General Grammar Flashcards
How does one express Accompaniment?
‘cum’ + ablative
How does one express Time When
Ablative
How does one express Time Within Which
Ablative
How does one express Duration of Time (Time during which)
Accusative
How does one express Extent of Space
Accusative
How does one express “with respect to” which something is true
Ablative (the Ablative of Respect/Specification)
How does one use the Double Dative
- two Datives in close proximity (Purpose/Service and Reference)
- One denotes the PURPOSE, with reference to the Second Dative
How does one express comparison with ‘quam’
same case before and after ‘than; + comparative adjective
How does one express comparison without ‘quam’
Ablative with no preposition + comparative adjective
How does one express Degree of Difference
Ablative used with comparatives (Expresses the Degree of Difference).
- used with Superlatives when there is an IMPLICIT comparative judgement being made
How does one use the Partitive Genitive
Genitive: expresses the whole group.
The word on which the Genitive Depends: expresses the part.
How does one express ‘more… (men)’
Plus/Plures + Partitive Genitive
How does one express ‘He has enough money and he has more money than you’
With Partitive Genitives. ‘Satis pecuniae… Plus pecuniae…’
Another way of expressing the Partitive Genitive? When is this better?
e(ex), de + ablative. if the word denoting the part is a cardinal numeral
The Ablative Absolute. Can translate as?
‘with, when, since, if, although’
The Ablative Absolute as a clause
it MUST have a different subject than the next clause
How does one express ‘because of…’ Both ways
- Ablative of cause: ‘because of [Ablative]’
- propter/ob + Accusative
How does one express the quality of another noun
Ablative and Genitive of Description modified by an adjective. ‘a [noun] OF [adjective + A/G]’
How does one use the Subjective Genitive
a verbal idea understood in nouns/adjectives of feeling or action. The noun that is the subject of this verbal idea is the Subjective Genitive: ‘feminae amor = a woman’s love’
How does one express the Objective Genitive
a verbal idea understood in nouns/adjectives of feeling or action. The noun that is its object of this verbal idea is the Objective Gentive: ‘metus belli= fear of war’
How does one use the Predicate Genitive
as a Genitive of Characteristic.
- It can be modified by an adjective
- often accompanied by ‘sum’
- it denotes a characteristic or class
- translates as ‘it is the mark of…’
How does one express Exclamation
Accusative
How does one use the Greek Accusative
- It is an accusative of Respect (rather than Ablative)
- poetic
- expresses the part effected, often specifies the part of the body
- after middle voice verbs (where the subject performs the action and experiences its effects)
- often passive forms used in a reflexive sense
What is the Adverbial Accusative
when the Accusative of respect functioning adverbially.
-singular neuter forms turned to adverbs
‘with respect to the greatest part = maximam partem’
‘at that time = with respect to that of time = Id temporis’
‘he works a lot = he works with respect to much = Multum laborat’
How does one create expressions of Remembering and Forgetting
Genitive/Accusative of the thing forgotten/remembered.
How does one express Indefinite Value? What verbs is it found with?
- a few neuter adjective and some nouns which imply utter worthlessness are used in the Genitive.
- The Genitive expresses the value of the person/thing/situation if the value is indefinite/not specifically determined
- found with verbs that mean ‘consider, reckon, value’
How does one express the price of something
with an instrumental Ablative (an Ablative of means) –> the Ablative of Price. The “for (price)”
How does one express Accusation and Condemnation
The Genitive is used to express the charge or penalty
How does one express Means
Ablative without a preposition expresses the means/instrument by which something is done
How does one express Manner
- ‘cum’ + Ablative (not modified by an adjective)
- Ablative modified by an adjective (‘cum’ is optional)
- expresses the way/manner in which something is done
What is the Personal Agent
the person doing the action of a passive verb
How does one express the Personal Agent
a(ab) + Ablative
When is the Personal Agent different, and how?
- with the Passive Periphrastic the Agent is in the Dative, without a preposition
How does one express Possession with forms of the verb ‘sum’
The Dative shows Possession
‘The crown is the queen’s = the crown is to the queen = corona est reginae’
How does one express Separation/Deprivation
The Ablative is used to express ‘from’
- Often the Ablative is on its own but a(ab), e(ex) and de are optional.
- Related to this is the Ablative of origin/descent
How does one express Place From Which
a(ab), e(ex), de + Ablative
Except for: names of towns, cities, small islands, ‘domus’, and ‘rus’ which take no preposition.
How does one express Place To Which
ad + Accusative
Except for: names of towns, cities, small islands, ‘domus’ and ‘rus’ which take no preposition.
Present Infinitives
A: are, ere, ere, ire
P: ari, eri, i, iri
Perfect Infinitives
A: perfect stem + isse (optavisse)
P: PPP – esse (optatus esse)
Future Infinitives
A: FAP – esse (optaturus esse)
P: PPP – iri (optatum iri)
Present Imperatives
A; a, e, e, i — ate, ete, ite, ite
P are, ere, ere, ire — mini
Future Imperatives
A: to — tote/nto (2nt/3rd person)
P: tor — ntor
Negative Imperatives
Noli + present infinitive (ne + present/perfect subjunctive)
— Nolite + present infinitive (ne + present/perfect subjunctive)
The Negative of a PC
‘ne’
IS
subject accusative, verb infinitive
The Negative of a CofR
ut non
what are CofR
signalled by
Adjectives: tantus-a-um, talis-e, tot.
Adverbs: its, tam, sic, adeo.
Tense exception of CofR
perfect subjunctive in secondary sequence can stress the action being completed
DQ, yes expected
‘nonne’
DQ, no expected
‘num’
What is an IQ
clauses that take place after words that imply actions that take place in the head. Introduced by W.W.W.W.W.H
Double IQ Negative
utrum/-ne/- …necne (not an non) [necne for uncertainty- verbs are in subjunctive, after all]
Double DQ NEgative
utrum/-ne/– … an non/(annon/anne)
Adjectives of the 3rd Declension
3,2,1 terminations. (acer-cris-cre, omnis-e, ingens-ntis)
All -i stems as such
(M/F): ns, ntem, ntis, nti, nti — ntes, ntes(is), ntium, ntibus, ntibus
(N) ns, ns, ntis, nti, nti — ntia, ntia, ntium, ntibus, ntibus
Present Participles
declined like a ONE termination 3rd Adjective.
BUT: Ablative Singular is -i ending (used as an attributive adjective) or -e ending (used as a noun)
Participles can be translated as
‘when, since, slthough, since, if’
Rules for finding III i-stems
1) Nsing and Gsing have the same amount of syllables
2) noun stem ends in two consonants, except if the second is and ‘l’ or ‘r’
3) Nsing of a neuter noun ends in ‘e’, ‘al’, ‘ar’
the Locative Case expresses
‘Place in which’ and ‘Place where’
the Locative Case is (for the special words)
1st nouns:
Sg: G singular (‘ae’)
Pl: Ab plural (‘is’)
2nd nouns:
Sg: G singular (‘i’)
Pl: Ab plural (‘is’)
3rd nouns:
Sg: Ab singular (‘e’ or ‘i’)
Pl: Ab plural (‘ibus’)
The Vocative case is
identical to the Nominative except for 2nd Declensions
ending in -us: -e
ending in -ius: ‘i
Meus-a-um has a vocative
Mi
Adjectives with a Genitive singular -ius
alius-a-ud (other) alter, altera, alterum (the other [of two]) ullus-a-um (any) nullus-a-um (no, none) uter, utra, utrum (which [of two]) neuter, neutra, neutrum (neither) solus-a-um (only) unus-a-um (one, alone) totus-a-um (whole, all) --> Taannuuus