All 3 vocabulary words from Lesson 26 of Henle Latin Second Year, with English meanings, parts of speech, and forms.
| Latin | English | Part of speech | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| dēsum, deesse, dēfuī, dēfutūrus, irreg., intr.; w. dat. | am lacking / am absent / fail | verb | irregular; with dative |
| paucī, ae, a | few | adjective | first/second declension |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus, 3, tr. | lift up / take away | verb | third conjugation |
This lesson contains 2 verbs and 1 adjective.
Three entries leave space for careful form recognition. Dēsum belongs to the irregular sum family and means be lacking, absent or fail; its dative note identifies the person or thing affected. Tollō changes stems so sharply that sustulī and sublātus deserve practice away from the headword. Paucī is a plural adjective meaning few, and its gender forms belong with whatever plural noun it describes. Challenge II week 27 discusses gerunds in the ongoing translation work, but none of these headwords should be relabelled a gerund simply because it appears that week. Use this lighter vocabulary load to bring one difficult construction from the reading to seminar. Before advancing, recall dēsum's infinitive deesse, recognise the perfect and participial forms of tollō, and identify the noun understood or expressed with paucī. Small lists can provide room to repair older uncertainties.
Forms in this lesson: irregular verbs (1), 1st/2nd-declension adjectives (1), 3rd-conjugation verbs (1).
In the Classical Conversations schedule, this lesson's vocabulary is assigned in Challenge II, week 27.
It marks the person or thing to whom something is lacking or absent. Learn that relationship with the irregular verb.
The seminar's grammar topic and the vocabulary list are separate. These entries are two verbs and an adjective, not a set of gerund forms.
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