All 7 vocabulary words from Lesson 1 of Henle Latin Second Year, with English meanings, parts of speech, and forms.
| Latin | English | Part of speech | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| auctōritās, auctōritātis | authority / influence | noun | feminine · third declension |
| classis, classis | fleet | noun | feminine · third declension |
| cohors, cohortis | cohort (a division of a legion containing 600 men) | noun | feminine · third declension |
| cōnsul, cōnsulis, m. | consul | noun | masculine · third declension |
| crux, crucis | cross | noun | feminine · third declension |
| lībertās, lībertātis | liberty | noun | feminine · third declension |
| timor, timōris | fear | noun | masculine · third declension |
This lesson contains 7 nouns.
The opening Second Year list revisits the third declension through public life, military organisation and abstract ideas. Classis is a fleet, cohors a cohort, and cōnsul a civic office: grouping all three simply as military words would hide a useful distinction. Auctōritās and lībertās name ideas, but their genitives reveal stems just as concretely as crucis does for crux. Timor is masculine among several feminine entries, so keep gender in the recall task. Challenge II assigns this page in week 2 alongside Lesson 2; seminar practice returns to third-declension nouns and the verb sum. This is a foundation check before sustained reading, not a reason to skip familiar-looking forms. Before the next list, supply each genitive without looking, identify a fleet separately from a land unit, and describe the difference between authority and liberty in ordinary English.
Forms in this lesson: 3rd-declension nouns (7).
In the Classical Conversations schedule, this lesson's vocabulary is assigned in Challenge II, week 2.
No. Classis is a fleet; cohors is a land military unit. Give each its own concrete image when studying.
Their genitives and feminine gender. The genitives show the stems needed to recognise declined forms in reading.
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