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The Commissatio

The Commissatio. Chapter Thirty-Four. Cena - Roman meal; major occasion in daily routine Poculum -drinking-cup Merum - undiluted wine; thick and sweet wine Secundae mensae - dessert course Commissatio - drinking party for male guests

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The Commissatio

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  1. The Commissatio Chapter Thirty-Four

  2. Cena-Roman meal; major occasion in daily routine • Poculum-drinking-cup • Merum-undiluted wine; thick and sweet wine • Secundaemensae-dessert course • Commissatio-drinking party for male guests • Coronae-garlands worn on heads or around necks of guests • Flores-flowers for the garlands (esp. roses and violets) • Apium-parsley for the garland • Hedera-ivy for the garland • Unguenta-perfumes applied to face and hair; sometimes mixed with wine • Arbiter bibendi-master of drinking; determined the strength of wine to be drunk • Tali-knucklebones; oblong, rounded at two ends; dice • Fritillus-cylindrical box for tali • Venus-highest throw when all four tali came up all different • Canis-poor throw with four “ones” • Senio-poor throw with a combination of sixes • Cyathi-measures of water to be added to the wince Commissatio Terminology

  3. 1. Trim the edge off of a paper plate to form the base for the crown. • 2. Cut a space in one side and trim the ends to make points. • 3. Cut narrow leaf shapes from the green paper. • 4. Starting at one end of the wreath base, glue the leaves onto the base. Stop halfway around the base and start at the opposite end. • 5. Tie red ribbon around the crown at the halfway point. How to Make a Laurel-Wreath Crown

  4. PLUS VINI VOCABULARIA More wine

  5. CREO, -ARE, -AVI, -ATUS VOCABULARIA To appoint

  6. PRUDENTIOR VOCABULARIA wiser

  7. QUAM VOCABULARIA than

  8. PRUDENTER VOCABULARIA Wisely, sensibly

  9. NIMIS VOCABULARIA Too much

  10. POSCO, POSCERE, POPOSCI VOCABULARIA To demand, ask for

  11. MISCEO, MISCERE, MISCUI, MIXTUS VOCABULARIA To mix

  12. SINO, SINERE, SIVI, SITUS VOCABULARIA To allow

  13. HAURIO, HAURIRE, HAUSI, HAUSTUS VOCABULARIA To drain

  14. MODUS, -I, m. VOCABULARIA Way, method

  15. CURA, -AE, f. VOCABULARIA care

  16. INVOCO, -ARE, -AVI, -ATUS VOCABULARIA To invoke, call upon

  17. COLLAPSUS EST VOCABULARIA He collapsed

  18. PESSIMUS, -A, -UM VOCABULARIA worst

  19. Verbs 1. creo, -are, -avi, -atus 2. posco, poscere, poposci 3. misceo, miscere, miscui, mixtus 4. sino, sinere, sivi, situs 5. haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus 6. invoco, -are, -avi, -atus 7. Collapsusest • Nouns • 1. modus, -i, m • 2.cura, -ae, f • Phrase • 1. Plus vini • Adjectives • 1. prudentior • 2.pessimus, -a, -um • Adverbs • 1. quam • 2.prudenter • 3.nimis Check Your Vocab List

  20. Cornelius’ dinner party continues with a commissatio: Plūsvīnīestallātum, et omnibus convīvīscorōnaeflōrumdataesunt. Aliīcorōnāsrosārum, aliīhederaecorōnāsinduērunt. Gaiusapiōmodosēcorōnāvit, sedTituset rosāset unguentapoposcit, namin popīnāprope Forum multumvīnumiambiberat. FABULA

  21. Ūnus ē convīvīs, cui nōmeneratMessalla, clāmāvit, “Quiscreābiturarbiterbibendī?” “Nōntucertē, Messalla,” inquitalter. “Aliīvinum sine aquābibunt, sedtuaquam sine vīnōbibis.” FABULA

  22. Cui Messala, “Cur nōnGaiusipse? Quisenimestprūdentior quam Gaius? Illeenimaquam et vīnumprūdentermiscēbit, nequesinetconvīvāsnimisvīnībibere.” FABULA

  23. “Minimē!” interpellatTitusmagnāvōce. “Hōcmodōcreārearbitrumnōnlicet. Fertālōs! Nōn nisi tālīsrēctēcreāturarbiterbibendī.” Paulispertacēbantomnēs. TumGaius, “Estō! Fertalōs! Necesseestomniarēctēfacere.” FABULA

  24. Statimigiturtālī cum fritillōallātī in mēnsāpositīsunt. Ā Gaiōprīmōiactīsunttālī. “Estsēniō!” ab omnibus clāmātumest. Deindeūnus ē convīvīstālōsmīsit. “Canis!” omnēscum rīsūclāmāvērunt. Identidemtālīmissīsunt, sednēmōVeneremiēcit. FABULA

  25. Tandem Titustālōsarripit et in fritillōmagnā cum cūrāponit. “MeumHerculem,” inquit, “invocō.” Tumfritillumvehementermovet. OmnēsTitumattentēspectant. Subitōmittunturtālī. FABULA

  26. “Est Venus!” exclāmatTitus. “Vīcī! Vīcī! Herculēsmihifavet! Nunctempus estbibendī. Iubeōduāspartēsaquae et trēspartēsvīnī.” Prīmumtamenmerumarripit et pōculumsuumcomplet. “Benetibi, Gaī!” clāmatet pōculumstatimhaurit. “Benetibi, Messalla!” clāmat et iterumpōculumhaurit. Subitōcollāpsusest. FABULA

  27. “Non benetibi, Tite!” inquitGaius. “Ēheu! Nimisvīnīiamhausistī.” ServīTitumvīnōoppressumauferunt. Tituseratbibendīarbiterpessimusomnium. FABULA

  28. Adjectives are words that ________, ________, or _____________________ • POSTIVE • An adjective is POSITIVE if it applies • Adjectives to describe the dog…….. • Adjectives can be _____/______ declension: ______ declension describe compare To give highest degree 1st 2nd 3rd Building the MeaningComparison of Adjectives OR

  29. COMPARATIVE • Adjectives are comparative when we compare TWO things or people • One dog is ________________ than the other. • In English we add ______ but in Latin we add ______ for masculine and feminine and _____ for neuter. • This adjective uses only _____ declension endings. • It can be translated as more ___, ____er, or rather _____. Or too ___. • Irregulars: • Better_________ Worse_______ Bigger_______ Smaller________ More______ _________ Bigger/smaller -ER -IOR -IUS 2 melior minor peior maior plus plures

  30. SUPERLATIVE • Used when comparing more than 2 things or people • This dog is ________________. • In English we add ______ but in Latin we add __________ -a, -um. This is a ____/_____ declension adjective. • It can be translated as most ___, ____est, or very _____. • Some adjectives that end in ____ add rimus • Some adjectives that end in _______ add limus • Irregulars: • Best__________ Worst___________ Smallest__________ Biggest___________ Most___________ Biggest -EST -ISSIMUS 1st 2nd -ER -LIS optimus pessimus minimus maximus plurimus

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