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The Latin Codex
Parsing and Translating
What is Codexing?
• Codexing is a method of analyzing Latin
sentences. It uses the following format:
• Line 1: Write out the Latin
• Line 2: Write out any vocabulary you don’t
know
• Line 3: Parse every word (we’ll talk about this)
• Line 4: Translate the sentence according to
your parsing.
Parsing Nouns
• Gender – Masculine (M), Feminine (F),
Neuter (N)
• Number – Singular (S), Plural (pl)
• Case – Nominative (Nom), Genitive (Gen),
Dative (Dat), Accusative (Acc), Ablative (Abl),
Vocative (Voc)
• Use – See next slide.
Uses of Nouns
• Nominative – Subject (subj), Predicate
Nominative (Pred Nom)
• Genitive – Possession (poss)
• Dative – Indirect Object (IO)
• Accusative – Direct Object (DO), Object of
preposition X (obj of prep X), Place to Which
• Ablative – Object of preposition X (obj of prep X),
Means, Place From Which
• Vocative – Direct Address
Adjectives
• Gender – Masculine, Feminine, Neuter
• Case – Nominative, Genitive, Dative,
Accusative, Ablative
• Number – Singular, Plural
• Modifies…
Parsing Verbs
• Person – 1st, 2nd, 3rd
– 1st = I, We
– 2nd = You, Y’all/you all
– 3rd = He/She/It, They
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Number – Singular (s) or Plural (pl)
Tense – Present (Pres), Future (Fut), Perfect (Perf)
Mood – Indicative (Indic), Imperative (Imper)
Voice – Active (Act)
Use – Main Verb (MV)
Other
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Parsing Prepositions: Prep w/ X
Parsing conjunctions: conj
Parsing adverbs: adv
Parsing adjectives – Gender, Case, Number,
Modifies
• Parsing Question words: Question word