more uses of the genitive, and more case usage particularly in time clauses and with certain verbs Flashcards
what does the genitive of quality have with it?
an adj in agreement
give a Latin sentence to illustrate the gen of quality
ingenui vultus puer ingenuique pudoris
A boy of noble countenance and noble modesty
what else can the gen of quality express?
number, age and size
give a Latin sentence to illustrate the gen of quality expressing number
classis septuaginta navium
a fleet of 70 ships
what sort of verbs usually take a genitive?
verbs of remembering/forgetting
give two adjs which always take a gen
memor, immemor
what case(s) do verbs of reminding (admoneo) take?
an acc of the person reminded and a gen of the thing
give two verbs of pitying which take a gen
- misereor
2. miseresco
give two ways ‘how long ago’ can be expressed
- by the acc
2. less frequently by the abl with abhinc
how is ‘how long before’ expressed?
by ante (before) with the ablative
how is ‘how long after’ expressed?
by post (after) with the ablative
- give 5 verbs of feeling
2. what cases do verbs of feeling take?
- miseret, piget, paenitet, pudet, taedet
2. (impersonal) verbs of feeling take an acc of the person with a gen of the cause
translate ‘I am sick and weary with the morals of the state’ and explain the grammar
me civitatis morum piget taedetque.
civitatis is a normal gen of possession
me is the acc governed by the impersonal verbs
morum is the gen of cause governed by the verbs
- what do decet, dedecet and iuvat take?
2. give a sentence to illustrate
- an acc of the person with an infinitive as the impersonal subject
- oratorem irasci minime decet, simulare non dedecet
it scarcely suits an orator to feel anger, but it is not unsuitable to feign it.
