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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.

• fīlius -ī (m)puer parentum
• genus -eris (n)familia, stirps
• rēx, rēgis (m)quī populō imperat
• exspectō -āremaneō dum veniat
• prōmissus -a -umante dictus, spērātus
• virgō -inis (f)fēmina innūpta
• mātrimōnium -ī (n)coniugium
• angelus -ī (m)nūntius Deī
• somnus -ī (m)cum dormīmus
• appāreō -ērecōnspicior, videor
• pariō -erefīlium in lūcem dō
• servō -āresalvum faciō
• pāreō -ērefaciō quod iubētur
• uxor -ōris (f)coniūnx fēmina
• oppidum -ī (n)urbs parva
• nāscor -īin lūcem veniō
• sapiēns -entisquī multa scit
• oriēns -entis (m)ubi sōl oritur
• magus -ī (m)vir sapiēns oriēntis
• stēlla -ae (f)lūx in caelō nocturnō
• iter, itineris (n)via, profectiō
• adōrō -āreveneror, colō
• intrō -ārein locum eō
• prōcidō -eread terram cadō
• thēsaurus -ī (m)ubi dīvitiae servantur
• offerō -ferredōnum dō
• aurum -ī (n)metallum flāvum pretiōsum
• moritūrus -a -umquī moriētur
• gaudeō -ērelaetus sum
• timeō -ēremetuō, formīdō
• necō -āreoccīdō, morte afficiō
• moneō -ēredīcō ut caveat
• surgō -eremē tollō, exsurgō
• fugiō -ereceleriter abeō ob perīculum
• interimeō ipsō tempore
• frūstrāsine frūctū, incassum
• redeō -īrerūrsus eō, revertor
• dēcipiō -erefallō, in errōrem indūcō
• sentiō -īreanimō percipiō
• tollō -ereauferō, ēripiō
• īnfāns -antis (m/f)puer parvulus
• fleō -ērelacrimō, lūgeō
• maneō -ērein locō permaneō
• dōnecūsque dum
• morior -īvītam āmittō
• revertor -īredeō, rūrsus veniō
• rēgnō -ārerēx sum, imperō
• illūcin illum locum
• sēcēdō -ereā cēterīs abeō
• appellō -ārenōmine vocō

Lege

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

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Pēnsum

Grammatica

Imperative and negative command with nōlī

Nōlī timēre!

To forbid something, Latin uses nōlī (singular) with an infinitive, meaning 'do not...'. Here nōlī timēre means 'Do not be afraid!', while a positive command like Surge! or Accipe puerum! uses the plain imperative.