All 5 vocabulary words from Lesson 5 of Henle Latin First Year, with English meanings, parts of speech, and forms.
| Latin | English | Part of speech | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| aciēs, aciēī | battle line | noun | feminine · 5th declension |
| fidēs, fideī | faith; reliability; faithfulness | noun | feminine · 5th declension |
| posuērunt | they put; they placed | verb | 3rd conjugation perfect |
| rēs, reī | thing; affair | noun | feminine · 5th declension |
| spēs, speī | hope | noun | feminine · 5th declension |
This lesson contains 4 nouns and 1 verb.
This short list is a chance to slow down over the fifth declension. Keep aciēs beside its genitive aciēī, then compare that pair with the shorter entries rēs, reī and spēs, speī; the common declension survives their different lengths. Rēs has a broad meaning, thing or affair, while fidēs and spēs name ideas you cannot point to. Picture a battle line, then contrast the confidence of faithfulness with the expectation of hope; the image helps keep the abstract nouns distinct. Posuērunt is the outlier, a completed action meaning they put or placed. Challenge A meets these words in week 8 during comparisons of fourth- and fifth-declension nouns; B combines this list with Lesson 6 in week 6, and I includes it in week 1 review. Before continuing, give the genitives of rēs and spēs accurately and identify posuērunt as a verb rather than another noun to decline.
Forms in this lesson: 5th-declension nouns (4), 3rd-conjugation verbs (1).
In the Classical Conversations schedule, this lesson's vocabulary is assigned in Challenge A, week 8, Challenge B, week 6 and Challenge I, week 1.
No. The nouns do, but posuērunt is a verb form meaning they put or placed. Parts of speech still matter in a short list.
Begin with thing or affair, then choose a natural meaning from the passage. Keep reī with the headword so you retain its declension.
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