Latin for Beginners · Lesson LXXIII · Part 15: Gerunds, reported speech and special cases
73. The verb ferō; the dative with compound verbs
Goal: Your child conjugates ferō and its compounds and uses the dative with verbs like īnferō, praesum and praeficiō.
You'll need
- The book (the lesson pages and the word lists in §§ 513 and 514)
- A notebook and pencil
- Index cards from earlier lessons
What's in the book
A vocabulary review (§ 423, word lists in §§ 513 and 514), the irregular verb ferō and five compounds (§ 424, full forms in § 498), the dative with compound verbs with examples (§ 425) and the rule, a verb list and four idioms (§ 426), then Latin and English sentences.
The lesson, step by step
Vocabulary review
Go through the word lists in §§ 513 and 514. Note the slow words on a card.
ferō
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus means 'bear, carry'. Its principal parts look unrelated, so learn them as a chant. Present: ferō, fers, fert; ferimus, fertis, ferunt. Compounds: adferō (bring to, report), cōnferō (bring together), dēferō (report, grant), īnferō (bring against), referō (bear back, report).
Dative with compounds
Some verbs made with a preposition (the book lists them in § 426; in, inter and prae are among them) take a dative, even when the simple verb does not:
Germānī Gallīs bellum īnferunt
The Germans make war upon the Gauls.
Galba cōpiīs fīlium praefēcit
Galba put his son in command of the forces.
Idioms
Learn the four idioms in § 426:
alicui bellum īnferre, to make war upon some one
pedem referre, to retreat (lit. to bear back the foot)
And molestē ferre, to be annoyed at; sē cōnferre, to betake one's self.
Latin to English
Do the ferō drill (items 1 to 3), then the sentences. Two of them:
Haec rēs exercituī magnam calamitātem attulit
Caesar sociīs imperāvit nē fīnitimīs suīs bellum īnferrent.
Find each dative and ask why it is there.
English to Latin and wrap-up
Write the six English sentences; numbers 2 and 4 are indirect statements. Memorize ferō, its compounds, and the idioms.
Afterwards
Two days: vocabulary and ferō, then the dative rule and exercises.
Answers to the book's problems
Items 1 to 3 are drills on the forms of ferō. 4. When the boats were approaching the island, the barbarians, moved by terror, tried to retreat. 5. The Gauls were annoyed that the Romans were laying waste their fields. 6. Caesar commanded the allies not to make war upon their neighbors. 7. The scouts who met Caesar said that the army of the enemy, worn out by wounds, had betaken itself to another place. 8. The enemy knew that the Romans were in need of grain and that this would bring the greatest danger to Caesar. 9. When the baggage had been brought together into one place, some of the soldiers crossed the river, which was not far away. 10. The king urged them to visit the oracle and to report to him what they heard. 11. Whom did the general put in command of that legion? Publius was in command of that legion. 12. When Caesar was in Hither Gaul, frequent reports were brought to him, and he was also informed by letter that the Gauls were exchanging hostages.
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