MINIMUS – CHAPTER 3

VOCABULARY•facis•you are doing

•scribo• I am writing

•scribit•he is writing

•spectat•He is watching

•purgo• I am cleaning

•purgat•he is cleaning

VOCABULARY• lego• I am reading

• legit•he is reading

•verro• I am sweeping

•subito•suddenly

•ancilla•slave girl

• intrat•she is entering

VOCABULARY•nova•new

• laborant•they are working

•rident•they are smiling

TRANSLATION QUIZ

• Please pick 7 and translate to English. • facis• purgo• intrat• scribo• verro• rident• lego• nova• subito

GRAMMAR RULES

•A verb that ends in “o” means “I”

•A verb that ends in “t” means “he” or “she”

•A verb that ends in “nt” means “they”

•A verb that ends in “is” means “you”

ROMAN REPORT• Corinthus• From Greece• Lived with Flavius and Lepidina

for many years• Very clever• Can read and write well• Speaks Greek and Latin

• Candidus• Always lived in Britain• Speaks a Celtic language and

learning Latin• Good cook, which makes him

valuable• Treated kindly

• Pandora• New slave girl• Lepidina likes how she does

hair.

• Common Slave Information• Not paid but can be given

pocket change• Some save to buy his or her

freedom• If a master invites a slave

to have dinner with them, it frees the slave.

TRANSLATION QUIZ

•Write down these Latin verbs. • Circle the ending which tells who is doing the action. •Write down the English meaning of the word, making it clear who is doing the action.

A. scribitB. spectatC. spectoD. scribo

E. spectantF. facisG. scribuntH. scribis

VOCABULARY•quod•because

•minime!•no

•legis•you read

•coquis•you cook

•validus•strong

•semper•always

MYTH: PANDORA’S BOX

• When the world was still quite young, Jupiter, the king of the gods became afraid of the humans.

• He asked Vulcan, god of craft and skill, to make a woman out of clay.

• The gods gave her the gifts of beauty, kindness, and grace.

• Jupiter brought her to life and named her Pandora.

• Jupiter gave a simple, kind man named Epimetheus Pandora as his bride.

• As a wedding present, Jupiter gave them a box that they could not open.

• Pandora became increasingly curious about what was in the box.

• Jupiter knew that the curiosity would overcome Pandora.

• Pandora finally opened the box and let out flying, stinging creatures named Disease, Hate, Anger, Old Age, and many more.

• By the time she closed the box, only Hope remained inside.

• Jupiter knew that now he and the other gods had nothing to fear from the humans because they would be caught up in the troubles of humanity.

MYTH ACTIVITY DUE THURSDAY

• OUTSIDE OF THE BOX• Write all the things that are important to you.• Draw a picture to go with each of the things that are important to you.

• INSIDE THE BOX (on small papers to put inside the box)• Write all the things that can take away the important things.• Draw a picture to go with each thing.

TRANSLATION QUIZ

• Translate all words to English. • quod•minime• legis• coquis• validus• semper

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