Stage 8 Vocab 1. senator Romanus 2. magnifica 3. Nuceriam 4. Nucerini 5. inimici 6. saepe 7. turbulenti 8. spectaculum 9. splendidum 10. edidit 11. diem natalem 12. celebrabat 13. cives 1. Roman Senator 2. magnificent 3. Nuceria 4. people of Nuceria 5. enemies 6. often 7. rowdy, disordely 8. show, spectacle 9. splendid 10. presented 11. birthday 12. was celebrating 13. citizens

Stage 8 Vocab 14. complebant 15. nuntiabant 16. viginti 17. retiarii 18. murmillones 19. bestiarii 20. bestias 21. quam celerrime 22. hi 23. vehementer 24. tacuerunt 14. were filling 15. were announcing 16. twenty 17. net-fighters 18. heavily armed gladiators 19. beast-fighters 20. wild animals, beasts 21. as quickly as possible 22. these 23. loudly, violently 24. fell silent

Stage 8 Vocab 25. tuba 26. sonuit 27. pugnam commiserunt 28. victores 29. expediti 30. evitaverunt 31. ignavi 32. callidi 33. decipiunt 34. frustra 25. trumpet 26. sounded 27. began the fight 28. victors, winners 29. lightly armed 30. avoided 31. cowards 32. clever, smart 33. are deceiving, are tricking 34. in vain

Stage 8 Vocab 35. provocaverunt 36. unus 37. graviter 38. vulneraverunt 39. alterum 40. hic 41. missionem 42. mortem 43. pollicem vertit 44. dedit End 35. challenged 36. one 37. seriously 38. wounded 39. the second, the other 40. this 41. release 42. death 43. turned his thumb up 44. gave

Stage 8 Vocab 45. interfecerunt 46. iterum 47. cervi 48. esuriebant 49. retinet 50. hunc 51. tres 52. audacissime 53. recubuerunt 54. obdormiverunt 45. killed 46. again 47. deer 48. were hungry 49. is holding back 50. this 51. three 52. very boldly 53. lay down 54. went to sleep

Stage 8 Vocab 55. iratissimi 56. ridiculum 57. edebat 58. fugiebant 59. suos 60. destrinxerunt 61. attonitus 62. tristis 63. pedem 64. ostendit 55. very angry 56. ridiculous, silly 57. was presenting 58. began to run away, began to flee 59. their 60. drew 61. astonished 62. sad 63. foot, paw 64. showed

Stage 8 Vocab 65. spinam 66. dolet 67. benignus 68. fremuit 69. exclamavit 70. adiuvo 71. hoc 72. extraxit 73. postea 74. comprehenderunt 75. Christianus 65. thorn 66. hurts 67. kind 68. roared 69. shouted 70. help 71. this 72. pulled out 73. afterwards 74. arrested 75. Christian

Stage 8 Vocab 76. olfecit 77. lambebat 78. agnovit 79. ad salutem 76. smelled, sniffed 77. began to lick 78. recognized 79. to safety

Stage 8 Grammar From Stage 2 onwards you have translated sentences like these: amicus puellam salutat. dominus servum vituperabat. The friend greets the girl. The master was cursing the slave. In each of these examples, the person who has something done to him or her is indicated in Latin by the ACCUSATIVE SINGULAR.

In Stage 8 you will be introduced to the: ACCUSATIVE PLURAL

Take a look at the following sentences amicus puellas salutat. dominus servos vituperabat. The friend greets the girls. The master was cursing the slaves. In each of these examples, the person who has something done to him or her is indicated in Latin by the ACCUSATIVE PLURAL.

You have now learned the following cases: First Declension Second Declension Third Declension Singular Nominative puella tuba servus libertus mercator victor Singular Accusative puellam tubam servum libertum mercatorem victorem Plural Nominative puellae tubae servi liberti mercatores victores Plural Accusative puellas tubas servos libertos mercatores victores

Practice #1 agricola gladiatorem laudavit. The farmer praised the gladiator. agricola gladiatores laudavit. The farmer praised the gladiators.

Practice #2 servus agricolam interfecit. The slave killed the farmer. servus agricolas interfecit. The slave killed the farmers.

Practice #3 puer actores ad theatrum duxit. The boy led the actores to the theatre. centurio servos laudavit. The centurion praised the slaves.

Practice #3 senex actorem ad forum duxit. The old man led the actor to the forum amicus fabulas narravit. The friend told stories.

Practice #4 amici ancillam salutaverunt The friends greeted the slave girl. agricolae nuntios audiverunt. The farmers heard the messengers.

Stage 8 Grammar Part II Look at the following sentences: Pompeiani erant irati. The Pompeians were angry. gladiator est notus The gladiator is famous. mater erat laeta. The mother was happy.

Superlatives Look at the following sentences: Pompeiani erant iratissimi. The Pompeians were very angry. gladiator est notissimus. The gladiator is very famous. mater erat laetissima. The mother was very happy.

There are some irregular superlatives mons est pulcher. The mountain is beautiful. mons Vesuvius est pulcherrimus. Mount Vesuvius is very beautiful.

Further Examples mercator est tristis. canis erat ferox. senex est tristissimus. leo erat ferocissimus.