Latin Sayings: English to Latin
The Roman Peace
Pax Romana
Counting numbers are called ______________.
Cardinal numbers
What is the function of a noun in the nominative case?
the subject
agricola - ae
agricola, agricolae, agricolae, agricolam, agricola, agricolae, agricolarum, agricolis, agricolas, agricolis
girl
puella -ae
The mother of Italy, Rome.
Mater Italiae Roma
Ordinal numbers are called ________________.
Ordinal numbers
What are two things the genitive singular case tells us about a noun?
1. It tells to which declension the noun belongs.
2. It gives us the stem of the noun.
latus -a -um (decline in the neuter)
latum, lati, lato, latum, lato, lata, latorum, latis, lata, latis
dog
nuturing mother
alma mater
tertius
In Latin, an adjective must agree with the noun in what three ways?
Gender, number, case
multus -a -um (decline in the masculine)
multus, multi, multo, multum, multo, multi, multorum, multis, multos, multis
king
rex regis
In the year of our Lord
Anno Domini
three
tres
What is the difference between a predicate adjective and a predicate nominative?
A predicate adjective describes the subject and the predicate nominative renames the subject.
facies -ei
facies, faciei, faciei, faciem, facie, facies, facierum, faciebus, facies, faciebus
sacred, holy
sanctus -a -um
Eternal Rome
Roma Aeterna
nine
novem
What kind of verb is never followed by a direct object?
the verb sum, the to be verb
domus -us
domus, domus, domui, domum, domu, domus, domuum, domibus, domus, domibus
army
exercitus -us