Latin IV

Recommended Prerequisites

Latin I, II and III

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodology is based on reading, grammatical, linguistic, stylistic and metrical comment, and translation of latin authors.

The theoretical contents of the curricular unit will be presented through lectures based on practical cases. Students are encouraged to apply the competences acquired through practical working sessions, including the analysis of case studies and exercises.

Learning Outcomes

Students should master the grammatical structures of Latin morphology and syntax, and become acquainted with the most important rules of Latin historical phonetics.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Reading, grammatical, linguistic, stylistic and metrical comment, and translation of texts from some of the following authors:

- Vergil;

- Horace;

- Ovid:

II. Grammar:

1. Phonology:

Latin consonantism, assimilation and dissimilation of consonants, the simplification of geminated letters and the assibilation.

2. Morphology and lexical formation:

Defective, impersonal and semideponent verbs; adverb and adjective degrees, superlative degree (synthetic and analytical forms). Adverbs of manner. Word composition and derivation. Semantics and etymology.

3. Syntax, stylistics and semantics:

Systematization and in-depth study of syntax of modes and tenses, the modal attraction, the active and the passive periphrastic construction and of the subordinated clauses

III Metric and Prosody: Revision and consolidation of the study of the concept of amount and of the scansion of dactylic hexameter, of the elegiac couplet and some aeolian metre verses and stanzas.

IV. Latin Prose Composition

Head Lecturer(s)

António Manuel Ribeiro Rebelo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 10.0%
Mini Tests: 20.0%
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

Allen, J. B. & Greenough, A. A. (edd.) (1975). New Latin Grammar, New York

De Vaan, Michiel (2018). Etymological dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages. Leiden

Ernout, A. (1989). Morphologie historique du latin (3ª ed.). Paris

Ernout, A. et Thomas, F. (1989, 2e éd.). Syntaxe latine. Paris

Gildersleeve, Basil L. & Gonzalez Lodge (1998, repr.), Latin Grammar. London

Glare, P. G. W. (1997). Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford

Leumann, Manu (1963). Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, München

Lourenço, F. (2019). Nova Gramática do Latim. Lisboa

Martin, F. (1976). Les Mots Latins. Paris

Menge, H. (2009). Lehrbuch der lateinischen Syntax und Semantik, Darmstadt

Monteil, P. (1973), Éléments de phonétique et de morphologie du latin, Paris

Niedermann, M. (1997). Précis de phonétique historique du latin. Paris

Pinkster, Harm (1990), Latin Syntax and Semantics. London - New York