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March 29 th , 2012. Conjugation of Eo (I go); Constructions of Place and Time. Eo , Ire, Ii, Itum (to go). Irregular verb that must be memorized. Cf. Wheelock, pp. 260-1. Normal Constructions of Place. Regular constructions of place connoted by prepositions + the appropriate case.
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March 29th, 2012 Conjugation of Eo (I go); Constructions of Place and Time
Eo, Ire, Ii, Itum (to go).Irregular verb that must be memorized.Cf. Wheelock, pp. 260-1
Normal Constructions of Place • Regular constructions of place connoted by prepositions + the appropriate case. • In + abl (in/on), sub + abl (under), in + acc (into), ad + acc (to/toward), sub + acc (under), ab + abl (away from), de + abl (down from), ex+abl (out from).
Special Constructions of Place • Cities, towns, small islands, domus (home/house), humus (earth, ground, soil), rus (country, countryside) are special cases. • Place where connoted by the locative case (= genitive singular for 1st & 2nd declension nouns and ablative singular for all others). • Place to which connoted by accusative without a preposition. • Place from which connoted by ablative without a preposition. • Cf. Wheelock, pp. 262.
Time Constructions • Words connoting time or duration in the ablative indicate time when or within which an action occurs. • Words connoting time or duration in the accusativewithout a preposition indicate duration of time or for how long an action occurs. • Cf. Wheelock, p. 263