Level 3; dē diē ac nocte [1]

A text might be labelled as ‘level 3’ not because it is particularly difficult but rather shows specific features of the language working together in this case different verb types. For the moment, just become familiar with the text and review vocabulary. 

Dē diē ac nocte

Lūx diēs vocātur. Obscūritās nox appellātur. Manē aurōra rubēscit. Stēllae ēvānēscunt. Lūcēscit. Diēs fit. Sōl oritur. Illam partem caelī Orientem appellāmus. Diēs ad labōrem datur. Sōl tōtō diē in caelō lūcet. Mediō diē sōl altus in caelō vidētur. Illam partem caelī Merīdiem vocāmus. Medius diēs et merīdiēs dīcitur. Multō diē advesperāscit. Sōl occidit. Illam partem caelī Occidentem dīcimus. Post occāsum sōlis caelum obscūrum fit. Stēllae iterum lūcēscunt. Nox fit. Nox ad quiētem datur. Vesperī lūna plēna ab oriente oritur. Haec tōtā nocte in caelō lūcet. Mediā nocte alta in caelō vidētur. Māne ab occidente occidit. Stēllae quoque ab oriente orīrī videntur. Hae aut ab occidente cadunt, aut ortū sōlis ēvānēscunt.

[1] vocabulary [i]; match the Latin and English expressions:

1. māne
2. mediā nocte
3. mediō diē
4. merīdiēs
5. multō diē
6. ortū sōlis
7. post occāsum sōlis
8. tōtā nocte
9. tōtō diē
10. vesperī

after the sun sets; at mid-day; at midnight; for the whole day; for the whole night; in the evening; in the morning; late in the day; mid-day; when the sun rises

[2] vocabulary [ii]; find from the passage the antonyms (opposites) of the following words*:

1. advesperascit
2. diēs
3. labor
4. lūna
5. lux 
6. occāsus 
7. ab occidente 
8. oritur
9. vesperī

[3] The questions here are not chronological i.e. the answers in the text are not in the same order as the questions; you have to “look around” the entire text!**

1. What are seen rising from the east? 
2. What colour is the dawn?
3. What happens late in the day?
4. When is the moon seen high in the sky?
5. When do the stars disappear?
6. When does the sky become dark?
7. Where does the moon rise from?
8. Where is the sun seen at midday?

__________

* 

advesperascit │ lūcēscit; diēs │ nox; labor │ quiēs; lūna │ sōl; lux│ obscūritās; occāsus │ ortus; ab occidente  │ ab oriente; oritur │ occidit; vesperī │ māne

**

Stēllae quoque ab oriente orīrī videntur.

Māne aurōra rubēscit. [< ruber, -ra, rum]

Multō diē advesperāscit.

Lūna … Mediā nocte alta in caelō vidētur.

Stēllae … ortū sōlis ēvānēscunt. [or: Māne … Stēllae ēvānēscunt.]

Post occāsum sōlis caelum obscūrum fit.

Vesperī lūna plēna ab oriente oritur.

Mediō diē sōl altus in caelō vidētur.