Lessons 30-32 Review Flashcards
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The genitive, ALWAYS accompanied by an ____, may be used to ____ a noun or a noun-equivalent.
Grammar
Homо̄ magnae virtūtis
A man of great courage
Fossa vīgintī pedum
A twenty-foot ditch (lit.: a ditch of twenty feet)
The genitive, ALWAYS accompanied by an adjective, may be used to DESCRIBE a noun or a noun-equivalent.
Homо̄ magnae virtūtis
A man of great courage
Fossa vīgintī pedum
A twenty-foot ditch (lit.: a ditch of twenty feet)
Phrases of size, number, weight, time, space, worth, rank, position, value, and kind (____, sort, manner and ____, kind) are always in the ____.
Grammar
Fossa vīgintī pedum
A twenty-foot ditch
Situs oppidī erat hūjus modī.
The position of the town was of this sort.
Phrases of size, number, weight, time, space, worth, rank, position, value, and kind (modus, sort, manner and genus, kind) are always in the genitive.
Fossa vīgintī pedum
A twenty-foot ditch
Situs oppidī erat hūjus modī.
The position of the town was of this sort.
Phrases descriptive of parts of the body or external appearances are always in the ____.
Grammar
Puella caeruleīs oculīs
A blue-eyed girl
Phrases descriptive of parts of the body or external appearances are always in the ABLATIVE.
Puella caeruleīs oculīs
A blue-eyed girl
Transient qualities or states are always in the ____.
Grammar
Grātо̄ animо̄ sum.
I am grateful.
Transient qualities or states are always in the ABLATIVE.
Grātо̄ animо̄ sum.
I am grateful.
The ablative and genitive of description supply in Latin for many adjectives which that language does not possess. Thus we say: a blue-eyed girl. But the Romans had no adjective for ____; hence, they said: ____ ____ ____, a girl with blue eyes.
Grammar
The ablative and genitive of description supply in Latin for many adjectives which that language does not possess. Thus we say: a blue-eyed girl. But the Romans had no adjective for blue-eyed; hence, they said: puella caeruleīs oculīs, a girl with blue eyes.
The ablative, always accompanied by an ____, may be used, ____ or ____, to describe a noun or noun-equivalent.
Grammar
Caesar erat vir summо̄ ingeniо̄.
Caesar was a man of the highest genius.
Puer caeruleīs oculīs
A blue-eyed boy
A boy with blue eyes
Vir magnо̄ corpore
A man with a large body
The ablative, always accompanied by an adjective, may be used, attributively or predicatively, to describe a noun or noun-equivalent.
Caesar erat vir summо̄ ingeniо̄.
Caesar was a man of the highest genius.
Puer caeruleīs oculīs
A blue-eyed boy
A boy with blue eyes
Vir magnо̄ corpore
A man with a large body
For the distinction between the ____ of description and the ____ of description see Nos. 696-699.
Grammar
For the distinction between the ablative of description and the genitive of description see Nos. 696-699.
1. Translate; 2. Explain the syntax of the italicized phrase:
Parvī animī est quī rēs magnās gerere nо̄n velit.
Exercise
He is of small spirit who does not wish to do (accomplish) great things. (Parvī animī, gen of description.)
vir viri m.
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virile
man
NOUN
puer púeri m.
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puerile
boy, child
NOUN
vesper vésperi m.
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vespers
evening
NOUN
ager agri m.
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agriculture
field, ground
NOUN
culter cultri m.
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cutlery
knife
NOUN
liber libri m.
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library
book
NOUN
magister magistri m.
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magistrate, master
teacher (male)
NOUN
magistra -ae f.
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magistrate, master
teacher (female)
NOUN
líberi liberorum m.
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children
NOUN
dexter -tra -trum
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dexterity, dextrous
right, right-hand
ADJECTIVE
sinister -tra -trum
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sinister
left, left-hand
ADJECTIVE
ínteger -gra -grum
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integral, integer
whole, uninjured
ADJECTIVE
pulcher -chra -chrum
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pulchritude
beautiful
ADJECTIVE
sacer -cra -crum
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sacred, sacrifice
sacred
ADJECTIVE
aeger -gra -grum
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sick, ill
ADJECTIVE
piger -gra -grum
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lazy
ADJECTIVE