Latin for beginners (1911)/Part II/Lesson XLI
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LESSON XLI
THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS (Concluded)
238. Neuter consonant stems add no termination in the nominative and arc declined as follows :
flūmen, n., river | tempus, n., time | opus, n., work | caput, n., head | ||
Bases or Stems |
flūmin- | tempor- | oper- | capit- | |
Singular | terminations | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nom. | flūmen | tempus | opus | caput | — |
Gen. | flūminis | temporis | operis | capitis -is | -is |
Dat. | flūminī | temporī | operī | capitī | -ī |
Acc. | flūmen | tempus | opus | caput | — |
Abl. | flūmine | tempore | opere | capite | -e |
Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nom. | flūmina | tempora | opera | capita | -a |
Gen. | flūminum | temporum | operum | capitum | -um |
Dat. | flūminibus | temporibus | operibus | capitibus | -ibus |
Acc. | flūmina | tempora | opera | capita | -a |
Abl. | flūminibus | temporibus | operibus | capitibus | -ibus |
- Review § 74 and apply the rules to this declension.
- Bases or stems in -in- have -e- instead of -i- in the nominative, as flūmen, base or stem flūmin-.
- Most bases or stems in -er- and -or- have -us I.the nominative, as opus, base or stem oper-; tempus, base or stem tempor-.
239.
EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 292.
I.
- Barbarī ubi Rōmam cēpērunt, maxima rēgum opera dēlēvērunt.
- Rōmānī multās calamitātēs ā barbarīs accēpērunt.
- Ubi erat summus terror apud oppidānōs, animī dubiī eōrum ab ōrātōre clarō cōnfīrmāti sunt.
- Rōma est in rīpīs fiūminis magnī.
- Ubi Caesar imperātor mīlitēs suōs arma capere iussit, iī ā proeliō continērī nōn potuērunt.
- Ubi proelium factum est, imperātor reperīrī nōn potuit.
- Imperātor sagittā in capite vulnerātus erat et stāre nōn poterat.
- Eum magnō labōre pedes ex proeliō portāvit.
- Is bracchiīs suīs imperātōrem tenuit et eum ex perīculīs summīs servāvit.
- Virtūte suā bonus mīles ab imperātōre corōnam accēpit.
II.
- The consul placed a crown on the head of the victor.
- Before the gates he was received by the townsmen.
- A famous orator praised him and said, “By your labors you have saved the fatherland from disaster.”
- The words of the orator were pleasing to the victor.
- To save the fatherland was a great task.
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