All 5 vocabulary words from Lesson 19 of Henle Latin First Year, with English meanings, parts of speech, and forms.
| Latin | English | Part of speech | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| dīmittō, dīmittere, dīmīsī, dīmissus | send away; dismiss | verb | 3rd conjugation |
| ferē | almost | adverb | — |
| occīdō, occīdere, occīdī, occīsus | kill | verb | 3rd conjugation |
| sine | without | preposition | with ablative |
| trādō, trādere, trādidī, trāditus | hand over | verb | 3rd conjugation |
This lesson contains 3 verbs, 1 adverb and 1 preposition.
Dīmittō and trādō both involve something leaving a person's control, but one sends away while the other hands over. Keeping that contrast clear will prevent a plausible yet inaccurate translation. Their third-conjugation principal parts also reward close reading: dīmīsī and dīmissus resemble one another without being interchangeable. Occīdō brings another less predictable perfect and participial stem. The short words are equally exact: ferē means almost, and sine takes the ablative for what is absent. Challenge B assigns this list in weeks 19–20, moving from passive-system review toward discussion of the subjunctive; I includes it in week 8. Cover the principal parts as well as the meanings when checking recall. Before the next vocabulary-bearing lesson, recognise the difference between sending away and handing over, and make sure an almost or without has not disappeared from your reading.
Forms in this lesson: 3rd-conjugation verbs (3), prepositions taking the ablative (1).
In the Classical Conversations schedule, this lesson's vocabulary is assigned in Challenge B, weeks 19 and 20 and Challenge I, week 8.
Dīmīsī is the perfect active principal part; dīmissus is the perfect passive participle. Their similar spelling does not give them the same grammatical role.
Sine takes the ablative. Learn without and the case requirement together so that the accompanying noun is easy to identify.
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