TL1A11  LATIN LANGUAGE, I (A.Y. 2023/2024)

• Accademic Unit

  Faculty of Theology

• Course

  Baccalaureate in Theology

Objectives : To be able to analyze and understand simple sentences.

Contents : The parts of speech. Essential elements of Latin phonetics. Nominal morphology: the five declensions and the two classes of adjectives; pronouns (personal and possessive). Verbal morphology: the indicative, active and passive, of the four conjugations and the verb sum. The imperative of the four conjugations and of the verb sum. The present infinitive, active and passive, of the four conjugations and of the verb sum. Syntax: the key elements of the sentence (predicate, subject, direct object, indirect objects); subordinate clauses in the indicative. Lexicon: learning the basic vocabulary necessary for the general comprehension of a text of low difficulty in the biblical, theological or liturgical field.

Methodology : Active participation in the translating of sentences and the introduction of new grammatical or syntactical features from the textbook.

Means of evaluation: Evaluation will be by active participation in class translations, and a written examination with the use of a dictionary.

• Information
• Teachers
• Lesson schedule/Room
• Bibliography

Information

• Semestre: 1° Semestre
• ECTS: 4

Teachers

William Pierce GIBSON IV

Lesson schedule/Room

Semester	Day	From	To	Room	Floor	Building	Notes
1° Semestre	Venerdì	15.00	15.45	C211	2	Centrale
1° Semestre	Venerdì	16.00	16.45	C211	2	Centrale

Bibliography

• Henle, R.J., A Latin Grammar, Loyola University Press, Chicago 1958; Henle, R.J., First Year Latin, Loyola University Press, Chicago 2005; Orberg, H.H., Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, Pars I: Familia Romana. Hacket Publishing Company, Indiana 2003. The Orberg text will be provided by the teacher online.