://thelatinlibrary.com/sen.html Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 3/24/2024: 6.58.13-15 Assignment due 3/31/2024: 6.58.16-18 Assignment due 4/7/2024: 6.58.19-21 Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid) Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 3/24/2024: XI.573-591 Assignment due 3/31/2024: XI.592-612 Assignment due 4/7/2024: XI.613-632 Group: Vulgate (Vulgate) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm Assignments Mar 20 Matthew 16:1-14 Mar 27 No Assignment - Easter Apr 3 Matthew 16:15-28 Apr 10 Matthew 17:1-13 Apr 17 Matthew 17:14-26 Apr 24 Matthew 18:1-11 May 1 Matthew 18:12-23 May 8 Matthew 18:24-35 May 15 Matthew 19:1-10 May 22 Matthew 19:11-20 May 29 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US) Group: Augustine / The City of God (Augustine) Text: posted, see also: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/august.html Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Assignments: Mar 20 De Civitate Dei 5.12f, from "Hoc insitum..." through, "...ipsa uirtutem." Mar 27 No Assignment - Easter Apr 3 De Civitate Dei 5.12g, from "Neque enim est..." through, "...ambitio possidet." Apr 10 De Civitate Dei 5.12h, from "Neque mirum:" through "...reuocare ciuilem." Apr 17 De Civitate Dei 5.12i, from "Sed per quosdam paucos," to end. Apr 24 De Civitate Dei 5.13a, through, "...sed minus turpes sunt." May 1 De Civitate Dei 5.13b, from "Etiam Tullius hinc…" to the end. May 8 De Civitate Dei 5.14a, through "...magis quam Dei." May 15 De Civitate Dei 5.14b, from "Quod sancti apostoli..." through, "...qui in caelis est." May 22 De Civitate Dei 5.14c, from "Sed rursus ne..." to the end. May 29 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US) Group: Augustine / De Doctrina Christiana (Christiana) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, see also https://www.augustinus.it/latino/dottrina_cristiana/index.htm Assignments Mar 20 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34 48b, from "Alia etiam quae…" through, "...omnibus immunditiis vestris." Mar 27 No Assignment - Easter Apr 3 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34.48c, from "Hoc de Novo Testamento..." to end. Apr 10 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34.49a, through "...terra viventium." Apr 17 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34.49b, from "Ipsa intellegenda est..." to end. Apr 24 De Doctrina Christiana 3.35.50a, thru "...vestimenta eius ut nix." May 1 De Doctrina Christiana 3.35.50b, from "Utrumque enim verum..." to end. May 8 De Doctrina Christiana 3.35.51 May 15 De Doctrina Christiana 3.36.52a, through "...bonum in escam." May 22 De Doctrina Christiana 3.36.52b, from "Denique secutus…" to end. May 29 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US) Group: Latin to GCSE, Part 2 (Cullen2) Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com> Text: Latin Beyond GCSE Second Edition by John Taylor Comment: Intermediate Latin Assignments: Mar 21 Assignment 147 Ex 3.20-3.22 Mar 28 no assignment (Easter) Apr 4 Assignment 148 Ex 3.23-3.25 Group: Wheelock Beginners (Wheelock Red) Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two or three weeks Assignments: Mar 21 - cap. 9, EX Mar 28 - no assignment Apr 4 - cap. 9, SA Apr 11 - cap. 9, TR Apr 18 - cap. 10, EX Apr 25 - cap. 10, SA May 2 - cap. 10, TR May 9 - cap. 11 EX May 16 - cap. 11 SA May 23 - cap. 11 TR May 30 - no assignment Jun 6 - cap. 12 EX Jun 13 - cap. 12 SA Jun 20 - cap. 12 TR Jun 27 - cap. 13 EX Group: Loci (Loci Immutati from Wheelock's Latin) Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: Mar 19 - #7. Socrates'... (lines 9-end) Mar 26 - #8. A More Positive... (lines 1-12) Apr 2 - no assignment Apr 9 - #8. A More Positive... (lines 13-20) Apr 16 - #8. A More Positive... (lines 20-end) Apr 23 - #9. On Contempt... (lines 1-8) Apr 30 - #9. On Contempt... (lines 9-end) May 7 - #10. Literature... (lines 1-10) May 14 - #10. Literature... (lines 11-18) May 21 - #10. Literature... (lines 18-end) May 28 - no assignment June 4 - #11 and #12 (Death...; Too conscientious) June 11 - #13. Quam multa... June 18 - #14. What makes... (lines 1-7) June 25 - #14. What mkes... (lines 8-end) Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF) Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: First assignment to be sent on March 21, due on April 4 Group: Hobbitus Ille (Hobbit) Text: Hobbitus Ille by JRR Tolkein; trans, by Mark Walker; ISBN:978-0007445219 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: Mar 19 - 275, 28 - 276, 8 (statim eum ..... habeo.") Mar 26 - p. 276, 9-21 (itaque, ..... deposita erat!) Apr 2 - no assignment Apr 9 - p. 276, 22 - 277, 5 ("ut pars ..... rogauit.) Apr 16 - p. 277, 6-19 ("ita putaui. ..... inuolucrum eiecit.) Apr 23 - p. 277, 20 - 3rd line fr. bott. (Rex-dryadym ..... tandem rogauit.) Apr 30 - p. 277, 2nd line fr. bott. - 278, 12 ("o sane!" ..... excipiemus.") May 7 - p. 278, 13-28 ("tibi gratias ..... rogare uoluit.) May 14 - p. 278, 29 - 279 ("omnia in tempore!" ..... somniabat.) May 21 - p. 280, "0"-15 (CAPVT 17 ..... alligatam.) May 28 - no assignment June 4 - p. 280, 16 - 281, 12 ("salue Thorine!" ..... dabimus.") June 11 - p. 281, 13-27 ("quomodo eum ..... eius audi!") June 18 - p. 281, 28 - 282, 8 ("uos omnes ..... relinque!") June 25 - p. 282, 9-20 ("rem relinquam" ..... deiciam.") Group: Lingua Latina Pars I (Tern) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Comment: One chapter every week Mar 19 - cap. 27, 92-114, ex. 5 ; 6 (11-14) Mar 26 - cap. 27, 115-137, ex. 10 (1-5) Apr 2 - no assignment Apr 9 - cap. 27, 138-159, ex. 7 ; 10 (6-11) Apr 16 - cap. 27, 160-180, ex. 9 ; 10 (12-15) Apr 23 - cap. 27, 'grammatica,' ex. 8 ; 11 (5-10, 15-20) ; 12 Apr 30 - cap. 28, 1-19, ex. 1 (1-8) ; 3 (1-7) May 7 - cap. 28, 20-55, ex. 2 ; 3 (8-12) May 14 - cap. 28, 56-89, ex. 6 (1-8) ; 11 ( 1-10) May 21 - cap. 28, 90-108, ex. 5 ; 6 (9-13) May 28 - no assignment June 4 - cap. 28, 109-146, ex. 10 (1-4) ; 11 (14-19) June 11 - cap. 28, 147-189, ex. 9 ; 10 (5-12) June 18 - cap. 28, grammatica, ex. 4 ; 12 June 25 - cap. 28, grammatica, ex. 7 ; 8 Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: Mar 21 - cap. 54, 1-53, ex. 2 (1-6) Mar 28 - no assignment Apr 4 - cap. 54, 54-93, ex 2 (7-10) Apr 11 - cap. 54, 94-135, ex. 4 (1-8) Apr 18 - cap. 54, 135-178, ex. 4 (9-12) Apr 25 - cap. 54, 179-225, ex. 6 (1-6) May 2 - cap. 54, 226-272, ex. 6 (7-14) May 9 - cap. 54, 273-316, ex. 8 (1-7) May 16 - cap. 54, 317-373, ex. 8 (8-14) May 23 - no assignment May 30 - cap. 54, 374-439, ex. 10 (1-7) June 6 - cap. 54, 440-492, ex. 10 (8-11) June 13 - cap. 54, 493-555, ex. 12 (1-9) June 20 - cap. 54, 556-617, ex. 12 (10-18) June 27 - cap. 55, 1-58, ex. 2 (1-5) Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Mar 19 - cap. 45, 217-228; ex. 8 ; 9 (15-17) Mar 26 - cap. 45, 229-252; ex. 12 (1-5) Apr 2 - no assignment Apr 9 - cap. 45, 252-273; ex. 10 (1-8) ; 12 (6-9) Apr 16 - cap. 45, 274-287; ex. 11 ; 12 (10) Apr 23 - cap. 45, 288-305; ex. 15 (1-5) Apr 30 - cap. 45, 306-326; ex. 13 (1-6) ; 15 (6-12) May 7 - cap. 45, 327-343; ex. 14 ; 15 (13-19) May 14 - cap. 45, 344-370; ex. 17 (1-10) May 21 - cap. 45, 371-391; ex. 17 (11-16) May 28 - no assignment June 4 - cap. 45, 392-413; ex. 16 ; 17 (17-19) June 11 - cap. 46, 1-40; ex. 3 (1-6) June 18 - cap. 46, 41-84; ex. 2 ; 3 (7-11) June 25 - cap. 46, 85-123; ex. 1 ; 3 (12-15) ======================================== You are subscribed to the LatinStudy mailing list as lougheed at pobox dot com Post messages to LatinStudy at quasillum dot com Manage your subscription at http://lists.quasillum.com/mailman/options/latinstudy Report spam to latinstudy-owner at quasillum dot com