{"id":3881,"date":"2015-07-29T22:33:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T22:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2015-07-29T22:33:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T22:33:49","slug":"getting-the-genitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/getting-the-genitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Genitive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The genitive is one of my favorite cases. I feel it is one of the easiest cases to explain and learn!<\/p>\n<h2><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Latin Genitive Case | Visual Latin Chalkboard #6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n3pLrcTvoy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<h2><b>ADJECTIVAL USES:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>(1) POSSESSIVE GENITIVE: &#8220;belonging to&#8221; &#8220;owned by&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>periculum belli,<\/i> <i>coniuratio Catilinae <\/i>(Conspiracy of Catiline)<\/li>\n<li>(2) SUBJECTIVE GENITIVE: with a verbal noun (gerund) or a noun implying activity.<\/li>\n<li>The AUTHOR OF THE ACTIVITY (In some grammars, this is seen as a special subdivision of the possessive genitive, an extension of the literal idea into the realm of responsibility).<\/li>\n<li><i>metus hostium <\/i>(`fear on the part of the enemy&#8217; The enemy fear us.) <i>coniuratio Catilinae<\/i><\/li>\n<li>(3) OBJECTIVE GENITIVE denotes the object of the activity implied by a noun or adjective:<i> metus hostium<\/i> (`fear of the enemy&#8217;: We fear the enemy)<\/li>\n<li>(4) PARTITIVE GENITIVE ) may denote the larger whole, from which something is derived; or of which something forms a part. This is often found with the indefinite noun. <i>pars Galliae,<\/i> <i>satis sapientiae,<\/i> <i>nihil horum<\/i><\/li>\n<li>(5) GENITIVE OF DEFINITION (Genitive of Material) \u00a0may define a common noun by giving a particular example of things belonging to that class:<i>exemplum iustitiae<\/i> &#8220;the example of justice&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>(6) GENITIVE OF DESCRIPTION (Genitive of quality) \u00a0may describe a person or thing, by indicating size or measure (this is sometimes separately called `genitive of measure&#8217;); or by indicating some distinctive quality. <i>vir magni ingeni(i) <\/i>&#8220;a very talented man&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>(7) GENITIVE OF VALUE and of price (though it may be adverbial in fact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>ADVERBIAL USES:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>(1) With certain verbs: <i>memini, obliviscor<\/i> `remembering, forgetting, reminding&#8217; (e.g.: <i>memento mei<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>(2) After <i>utor, fruor, fungor, potior, vescor, opus est<\/i> (Wheelock, p. 164)<\/li>\n<li><i>potior, potiri <\/i>&#8220;to gain power over&#8221; potitus rerum [&#8220;having gained control over public affairs&#8221;]<\/li>\n<li>(3) After verbs meaning &#8220;to fill&#8221; (and adjectives of similar meaning, <i>plenus aranearum<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>(4) With verbs meaning &#8220;to pity&#8221;: <i>taedet me vitae<\/i> &#8220;I am bored with living.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>(5) With verbs denoting a judicial procedure: &#8220;accuse of&#8221; (genitive of the crime&#8221;) &#8220;charge someone with&#8221; &#8220;acquit someone of&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Information has been taken from Latin textbooks, online resources, and youtube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genitive is one of my favorite cases. I feel it is one of the easiest cases to explain and learn! ADJECTIVAL USES: (1) POSSESSIVE GENITIVE: &#8220;belonging to&#8221; &#8220;owned by&#8221; periculum belli, coniuratio Catilinae (Conspiracy of Catiline) (2) SUBJECTIVE GENITIVE: with a verbal noun (gerund) or a noun implying activity. 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