09-11-2005, 04:52 PM
Here's a copy of a comment that I posted on the Roman_Commands list:
I'm just getting into studying latin, and after reading the beginning of Wheelock's latin, I've noticed that we've been mixing the number tense of some of our commands. For example, referring to the latin drill on Matt Amt's site, move is given for march, the singular. This is fine if addressing a single miles, but if addressing a conturbarnium, wouldn't movete be more appropriate? Likewise, rest is given as laxate, the plural. Would not laxa be more proper if addressing a single miles? Here's a few examples:
English Singular Imperative Plural Imperative
I'm just getting into studying latin, and after reading the beginning of Wheelock's latin, I've noticed that we've been mixing the number tense of some of our commands. For example, referring to the latin drill on Matt Amt's site, move is given for march, the singular. This is fine if addressing a single miles, but if addressing a conturbarnium, wouldn't movete be more appropriate? Likewise, rest is given as laxate, the plural. Would not laxa be more proper if addressing a single miles? Here's a few examples:
English Singular Imperative Plural Imperative
- March move movete
Rest laxa laxate
Speed up accelera accelerate
slow down tarda tardate
fall back (return) redi redite
close ranks iunge iungete
dismissed exi exite
(I disagree with Matt Amt on this one. How does he get:Quote:rear half-files move up
?)
Titus Licinius Neuraleanus
aka Lee Holeva
Conscribe te militem in legionibus, vide mundum, inveni terras externas, cognosce miros peregrinos, eviscera eos.
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aka Lee Holeva
Conscribe te militem in legionibus, vide mundum, inveni terras externas, cognosce miros peregrinos, eviscera eos.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.legiotricesima.org">http://www.legiotricesima.org