Vōx in Dēsertō

Verba

The new words of this chapter, as the book glosses them. Keep them, and they come back for review just before you would forget them.

• initium -ī (n)prīncipium, ōrigō
• ēvangelium -ī (n)nūntius bonus
• nūntiō -ārenūntium ferō, indicō
• rēgnum -ī (n)ubi rēx rēgnat
• statimsine morā, nunc
• clāmō -āremagnā vōce vocō
• prophēta -ae (m)quī futūra praedīcit
• dēsertum -ī (n)locus siccus, vacuus
• vestīmentum -ī (n)vestis, quod gerimus
• camēlus -ī (m)animal magnum dēsertī
• zōna -ae (f)cīnctūra circā lumbōs
• cōnfiteor -ērīpeccāta mea apertē dīcō
• praedicō -ārepalam nūntiō, doceō
• fortis -evalidus, nōn dēbilis
• dignus -a -ummeritō pār, aptus
• corrigia -ae (f)vinculum calceī
• calceāmentum -ī (n)quod pedēs tegit
• solvō -erevinculum laxō
• baptizō -āreaquā lavō, mergō
• ascendō -eresūrsum eō
• aperiō -īrepatefaciō, nōn claudō
• columba -ae (f)avis alba et mītis
• dēscendō -eredeōrsum eō
• maneō -ērein locō permaneō
• dīlēctus -a -ummultum amātus
• complaceō -ērevaldē placeō, dēlector
• expellō -ereforās pellō, ēiciō
• quadrāgintānumerus XL
• diabolus -ī (m)Satanās, hostis Deī
• temptō -āread malum indūcere cōnor
• bēstia -ae (f)animal ferum
• ferus -a -umsaevus, nōn mānsuētus
• angelus -ī (m)nūntius Deī

Lege

Read the chapter. The glosses stand in the margin; point at any other word for its meaning.

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Pēnsum

Grammatica

Ablative of means (instrument)

Ego vōs aquā baptizō

The ablative case without a preposition shows the means or instrument by which something is done. Here aquā ('with water') tells us how John baptizes, and Spīritū Sānctō in the next clause shows the means of the other baptism.