Congratulations! You've made it to Level 3 of the CE paper! SO ... take a deep breath and get ready for....
The DIVINE FORTY-NINE!
In fact, there aren't that many extra words to learn for Level 3 - and some of them are so easy you're bound to know them already....!
There are once again a few more numbers required for this level: you need to know the multiples of ten (30-90) plus 100 and 1000.
NOUNS
1st Declension -A, -AE (mostly feminine)
LATIN
ENGLISH
DERIVATIVE
VDB PROMPT
HORA
HOUR
hour
(deriv.)
NOUNS
2nd Declension -US, -I (all masculine)
ANNUS
YEAR
annual, anniversary
.....told you there were some easy ones! The reason this only comes in now is because Time Expressions are not used until Level 3.
SOMNUS
SLEEP
insomnia, somnambulist
(deriv.'s)
NOUNS
2nd Declension neuter -UM, -I
PRAEMIUM
REWARD
premium
a winning Premium Bond will bring you a reward
TELUM
SPEAR, WEAPON
?
quick! tel'um there's a spear heading straight for them!
NOUNS
3rd Declension, various stems and genders
ANIMAL, animalis (n)
ANIMAL
animal
umm......
CUSTOS, custodis (m)
GUARD
custody, custodian
deriv.'s; also some find **customs** officers a help; or, 'guard your custard...'!
GENS, gentis (f)
RACE, PEOPLE, TRIBE
genocide, Gentiles
the Gentiles were all the other races that weren't Jewish
LABOR, laboris (m)
HARD WORK, TROUBLE
labour
deriv.'s; especially the Labours of Heracles
NOX, noctis (f)
NIGHT
nocturnal
deriv.'s; another likely 'Time Expression' noun
OPUS, operis (n)
JOB of WORK, TASK
operate, operation
deriv.'s; also Opus Dei
PRINCEPS, principis (c)
CHIEF, LEADER
prince, principal
deriv.'s; N.B. 'princeps' is also the normal Latin word for 'Emperor'
TEMPESTAS, tempestatis (f)
STORM, WEATHER
tempest
deriv.'s; when used for 'weather' it usually means 'bad weather'!
NOUNS
5th Declension -ES, -EI (mostly feminine)
DIES (m)
DAY
diary
'die another day'; again a very likely 'Time Expression' word
FIDES
FAITH, PROMISE
fidelity, confidence
Fido, your faithful friend; 'hi-fi' gives highly faithful sound reproduction; fid. def. on coins; the carol 'adeste fideles' (o come all ye faithful)
RES
THING, BUSINESS, MATTER, AFFAIR....
real, really
it has so many meanings it is an easy matter/thing/business to learn it
SPES
HOPE
desperate, despair
if you're de-sperate all your hope has gone down from you
ADJECTIVES
1st/2nd Declension: -US -A -UM
LATIN
ENGLISH
DERIVATIVE
VDB PROMPT
ALIUS
,(AN)OTHER
alien
also connected to 'alias'; learn too ALII...ALII...: some...others...
SUPERBUS
PROUD, ARROGANT
superb
Tarquinius Superbus: Tarquin the Proud (word is always used in a bad sense); he was proud of his super bus
TOTUS
WHOLE
total
(deriv.)
ADJECTIVES
3rd Declension
CELER celeris celere
QUICK
accelerate
deriv.'s; see prompts for 'celeriter', espec. **celery** grows quickly
PRONOUNS
various
LATIN
ENGLISH
DERIVATIVE
VDB PROMPT
IDEM eadem idem
, THE SAME
identical
the 'definitive' pronoun (!) It's the same as is ea id with '-dem' on the end
IPSE ipsa ipsum
-SELF
?
the 'intensive' pronoun...'ipsy daisy! He's hurt himself!'
QUI quae quod
WHO, WHICH
Fr. qui
the 'relative' pronoun (a very important one!). Fr. deriv. should help most
ADVERBS
all indeclinable
LATIN
ENGLISH
DERIVATIVE
VDB PROMPT
INTEREA
MEANWHILE
?
literally: 'amongst those things' (inter ea); some people remember it visually by the -ea- similarity; otherwise, it is a mean one - and while you're thinking it's mean, that's what it means - mean-while!
LENTE
SLOWLY
Fr. lentement
if you've given up something nice for Lent, it really goes slowly!
PAENE
ALMOST, NEARLY
peninsula, penultimate
deriv.'s; then there's the old pupil who liked making pesto sauce: 'got the basil, the oil, the cheese - oops, almost forgot the pine-nuts...!'
CONJUNCTIONS
all indeclinable
LATIN
ENGLISH
DERIVATIVE
VDB PROMPT
AUT
OR
?
'nunc aut numquam' (yet again!) Also learn aut...aut...: either...or...: 'either you get 'aut' or I'll kick you 'aut'!
DUM
WHILE
?
if you're a bit 'dum', it takes you a while to remember things...
NEC, NEQUE
AND...NOT...
?
use the -que on the 'ne': and something negative
NEC...NEC... or NEQUE...NEQUE...
NEITHER...NOR
?
worth an entry on its own! If two runners are 'neck and neck', neither one is winning, and nor is the other
UT/NE
(IN ORDER) TO, (IN ORDER) NOT TO
?
needs a whole topic on its own to explain the difference between Purpose Clauses and Indirect Commands. See future pages of this website! P.S. if you're wondering why there are only apparently 48 boxes in the Divine 49, it's because UT and NE are, of course, two different words!
VERBS
1st Conjugation: -O -ARE -AVI -ATUM
LATIN
ENGLISH
DERIVATIVE
VDB PROMPT
IMPERO
ORDER, COMMAND
imperative
deriv.'s. This verb puts its object in the Dative case
IUVO -are iuvi iutum
HELP
ADJUTANT
can be made to associate with the two top Gods men & women would call upon for help: Jove (Iuppiter, Iovis) and Juno (Iuno).
VERBS
2nd Conjugation: principal parts as shown
PERSUADEO -ere persuasi persuasum
PERSUADE
persuasive
another verb putting its object in the Dative.
VERBS
3rd Conjugation: various principal parts
COGO -ere coegi coactum
FORCE
cogent
the ideas of to **coax** or **coach** (he forces you to train!) may be useful
CONTENDO -ere contendi contentum
HURRY, MARCH
contender
contenders in a race are hurrying to win the prize; 'march' sense used with soldiers/armies
CREDO -ere credidi creditum
BELIEVE, TRUST
(in)credible, credit, creed
The Creed: 'I Believe in one God...'; another verb with its object in the Dative
PELLO -ere pepuli pulsum
PUSH, DRIVE
repel, propeller, repulsive
deriv.'s; easiest one is probably 'your pulse pushes the blood around your body'
PETO petere petivi petitum
LOOK FOR, ATTACK
(com)petition
to remember all the Principal Parts as well as the meaning: I look for my small (petit-um) pet Peter(e) behind the -Tivi
RELINQUO -ere reliqui relictum
LEAVE BEHIND
relic, relinquish, derelict
(deriv.'s)
VERBS
Mixed Conjugation: various principal parts
INTERFICIO -ere interfeci interfectum
KILL, PUT TO DEATH
?
compound of 'facio', with 'inter' as a prefix: 'facio' can mean 'I do': so it's 'I do in...(ter)!'
VERBS
4th Conjugation: -IO -IRE -IVI -ITUM
CONVENIO -ire conveni conventum
MEET, COME TOGETHER
convent, convention, convenient
how convenient! It's all come together nicely
CUSTODIO
GUARD
custody, custodian
deriv.'s; also see prompts for 'custos'
VERBS
irregular conjugation
ADEO adire adii aditum
GO TO, APPROACH
see other compounds of 'eo'
this repeats the ideas of the previous compounds of 'eo': this time it's 'eo' + 'ad'.
FERO ferre tuli latum
BRING, CARRY, BEAR
transfer, ferry, translate
deriv.'s: some would say that fero's principal parts are so weird, they are 'truly Latin'!
NOLO nolle nolui
DON'T WANT, REFUSE
see 'volo' below
the negative version of 'volo'! You've already met its imperatives: noli(te) - meaning 'don't'; really they mean 'don't want to do that!'
VOLO velle volui
WISH, WANT, BE WILLING
voluntary, volunteer
deriv.'s should give you the meaning. Beware: this verb probably has the strangest Present Tense of all (after 'sum')!