LESSON 4
General chart of declensions, Latin verbs
Noun 1: injuria, injuriam, natura,
Noun 2: arma, verba
Noun 3: finis, opus, consuetudo, leges, nihil, labor,
Noun 5: diem, (days of the week)
Adjective 1,2: altera
Adjective 3: omnia
Verb 1 : coronat, excusat, agere, delectat, volant
Verb 2 : silent, manet
Verb 3 : carpe, dictum, factum, vincit, scripta, vidi, vici
Verb 4: veni
Preposition: inter
Adverb: non, quasi,
Conjunction: enim
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Maxim 21-30 (simple verb)
Finis coronat opus.
The ending crowns the work.
(N/A. Cf. exitus acta probat.)
Iniuria non excusat iniuriam.
One wrong does not justify another.
(N/A)
Consuetudo quasi altera natura.
Habit is our second nature.
(Cicero, De finibus)
Nihil agere delectat.
It is pleasant to do nothing.
(Cicero, De oratore)
Silent enim leges inter arma.
Laws are silent in times of war.
(Cicero, Pro Milone.)
Carpe diem!
Seize the day!
(Horace, Carmina)
Dictum, factum.
Said and done.
(Terence, Heautontimorumenos)
Labor omnia vincit.
Labour conquers everything.
(Vergil, Georgica)
Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet.
Words fly away, the written (letter) remains.
(N/A)
Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
(Written by Julius Caesar about a rapid victory.)