Mod 2 Lesson 1

Question 1

Genitive of description, i.e. rex magnae crudelitatis, meaning

Answer 1

“a king of great cruelty”. This is different than normal possession: ex: “the tunic of the slave”, the tunic belongs to the slave, but the king does not belong to the cruelty!

Question 2

Genitive of quantity (also called the partitive genitive). Latin normally uses a genitive after words denoting an ______. So “enough food” would be satis cibi, literally meaning

Answer 2

amount. enough of food. Other examples are “too much wine” which is nimium vini and “ten of the slaves” which is decem servorum