§12.
| dēlectāmentum |
amusement [delight]
|
| puerōrum |
of boys
|
| amīcus |
friend
|
| duo puerī |
two boys
|
| Marcus |
Mark
|
| puer |
a boy
|
| quattuor-decim |
four-teen
|
| annus |
year
|
| quattuordecim annōrum |
of fourteen years, i.e. fourteen years old
|
| mihi |
to me
|
| praecipuus |
chief, especial, particular
|
| Calēdonia |
Scotland
|
| (puerī) oriundī |
(boys) sprung
|
| nōbīs puerīs sunt |
to us boys there are (= we boys have; cf. patruo meo est, §9)
|
| condiscipulus |
schoolfellow
|
| līber scholīs[1] |
free from lessons
|
| amīcitia |
friendship
|
| ūnā |
together
|
| unda spūmifera |
a foamy wave
|
| natō |
I swim, bathe
|
| nimis |
too
|
| (undae) asperae |
rough (waves)
|
| nōs puerōs |
us boys
|
| lūdus |
game
|
| pila |
ball [pill]
|
| ut |
how
|
| iuvat |
it delights
|
| aedificāre |
to build
|
| contrā undās |
against the waves
|
For the forms
in -āre see
§8: spectāre, to see.
| plēnae gaudiōrum |
full of joys
|
| ā māne |
from morn
|
| usque ad vesperum |
right on till eve [vespers]
|
| nōnnumquam |
sometimes (lit. not never)
|
| Petrus |
Peter
|
| adulescentulus |
a young man
|
| vīgintī |
twenty
|
| rēmus [2] |
oar
|
| (scapha) apta |
(a boat) fitted, adapted
|
| plērumque |
mostly, generally
|
| rēmigō |
I row
|
| dō |
I set (cf. §5, give)
|
| ventus asper |
a rough wind
|
| gubernō |
I steer [govern]
|
| ministrō |
I attend [minister]
|
| laudō |
I praise
|
Second Declension-continued.
| Nouns and Adjectives like ‘puer’
|
| (i.e., without the ending -us or -um in the Nom. Sing.)
|
| ”SINGULAR.” |
”PLURAL.”
|
| 1 |
|
puer, a boy |
|
puerī, boys
|
| 2 |
|
puer, o boy |
|
puerī, o boys
|
| 3 |
|
puerum, a boy |
|
puerōs, boys
|
| 4 |
|
puerī, a boy’s |
|
puerōrum, boys’
|
| 5 |
|
puerō, to a boy |
|
puerīs, to boys
|
| 6 |
cum |
puerō, with a boy |
cum |
puerīs, with boys
|
There are not many nouns declined like ‘puer’. Vesper, evening or evening star, is like it for the most part, but has no Plural. There are, however, a few adjectives (not many) declined like ‘puer’ in both Singular and Plural, for instance: līber free; miser, unhappy, miserable; asper, rough; spūmifer, foamy, foam-bearing and other words compounded of fer, bearing.
§14.
☞ In this and the following Preparations the nouns of the Second Declension like puer will be given in the Nom. Sing., except when a whole phrase is quoted.
| locus |
place
|
| fābula |
play, drama [fable]
|
| commemorātus |
mentioned [commemorated]
|
| Leir |
Lear
|
| rēgulus |
ruler, petty king
|
| fortūna misera |
unhappy fate [miserable fortune]
|
| dēplōrō |
I deplore, lament
|
| stultitia |
folly
|
| culpō |
I blame
|
| animus ingrātus |
ingratitude (lit. an ungrateful mind)
|
| accūsō |
I accuse
|
| fortūna aspera |
harsh fate
|
| fīliae impiae |
unnatural [impious] daughters
|
| constantia |
constancy
|
| ex poētā nōminātus |
named after (from) the poet; i.e. Shakspere's cliff
|
| vir generōsus |
a man of noble birth, a nobleman [generous]
|
| amīcus fīdus |
a faithful friend
|
| dē scopulō |
down from the cliff
|
| sē praecipitāre |
to hurl himself [precipitate]
|
| parō |
I prepare
|
| fīlius suus |
his own son
|
| virum servat |
saves the man [preserves]
|
| perīculum |
peril, danger
|
Vir.
| SINGULAR. |
PLURAL.
|
| 1 |
|
vir, a man |
|
virī, men
|
| 2 |
|
vir, o man |
|
virī, o men
|
| 1 |
|
virum, a man |
|
virōs, men
|
| 1 |
|
virī, a man’s |
|
virōrum, men’s
|
| 1 |
|
virō, to a man |
|
virīs, to men
|
| 6 |
cum |
virō, with a man |
cum |
virīs, with men
|
There is no other word in Latin exactly like ‘vir’: but ‘Leir’ is declined in the same way in some Latin Histories of the Britons.