Salvēte, sodālēs.
We have reached the beginning of Capitulum Quartum, Scaena Secunda. In Scaenā Secundā sunt quattuor persōnae: Iūlius, Aemilia, Mēdus et Dāvus.
At the end of Scaena Prīma, as you no doubt recall, Julius is concerned because tantum decem nummī in sacculō suō sunt (there only ten coins in his purse), instead of the centum (one hundred) he expected. He ordered Medus to call Davus, which Medus did. The last two sentences were Dāvus venit. Iam duo servī adsunt.
Today’s reading is fairly long, and quite complex. It contains only two new words, both verbs - salūtat (greets) - which is illustrated in the margin, and tacet (is silent).
from Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illustrāta, page 27.
There is, however, a wide range of vocabulary that will need to be recalled (remember the Index Verbōrum), as well as the use of quī (Lesson 37), possessive adjectives (Lesson 40), and people addressing others (Lesson 41) and telling them what to do (Lesson 41).
One last thing : You will recall that when we address somebody whose name ends in -us, we change it slightly. Mēdus est vir Graecus. ‘Salvē, Mēde!’ As you will see in today’s reading, this not only affects names, but also other words ending in -us. Iūlius est dominus Rōmānus. ‘Salvē, domine Rōmāne!’
Now READ lines 29-43.
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Satis est. See you tomorrow.