Stage 5 In Theātrō

I can ….

translate 3rd person verbs in the singular and plural.

form and translate plural nouns in the nominative case.

read a story which has vocabulary and grammar from Stages 1-5.

answer questions about a story which has vocabulary and grammar from Stages 1-5.

describe a Roman theater.

describe a typical Roman comedy.

The theater at Pompeii

large theater / canvas awning / 5,000 / tokens / cushions
cavea / farces / Manducus / Pappus / lyre
orchēstra / comedies / Plautus / trumpets / double pipes
scaena / pantomime / Terence / castanets / scaena frōns

The Theater at Pompeii

The Comedies of Plautus

Stage 5 – in theātrō
Latin Word / English Meaning / Derivative
adest, adsunt
agricola, agricolam (m)
ambulat, ambulant
audit, audiunt
clāmor, clāmōrem (m)
contendit, contendunt
currit, currunt
fābula, fābulam (f)
fēmina, fēminam (f)
hodiē
iuvenis, iuvenem (m/f)
meus, mea
multus, multa
multī, multae
optimus, optima
petit, petunt
plaudit, plaudunt
puella, puellam (f)
senex, senem (m)
spectat, spectant
stat, stant
turba, turbam (f)
ubi?
urbs, urbem (f)
venit, veniunt

Nominative Plurals

1st declension 2nd declension 3rd declension

singular / plural / singular / plural / singular / plural
nominative: -a / -ae / -us / -ī / --- / -ēs
ancilla / ancillae / servus / servī / leō / leōnēs
slaved girl / slave girls / slave / slaves / lion / lions

A plural subject must have a plural verb.

3rd Person Plural

singular plural singular plural

1st person / -ō / ambulō – I walk
2nd person
3rd person / -s
-t / -nt / ambulās – you walk ambulat – he, she, it walks / ambulant – they walk

singular plural

ancilla in hortō sedet. ancillae in hortō sedent.

amīcus Caecilium salūtat . amīcī Caecilium salūtant. mercātor ad forum ambulat. mercātōr ēs ad forum ambulant.