Latin Possessives and Locatives Flashcards
3 rules of medical latin
- first word is always a subject (nominative) noun
- any subsequent noun has to be possessive
- the adjectives will always follow and modify the closest noun in front of them as long as it makes sense (grammatically and rationally)
type x-is
1. possessive
2. nominative
3. gender
all genders (irregular singular)
1. cervicis, cervices
2. phalangis, phalanges
3. pedis, pedes
4. ossis, ossa
5. vasis, vasa
6. cartilaginis, cartilagines
7. stomatis, stomata
8. cystidis, cystides
type x-i
1. possessive
2. nominative
3. gender
neuter singular
1. brachii, brachia
2. ligamenti, ligamenta
3. ganglii, ganglia
masc singular
4. musculi, musculi
5. nervi, nervi
6. nuclei, nuclei
type x-ae
1. possessive
2. nominative
3. gender
feminine singular
1. spinae, spinae
2. membranae, membranae
3. valvulae, valvulae
4. arteriae, arteriae
5. venae, venae
6. fibrae, fibrae
possesive endings
- if nominative plural is x-es/ x-i/ x-ae then possessive singular is x-is/ x-i/ x-ae
- if nominative plural is x-a and nom singular is x-um or x-on then possessive is x-i
- if nominative plural is x-a and nom singular is other then possessive is x-is
central
central, centrale
lateral
side, laterale
dorsal
back, dorsale
ventral
front, ventrale
distal
distant, distale
proximal
nearest, proximale
mesial
middle, mesiale
medial
middle, mediale
median
middle, medianum
medi
middle, medium
superficial
superficial, superficiale
profund
deep, profundum
dext(e)r
right, dexterum
sinist(e)r
left, sinistrum
transversal
transverse, transversale
transverari
transverse, transversarium
transvers
transverse, transversum
anter
front, anterius
poster
rear, posterius
