Grammar - Week 10 Flashcards
Genitive singular of 2nd declension nouns
-i
Case for possessives and “of” phrases
Genitive
Position of verb
The verb usually stands last in the sentence.
Unique characteristic of all neuter (Grammar 39)
Nominative and accusative are same, both nouns and adjectives in singular and plural
Appositive
A noun or a phrase that is “put beside” another noun to rename or explain it and set off by commas.
Position of forms of sum in a Latin sentence (Grammar 461)
Anywhere in sentence
Genetive singular of 3rd declension nouns
-is
There is
There are
est (the expletive there)
sunt (the expletive there)
Direct object case
Accusative
Subject-verb agreement
The verb agrees with its subject in person and number.
Give the nominative and genitive of the 6 neuter nouns of the 3rd declension.
agmen, agminis; corpus, corporis; flūmen, flūminis; iter, itineris; nōmen, nōminis; vulnus, vulneris
Position of adverb
The adverb usually stands immediately before hte word it modifies.
Gender of 1st declension nouns
1st declension nouns are feminine unless they name a male like nauta.
Genitve singular of 1st declension nouns
All nouns whose genitive ends in -ae are in the 1st declension
Gender of 4th declension nouns
usually masculine
Natural gender rule applies to ALL declensions (Grammar 46-47)
A noun naming a male person is masculine (dux); a noun naming a female person is feminine (māter)
Gender of 2nd declension nouns
-us - masculine
-um - neuter
3rd declension masculine noun rule (Grammar 49)
Nouns ending in -er and -or (ERROR) are generally masculine.
Genetive singular ending of 4th declension nouns
-ūs
Indirect object case, or the “to/for” case
Dative
Agreement rule for appositives (Grammar 473)
An appositive agrees with its noun in number and case.
Prepositions take either of what two cases?
Ablative, accusative
The preposition in with the acc. and abl.
In with the acc. indiates motion; in with ablative indicates position
3rd declension neuter noun rule (Grammar 51)
Nouns ending in -l, -a, -n, -c, -e, -t (LANCET) are generally neuter.
Give the case for each preposition: propter, post, cum, in
propter: accusative, post: accusative, cum: ablative, in: ablative
Subject case
Nominative
3rd declension feminine noun rule (Grammar 50)
Nouns ending in -s, -o, -x (SOX) are generally feminine.
Two ways to indicate indirect objects in English
(1) “to” and (2) word order
(1) Christ gave God glory.
(2) Christ gave glory to God.
Predicate nominitave case (Grammar 474)
Nominative
