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Latin Adjectives I Posted by leire on Feb 16, 2012
1st GROUP They are declined using the ends of the first and second declensions. Using the second declension for masculine and neuter, and the first for feminine. Singular Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative -us, -er -a -um -i -ae -a Vocative -e, -er -a -um -i -ae -a Accusative -um…
Ancient Roman Quotes Posted by kunthra on Apr 27, 2011
Some of the greatest quotes and inspirational sayings come from ancient Rome. One such quote that comes to mind is “Consuetudinis magna vis est” by Cicero. Before I tell you what it means, try to figure out the meaning by yourself. You can get the general gist of a quote even if you don’t understand…
Baby Names Posted by kunthra on Jan 4, 2011
If you want to give your child a unique name or recommend a name for someone else’s baby, try looking at Ancient Roman names. The Ancient Roman aristocrats had interesting naming conventions for their children. For example, the praenomen or first name was usually selected by the parents. Sometimes the praenomen was decided by naming…
Declension of Feminine Demonstratives Posted by kunthra on Jan 30, 2010
There’s a feminine declension of “this” in the singular and plural. NS = nominative singular. GS = gentive singular. NP = nominative plural. GP = genitive plural and so on. NS = haec GS = huius DS = huic ACS = hanc ABS = hāc VOC = – NP = hae GP = hārum DP…
Declension of First Person Pronouns Posted by kunthra on Jan 9, 2010
First Person Singular of “I” for both male and female: Nom : ego Gen : meī Dat : mihi Acc : mē Abl : mē Voc : – First person plural : Nom : nōs Gen : nostrum (nostrī is genitive is objective) Dat : nōbīs Acc : nōs Abl : nōbīs Voc : –…
Third Declension Nouns in the Plural Posted by kunthra on Jun 29, 2009
There are also i stem nouns in the masculine and feminine that have the same number of syllables in the genitive and in the nominative in the plural. N : –ēs G : –ium D : –ibus Acc : –ēs or –īs Abl : –ibus The endings for the Latin word for torrent or stream…
Third Declension Nouns Posted by kunthra on Jun 26, 2009
There are third declension nouns in the masculine and feminine with an i stem that have the same number of syllables in the genitive as in the nominative. Here are the endings for the nouns in the singular: N : – G : –is D : –ī Acc : –em or –im Abl : –e…