STUDY GUIDE TO WHEELOCK'S LATIN

by Dale A Grote,

Department of Classical Studies
University of North Carolina, Charlotte


Table of Contents
Chapter Content Page
Preamble and Preface by Dale A. Grote 1
1 First and Second Conjugation Verbs: Indicative, Imperative, and Infinitive 3
2 Cases; First Declension; Agreement of Adjectives 8
3 Second Declension; Masculine Nouns and Adjectives; Word Order 15
4 Neuters of the Second Declension; Summary of Adjectives; Present Indicative of Sum; Predicate Nouns and Adjectives 20
5 First and Second Conjugations: Future Indicative Active; Adjectives of the First and Second Declension in -er 24
6 Sum: Future and Imperfect Indicative; Possum: Present, Future, and Imperfect Indicative; Complementary Infinitive 27
7 Third Declension: Nouns 30
8 Third Conjugation (duco): Present Infinitive, Present and Future Indicative, Present Imperative Active 34
9 Demonstrative Pronouns: Hic, Ille, Iste 38
10 Fourth Conjugation and -io Verbs of the Third: Present and Future Indicative, Present Imperative and Active Infinitive 44
11 Personal Pronouns Ego and Tu; Pronouns Is and Idem 48
12 Perfect System Active of All Verbs; Principal Parts 53
13 Reflexive Pronouns and Possessives; the Intensive 'Ipse' 62
14 I-Stem Nouns of the Third Declension; Ablative of Means, Manner, and Accompaniment 69
15 The Imperfect Indicative Active; Ablative of Time 75
16 Adjectives of the Third Declension 75
17 The Relative Pronoun 86
18 The Passive Voice for the 1st and 2nd Conjugations in the Present System; Ablative of Agent 92
19 Perfect Passive System of All Verbs; Interrogative Pronouns and Adjectives 97
20 Fourth Declension; Ablatives of Place from Which and Separation 107
21 Third and Fourth Conjugations: Passive Voice of Indicative and Present Infinitive 110
22 Fifth Declension; Summary of Ablatives 117
23 Participles 120
24 Ablative Absolute; Passive Periphrastic; The Dative of Agent 128
25 All Infinitives Active and Passive; Indirect Statement 134
26 Comparison of Adjectives; Declension of Comparatives 141
27 Special and Irregular Comparison of Adjectives 145
28 Subjunctive: Present Active and Passive; Jussive; Purpose 149
29 Imperfect Subjunctive; Present and Imperfect Subjunctive of Sum and Possum; The Result Clause 153
30 Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive Active and Passive; Sequence of Tenses; Indirect Questions 157
31 Cum with the Subjunctive; Fero 165
32 Adverbs: Formation and Comparison; Volo 170
33 Conditions 179
34 Deponent Verbs; Ablative with Special Deponents 183
35 Dative With Special Verbs; Dative With Compounds 193

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