Learning Latin with Virgil 22

Learning Latin with Virgil is a new and original Latin video series. I hope to bring you engaging, effective and regular lessons to enhance your knowledge and enjoyment of Latin. In this series, the emphasis is on understanding the Latin you read, not on translating it. The course centers around the characters and the stories of the great epic work of Virgil, the Aeneid. You may like to check out the sister series, The Aeneid of Virgil, also available on the TuTubusLatinus channel.

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[MaliceHeart123]

why are there like three ways to spell Jupiter's name in Latin?

[TuTubusLatinus]

Hi Malice,

As Latin is an inflected language there are multiple forms for every noun - each form is called a case and from the beginning this course teaches three cases - nominative, accusative and ablative. There are then different forms for the plural. But Iuppiter is unusual in that the nominative singular form 'Iuppiter' is so different from the other forms - acc - Iovem and abl - Iove. I hope that helps.

[TuTubusLatinus]

Yes, you are spot on with the meaning. The infinitive is quaerere, with a short e.

[MrMarkhughes22]

Should it be "Iuppiter saxam spectat" or is that wrong.

[MaliceHeart123]

why are there like three ways to spell Jupiter's name in Latin?

[TuTubusLatinus]

@WellConditionedChimp I should be clear - you are spot on with the meaning in this context. In a broader sense the word can also mean to search out or to look for.

[WellConditionedChimp]

Hello. I think I missed the definition of the infinitive that "quaero" comes from, as in "auxilium a te quaero..." in a previous video. What is the infinitive and its meaning?

Thanks!