{"id":2033,"date":"2012-09-23T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T12:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2012-09-23T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T12:12:56","slug":"syntax-locative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/syntax-locative\/","title":{"rendered":"Syntax: locative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Locative<\/h1>\n<p>The locative case, attributed to Indo-European language, expressed the<em> ubi<\/em> complement, with local and temporal meaning. It indicates where and when something happened.<\/p>\n<p>In Latin, only some of the old locative cases remain:\u00a0 in the singular of the first and second declensions. Its morpheme is<strong><em> -ae<\/em><\/strong> for the first declension,<strong><em> -i<\/em><\/strong> for the second. Let&#8217;s see what are the nouns that have preserved this case:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minor place names of the first and second declensions in singular:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em><strong>R\u014dmae<\/strong> v\u012bv\u014d.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Tarent\u012b<\/strong> fuimus.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some common names: <em>domi<\/em> (&#8216;at home&#8217;), <em>humi<\/em> (&#8216;on the ground&#8217;), <em>ruri<\/em> (&#8216;in the country&#8217;). The noun\u00a0<em>r\u016bs, r\u016bris<\/em> is the only of the third declension which preserves the locative.<\/li>\n<li>Certain fixed expressions with temporal meaning: <em>dom\u012b bell\u012bque, dom\u012b militiaeque<\/em> (&#8216;in peace and war&#8217;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from these examples it is very rare to find the locative in Latin, but we should notice that some Latin adverbs were originally locative adverbs:\u00a0<em>m\u0101ne<\/em> (&#8216;in the morning&#8217;), <em>vesperi<\/em> (&#8216;in the evening&#8217;) , <em>heri<\/em> (&#8216;yesterday&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locative The locative case, attributed to Indo-European language, expressed the ubi complement, with local and temporal meaning. It indicates where and when something happened. In Latin, only some of the old locative cases remain:\u00a0 in the singular of the first and second declensions. 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