HUM / REL 293 - Continuation of Beginning Latin

Course Notes - Week 3

Wheelock

Ablative of Means - Several names may be used to indicate the way the cases of a noun function. "Ablative of Means" merely means that the ablative is used to show the "means by which" an action is performed. English would use "by . . "
The cat was satisfied by (or with) food - "the cat" is the subject, "by food" is the means by which the cat was satisfied.
In such cases Latin usually uses the ablative without any preposition.

Ablative of Personal Agent - merely indicates that the ablative is being used to show the "Agent" who/which is doing the action of a passive verb. English would use "by . . "
The cat was chased by the dog - "the cat" is the subject, "the dog" is the agent. English often uses "by, with, from" where inflected languages use an Ablative.
In this case Latin uses the ablative with "ab".
Greek does not have an ablative, so uses the genitive "upo tou, thj, twn . . "

Cambridge Course

Page 27 - The photo is of the reconstruction of a Romano-British room, in the Museum of London. The red and black decor is similar to decorations in Herculaneum from the same period. The Britons were becoming Romanized, copying many aspects of Roman life

Pages 34-35 - The Guilloche (inter-twined pattern) border is part of one of the mosaic floors at Fishbourne palace. It is probably from a period about 50 years later than the stories in the book
The earliest floors were black and white, like the illustration on the cover of the textbook.
Later floors (sometimes laid over the earlier black-and-white) started to use red and brown tesserae in geometric patterns, and by the second and third centuries the floors included elaborate pictures in subtle colors. The background for these webpages is derived from a photo of one of the mosaics at Fishbourne palace.

Page 37 - The photo is of the outer surface of a wax tablet which was found in London. Branded into the surface was "PROC AVG DEDERUNT BRIT PROV" - "The Imperial (AVG - Augustan) procurators(PROC) of the Province (PROV) or Britain (BRIT) have issued (given out - DEDERUNT)

Pages 44-45 - The photos of roundhouses are from the Butser Experimental Ancient Farm, in Hampshire. The farm is operated for research and educational projects

Page 46 - Emmer Wheat
Emmer is probably the grain which was first brought under cultivation in the Neolithic age in the Middle East, and was then carried throughout the Mediterranean regions and Europe as people-groups spread northwards.
Most modern cereals other than oats and those derived for the maize of America, are descended from emmer.
"Corn" can mean either of two different grains, according to whether the writer is American or British. British corn is similar to emmer, but without the beard (long whiskers on the grain), and stands upright rather than bending over like emmer and barley.
American (sweet) corn is derived from maize

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