1. Latin 3, Sept. 19-20 Bellwork: Ablative Uses Mad Minute
You have one minute after the bell rings to complete the Mad Minute, but you can start early before the bell.
Today’s Outcome:
I will be able to translate ablative nouns accurately according to their context in a sentence.

2. Fill in the Ablative Endings
1st Declension
Sing Pl N a ae G
arum D īs Ac am ās Ab ?
2nd Masculine
Sing Pl N us i G
orum D ō īs Ac um ōs Ab ?
2nd Neuter
Sing Pl N um a G i
orum D ō īs Ac Ab ?

3. Fill in the Ablative Endings
3rd M/F
Sing Pl N -- es G is um D i
ibus Ac em Ab ?
3rd N
Sing Pl N -- a G is um D i
ibus Ac Ab ?

4. Fill in the Ablative Endings
3rd M/F
I-stem
Sing Pl N -- es G is
ium D i
ibus Ac em Ab ?
3rd N
I-stem
Sing Pl N -- ia G is
ium D i
ibus Ac Ab ?

5. Whiteboard drill Write the ablative form of…
Auctor, auctoris (singular)
Pater, patris (plural)
Civitas, civitatis (singular)
Uxor, uxoris (singular)
Iter, itineris (plural)
Tempus, temporis (singular)
Spatium, spatii (singular)
Ludus, ludi (singular)
Exemplum, exempli (plural)
Porta, portae (plural)
Liberi, liberorum (plural)
Vita, vitae (singular)

6. Review presentations
Each group is assigned a review use of the ablative
Find or make up a Latin phrase that is an example of your ablative use
Write it on the poster
Illustrate it
Explain your ablative use to the class

7. Ablative Absolute review
English:
“With the noun having been verbed”
Ex: “With the town having been seized”
Convert to a clause:
“After the town was seized”
“Since they seized the town”
Latin:
Noun + Participle with ablative endings
Ex: “Oppido occupato”
Participle comes from 4th principal part of a verb

8. Ablative of Respect: p 334 Equi et homines non sunt pares celeritate.
Specifies the respect in which the sentence is true
Latin: Ablative noun without a preposition
English: Use the preposition in or in respect to
This construction answers the questions: in what respect? In what specific way? How?
Equi et homines non sunt pares celeritate.
Puer erat vir factis.
Numero, non animo, superamur.

9. Ablative of Time When: p 354
Latin: Ablative noun with no preposition
A TIME word
English: Use prepositions in, on, or at
Aestate agri sunt pulchri.
Secundo anno revenit.
Illo tempore nihil timuimus.

10. Time Words to Know: Aestas, aestatis: summer Hiems, hiemis: winter
Autumnus, -i: fall
Ver, veris: spring
Annus: year
Dies: day
Septimana: week
Hebdomeda: week
Hora: hour
Tempus, temporis: time
Dies Solis: Sunday
Dies Lunae: Monday
Dies Martis: Tuesday
Dies Mercurii: Wednesday
Dies Iovis: Thursday
Dies Veneris: Friday
Dies Saturni: Saturday

11. Agricolae aestate et hieme in agris laborant.
Name that Ablative!
Agricolae aestate et hieme in agris laborant.

12. Milites nostri sunt pauci numero.
Name that Ablative!
Milites nostri sunt pauci numero.

13. Tertio anno, hostes superabant.
Name that Ablative!
Tertio anno, hostes superabant.

14. Omnes servi magna cum celeritate fugerunt.
Name that Ablative!
Omnes servi magna cum celeritate fugerunt.

15. Marco duce, nihil nos terret.
Name that Ablative!
Marco duce, nihil nos terret.

16. Omnes hostes e finibus nostris certe pellemus.
Name that Ablative!
Omnes hostes e finibus nostris certe pellemus.

17. Non omnes puellae diligentiā et celeritate pares sunt.
Name that Ablative!
Non omnes puellae diligentiā et celeritate pares sunt.

18. Puer erat celer pede sed studiis ab omnibus superabatur.
Name that Ablative!
Puer erat celer pede sed studiis ab omnibus superabatur.

19. Puer erat celer pede sed studiis ab omnibus superabatur.
Name that Ablative!
Puer erat celer pede sed studiis ab omnibus superabatur.

20. Puer erat celer pede sed studiis ab omnibus superabatur.
Name that Ablative!
Puer erat celer pede sed studiis ab omnibus superabatur.

21. Amicis visis, ad oppidum novum iter fecimus.
Name that Ablative!
Amicis visis, ad oppidum novum iter fecimus.

22. Coloni ex patria migrant et in variis terris civitatem petunt.
Name that Ablative!
Coloni ex patria migrant et in variis terris civitatem petunt.

23. Coloni ex patria migrant et in variis terris civitatem petunt.
Name that Ablative!
Coloni ex patria migrant et in variis terris civitatem petunt.

24. Pax et amicitia cum civitatibus barbaris a Romanis confirmatae sunt.
Name that Ablative!
Pax et amicitia cum civitatibus barbaris a Romanis confirmatae sunt.

25. Pax et amicitia cum civitatibus barbaris a Romanis confirmatae sunt.
Name that Ablative!
Pax et amicitia cum civitatibus barbaris a Romanis confirmatae sunt.