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The article above was written mainly for myself, as I found most of the information on the subject available lacking in clarity. Most of the examples I have used come straight from Bennett, however, I have reformulated the material in a way that hopefully makes it easier to understand for a beginning student of Latin.
Reading Poetry aloud in Latin is often put in the 'too difficult' pile, but there is no reason this should be so. Once the rules are understood, both your poetry reading and your spoken Latin will improve. http://latinum.mypodcast.com
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Follow along and repeat Catullus V out loud after Bob Sonkowsky.
Vivamus mea Lesbia, atque amemus,
rumoresque senum severiorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis!
soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda.
da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,
conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,
aut ne quis malus inuidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.
This reading of Horace is by Robert Sonkowsky, an acknowledged master of reading Latin aloud. Sonkowsky is involved in SORGLL, the Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature. This file was provided courtesy of Robert Sonkowsky, and has been edited for active learning.
Integer vītae scelerisque pūrus
nōn eget Maurīs iaculīs neque arcū
nec venēnātīs gravidā sagittīs,
Fusce, pharetrā,
sīve per Syrtīs iter aestuosās
sīve factūrus per inhospitālem
Caucasum vel quae loca fābulōsus
lambit Hydaspēs.
namque mē silvā lupus in Sabīnā,
dum meam cantō Lalagēn et ultrā
terminum cūrīs vagor expedītīs,
fūgit inermem;
quāle portentum neque mīlitāris
Dauniās lātīs alit aesculētīs
nec Iubae tellūs generat, leōnum
ārida nūtrīx.
pōne mē pigrīs ubi nūlla campīs
arbor aestīvā recreātur aurā,
quod latus mundī nebulae malusque
Iuppiter urget;
pōne sub currū nimium propinquī
sōlis in terrā domibus negātā:
dulce rīdentem Lalagēn amābō,
dulce loquentem.
The man of upright life and pure from wickedness, O Fuscus
has no need of the Moorish javelins or bow, or quiver loaded
with poisoned darts. Whether he is about to make his journey
through the sultry Syrtes, or the inhospitable Caucasus, or
those places which Hydaspes, celebrated in story, washes.
For lately, as I was singing my Lalage, and wandered beyond
my usual bounds, devoid of care, a wolf in the Sabine wood
fled from me, though I was unarmed: such a monster, as
neither the warlike Apulia nourishes in its extensive woods,
nor the land of Juba, the dry nurse of the lions, produces. Place
me in those barren plains, where no tree is refreshed by the
genial air; at that part of the world, which clouds and an inclement
atmosphere infest. Place me under the chariot of the
too neighbouring sun, in a land deprived of habitations;
[there] will I love my sweetly-smiling, sweetly-speaking
Lalage.
Listen and repeat the poem after the speaker,Vojin Nedeljkovic, in the pauses provided in this active learning session for Catullus III.
Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque,
et quantum est hominum venustiorum:
passer mortuus est meae puellae,
passer, deliciae meae puellae,
quem plus illa oculis suis amabat.
nam mellitus erat suamque norat
ipsam tam bene quam puella matrem,
nec sese a gremio illius movebat,
sed circumsiliens modo huc modo illuc
ad solam dominam usque pipiabat.
qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum
illuc, unde negant redire quemquam.
at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae
Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis:
tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis
o factum male! o miselle passer!
tua nunc opera meae puellae
flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli.
Read by Robert Sonkowsky, this reading has pauses added so that you can repeat after Robert, and learn from his beautifully enunciated rendering of this famous text.
The uninterrupted version is also available on the site, in the Classic Texts section.
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, 5
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores 10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae.
Urbs antiqua fuit, Tyrii tenuere coloni,
Karthago, Italiam contra Tiberinaque longe
ostia, dives opum studiisque asperrima belli;
quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam 15
posthabita coluisse Samo; hic illius arma,
hic currus fuit; hoc regnum dea gentibus esse,
si qua fata sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque.
Progeniem sed enim Troiano a sanguine duci
audierat, Tyrias olim quae verteret arces; 20
hinc populum late regem belloque superbum
venturum excidio Libyae: sic volvere Parcas.
Id metuens, veterisque memor Saturnia belli,
prima quod ad Troiam pro caris gesserat Argis—
necdum etiam causae irarum saevique dolores 25
exciderant animo: manet alta mente repostum
iudicium Paridis spretaeque iniuria formae,
et genus invisum, et rapti Ganymedis honores.
His accensa super, iactatos aequore toto
Troas, reliquias Danaum atque immitis Achilli, 30
arcebat longe Latio, multosque per annos
errabant, acti fatis, maria omnia circum.
Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem.
Vix e conspectu Siculae telluris in altum
vela dabant laeti, et spumas salis aere ruebant, 35
cum Iuno, aeternum servans sub pectore volnus,
haec secum: 'Mene incepto desistere victam,
nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem.
Quippe vetor fatis. Pallasne exurere classem
Argivom atque ipsos potuit submergere ponto, 40
unius ob noxam et furias Aiacis Oilei.
Robert Sonkowsky reads In Catalinam. Pauses have been provided at strategic breaks throughout this recitation, so that you can repeat out loud, following along from Robert as he reads.
Gaudeamus, split up into short segments so that you can repeat and learn. I have added verses that are not in this version as well, as once you know the tune, you can sing them yourself.
Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus!
Post iucundam iuventutem, post molestam senectutem
nos habebit humus.
Ubi sunt, qui ante nos in mundo fuere?
Scandite ad superos, vadite ad inferos,
ubi iam fuere!
Vita nostra brevis est, brevi finietur,
venit mors velociter, rapit nos atrociter,
nemini parcetur.
Vivat academia, vivant professores!
Vivat membrum quodlibet, vivant membra qualibet,
semper sint in flore!
Vivant omnes virgines, faciles, formosae!
Vivant et mulieres, tenerae, amabiles
bonae laboriosae!
Vivat et res publica et qui illam regit!
Vivat nostra civitas, Maecenatum caritas,
quae nos hic protegit!
Pereat tristitia, pereant osores!
Pereat diabolus, quivis antiburschius,
atque irrisores!
Quis confluxus hodie
Academicorum?
E longinquo convenerunt,
Protinusque successerunt
In commune forum;
Alta Mater floreat,
Quae nos educavit;
Caros et commilitones,
Dissitas in regiones,
Sparsos, congregavit
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Yale University Version 1855
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Veniatis, Socii,
Fugiat tempestas,
In sermone lepido,
In canore consono,
Nunc agamas horas.
Via nostra dulcis est,
Flosculis ornata,
Stella lucidissima,
Luna candidissima.
Nobis indicata
Regat Amicitia,
Curas expellamus,
In amicis hilaris,
In opimis epulis,
Dulciter vivamus.
Sunt ubique socii,
Coronato palma,
In senatu consulent,
Illos musae sustinent,
Fovent Mater Alma.
Alpha Delta gloria,
Maxima splendescat,
Ad aeturnum floreat,
Laureasque heabeat,
Indies clarescat.
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Some historical verses
from Germany
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Gratulemur igitur,
Afrae saeculare,
Quam nos omnes amplexatam,
Matrem olim adamantam,
Pergimus amare.
Aulae huius semper nos,
Iuvat meminisse,
Quam nunc aevo nobilem,
Festa pompa celebrem,
Iuvat adspexisse!
Vivat Afra regia,
Vivant professores,
Quos defunctos condit humus,
Quos convivas nacti sumus,
Vivant praeceptores!
Vivat Fridericus Res
Afrae conservator,
Vivat Frater Regius,
Scriptor et orator!
Vivat Spes Saxoniae,
Proles Domus Regiae,
Vivat educator,
Mauriti Laudator!
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More risque
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Vivant omnes virgines,
Faciles accessu,
Vivant et mulieres,
Faciles aggressu!
Pereat trifolium,
Pereant philistri,
Lictor atque famuli,
Nobis odiosi!
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____Another ______
Et honestas Tua est
Omnibus comperta
Et, virtutis praemia,
Rex in Te et patria
Sua locant seta.
Fratrem Te amplectimur,
Candidis lacertis,
Inter laeta pocula
Sume nostra oscula
Brachiis consertis.
http://www.e.millner.btinternet.co.uk/languages/latin_vowels.html
Welcome to Latinum, the Latin language learning podcasts from London.
This reading of Horace is by Robert Sonkowsky, an acknowledged master of reading Latin aloud. Sonkowsky is involved in SORGLL, the Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature. This file was provided courtesy of Robert Sonkowsky, and has been edited for active learning.
Listen and repeat the poem after the speaker,Vojin Nedeljkovic, in the pauses provided in this active learning session for Catullus III.
Read by Robert Sonkowsky, this reading has pauses added so that you can repeat after Robert, and learn from his beautifully enunciated rendering of this famous text.
Robert Sonkowsky reads In Catalinam. Pauses have been provided at strategic breaks throughout this recitation, so that you can repeat out loud, following along from Robert as he reads.
Gaudeamus, split up into short segments so that you can repeat and learn. I have added verses that are not in this version as well, as once you know the tune, you can sing them yourself.
