A Companion to Familia Romana: Based on Hans Ørberg’s Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar

431 Pages·2016·2.105 MB·English

by  Jeanne Neumann

LINGVA
LATINA
A Companion to
Familia Romana
SECOND EDITION
Based on Hans Ørberg’s Latine Disco,
with Vocabulary and Grammar
Jeanne Marie Neumann
LINGVA
LATINA
A Companion to
Familia Romana
Second Edition
Based on Hans Ørberg’s Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar

LINGVA
LATINA
A Companion to
Familia Romana
Second Edition
based on Hans Ørberg’s Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar
Jeanne Marie Neumann
Davidson College
an imprint of
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Indianapolis/Cambridge
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Dedication
Jon et Conor, filiis iucundissimis medullitusque amatis.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Neumann, Jeanne Marie, author. | Oerberg, Hans H. (Hans Henning),
1920–2010. Latine disco. | Oerberg, Hans H. (Hans Henning), 1920–2010.
Lingua Latina per se illustrata. Pars I, Familia Romana.
Title: Lingua latina : a companion to Familia romana : based on Hans Oerberg’s
Latine disco, with vocabulary and grammar / Jeanne Marie Neumann.
Description: Second edition. | Indianapolis ; Cambridge : Hackett Publishing
Company, Inc., 2016. | “A Focus book.”
Identifiers: LCCN 2016002499 | ISBN 9781585108091 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Latin language—Grammar. | Latin language—Textbooks.
Classification: LCC PA2087.5 .N48 2016 | DDC 478.2421—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016002499
Adobe PDF ebook ISBN: 978-1-58510-832-9
Contents
Preface vii
For the Instructor xi
Familia Romana: Suggestions for the Classroom xi
Lingua Latina as a Two-Semester Course xi
To the Student xv
I. Imperium Rōmānum 1
II. Familia Rōmāna 9
III. Puer Improbus 18
IV. Dominus et Servī 27
V. Vīlla et Hortus 35
VI. Via Latīna 42
VII. Puella et Rosa 50
VIII. Taberna Rōmāna 58
IX. Pāstor et Ovēs 69
X. Bēstiae et Hominēs 78
XI. Corpus Hūmānum 89
XII. Mīles Rōmānus 96
XIII. Annus et Mēnsēs 108
XIV. Novus Diēs 120
XV. Magister et Discipulī 128
XVI. Tempestās 138
XVII. Numerī Difficiles 147
XVIII. Litterae Latīnae 155
XIX. Marītus et Uxor 165
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XX. Parentēs 175
XXI. Pugna Discipulōrum 183
XXII. Cave Canem 195
XXIII. Epistula Magistrī 206
XXIV. Puer Aegrōtus 217
XXV. Thēseus et Mīnōtaurus 227
XXVI. Daedalus et Icarus 237
XXVII. Rēs Rūsticae 246
XXVIII. Pericula Maris 258
XXIX. Nāvigāre Necesse Est 268
XXX. Convīvium 279
XXXI. Inter Pōcula 288
XXXII. Classis Rōmāna 296
XXXIII. Exercitus Rōmānus 307
XXXIV. De Arte Poēticā 320
XXXV. Ars Grammatica 330
Grammatica Latina 333
Vocabulary by Chapter 369
Latin–English Vocabulary 383
Grammatical Terms 398
Index 400
Preface
Ørberg’s Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata series, conceived as a completely
acquisition-based approach to learning Latin, offers an unparalleled resource
for Latin learning, enabling the motivated student to acquire skill in reading
Latin by reading Latin. Lingua Latina guides readers through an expanding
world of Latin syntax while they enjoy a delightful story of a Roman family
of the early imperial period. The reading mirrors “real” Latin in the way it
unfolds the periodic structure and idiomatic features of the language, intro-
ducing early critical features: students meet the relative pronoun in Cap. 3,
the passive voice in Cap. 6; by the time they get the full verbal paradigm of the
present tense in Caps. 15–17, they have mastered the concept and workings of
active and passive voice. Length of readings, number of vocabulary words and
complexity of sentence structure increase as the chapters build on each other,
all in support of a narrative that engages students from middle school through
college (and beyond).
Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata offers a smooth and efficient path
to acquisition of the language and immerses the student from the first in a
true experience of Latin. Instead of reading discrete, even random, sentences
chosen to illustrate the grammatical principles under consideration, Lingua
Latina offers considerable practice in both grammar and a rich vocabulary
in an engaging context of well-written Latin. The impetus of this book, there-
fore, arose not from any flaw in Ørberg’s method, but rather from the differing
needs of students and classrooms.
Different students learn differently; learning environments also differ: Alii
aliis viis Romam perveniunt. At my own institution, students signing up for
Latin commit to a two-term introductory experience, followed by a term of
reading ancient texts. Reading Familia Romana in a two-semester course in
introductory Latin, meeting three times a week for two 13- or 14-week se-
mesters, becomes a Herculean task. Lingua Latina, however, and its results
proved too good to abandon. There seems to me no better guide than Lingua
Latina for students who want to learn Latin through Latin. Students clamored
for us to keep the text, but make it suit their needs. We use the Companion to
strike a balance between a purely inductive method and the study of gram-
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matical rules and paradigms. But it can also serve as an ancillary guide for the
natural (inductive) method of language acquisition. Lingua Latina can be
used to teach students Latin as early as age eight, yet the story engages adult
readers as well. Although introductory language courses at the college level do
not always have the same luxury of gradual acquisition, the Ørberg text can
be highly effective for university students. This book, therefore, is designed
for different audiences: university students, instructors of home-scholars, and
independent learners whose learning style appreciates such a guide: it is for all
students of Ørberg’s Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata (LLPSI) who want a
touchstone to assess their understanding of the text and the language.
Home-schooling parents and instructors of students learning outside of
the traditional classroom, especially those with little or no Latin training, can
use this book as a companion to Lingua Latina for their own preparation.
The instructor will be the best judge of where and when it is a useful guide. For
the most part, students should gradually learn the whole of Latin grammar by
working out grammatical rules from their own observation as they begin to
read actual Latin in the text, while their instructors can feel more confident
in their grasp of the material and can use the added examples from Familia
Romana to review and reinforce concepts or answer questions their charges
present. The goal is to confirm the Latin and the structures that are learned in
the inductive method, facilitating the process of language acquisition.
As is clear from the very useful listserve for LLPSI (https://groups.google
.com/forum/#!forum/llpsi), instructors at elementary and high schools lead
their charges through the text at the pace appropriate to their students and
the learning environment. Explanations of morphology and syntax appear ac-
cording to their introduction in the course of the chapter: Section I, II, or III,
making the Companion practical regardless of the pace of an individual course.
How does this book fit into the Lingua Latīna series? What does it re-
place? This book replaces the Latine Disco, the Grammatica Latina, and the
Latin–English Vocabulary. It does not replace the Exercitia.
What are the primary features of this book? The book provides a running
grammatical commentary on the narrative of Lingua Latina. It differs from
the Latine Disco in scope and aim. Latine Disco provides clear and concise
information that students need in order to acquire an understanding of Latin
at their own pace. This book builds from Ørberg’s original Latine Disco; the
presentation and formatting have been altered and more explication and ex-
amples are offered. To the degree possible, the commentary corresponds to
the reading sections within each chapter, enabling students to view just the
grammar for each section. Important and challenging structures are illustrated
with several examples from the story. As the grammatical concepts build, they
are collected and reviewed in periodic recensiones, facilitating an overview of
the language and enabling students to know where to look for the places in
Preface ix
the story where, e.g., they learned about accusative and infinitive construction.
Beginning with Res Grammaticae Novae, a synopsis, in categories, of the ma-
terial covered in the chapter, further facilitates an overview. The end of each
chapter presents vocabulary divided by parts of speech; a full vocabulary can be
found at the back of the book. In addition, vocabulary review is enhanced by
an appendix listing the vocabulary according to chapter but without meanings;
students can quiz themselves on their grasp of vocabulary outside the context
of the story. Since Ørberg’s own mastery of the language shows through in his
ability to write lucid, idiomatic Latin, student attention, where appropriate, is
directed to points of style that highlight the way the language works syntacti-
cally or idiomatically. Finally, this edition includes a grammatical index.
Changes to the Second Edition
In addition to some revisions to the text, this edition includes a section on
cultural context tied to the narrative content of the chapter.
Jeanne M. Neumann
Davidson College
Acknowledgments
Editio Princeps:
Amicis qui me librum hunc scribentem adiuverunt maximas gratias et ago et
habeo, praecipue Jarrett Welsh, Keyne Cheshire, Megan Drinkwater, Michael
Johnson, Kevin Muse, Gina Soter. Discipulis apud Collegium Davidsoniense
linguam Latinam discentibus gratias quoque ago, praecipue William E. Begley
et India Watkins. Nam illi et menda typographica notaverunt et consilium quo
liber melior et clarior fieret praebuerunt.
Editio Altera:
In hac editione paranda multi et collegae et discipuli mihi adiumento erant.
Multum Jarret Welsh, Keyne Cheshire, William Begley, India Watkins, Dar-
ian Totten debeo. Patrick Owen menda typographica benigne notavit et locos
minus perspicuos monstravit.