Hymn for Memorial Day

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

I heard my country calling, away across the sea,
Across the waste of waters she calls and calls to me.
Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,
And round her feet are lying the dying and the dead.
I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns,
I haste to thee my mother, a son among thy sons.

And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.

--Cecil Spring-Rice

Happy Mothers' Day to all Moms!

"The Most Important Person on earth is a mother."
--Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

...audacter ire quo nemo antehac ivit!

Assignment for Latin II A (E cluster)

Unfortunately, the AP Exams in the Library do not permit us to use class time to complete this assignment. It will therefore be done as homework, due by ten p.m. Tuesday night. You may work together to find the answers, but each student must post his full answers himself. Yes, this is for a grade. Please read the full instructions in this post and answer all parts of the assignment.

1) Click on the Subscribe to Posts Link above and to the left in order to receive updates from this blog. I suggest Google Reader, but any equivalent service will do. If you haven't been using a feed reader, now is the time to enter the 21st century.

2) Look up the answer to the following questions. Post your answers as comments to this post. Include your name or initials.

A) What is the weather forecast for our area for the Baseball game on Wednesday (in Latin)?
B) Find a diagram of an ancient Roman fort. Provide me with the link.
C) What is the Latin name for the big black stink bugs (a.k.a. acrobat beetles) out and about this time of year? What do they eat? (answer in Latin.)
D) What is the first sentence of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica in the original Latin?
E) Give me a link to a podcast where I can listen to current news reports in the Latin Language.
F) On Sunday, Fr. James Smith blessed the Motorcycles at Cook's Corner. What would be a Latin word for motorcycle? (Optional: cf. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/motorcycles-blessing-riders-2389753-people-catholic)
G) There exist several free computer programs for Latin translation. Find a link to one which can be installed on your computer, and which does not require internet access to work.
H) Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (find the link on this page, or try Google Book Search) is the classic, and still possibly the best, Latin Grammar in English. Find his rules for the formation of adverbs. (Hint: 214: Adverbs are regularly formed from Adjectives as follows:)

Assignment for Latin II B (A cluster)

These assignments are due by ten p.m. tonight; but you ought to be able to complete them this period. I shall be administering the oral exams at the same time. I will not be answering questions about the assignments until those have been completed. You may work together to find the answers, but each student must post his full answers himself. Yes, this is for a grade.

1) Click on the Subscribe to Posts Link above and to the left in order to receive updates from this blog. I suggest Google Reader, but any equivalent service will do. If you haven't been using a feed reader, now is the time to enter the 21st century.

2) Look up the answer to the following questions. Post your answers as comments to this post. Include your name or initials.

A) What is the weather forecast for our area tomorrow (in Latin)?

B) Find a map of the Roman Empire which identifies both Gaul and Phoenicia. Provide me with the link.

C) What is the Latin name for the large crane flies out and about this time of year? What do they eat? (answer in Latin.)
D) One of the Holy Father's best encyclicals is Spe Salvi. Give me the full first sentence of this work in Latin.

E) Give me a link to a podcast where I can listen to current news reports in the Latin Language.

F) On Sunday, Fr. James Smith blessed the Motorcycles at Cook's Corner. Translate the preceding sentence into Latin. (Optional: cf. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/motorcycles-blessing-riders-2389753-people-catholic)

G) There exist several free computer programs for Latin translation. Find a link to one which can be installed on a computer, and which does not require internet access to work.
H) Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (find the link on this page) is the classic, and still possibly the best, Latin Grammar in English. Find his rules for the formation of adverbs. (Hint: 214: Adverbs are regularly formed from Adjectives as follows:)

Counting to ten

unum, duo, tria, quattuor, quinque, sex, septem, octo, novem, decem

We shall have an oral quiz for counting to ten (B[A cluster] on Tues.; A[E cluster] on Wed.).

One, Two, Three

One
Nominative: unus, una, unum
Genitive: unius
Dative: uni
Accusative: unum, -am, -um
Ablative: Uno, -a, -o

Two
duo, -ae, -o
duorum, -arum, -orum
duobus, -abus, -obus
duos, -as, -o
duobus, -abus, -obus

Three
tres, tres, tria