Cambridge Latin Course
Grammar and Sentence Patterns: Scope and Sequence Unit 2

SENTENCE PATTERN EXAMPLE GRAMMATICAL POINTS EXAMPLE
Stage 13      

(NOM) + INF + V

omission of verb in second of two
   clauses

Volubilis cenam optimam coquere
   potest
unus est nocens, ceteri innocentes.

infinitive + possum, volo, nolo

present tense of possum, volo, -que

questions with nonne?
perfect participle passive
blauses with ubi(="when")
    simulac/simulatque,quamquam
nominative singular of 2nd
   declension neuter nouns
secum

apposition (nominative)

nominative predicative adjective
perfect of volo

nos de hac coniuratione audire
   volumus.
pueri puellaeque in primo ordine

   stabant.
nonne Cervix aratoribus praeest?
dominus est vulneratus.
Bregans, simulac Salvium vidit,

   "domine! domine!" clamavit.
ubi est vinum?

Bregans in medis servis stabat;
   canem ingentem secum habebat.
hospes erat Pompeius Optatus, vir

   benignus.
aqua est foeda.
postridie Salvius fundum inspicere

   voluit

Stage 14      
decorum,etc. + est+ DAT +
   (ACC) + INF
difficile est mihi magnam amphoram
   portare.

increased incidence of attributive
   adjective: agreement of case and
   number
imperfect of volo, nolo, possum

infinitive+ decorum, difficile,etc.
vocative in -i
noli

increased incidence of imperative
   plural
present participle

ipse
apposition (accusative)

accusative predicative adjective

multas amicas habeo.

Marcia urnam vix portare poterat,   quod anus erat.
necesse est mihi pavimentum lavare.
Salvi, audi!
noli lacrimare!
Loquax! Anti=Loquax! portate hanc

   amphoram in villam!
coquus, erubescens ad cubiculum

   revenit.
tu ipsa hanc villam elegisti.
mercatores Pompeiani nos milites

   semper decipiebant.
nos ornatrices nihil sordidum
   facimus.

Stage 15      

NOM + Q (relative clause) + V

 

omission of verb in first of two clauses

senex qui sceptrum tenebat erat rex
   Cogidubnus.

Regnenses laeti, Cantiaci miseri
   erant

relative clauses with nominative
   singular and plural and accusative
   singular of qui
infinitive + debeo

vinum, quod ancillae ferebant,erat
    in patera aurea.

quid facere debeo?

Stage 16      

DAT + ACC + V

 

relative clause in sentences with
   subject omitted
increasingly varied position of the
   relative clause

ursae cibum et aquam dabat.

 

ibi servum, qui tam fortis et tam
   fidelis fuerat, liberavi.
in aula erant multae picturae, quas
   pictor Graecus pinxerat.
ex ovo, quod servi in mensam

   posuerant, apparuit slatatrix.

pluperfect (in relative clause)

 

increased incidence of infinitive +

   decorum, difficile, etc.
infinitive + debeo and audio
relative clauses with accusative plural
   of qui

in horto erant multi flores, quos
&nbsp:  Cogidubnus ex Italia   importaverat.
facile est tibi iocos facere.

sed ursam tractare non audes!
in aula erant multae picturae, quas

   pictor Graecus pinxerat.

Stage 17      

DAT + V

ACC + NOM + V

V + NOM (increased incidence)

increased complexity in subordinate
   clause.

puero respondi.

ita mercatorem fortuna servavit.

in hac casa habitat faber. est
   Diogenes, faber Graecus.
in armario erant quinque fustes, quos

   Diogenes extraxit et nobis tradidit.

genitive singular and plural (in
   prepositional phrases)
position of tamen, igitur, enim

obsto + dative

pluperfect (in main clause)

clauses with sicut

infinitive + soleo, coepi, melius est

pro templo Caesaris erat ara.

Serapis enim est deus qui segetes
   curat.
in triviis magna multitudo nobis

   obstabat.
Barbillus has gemmas a mercatore
   Arabi emerat.
hoc monstrum, sicut pica, res

   fulgentes colligere solet.
nunc sacerdotes in ara sacrificium

   facere solent.

Stage 18      

NOM / ACC + Q (genitive) + V

 

 
increased incidence of DAT + ACC
   + V

ACC + V + NOM

ACC + DAT + V

ACC + NOM + V

increased incidence of omission of
   verb in 1st of 2 clauses
increased complexity of sentence
   structure:
i)"branching" of one subrodinate
   clause out of another
ii)"nesting" of one subordinate
clause inside of another

officinam Eutychi intravit.

 

ego Clementi diu tabernam
   quaerebam.

tabernam tuam diripiunt Eutychus et
    operae.
hanc tabernam Clementi emere volo.

mox plurimos amicos Clemens
   habebat.
Clemens vir fortis, non senex
infirmus est.


diligenter laborabant, quod aderat
   vilicus, qui virgam vibrabat.
ubi a templo, in quo cenaverat,

   domum redibat, amicum conspexit
   accurrentem.

adjective: agreement of fender

 

further examples of intransitive
   verbs: confido, obsto,
   appropinquo,etc. + dative
genitive + nominative/accusative

clauses with ut(="as")

tabernarius perterritus erat, quod
    senex vehementer clamabat.
   ancilla perterrita erat, quod
   multus sanguis fluebat.
nam tabernarii, qui Eutycho

   pecuniam inviti dabant, paulatim
   Clementi confidebant.
Clemens officinam Eutychi intravit.

haec taberna, ut dixi, prope templum
   deae Isidis erat.

Stage 19      
   

increased incidence of hic
increased incidence of noli, nolite
increased incidence of imperative
increased incidence of vocative
increased incidence of genitive +
    nominative/accusative
genitive of adjective

fio + predicative nominative

haec femina est Galatea.
iuvenes! cedite! nolite nobis obstare!

specta illam stolam croceam!
marite! emove hos iuvenes!
puellae coronas rosarum gerunt

quam raucae sunt voces feminarum
   Graecarum!
aqua limosior fiebat, harundinesque

   densiores.

Stage 20      
increased complexity of sentence
   structure:
iii)"stringing" of two parallel
   subordinate clauses

&nbsp

servi, qui Barbillum portabant, ubi
   cubiculum intraverunt, in lectum
   eum leniter posuerunt.

increased incidence of present
  & nbsp;  participle
increased incidence of oblique cases
   of is

descriptive genitive

increased incidence of predicative
   adjective

ancillae prope lectum stabant,
   lacrimantes.
Petro, postquam de vulnere Barbilli
   audivit, statim ad villam eius
    festinavit.
astrologus, qui in villa Barbilli

    habitabat, erat vir ingenii pravi.
subito puerum vidi in triviis stantem.

 

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Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 | Unit 4
Grammar & Sentence Patterns: Scope & Sequence
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