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Beginning Ecclesiastical Latin II (LAT 122)

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Notes: On the last day of class we will have an optional review session. I won't take roll that day.

General Remarks

Classes: Mondays & Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3:05 pm, Room 110.

This is the second semester of a four semester sequence of courses intended to prepare one to read, with the aid of a lexicon, ecclesiastical Latin prose texts with difficulty levels akin to those found in the Nova Vulgata, sacred liturgy, and some kinds of modern ecclesiastical documents. Command of grammatical forms is essential at introductory levels, so plan to memorize these patterns as they are encountered. I test on forms frequently, with or without notice, orally and in writing. All tests/quizzes/class drills count and are cumulative (less one low or missed quiz, no make ups). From time to time you might want to access materials from my Ecclesiastical Latin webpages as a study aid. Grade is one-fourth class performance, one-fourth pop quizzes, one-half Final Exam. No midterm.

Required Text

• John Collins, A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Catholic University of America, 1988 or later) ISBN: 0-8132-0667-7. Always bring this book to class! We will cover twelve chapters of Collins in this second semester.

Optional Texts

• J. Dunlap, An Answer Key to A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Catholic University of America, 2006 or later). Most students make better use of this in their second year, but I do not object to students using it in their first. The danger, obviously, is in consulting the answer key before one has really thought-out the exercises.

• R. Prior & J. Wohlberg, 501 Latin Verbs fully conjugated in all the tenses (Barron's Educational Series, 1995 or later). Very useful by second year.

The Undeclinables

Starring
Satis, Necesse, Fas & Nefas, and Mane

LAT 122, Course Format/Syllabus

We have approximately 12 weeks (leaving some time for quizzes, prose exercises, and "things that come up") to complete chapters13-24 of Collins' Primer. While the quantity of material to be covered in LAT 122 is about the same as LAT 121, English speakers generally find these materials to be conceptually more challenging. Again, they key is, keep up! We will generally cover one chapter per week, usually in numerical order. Gradually, more emphasis is given to reading longer sentences; typically these are liturgical or Scriptural in nature. You will again have some additional texts (usually prayers) to memorize that will provide important grammatical illustrations and augment one's appreciation of, and ability enter into, the universality of Catholic devotional and liturgical life.

At the end of LAT 122, the successful student will:

be able to parse Latin nouns and adjectives in all declensions;
be able to parse deponent verbs, regular verbs in all moods, and several major irregular verbs;
be able to explain the basic syntax of indirect discourse;
demonstrate a significantly expanded working vocabulary and syntactical appreciation;
with lexical support, begin moving through exercises from the Nova Vulgata and the liturgy;
be able to recite with understanding certain liturgical prayers.

Henry V orders the singing of Non nobis

Similar scenes are not uncommon

among students completing

Dr. Peters' Introductory Latin Courses

Prayers to memorize

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiæ: vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. Amen.

Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

The vocative case and the imperative mood as illustrated by the great prayer, Anima Christi.

Anima Christi, sanctifica me.

Corpus Christi, salva me.

Sanguis Christi, inebria me.

Aqua lateris Christi, lava me.

Passio Christi, conforta me.

O bone Jesu, exaudi me.

Intra tua vulnera absconde me.

Ne permittas me separari a te.

Ab hoste maligno defende me.

In hora mortis meae voca me.

Et iube me venire ad te,

ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te,

in saecula saeculorum. Amen.