Salvēte, sodālēs.
Hodie sunt quinque verba nova. Today there are five new words.
Prīmum verbum novum est ‘ecce’. Ecce is an interesting word. Ecce sacculus meus. could mean ‘Look at my purse.’, ‘Here is my purse.’ or ‘Behold my purse.’ Basically, you say ecce to draw somebody’s attention to something.
Secundum verbum novum est ‘baculum’ et tertium verbum novum est ‘mēnsa’. Take a look at the pictures in the margin. From these you will learn the meanings of the nouns baculum and mēnsa.
from Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illustrāta, page 28.
Quartum verbum novum est ‘pōnit’. The verb pōnit is also illustrated in the margin. If you can see what Davus is doing in this picture, then you will understand the meaning of pōnit. As in the previous lessons, be prepared to see the end of pōnit change when Julius uses the verb to give an instruction.
from Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illustrāta, page 28.
Quīntum verbum novum est ‘vaccus’. The adjective vacuus is fairly easy to deduce, as long as you remember that nūlla (with all its various endings) means nōn ūna, as in not [even] one. Its also the root of the English word vacuum.
Now READ lines 59-67. Remember, Julius had just asked Davus ‘Ubi est sacculus tuus?’
Satis est. Until next time.