{"id":151,"date":"2016-09-05T22:57:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T02:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2016-10-01T18:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T22:02:29","slug":"catullus-76","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/catullus-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Catullus 76"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lesbia with her sparrow (1916) John William Godward.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Siqua <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What kind of word is formed from a verb stem plus \u2013nt-?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present participle active<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What case is amanti?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Dative<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
What kind of dative is often paired with the verb to be?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Dative of possession<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> benefacta priora voluptas<\/p>\n

est homini, cum se cogitat esse pium,<\/p>\n

nec sanctam <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What verb form ends in \u2013sse?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Perfect infinitive<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why do we have an infinitive here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
It continues the indirect statement from the previous line.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> fidem, nec foedere nullo<\/p>\n

divum ad <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form has a stem that ends in \u2013nd-?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Gerund and gerundive.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
How can you tell that fallendos<\/em> is a gerundive?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
The gerund is a verbal noun, and is only found in the singular neuter. The gerundive is a verbal adjective, and has singular and plural, and masculine, feminine, and neuter endings.<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
Does it agree with another word in the phrase?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Homines<\/em><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> numine <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What verb form is this?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Perfect participle deponent<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
If you add esse<\/em> to a perfect participle, what do you get?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Perfect infinitive. The esse<\/em> in perfect infinitives, deponent or passive, is frequently omitted.<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
What case does abutor<\/em> take?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Ablative<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> homines,<\/p>\n

multa parata manent in longa aetate, Catulle,<\/p>\n

ex hoc ingrato gaudia amore tibi.<\/p>\n

nam quaecumque homines bene cuiquam aut dicere possunt<\/p>\n

aut facere, haec a te dictaque factaque sunt.<\/p>\n

omnia quae ingratae perierunt credita menti.<\/p>\n

quare iam te cur amplius <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
Excruciare<\/em> is 1st<\/sup> conjugation, so what form do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present subjunctive active (2nd singular)<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of subjunctive is typically found in a direct question?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Deliberative<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>?<\/p>\n

quin tu animo offirmas atque istinc teque reducis,<\/p>\n

et <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What are the possible cases for this phrase?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative or ablative<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Is the phrase affected by the verb or a preposition, or is it (absolutely) cut off from the rest of the sentence?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Cut off => Ablative absolute<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> desinis esse miser?<\/p>\n

difficile est longum subito deponere amorem,<\/p>\n

difficile est, verum hoc qua lubet <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
Efficere<\/em> is 5th<\/sup> conjugation – so what form do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present subjunctive active (2nd singular)<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of subjunctive do we have here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Jussive<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>:<\/p>\n

una salus haec est. hoc est tibi <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
This question should look familiar, but What form has a stem that ends in \u2013nd-?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Gerund and gerundive. The gerund is a verbal noun, and is only found in the singular neuter. The gerundive is a verbal adjective, and has singular and plural, and masculine, feminine, and neuter endings.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What conjugation is formed by the gerundive with the verb to be?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Passive Periphrastic. The passive periphrastic consists of the gerundive (a passive verbal adjective) plus sum. It is in essence the \u201cgerundive of obligation,\u201d as this construction carries a sense of duty or necessity, generally expressed in English with \u201cmust\u201d or \u201cshould.\u201d<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
So, if we take tibi<\/em> with pervincendum<\/em>, what kind of dative is it?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Dative of agent<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>,<\/p>\n

hoc <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
Facere<\/em> is 5th conjugation – so what form do we have here? It should seem familiar by now! Compare\u00a0efficias<\/em> in line 14.<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present subjunctive active (2nd singular)<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What kind of subjunctive do we have here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Yes, once again, it is Jussive.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>, sive id non pote sive pote.<\/p>\n

o di, si vestrum est misereri, aut si quibus umquam<\/p>\n

extremam iam ipsa in morte tulistis opem,<\/p>\n

me miserum aspicite et, si vitam puriter egi,<\/p>\n

eripite hanc pestem perniciemque <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What kind of dative is this? Hint: note verb eripere<\/em>. This combination should recall Catullus 51.5…<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Dative of disadvantage<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>,<\/p>\n

quae mihi subrepens imos ut torpor in artus<\/p>\n

expulit ex omni pectore laetitias.<\/p>\n

non iam illud quaero, contra me ut <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
Diligere<\/em> is 3rd conjugation – so what form do we have here?<\/div>
Answer1<\/a><\/div>
Present Subjunctive<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why is the verb in the subjunctive? Note the presence of ut<\/em>. Hint: what does the main verb mean?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
It is in an indirect command introduced by quaero<\/em>.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> illa,<\/p>\n

aut, quod non potis est, esse pudica velit:<\/p>\n

ipse valere opto et taetrum hunc deponere morbum.<\/p>\n

o di, reddite mi hoc pro pietate mea.<\/p>\n\n

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Siqua benefacta priora voluptas est homini, cum se cogitat esse pium, nec sanctam fidem, nec foedere nullo divum ad numine homines, multa parata manent in longa aetate, Catulle, ex hoc ingrato gaudia amore tibi. nam quaecumque homines bene cuiquam aut dicere possunt aut facere, haec a te dictaque factaque sunt. omnia quae ingratae perierunt credita […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}