Session (1.2.3) Saturn

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Objectives

Translate a story about Saturn.

Engage

Latin nouns change their endings depending on what part they are playing in a sentence but (usually) the stem (beginning) of the name stays the same.

Apply

On page 20 there is a rather grisly story (in Latin) about the god Saturn who was the father of the Olympian gods.

Translate this story using the vocabulary you have been using in the exercises. You will find that the sentences you have just been practising will help you with the meanings in this passage. There is some extra vocabulary to help you at the bottom of the page.

Extend

Here are two more words that derive from Latin. See if you can find out what they mean and explain why they mean that.

English	Latin	Meaning
vulcanologist
maternal

Review

You can find the translation for the story about Saturn below under Exercise 1.4:

CHECK – Core Language Chapter 1 Answers