The Latin PodClass

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The Latin PodClass

It is your host, it is Magister Gross, back for the fastest 20 (or so) minutes in education! Join the ever irreverent Magister Gross and guests as they explore foundational Latin texts, explaining all those things you didn't learn (or are currently learning) in High School and College. Listeners with some background and interest in Latin will appreciate these brief explainers meant to guide reading and improve comprehension of classical texts.

Episodes

  1. SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Season 2 Preview!

    Dust off your Collin's Dictionaries and call your favorite Gaul, the Latin Podclass is back for season two, covering Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico!

    1 min

  2. 04/15/2022

    Aeneid I.35-49 & Relative Pronouns

    Aeneid I.34-49 Vix e conspectu Siculae telluris in altum vela dabant laeti, et spumas salis aere ruebant,                          35 cum Iuno, aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus, haec secum: 'Mene incepto desistere victam, nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem? Quippe vetor fatis. Pallasne exurere classem Argivum atque ipsos potuit submergere ponto,               40 unius ob noxam et furias Aiacis Oilei? Ipsa, Iovis rapidum iaculata e nubibus ignem, disiecitque rates evertitque aequora ventis, illum expirantem transfixo pectore flammas turbine corripuit scopuloque infixit acuto.                 45 Ast ego, quae divum incedo regina, Iovisque et soror et coniunx, una cum gente tot annos bella gero! Et quisquam numen Iunonis adoret praeterea, aut supplex aris imponet honorem?' Latin Relative Pronoun Forms Singular.       M.   F.   N. Nominative Qui Quae Quod  Genitive Cuius Cuius Cuius  Dative Cui Cui Cui  Accusative Quem Quam Quod  Ablative Quo Qua Quo  Plural               M.  F.  N  Nominative Qui Quae Quae  Genitive Quorum Quarum Quorum  Dative Quibus Quibus Quibus  Accusative Quos Quas Quae  Ablative Quibus Quibus Quibus

    17 min

  3. 03/25/2022

    Aeneid I.23-33 & Ablatives

    Today we cover The Aeneid I.23-33 and review Ablatives, specifically how to recognize Ablatives without Prepositions. Oh Baby. Id metuēns, veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī, prīma quod ad Trōiam prō cārīs gesserat Argīs— necdum etiam causae īrārum saevīque dolōrēs                          25 exciderant animō: manet altā mente repostum iūdicium Paridis sprētaeque iniūria fōrmae, et genus invīsum, et raptī Ganymēdis honōrēs. Hīs accēnsa super, iactātōs aequore tōtō Trōas, rēliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī,                          30 arcēbat longē Latiō, multōsque per annōs errābant, āctī Fātīs, maria omnia circum. Tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem!

    12 min

  4. 03/24/2022

    Aeneid I.8-22 & Present Active Participles

    Join us as we cover Aeneid I.8-22 & Present Active Participles Mūsa, mihī causās memorā, quō nūmine laesō, quidve dolēns, rēgīna deum tot volvere cāsūs īnsīgnem pietāte virum, tot adīre labōrēs                                   10 impulerit. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae? Urbs antīqua fuit, Tyriī tenuēre colōnī, Karthāgō, Ītaliam contrā Tiberīnaque longē ōstia, dīves opum studiīsque asperrima bellī, quam Iūnō fertur terrīs magis omnibus ūnam                           15 posthabitā coluisse Samō; hīc illius arma, hīc currus fuit; hōc rēgnum dea gentibus esse, sī quā Fāta sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque. Prōgeniem sed enim Trōiānō ā sanguine dūcī audierat, Tyriās olim quae verteret arcēs;                                   20 hinc populum lātē regem bellōque superbum ventūrum excidiō Libyae: sīc volvere Parcās. Remember to like, subscribe, and share, as well as tell someone how awesome I am.

    19 min

  5. 03/12/2022

    Aeneid I.1-7 & Perfect Passive Participles

    Were you looking for an explainer over the first seven lines of the Aeneid and Perfect Passive Participles? If so, you've come to the right place. If not, I can't imagine how confused you are right now. Aeneid I.1-7  But seriously, get Geoffrey Steadman's College Vergil

    8 min

  6. TRAILER

    Trailer and Introduction to Season 1

    Welcome to the Latin Podclass! In season one, we'll be diving into Virgil's Aeneid. Read along with Geoffrey Steadman's College Vergil. Make sure you subscribe, like, share, and toss a coin to your magister, if you like it. If you don't, ī in malam rem. Good luck figuring out what that means without this podcast.

    2 min

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    It is your host, it is Magister Gross, back for the fastest 20 (or so) minutes in education! Join the ever irreverent Magister Gross and guests as they explore foundational Latin texts, explaining all those things you didn't learn (or are currently learning) in High School and College. Listeners with some background and interest in Latin will appreciate these brief explainers meant to guide reading and improve comprehension of classical texts.

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