Types of Genitive

Question 1

Genitive with nouns

Answer 1

A noun used to limit or define another, and not meaning the same person or thing, is put in the genitive

Question 2

Genitive of possession

Answer 2

Lit. The Possessive Genitive denotes the person or thing to which an object, quality, feeling, or action belongs.
E.g. canis Alexandri

Question 3

Genitive of material

Answer 3

Lit. The genitive may denote the substance or material of which a thing consists
E.g. flūmina lactis

Question 4

Genitive of Quality

Answer 4

Lit. The genitive is used to denote quality, but only when the quality is modified by an adjective
E.g. vir summae virtūtis

Question 5

Partitive Genitive

Answer 5

Lit. Words denoting a part are followed by the Genitive of the Whole to which the part belongs.
E.g. nēmō eōrum

Question 6

Objective Genitive

Answer 6

Lit. the Objective Genitive is used with nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Nouns of action, agency, and feeling govern the Genitive of the Object.
E.g. grātia beneficī
gratitude for kindness