Declining
what is the genitive of the 3rd person reflexive pronoun?
sui
Parse ipse
nominative, singular, masculine
Give the English definition of factum, facti, N.
act, deed, achievement
Me amo.
I love myself.
What handsome young man did the nymph Echo fall in love with?
Narcissus
What is the dative of the 3rd person reflexive pronoun?
sibi
Parse ipsius.
Genitive, singular, all genders
Give the English definition of divitiae, divitiarum, F. pl
wealth, riches
Puella se videt.
The girl sees herself.
Whom did Narcissus fall in love with?
Himself
Decline the 2nd person reflexive pronoun in the singular and plural
Singular Plural
Nom. ---- Nom. ----
Gen. Tui Gen. Vestri/vestrum
Dat. Tibi Dat. Vobis
Acc. Te Acc. Vos
Abl. Te Abl. Vobis
Parse ipsum. List all possibilities.
Accusative, singular, masculine;
nominative, singular, neuter;
accusative, singular, neuter
What adjective means his own, her own, its own, their own? Give all three nominative singulars.
Suus, sua, suum
Romani Graecos ipsos vicerunt.
The Romans conquered the Greeks themselves. / The Romans conquered those very Greeks.
What happened to Narcissus after he wasted away for love of his own reflection?
he turned into a beautiful flower/a narcissus flower
Decline the 1st person reflexive pronoun
Singular Plural
Nom. ---- Nom. ----
Gen. mei Gen. Nostri/nostrum
Dat. mihi Dat. Nobis
Acc. Me Acc. Nos
Abl. Me Abl. Nobis
Parse ipsa. List all possibilities.
nominative, singular, feminine;
nominative, plural, neuter;
accusative, plural, neuter
Give the nominative singular feminine, nominative singular neuter, and all definitions of ipse.
ipsa, ipsum; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, the very, the actual
Ipse orator verba ipsa sibi dicebat.
That very orator/the orator himself was saying those very words to himself.
According to some versions of the myth, Hera/Juno cursed Echo so that she could never speak except to repeat the words of others. Why did Juno curse Echo in this way?
Because, when Jupiter/Zeus used to go have love affairs with the nymphs, Echo used to chatter so much that she distracted Juno/Hera, allowing Zeus/Jupiter to escape without being caught.
Decline the intensive pronoun ipse, ipsa, ipsum (myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc.)
sg. m f n Pl
nom ipse ipsa ipsum ipsi ipsae ipsa
gen ipsius ipsius ipsius ipsorum ipsarum ipsorum
dat ipsi ipsi ipsi ipsis ipsis ipsis
acc ipsum ipsam ipsum ipsos ipsas ipsa
abl ipso ipsa ipso ipsis ipsis ipsis
Parse se. List all possibilities
accusative, singular and plural, all genders;
ablative, singular and plural, all genders
Give the four principal parts of the Latin verb that means to nourish.
alo, alere, alui, altum
Caesar ipse nos saepe laudabat. Ipsi filios nostros laudare debemus.
Caesar himself often used to praise/was praising us. We ourselves ought to praise our own sons.
In one myth, a god falls in love with a nymph, the daughter of a river god. The god tries to chase the nymph, but she runs away because she doesn’t want to marry him. Eventually her father takes pity on her and turns her into a laurel tree. Name the nymph in this story and the god who chased her.
Daphne and Apollo