VOCAB
army
exercitus, us m
foot
pes, pedis, m.
Italy
Italia, -ae, f.
Mary
Maria, -ae, f.
soldier
miles, militis, m.
declension, gender, number, and case
The two basic parts of a sentence are?
subject and predicate
bad
malus, -a, -um
friend
amicus, -i, m.
rex, regis, m.
mother
mater, matris, f.
son
filius, -i, m.
Latin does not have which three English articles?
a, an, the
What follows a linking verb and RENAMES the subject?
predicate nominative
brother
frater, fratris,m.
god
deus, -i, m
law
lex, legis, f.
Roma, -ae, f.
spirit
spiritus, -us, m.
In neuter nouns, the nominative and accusative cases are what?
the same
What follows a linking verb and DESCRIBES the subject?
predicate adjective
Christ
good
bonus, -a, -um
leader
dux, ducis, m.
peace
pax, pacis, n.
war
bellum, -i, n.
In neuter nouns, the nominative and accusative PLURAL case ending is what?
-a
how do you find the stem of a Latin noun?
drop the genitive singular ending.
day
dies, diei, m.
great, large
magnus, -a, -um
light
lux, lucis, f.
sacred, holy
sanctus, -a, -um
world, mankind
mundus, -i, m.
The declension a noun belongs to is determined by what ending?
genitive singular
before the war
ante bellum
earth, land
terra, -ae, f.
hand
manus, -us, f.
lord, master
dominus, -i, m.
sailor
year
annus, -i, m.
The subject and verb must agree in what two things?
Eternal Rome
Roma Aeterna
faith, trust
fides, fidei, f
harbor
portus, -us, m.
much, many
multus, -a, -um
senate
senatus, us, m.
voice
vox, vocis, f.
gender, number, and case.
In the Year of Our Lord
Anno Domini (A.D)
father
pater, patris, m.
caput, capitis, n.
new
novus, -a, -um
sky, heaven
caelum, -i, n.
wide, broad
latus, -a, -um
In Latin, an adjective does NOT have to agree with its noun in what?
declension
nurturing mother
alma mater
fear
metus, us, m.
hope
spes, spei, f.
river
flumen, fluminis, n.
slave, servant
servus, -i, m.
town
oppidum, -i, n.
Counting numbers are called what?
cardinal numbers
The Roman Peace
Pax Romana
first
primus, -a, -um
kingdom
regnum, -i, n.
name
nomen, nominis, n.
small
parvus, -a, -um
third
tertius, -a, -um
Numbers which indicate the ORDER of things in a series are called what?
ordinal numbers
Seize the day
Carpe Diem