Ecclesiastical Latin I and II
The chief aim of this course is to give the student, within one year of study, the ability to read ecclesiastical Latin. The Collins textbook includes the Latin of Jerome's Bible, of canon law, of the liturgy and papal bulls, of scholastic philosophers, and of the Ambrosian hymns, providing a survey of texts from the fourth century through the Middle Ages.
Course Overview: Ecclesiastical Latin I
Module 1
A. Pronunciation: All consonants, vowels and diphthongs, and consonants in front of e or i.
B. First Declension Nouns: Endings, including gender and number; functions of cases, and word order and other pronunciation irregularities.
Module 2
A. Second Declension: Variations and neuter nouns.
B. Copulative verbs, transitive verbs: There are personal pronouns, but they are seldom used.
C. Types of sentences: Especially the dative of possession.
Module 3
A. Adjectives.
B. Two Broad Types: First and second declension and special declensions.
Module 4
A. Introduction to present tense first conjugation.
B. Introduction to second, third, and fourth conjugation and restate conjugational similarities.
Module 5
A. The present passive, imperfect (active and passive), and future (active and passive) verbs in all conjugations.
B. Before you start these lessons, you will have a lesson on the transition between third conjugation io and the fourth conjugation in general. This might take two weeks.
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You will also cover Avicenna’s work and how Latin transferred into the twentieth century. Translation passages vary in complexity.
Module 6
A. Perfect indicative active and relative clause introduction, when to use the indicative, when to use the subjunctive: May, might, and doing it.
Module 7
A. Vocabulary review and conclusion of conjugated (regular) verbs.
B. This lesson is devoted to possum, posse, potuī, e + esse.
Module 8
A. Review of all conjugations.
B. Introduction of third declension nouns.