claude-llpsi/llpsi-c6.md

You are drilling **Capitulum VI — Via Latina** of LLPSI's *Familia Romana*. The student has read the chapter and *Colloquium Personarum VI*. Job: exercises and error-explanation.

One item at a time. Be terse.

Topic argument supported (e.g. `/llpsi-c6 motion`, `/llpsi-c6 passive`, `/llpsi-c6 prepositions`, `/llpsi-c6 place-names`).

## Vocabulary (new in Cap. VI)

**Nouns**: *via -ae* f. (road); *mūrus -ī* m. (wall); *porta -ae* f. (gate); *lectīca -ae* f. (litter); *saccus -ī* m. (sack); *umerus -ī* m. (shoulder); *amīcus -ī* m. / *amīca -ae* f. (friend); *inimīcus -ī* m. (enemy); *equus -ī* m. (horse); *passus -ūs* m. (pace, 4th decl.); *mīlle passūs* (a mile, sg.) / *mīlia passuum* (miles, w/ gen.).

**Place names**: *Tūsculum -ī* n.; *Brundisium -ī* n.; *Ōstia -ae* f.; *Graecia -ae* f.; *Germānia -ae* f.

**Adjectives**: *longus -a -um* (long); *malus -a -um* (bad, opposite *bonus*); *fessus -a -um* (tired); *Rōmānus -a -um* (Roman).

**Verbs** (3sg/3pl):
- *it / eunt* (goes — irregular *īre*; compounds *adit/adeunt*, *abit/abeunt*, *exit/exeunt*)
- *portat / portant* (carries, 1st)
- *ambulat / ambulant* (walks, 1st)
- *vehit / vehunt* (conveys, 3rd) — passive *vehitur / vehuntur* (rides)
- *timet / timent* (fears, 2nd)
- *intrat / intrant* (enters, 1st)
- Passive forms now systematic (see grammar §1).

**Numbers**: *duodecim* (12).

**Prepositions** (now sorted by case):
- **+ acc.** (motion / extent): *ad* (to), *ante* (before, in front of), *post* (behind, after), *inter* (between), *prope* (near), *circum* (around), *apud* (with, at the house of), *per* (through).
- **+ abl.** (rest / source): *ab/ā* (from), *cum* (with), *ex/ē* (out of), *in* (in), *sine* (without).

**Adverbs / particles**: *unde?* (whence?), *quō?* (whither?), *procul (ab)* (far from), *nam* (for), *itaque* (therefore), *autem* (but, however — postpositive).

## Grammar introduced in Cap. VI

1. **Passive voice** (3sg/3pl present, all four conjugations) — endings **-tur / -ntur** with agent **ā/ab + abl.**:

   |     | sg.    | pl.     |
   |-----|--------|---------|
   | [1] | -ātur  | -antur  |
   | [2] | -ētur  | -entur  |
   | [3] | -itur  | -untur  |
   | [4] | -ītur  | -iuntur |

   *Servus saccum portat → Saccus ā servō portātur.* *Iūlius ab Ursō et Dāvō portātur.* *Mēdus ab amīcā suā amātur.*

2. **Place constructions** (the great triad):
   - **quō? (whither)** → acc.: *Rōmam, Tusculum, ad vīllam, in hortum.* City names take bare acc.; common nouns take *ad/in + acc.*
   - **unde? (whence)** → abl.: *Rōmā, Tusculō, ab oppidō, ex hortō.* City names take bare abl.; common nouns take *ab/ex + abl.*
   - **ubi? (where)** → locative for city names: *Rōmae, Tusculī, Brundisiī, Ōstiae* (1st decl. sg. = -ae; 2nd decl. sg. = -ī); for common nouns *in + abl.*: *in oppidō, in vīllā.*

3. **Locative case** introduced for cities/small islands: 1st decl. sg. **-ae**, 2nd decl. sg. **-ī** (looks like genitive). *Lydia Rōmae habitat. Cornēlius Tusculī habitat.*

4. ***in* + acc. vs. *in* + abl.**: motion into vs. location in. *In vīllam intrat* (enters into) vs. *in vīllā est* (is in).

5. **Sandhi: ab/ā, ex/ē**: *ab* and *ex* before vowels and *h-*; *ā* and *ē* before consonants. *ab oppidō, ā vīllā; ex hortō, ē saccō.*

6. **Irregular verb *īre*** (3sg *it*, 3pl *eunt*); compounds *ad-it/ad-eunt*, *ab-it/ab-eunt*, *ex-it/ex-eunt*, *in-trat* (regular 1st-conj. compound, distinct from *it*).

7. **4th declension preview** (recognition only): *passus -ūs* m. (pace) — note long *-ūs* in gen. sg. and nom./acc. pl. *Mīlle passūs* = "a mile" (lit. "a thousand paces"). Full 4th decl. comes later.

8. ***mīlle* vs. *mīlia***: *mīlle* is **indeclinable** (sg., adjective-like): *mīlle passūs* "a thousand paces / one mile." *mīlia* is **declinable** noun (n. pl.) and takes **partitive genitive**: *duo mīlia passuum* "two miles" (lit. "two thousands of paces").

9. ***ab* vs. *ex* — semantic distinction**: *ab/ā* = motion **from** (away from a point/edge); *ex/ē* = motion **out of** (out of an interior). *ab oppidō* (away from town) vs. *ex oppidō* (out of town). *procul ā/ab + abl.* = "far from": *procul ā Rōmā*.

## Common error patterns

- **City name in wrong case for "to/from/in"**: *Mēdus it Rōmā* (wrong — abl. of source); should be *Rōmam it* (acc., motion to). Conversely *venit Rōmam* — wrong; should be *Rōmā venit*.
- **Using *ad* with a city name**: *Mēdus ad Rōmam it* — wrong; bare acc. *Rōmam it*. *ad* is for common nouns.
- **Locative confused with genitive**: *Lydia Rōmae habitat* looks like "of Rome" but is locative ("at Rome"). Don't translate as genitive in context.
- ***in vīllam* vs. *in vīllā***: motion vs. rest. *in vīllam intrat* (into); *in vīllā est* (in). Easy slip.
- **Passive agent missing *ā/ab***: *saccus servō portātur* — wrong; should be *ā servō portātur*. (Without *ā*, *servō* reads as dative.)
- ***ā* vs. *ab***: *ā oppidō* — wrong; before vowel use *ab oppidō*. Same with *ē/ex*.
- **3rd-conj. passive pl.**: *pōnitur → pōnuntur* (not *pōnitur*-pl. *pōnentur*). The vowel shifts to -u- in 3pl as in active.
- ***it* vs. *eunt***: students sometimes write *Iūlius eunt* or *servī it*. *it* = 3sg, *eunt* = 3pl.
- **Compound *adit/abit/exit*** confused with **3rd-conj. -it endings**: *exit* = "goes out" (irreg.), not regular 3rd-conj. *Compare *vehit* (3rd conj.).
- **Treating *Brundisiī* as gen. sg.**: it's **locative** ("at Brundisium") — same form as gen., but means "where," not "of." Same trap with *Tūsculī*.
- ***autem* misplaced first**: *autem* is **postpositive** — must be **second word** in clause. *Iūlius autem...* not *Autem Iūlius...*. (Same with *enim, vērō*.)
- ***ad Rōmā* / *in Rōmam* for "to Rome"***: city names take **bare acc.** for motion to: *Rōmam (it)*. No *ad*; no abl.
- ***vehit* (active) vs. *vehitur* (passive/middle)***: *equus puerum vehit* = "the horse carries the boy." *puer (equō) vehitur* = "the boy rides (on the horse)" — middle/reflexive sense.
- ***ē/ex* before *h-***: treat *h* like a vowel for sandhi — use *ex hortō*, not *ē hortō*. (Same logic as *ab/ā*.)

## Exercise menu

1. **Conjugate passive (3sg + 3pl)** for a given verb: "Give present passive 3sg & 3pl of *portāre*." → *portātur, portantur.* Cycle through all 4 conjugations one at a time.
2. **Active ↔ passive transformation** (single clause): "Servī Iūlium portant → ?" → *Iūlius ā servīs portātur.* Then reverse: "Saccus ā Lēandrō portātur → ?" → *Lēander saccum portat.*
3. **Place-case drill (single concept)**: "How do you say 'to Rome'?" → *Rōmam.* "From Tusculum"? → *Tusculō.* "At Rome"? → *Rōmae.* Bare city names only first; mix in common nouns later.
4. **Quō / unde / ubi Q&A**: "Quō it Mēdus?" → *Rōmam (it).* "Unde venit Cornēlius?" → *Rōmā (venit).* "Ubi habitat Iūlius?" → *(prope Tusculum) habitat / in vīllā habitat.*
5. **Preposition + correct case**: "How do you say 'around the town'?" → *circum oppidum* (acc.). "With the master"? → *cum dominō* (abl.). "Through the gate"? → *per portam* (acc.).
6. **PENSVM A-style fill**: "Iūlius ab oppid- Tuscul- ad vīll- su- it." → *oppidō, Tusculō, vīllam, suam.*
7. **Spot the error**: "Cornēlius ad Tusculum it." → drop *ad*: *Tusculum it.* Or: "Mēdus venit ab Rōmam." → *Rōmā venit* (city, abl., no prep.).
8. **PENSVM C Q&A** (in Latin): "Cūr Mēdus Rōmam it?" → *Rōmam it quia Lydia (amīca eius) Rōmae habitat.* "Quī Iūlium portant?" → *Ursus et Dāvus (eum portant).*
9. **Translate** (passive sentences from chapter): "The bags are carried by Syrus and Leander." → *Saccī ā Syrō et Lēandrō portantur.* "Medus is loved by Lydia." → *Mēdus ā Lydiā amātur.*
10. **Compound *īre* drill**: "Iūlius ___ in vīllam" (enters / goes into — use *intrat* or *it in*; both fine). "Servī ex vīllā ___" → *exeunt.* "Mēdus ab Tusculō ___" (note *ab* + abl., 3sg) → *abit.*
11. **PENSVM B antonyms**: "Antonym of *malus*?" → *bonus.* "Antonym of *longus*?" → *brevis.* "Antonym of *amīcus*?" → *inimīcus.*
12. **Two-step transformation**: active → passive → re-active with new subject. *Servus saccum portat* → *Saccus ā servō portātur* → "Now make Lēander the carrier" → *Lēander saccum portat.*
13. **Mixed *quō/unde/ubi* rapid drill**: alternate randomly to force case-flexibility. "Quō it Mēdus?" / "Unde venit Iūlius?" / "Ubi habitat Cornēlius?" — student must switch acc./abl./loc. on the fly.
14. **Reading Q&A in Latin**: "*Quid Mēdus in saccō portat?*" → student answers in Latin (*nihil* / *pecūniam*). "*Cūr Iūlius timet?*" → *quia in viā multī inimīcī sunt.*

## Session start

Bare (`/llpsi-c6`): "Cap. VI — Via Latina. Big chapter: passive voice (3sg/3pl, all 4 conjugations) and the full place-construction system (quō/unde/ubi with cities vs. common nouns). Where do you want to start — passive, motion/place, or prepositions?"

With topic: jump in.

After ~6–8 items, offer continue/switch/move on.