{"id":164,"date":"2016-09-05T23:01:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T03:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2016-09-22T21:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T01:00:30","slug":"catullus-83","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/catullus-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Catullus 83"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Favorite Poet (1888) Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lesbia mi <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What kind of word is formed from a verb stem plus \u2013nt-?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Present participle active<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What case is praesente<\/em>?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative singular<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
Does anything agree with it?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
viro<\/em><\/div>
Prompt 4<\/a><\/div>
What construction frequently pairs a noun and a participle in the ablative case?<\/div>
Answer 4<\/a><\/div>
Ablative absolute<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> viro mala plurima dicit:<\/p>\n

haec <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What kind of dative is this? Hint: we have seen it before in Catullus 51.1.<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Dative of Judging<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div> fatuo maxima laetitia est.<\/p>\n

mule, nihil sentis? si <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form do we have here?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Objective genitive plural of ego.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why do we have a genitive here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Because obliviscor<\/em> regularly takes the genitive when referring to a person, and either genitive or accusative when referring to things.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> oblita <\/a>
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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form do we have here?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
3rd singlar, imperfect subjunctive.<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
Why is the verb in the subjunctive here?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
It is part of a contrary to fact conditional sentence. Note that in conditional sentences, the present\u00a0subjunctive refers to future time, the imperfect subjunctive refers to present time (or sometimes past), and the pluperfect subjunctive refers to past time.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div>,<\/p>\n

sana esset: nunc quod <\/a>

The verb gannire<\/em> is regularly used to describe the snarling of a dog.\"Dog Dog Mosaic, House of Orpheus, Pompeii. While Catullus’ poems may not be able to soothe the savagery in Lesbia’s heart, he tells himself that her viciousness is proof that she cares about him! <\/div> et obloquitur,<\/p>\n

non solum meminit, sed, quae <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>

What are the possible cases of this word?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Dative or ablative singular<\/div>

Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>

What kind of ablative often accompanies a comparative adjective? D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu feeling? Well, we had the same question on Catullus 72.6! Ring any bells?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Ablative of measure\/degree of difference<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> acrior est res,<\/p>\n

irata est. hoc est, uritur et loquitur.<\/p>\n\n

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Lesbia mi viro mala plurima dicit: haec fatuo maxima laetitia est. mule, nihil sentis? si oblita , sana esset: nunc quod et obloquitur, non solum meminit, sed, quae acrior est res, irata est. hoc est, uritur et loquitur.<\/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\/164"}],"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=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}