more case usage, particularly the genitive Flashcards

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give 5 Latin verbs that are intransitive and instead take an ablative of instrument

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  1. fungor
  2. fruor
  3. vescor
  4. utor
  5. potior
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give a Latin sentence with the verb vescor and an ablative of instrument

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Numidae ferina carne vescebantur

The Numidians used to feed on the flesh of wild animals

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what case, aside from the abl (of instrument), can the verb potior take?

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genitive

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what case can utor, fungor and fruor sometimes take in early Latin?

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acc

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how is the genitive of characteristic used?

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in an impersonal construction with a copulative verb and an infinitive, where in english a word such as nature, characteristic or mark must be supplied to complete the meaning

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give a latin sentence to illustrate the gen of characteristic

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cuiusvis hominis est errare

it is the nature of many men to err.

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give 4 verbs or adjs implying want or fullness

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  1. egeo/indigeo
  2. impleo
  3. potior
  4. plenus
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what case do verbs/adjs implying want or fullness often take

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genitive

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