Bartholomew the Englishman

On Perverse Angels

Latin Etymology: Roots

Mali igitur angeli consentientes voluntati luciferi cadentis, irrecuperabiliter in hoc aere caliginoso veluti in carcere sunt reclusi. Ceciderunt autem de luce in tenebras, de scientia in ignorantiam, de dilectione in odium et invidiam, de summa felicitate in summam miseriam: ut dicit Gregorius.

Item, daemones praesunt daemonibus secundum maiorem scientiam et minorem, aliis subsunt, ut dicit Ambrosius super Lucam. Quamvis enim obstinati sunt in malo vivaci tamen sensu non sunt penitus spoliati. Nam ut dicit Isidorus, triplici acumine vigent daemones. Nam quaedam sciunt subtilitate naturae, quaedam experientia temporum et diuturnitate, quaedam sanctorum spirituum revelatione.

For the following Latin nouns and adjectives from the passage, find the root as described above and enter it into the corresponding field. The words will be in the case they appear as in the passage, so don't forget to change them to the genitive if necessary!

1. daemones
2. naturae
3. angeli
4. mali
5. sanctorum

For the following Latin verbs from the passage, find the three stems as described above and type them into the boxes provided. All the words have been changed to 1st person singular, present, active, indicative form.

  Verb: Present Root Perfect Root Participial Root
6. Scio
7. Dico

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