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Chapters 16 and 17. Fourth-declension nouns Fifth-declension nouns The locative case The passive voice: present, imperfect, and future The ablative of agent. 1 . Fourth -declension nouns. 1. Fourth -declension nouns: The Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum. Senatus populusque Rōmānus incendiō
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Chapters 16 and 17 Fourth-declension nouns Fifth-declension nouns The locative case The passive voice: present, imperfect, and future The ablative of agent
1. Fourth-declension nouns: The Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum SenatuspopulusqueRōmānusincendiō consumptum [templum] restituit
1. Fourth-declension nouns declined Masculine (and feminine) vultus, vultūs m. manus, manūs f. *most fourth-declension nouns are masculine! Neuter genū, genūs n.
1. Fourth-declension nouns declined domus, domūs f. domus, domūs f. is a fourth-declension noun but borrows some forms from the second declension
4. Fourth-declension nouns senātuspopulusqueRōmānus[nom. sg.] the Senate and the Roman people cavēĪdūsMartiās [acc. pl.] Beware the Ides of March in nomine patris, filiī, et spīritūssanctī [gen. sing.] In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit dēconsulātūsuō [abl. sing.] on his consulship Some phrases with fourth-declension nouns
Feminine (and masculine*) 2. Fifth-declension nouns declined rēs, rēi f. diēs, diēim. *all fifth-declension nouns are feminine, except diēs, m., day, and meridiēs, m., noon After a consonant, the genitive and dative singular ending is –eī rather than ēī fidēs, fidēif. *other than rēs and diēs most fifth-declension nouns do not appear in the plural
4. Fifth-declension nouns Some phrases with fifth-declension nouns rēspūblica [nom. sg.] the republic diēsīrae [nom. sg.] days of wrath in mediāsrēs [acc. pl.] Into the middle of things prīmāfaciē[abl. sg.] at first appearance Pūnicafides [nom. sg.] Punic trustworthiness
3. The locative case -with certain words (names of towns and small islands, domus and rus, inter alia) the locative case is used to express place where -these words, when used to express place to where and place to which, usually take the appropriate case without a preposition Rōmam, to Rome Rōmāabesse, to be absent from Rome domum, (to) homedomō, from home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8
4. The passivevoice: infinitive 5. The ablative of agent To express by what/whom a passive verb is done, Latin uses: -for animate nouns: ā/ab + ablative (ablative of agent) -for things: ablative of means/instrument w/no preposition *when you see ā/ab + ablative with an inanimate noun in a passive sentence, it probably isn't an ablative of agent!
4. The passivevoice CIL 6.20128, 4; By Roman Hands n.24: quid: why? tam: so Maximus, -ī, m.: Maximus (a name) ēripio, ēripere, ēripui, ēreptus: to snatch/tear/take away QUID MIHI TAM SUBITO MAXIMUS ĒRIPITUR?
Cicero’s In Catilinam II.1 “Nullaiamperniciesa monstroilloatqueprodigiomoenibusipsis intra moeniacomparabitur… Non enim tam inter latera nostra sicaillaversabitur.” pernicies, perniciēi f.: destruction, overthrow monstrum, -ī n.: monster prodigium, -ī n.: prodigy, portent, monster moenia, -ium n. (3rd decl., usu. pl): walls comparō, comparāre: prepare latus, laterisn.: side (of body) sīca, -ae: dagger