Latin I

Code:

LLC156

Acronym:

LAT_I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Languages

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=1827
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	46	study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
LLC	57	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
		study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students are intended to both deepen the lexicons and master essential grammatical, morphological and syntactical structures of Latin which will, where possible, be related to that Portuguese. Students are also intended to apply this knowledge to the translation into Portuguese of simple (original or adapted) texts and into Latin of short sentences.

At the end of the semester, students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of grammatical and lexical structures studied by translating simple texts (Latin / Portuguese, Portuguese / Latin).

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, students must demonstrate mastery of grammatical and lexical structures studied by translating simple texts (Latin / Portuguese, Portuguese / Latin).

Working method

Presencial

Program

LLC 

1. Preliminary considerations:

- Latin in the context of Indo-European languages.

- Latin and the Romance languages.

- Latin and Portuguese.

- Brief history of the genesis of the Latin alphabet.

- The restored pronounciation of Latin.

- The cases and their functions.

- Notion of stem, theme, ending and characteristic.

2. Reading, translation and grammar commentaryfrom a selection of adapted and annotated texts, organized according to the grammatical subjects presented.

3. Grammar issues

3.1. Morphology

3.1.1. Noun inflexion: nouns (first, second and third declensions), adjectives and pronouns (quis, qui, is, ille, hoc).

3.1.2. Verbal inflexion: indicative mode: present (active and passive voices); imperative mode (present, active); noun forms: present infinitive.

3. 2. Syntax

3.2.1. Subordinate clauses.

3.2.2. Coordinate clauses.

3.2.3. The subordinate clause: relative; circumstantial: temporal, causal, comparatives.

3.3. Main adverbials and agent in the passive.

4. Application of grammar issues to translation exercises into Latin.

5. From Latin to Portuguese: the basics of Portuguese.


CL

1. Preliminary considerations:

- Latin in the context of Indo-European languages.

- Latin and the Romance languages.

- Latin and Portuguese.

- Brief history of the genesis of the Latin alphabet.

- The restored pronounciation of Latin.

- The cases and their functions.

- Notion of stem, theme, ending and characteristic.

2. Reading, translation and grammatical commentary of a set of texts annotated and graded according to the level of difficulty and the grammatical subject presented.


3. Grammar issues

3.1.1. Noun inflexion: nouns (first, second and third declensions), aadjectives and personal, possessive, relative and demonstrative pronouns.

3.1.2. Verbal inflection: the Infectum: the Present and Imperfect Preterite (active and passive voice); the Perfectum: only the Perfect Preterite of the indicative (active and passive voice); non-finite forms: present infinitive and past participle.

3. 2. Syntax

3.2.1. Subordinate clauses.

3.2.2. Coordinate clauses.

3.2.3. The subordinate clause: relative adjectives; adverbials with indicative: temporal, causal and comparative.

3.3. Main circumstantial complements and passive agent complement.

4. Application of grammar issues to translation exercises into Latin.

5. From Latin to Portuguese: the linguistics foundations of Portuguese.

 

Mandatory literature

Dicionário Português-Latino , Ed. Domingos Barreira, 1939
Dicionário de Português-Latim, Porto Editora, 1976
ERNOUT, A.; THOMAS, F.; Syntaxe Latine, Klincksieck, 1972
FERREIRA, A. Gomes; Dicionário de Latim-Português , Porto Editora, s.d.
GAFFIOT, F.; Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français , Hachette, 1978
MARTIN, F.; Les mots latins, Hachette, 1978
Hans H Orberg; Lingva latina per se illvstrata
Hans H Orberg; Lingva latina per se illvstrata
PIMENTEL, Cristina de Sousa et alii; Latim. Exercícios resolvidos , Edições Colibri, 1998
SOUSA, Ana Alexandra Alves de; Latim. Curriculum mentis (Exercícios de Língua Latina) , Edições Colibri, 2004
TORRINHA, F.; Dicionário Latino-Português, Porto Editora, 1942

Complementary Bibliography

CLIMENT, M. Bassols de; Sintaxis latina, 1956
ERNOUT, A.-MEILLET, A.; Dictionnaire Etymologique de la Langue Latine , Klincksieck, 1932
FIGUEIREDO, J.N. e ALMENDRA, M. A.; Compêndio de Gramática Latina, Porto Editora, 1977
FONSECA, C.A. Louro; Sic itur in Vrbem. Iniciação ao Latim, Instituto de Estudos Clássicos, 1992
HACQUARD, G.- ,J.-MAISANI, O.; Guide Romain Antique, Hachette, 1952
MONTEIL, P.; Eléments de Phonétique et de Morphologie du Latin, Nathan, 1984
PARATORE, E.; História da Literatura Latina, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1987
PIMENTEL, Cristina de Sousa et alii ; Latim. Sic incipitur, Edições Colibri, 1998
VALENTÍ FIOL, E.; Sintaxis latina, Bosch, 1999
WHEELOCK, Frederic M.; Wheelock’s Latin, Harper Collins Publishers, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Philology > Classical philology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	101,50
Frequência das aulas	60,50
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Ordinary Student: - 90% for tests (30% + 60%); - 10% for  presentation and resolution, in class, of texts and works previously defined.



NOTE: In the scheme of continuous assessment, the final grades of 8 and 9 are not subject to oral examination.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Or  1st test: 35%; - 2nd test: 65%;

Or final exam (100%).

Classification improvement

- All students are admitted to the exam of the recourse period;

- The improvement of the distributed assessment component (two tests) will be done through the exam of the recourse period;

- the "presentation and resolution in class of previously defined texts and assignments" is not subject to grade improvement.

NOTE: grade improvemnent is subject to registration at the academic services; the better of the two grades always counts as the final grade.