General Grammar Flashcards
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How does one express Accompaniment?
‘cum’ + ablative
How does one express Time When
Ablative
How does one express Time Within Which
Ablative
How does one express Duration of Time (Time during which)
Accusative
How does one express Extent of Space
Accusative
How does one express “with respect to” which something is true
Ablative (the Ablative of Respect/Specification)
How does one use the Double Dative
- two Datives in close proximity (Purpose/Service and Reference)
- One denotes the PURPOSE, with reference to the Second Dative
How does one express comparison with ‘quam’
same case before and after ‘than; + comparative adjective
How does one express comparison without ‘quam’
Ablative with no preposition + comparative adjective
How does one express Degree of Difference
Ablative used with comparatives (Expresses the Degree of Difference).
- used with Superlatives when there is an IMPLICIT comparative judgement being made
How does one use the Partitive Genitive
Genitive: expresses the whole group.
The word on which the Genitive Depends: expresses the part.
How does one express ‘more… (men)’
Plus/Plures + Partitive Genitive
How does one express ‘He has enough money and he has more money than you’
With Partitive Genitives. ‘Satis pecuniae… Plus pecuniae…’
Another way of expressing the Partitive Genitive? When is this better?
e(ex), de + ablative. if the word denoting the part is a cardinal numeral
The Ablative Absolute. Can translate as?
‘with, when, since, if, although’
The Ablative Absolute as a clause
it MUST have a different subject than the next clause
How does one express ‘because of…’ Both ways
- Ablative of cause: ‘because of [Ablative]’
- propter/ob + Accusative
How does one express the quality of another noun
Ablative and Genitive of Description modified by an adjective. ‘a [noun] OF [adjective + A/G]’
How does one use the Subjective Genitive
a verbal idea understood in nouns/adjectives of feeling or action. The noun that is the subject of this verbal idea is the Subjective Genitive: ‘feminae amor = a woman’s love’
How does one express the Objective Genitive
a verbal idea understood in nouns/adjectives of feeling or action. The noun that is its object of this verbal idea is the Objective Gentive: ‘metus belli= fear of war’
How does one use the Predicate Genitive
as a Genitive of Characteristic.
- It can be modified by an adjective
- often accompanied by ‘sum’
- it denotes a characteristic or class
- translates as ‘it is the mark of…’
How does one express Exclamation
Accusative
How does one use the Greek Accusative
- It is an accusative of Respect (rather than Ablative)
- poetic
- expresses the part effected, often specifies the part of the body
- after middle voice verbs (where the subject performs the action and experiences its effects)
- often passive forms used in a reflexive sense
What is the Adverbial Accusative
when the Accusative of respect functioning adverbially.
-singular neuter forms turned to adverbs
‘with respect to the greatest part = maximam partem’
‘at that time = with respect to that of time = Id temporis’
‘he works a lot = he works with respect to much = Multum laborat’