Nouns with special plurals
This noun is always plural. They pitched ________.
What is castra?
agmen
column or army
adventus, adventus
arrival or coming
acies, aciei
battle line
agunt gratiae
They give thanks.
This means "favor or grace" in the singular, but "thanks" in the plural.
What is gratia (sg) gratiae(pl).
corpus, corporis
body
cavalry
fides, fidei
faith, reliability
audivit
he/she/it heard
This means "supply or abundance".
"copia"
flume, flumenis
river
excercitus, excercitus
army
res, rei
thing, affair (event), matter
dedit
he/she/it gave
This means "troops or forces".
Copiae, copiarum
iter, iternis
journey or march
impetus, impetus
attack
spes, spei
hope
erat
he/she/it was OR there was
Posuerunt means "put/placed" with most nouns. What does it mean with "castra"?
They pitched.
nomen, nomenis
name
spiritus, spiritus
breath or spirit
5th declension nouns are usually this gender
What is feminine?
venerunt
they came