Ecce Romani I : A Latin Reading Program : Meeting the Family Rome at Last

Introduction xii Two Roman Girls 3(4) Building the Meaning: Parts of Speech: Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs 4(3) A Summer Afternoon 7(6) Building the Meaning: Subjects, Verbs, Linking Verbs, and Complements 8(1) Forms: Verbs: The Endings -t and -nt 8(2) Roman Life I: A Roman Family 10(3) In the Garden 13(6) Forms: Nouns and Adjectives: Singular and Plural 14(3) Roman Life II: Dress 17(2) Show-Off! 19(6) Building the Meaning: Direct Objects and the Ending -m 20(1) Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 20(2) Word Study I 22(3) Marcus to the Rescue 25(8) Building the Meaning: The Complementary Infinitive 26(2) Myth I: Aeneas 28(5) Early in the Day 33(6) Building the Meaning: Infinitive with Impersonal Verbal Phrase 34(1) Nouns and Adjectives: Gender 34(3) Roman Life III: The Slave Market 37(2) Bad News 39(14) Forms: Nouns and Adjectives: The Endings -as, -os, and -es 40(1) Nouns: Cases and Declensions: Nominative and Accusative Cases 41(1) Building the Meaning: Recognizing Clues 42(1) Nominative or Accusative Plural? 43(2) Roman Life IV: The Roman Villa 45(4) Review I: Chapters 1--7 49(4) Getting Up Early 53(10) Forms: Verbs: Persons 54(2) Nouns and Adjectives: Vocative 56(1) Word Study II 57(2) Roman Life V: Patria Potestas 59(4) Goodbye 63(8) Building the Meaning: Prepositional Phrases: Accusative and Ablative Cases 64(1) Forms: Nouns: Cases and Declensions: Ablative Case 65(3) Myth II: Major Gods and Goddesses 68(3) Departure 71(8) Building the Meaning: Accusative and Infinitive 72(1) Forms: Verbs: Conjugations 72(1) Verbs: The Present Tense 73(1) Verbs: Imperative 74(1) Roman Life VI: Treatment of Slaves 75(4) A Slave Runs Away 79(10) Building the Meaning: The Genitive Case 80(1) Forms: Nouns: Cases and Declensions: Genitive and Dative Cases 81(2) Roman Life VII: Roman Names 83(1) Building the Meaning: Genitive Singular or Nominative Plural? 84(1) Myth III: The Founding of Rome 85(4) Capture 89(8) Building the Meaning: The Ablative Case 90(3) Review II: Chapters 8--12 93(4) Disaster 97(8) Forms: 3rd Declension i-stem Nouns 98(1) Verbs: The Imperfect Tense I 98(2) Building the Meaning: Adverbs 100(2) Word Study III 102(3) Who is to Blame? 105(8) Forms: Verbs: The Imperfect Tense II 106(2) Verbs: Irregular Verbs I 108(1) Myth IV: The Kings of Rome 109(4) Vehicle Spotting 113(6) Forms: Nouns: Neuter 114(2) Numerals and Numbers 116(3) Why is Sextus a Pest? 119(8) Building the Meaning: Nouns and Adjectives: Agreement I 120(3) Word Study IV 123(4) Do We Stay at an Inn? 127(10) Forms: Verbs: Regular Verbs (Review) 128(1) Verbs: Irregular Verbs II 128(3) Review III: Chapters 13--17 131(6) Arrival at the Inn 137(12) Forms: Adjectives: 1st/2nd Declension and 3rd Declension 138(1) Building the Meaning: Nouns and Adjectives: Agreement II 139(2) Myth V: Legendary Heroes of Early Rome 141(3) Word Study V 144(5) Settling In 149(10) Forms: Verbs: Perfect Tense I 150(3) Roman Life VIII: Graffiti from Ancient Inns 153(1) Roman Life IX: Roman Travel 154(5) Chance Encounter 159(14) Forms: Verbs: Perfect Tense II 160(1) Building the Meaning: Subordinate Clauses with the Conjunction dum 161(1) Uses of the Infinitive (Consolidation) 162(2) Roman Life X: Roman Hospitality 164(1) Forms: Verbs: Principal Parts 165(3) History I: The Early Republic 168(5) Murder 173(12) Eavesdropping 178(3) Review IV: Chapters 18--21 181(4) From the Inn to Rome 185(14) Forms: Nouns: Cases and Declensions: Dative Case 186(2) 3rd Declension Adjectives of One Termination 188(1) Building the Meaning: The Dative Case 189(2) Nouns: Dative or Ablative? 191(2) Frontier Life I: Rome and Northern Europe 193(3) Word Study VI 196(3) At the Porta Capena 199(12) Building the Meaning: Adjectives as Substantives 200(1) Forms: Verbs: Future Tense I 201(2) Building the Meaning: Present or Future Tense? 203(2) Forms: Verbs: Future Tense II 205(2) Roman Life XI: Aqueducts 207(4) Always Tomorrow 211(16) Building the Meaning: Dative with Intransitive Compound Verbs 212(1) Ablative of Cause 213(1) Forms: Verbs: Pluperfect Tense 213(2) Frontier Life II: North Africa 215(1) History II: The First and Second Punic Wars 216(2) Forms: Verbs: Future Perfect Tense 218(2) Frontier Life III: Cultural Assimilation 220(2) Roman Life XII: Memorial Inscriptions 222(1) Review V: Chapters 22--24 223(4) First Morning in Rome 227(12) Forms: Nouns: 4th and 5th Declensions 228(1) Building the Meaning: The Partitive Genitive or Genitive of the Whole 229(1) Roman Life XIII: Rome 230(5) Roman Life XIV: Eucleides the Tour Guide 235(4) A Grim Lesson 239(10) Forms: Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns: Hic and Ille 240(4) History III: Rome Becomes a World Leader 244(5) A Visit to the Races 249(64) Building the Meaning: Dative with Special Intransitive Verbs 253(1) Forms: Pronouns: Personal 253(1) Pronouns: Reflexive 254(1) Adjectives: Possessive 255(2) Prefixes: Compound Verbs I 257(1) Roman Life XV: Inscriptions Concerning Charioteers 258(1) Word Study VII 259(3) Review VI: Chapters 25--27 262(5) REFERENCE MATERIALS Forms 267(7) Building the Meaning 274(13) Pronunciation of Latin 287(2) Latin to English Vocabulary 289(11) English to Latin Vocabulary 300(13) Index of Grammar 313(2) Index of Cultural Information 315