All 6 vocabulary words from Lesson 17 of Henle Latin First Year, with English meanings, parts of speech, and forms.
| Latin | English | Part of speech | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ab (ā) | by (expressing agency); from | preposition | with ablative |
| administrō, administrāre, administrāvī, administrātus | manage; attend to | verb | 1st conjugation |
| appellō, appellāre, appellāvī, appellātus | address; call (upon) | verb | 1st conjugation |
| cōnfirmō, cōnfirmāre, cōnfirmāvī, cōnfirmātus | encourage; strengthen | verb | 1st conjugation |
| cōnservō, cōnservāre, cōnservāvī, cōnservātus | preserve; spare | verb | 1st conjugation |
| nam | for (introduces a reason) | conjunction | — |
This lesson contains 4 verbs, 1 preposition and 1 conjunction.
The first-conjugation verbs on this page describe directing, calling, strengthening and preserving. Imagine the different jobs a leader might perform, but keep each action distinct: cōnfirmō encourages or strengthens, while cōnservō preserves or spares. The list's ab entry now explicitly includes agency. That connects the vocabulary with passive-voice work, where the subject receives an action and a person doing it can be named with ab and the ablative. Nam is the brief explanation marker among the longer verbs. Challenge B revisits this list in weeks 17–19 as seminar comparisons move through passive tenses; I includes it in week 7 translation discussion. Practise identifying who acts and who receives the action before polishing the English. Before Lesson 18, retain the full verb entries and distinguish ab naming an agent from ab describing movement away from a place.
Forms in this lesson: 1st-conjugation verbs (4), prepositions taking the ablative (1).
In the Classical Conversations schedule, this lesson's vocabulary is assigned in Challenge B, weeks 17, 18 and 19 and Challenge I, week 7.
With the ablative it can name the personal agent, the person by whom an action is done. This differs from its use for separation.
Cōnfirmō means encourage or strengthen; cōnservō means preserve or spare. A leader can do either, so test the precise action.
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