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The various grammatical terms of Latin
uses of the ablative, accusative, dative, etc.
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Language - Latin
Undergraduate 1
10/31/2009

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Term
Ablative of Accompaniment
Definition
- cum
- involves people
- the woman walked with a poet, fēmina cum poētā ambulāvit
- with a preposition
Term
Ablative of Agent
Definition
- ā/ab
- verbs and participles in passive voice
- agent or person by whom the action of the verb is done
- the girl was summoned by her mother, puella ā matre vocāta est
- with a preposition
Term
Ablative of Place Where
Definition
- location where someone or something is
- translated "at, in"
- in, sub
- we were in the town, in oppidō erāmus
- remember to distinguish between the locative case, which expresses the same idea.
- with a preposition
Term
Ablative of Means/Instrument
Definition
- the instrument by means of which someone does something, ie., the object used to do something.
- the farmer is fighting with a sword, agricola ferrō pugnat
- without a preposition
Term
Ablative of Respect
Definition
- limits or further specifies an adjective or verb
- translated "in respect to..."
- In my opinion (in respect to my opinion), you ought to work, meā sententiā, laborāre dēbēs
- Gaius was good in judgment (in respect to judgment), bonus cōnsiliō erat Gaius
- without a preposition
Term
Ablative of Cause
Definition
- the cause or reason for a quality or verbal action
- translated "because of ___________."
- I fought because of anger, īrā pugnāvī.
- without a preposition
Term
Ablative of Manner
Definition
- sometimes cum
-when noun not modified by adjective, cum must be used
-when an adjective does modify noun, cum is optional
- the way or manner in which an action is performed
- the former worked with enthusiasm, agricola cum studiō labōrāvit
- the farmer worked with great enthusiasm, agricola magnō (cum) studiō labōrāvit
- with or without a preposition
Term
Ablative of Separation
Definition
- someone is apart from someone or something
- sometimes ā/ab, ē/ex, dē
- more frequently used with no preposition
- frequently with verbs of being free from, lacking, prohibiting, liberāre, carēre, prohibēre
- translated "from __________."
- we are free from cares, cūrīs carēmus
- we will be free from danger, perīculō liberābimus
- with or without a preposition
Term
Ablative of Place from Which
Definition
- motion from a place
- ā/ab, ē/ex, dē common
- prepositions NOT used with names of cities, towns, small islands, and the nouns domus and rūs.
- We sailed from Italy, ab Italiā vēla dedimus
- We are driven out of the country, ex patriā agimur
- I shall depart from Rome, Rōmā discēdam
- with or without a preposition
Term
Partitive Genitive
Definition
When a noun in the genitive case represents the whole of which another noun is part.
Term
Subjective Genitive
Definition
When a noun in the genitive case expresses the person or thing performing a verbal action implied in another noun.
Term
Objective Genitive
Definition
When a noun in the genitive case expresses the person or thing recieving a verbal action implied in another noun.
Term
Accusative of Place to Which
Definition
- ad, in, sub
- prepositions NOT used with names of cities, towns, small islands, and the nouns domus and rūs.
- The woman is being sent to the province. Femina ad provinciam mittitur.
Term
Impersonal Passive
Definition
Intransitive verbs whose fourth principle part ends in -um sometimes appear in third person singular passive forms with no expressed subjects. There was wandering (done) through the streets. Per via erratum est.
Term
Dative of the Possesser
Definition
The dative case may be used to indicate someone who possesses something. To the master there is a book. Domino est liber.
Term
Locative
Definition
Used to be a case. Used for place names that don't accept a preposition.
Term
Subject Infinitive
Definition
When an infinitive is used as the subject of another verb. To work is good. Bonum est laborare.
Term
Complementary Infinitive
Definition
When the infinitive is used to complete the meaning of another verb. I am able to see the island. Insulam videre possum.
Term
Object Infinitive
Definition
When the infinitive is used as the direct object of another verb. The farmer desires to work. Agricola laborare optat.
Term
Substantive Adjective
Definition
When an adjective stands alone. Often translated with the addition of English words "man," "woman," or "thing."
Term
Apposition
Definition
When a noun recieves further definition or limitation from another noun next to it, often set off by commas. The second noun in place. Must be in the same case as the word that it defines or limits.
Term
Perfect Passive Participle
Definition
The fourth principle part used in the formation of the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect passive indicative. May also be used as any other first/second declension adjective. Translated as "(having been)_ed. The slaves (having been)captured (d.o.) we saw. Servos captos vidimus.
Term
Reflexive Pronouns
Definition
Bends back or refers to the subject of the clause or sentence in which it appears.
Term
Reflexive-Possessive Adjectives
Definition
Used to express possession rather than the genitive forms of the reflexive pronouns.
Term
Intensive Adjective
Definition
Ipse, ipsa, ipsum. Emphasizes or intensifies the noun it modifies.
Term
conditional sentence
Definition
A complex sentence that includes a conditional (subordinate)clause and a main clause.
Term
protasis
Definition
subordinate (if) clause
Term
apodosis
Definition
main clause
Term
simple conditional sentence
Definition
make statements of fact about present or past time
Term
future conditional sentences
Definition
make statements about the future
Term
present simple conditional sentence
Definition
both verbs are in present indicative
Term
past simple conditional sentence
Definition
both verbs in any past tense
Term
Future More Vivid
Definition
vividly imagines future events in the indicative mood; both verbs are in the future inicative
Term
Future More Vivid with Emphatic Protasis
Definition
future conditional sentence in combonation with with future indicative in the apodosis
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