Latin to GCSE Part 2

by Henry Cullen, John Taylor

Overview

A companion to Bloomsbury's popular two-volume Greek to GCSE, this is the first course for Latin students that directly reflects the curriculum in a clear, concise and accessible way. Enhanced by colour artwork and text features, the books support the new OCR specification for Latin (first teaching 2016) as well as meeting the needs of later students, both at university and beyond.

Written by two experienced school teachers, one also an examiner, the course is based on a keen understanding of what pupils find difficult, concentrating on the essentials and on the explanation of principles in both accidence and syntax: minor irregularities are postponed and subordinated so that the need for rote learning is reduced. User-friendly, it also gives pupils a firm foundation for further study.

Part 1 covers the basics, whilst Part 2 introduces a wider range of grammatical forms and constructions, with a vocabulary of 450 words and reading material about the developing Republic, the war with Hannibal, the rise of Julius Caesar, and Augustus and the early emperors. Practice passages and revision sentences for GCSE complete Part 2, which has a reference section covering the whole course.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780934419
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/14/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	328
Sales rank:	231,155
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Henry Cullen teaches Classics at Winchester College, UK.

John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK. He is an experienced examiner and the author of the widely used textbooks Essential GCSE Latin; Latin Beyond GCSE; Greek to GCSE; and (with Stephen Anderson) Greek Unseen Translation and Writing Greek.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations x

Glossing xi

Note on English to Latin material xi

Abbreviations xii

Map xiv

Chapter 7 1

This and that: hic and ille 1

Background: The early days of the Roman Republic 5

Horatius 6

Comparative adjectives 7

Superlative adjectives 10

Irregular comparative and superlative adjectives 11

Comparative and superlative adverbs $

Mitcius Scaevola 15

Active and passive 17

Present passive 18

Agent and instrument 19

Imperfect passive 20

Future passive 22

Cloelia 24

Present active participle 25

Background: Social conflict in Rome (1) 28

A military strike $

Perfect passive participle 29

Common perfect passive participles 32

Background: Social conflict in Rome (2) 34

Coriolanus 35

Summary of Chapter Seven grammar 36

Chapter Seven vocabulary 37

Chapter 8 39

Principal parts (3) 39

Perfect passive 40

Cincinnatus 42

Pluperfect passive 43

Verginia 46

If clauses (conditionals) 47

Background: Roman power expands in Italy 48

Camillus at Veil 49

Self and same: ipse and idem 50

The spoils of Veii 53

Future active participle 54

Camillus at Falerii 56

Ablative absolute (1) 57

Ablative absolute (2) 59

Background: The Gauls invade Rome 61

The Gauls approach 62

More irregular verbs 62

Irregular imperatives 65

Defending Rome 67

Negative commands 68

An eerie sight 69

Sacred geese More 70

More question words 71

No surrender 73

Home sweet Rome 74

Summary of Chapter Eight grammar 75

Chapter Eight vocabulary 76

Chapter 9 78

Passive infinitive $

Deponent verbs 80

Perfect active participle 82

Background: Carthage and Hannibal 84

Hannibal's oath 84

War with Rome 85

Semi-deponent verbs 86

Hannibal's dream 88

Crossing the Rhone 88

Indirect statement (1) 90

Indirect statement (2) 91

Perfect active infinitive 92

Verbs introducing indirect statement 94

A short pep talk 95

Indirect statement (3) 95

Accusative subjects and objects 95

Perfect passive infinitive 97

Future active infinitive 97

Crossing the Alps 100

Background: Hannibal in Italy 102

Down into Italy 102

Prepositions (3) 104

Trasimene 107

Less common pronouns (1) 109

Despondency and a dictator 110

Less common pronouns (2) 111

Enter Scipio 113

Hannibal and Scipio 114

Summary of Chapter Nine grammar 115

Chapter Nine vocabulary 117

Chapter 10 119

Imperfect subjunctive 119

Purpose clauses 120

Background: The young Caesar 122

Caesar captured by pirates 122

Fourth and fifth declension nouns 123

Caesar's ambition 126

Politics not pomp 127

Background: Caesar in Gaul and Britain 127

Caesar in Gaul 128

Indirect commands 128

Britain in prospect $

Result clauses (1) $

Result clauses (2) $

A difficult landing $

Verbs of fearing 136

Legionaries under attack 138

Pluperfect subjunctive 139

Cum clauses 140

Vercingetorix 142

Indirect questions (1) 144

Indirect questions (2) 146

Crossing the Rubicon 147

Civil war 149

Connecting relative 149

Triumph and mortality 151

Ad with the gerundive to express purpose 152

Uses of dum 153

Background: Caesar reigns supreme 154

Plotting against Caesar 154

Translating complex sentences 155

Death on the Ides 158

Summary of Chapter Ten grammar 161

Chapter Ten vocabulary 163

Chapter 11 165

Revision passages 165

Antony and Octavian 165

Actium 167

Tell-tale birds 168

Augustus established 168

Augustus and Pollio 169

Lost legions 170

Tiberius 171

Caligula 172

Claudius 173

Nero and Agrippina 174

Matricide planned 175

Matricide averted 176

Nero thinks again 177

The murder of Agrippina 178

Boudicca's rebellion 179

Growing alarm 180

The rebels defeated 182

Rome on fire 182

Old Rome lost 184

Christians blamed 185

Chapter 12 186

Revision sentences 186

Restricted vocabulary and grammar for GCSE English to Latin sentences 206

Additional GCSE English to Latin sentences 208

GCSE practice paper 1 210

GCSE practice paper 2 214

GCSE practice paper 3 218

GCSE practice paper 4 222

GCSE practice paper 5 226

Reference grammar 230

Appendices

1 Use of cases 256

2 Constructions 260

3 Negatives 265

4 Uses of the subjunctive 267

5 Words easily confused 269

6 Words with more than one meaning 271

Glossary of grammar terms 272

English to Latin vocabulary 275

Latin to English vocabulary 290

Index to Part 2 304