Ora Maritima/Preparations/My Uncle
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II. My Uncle.
§6. In this and the following Preparations the nouns of the 1st Decl. will be given in the Nom. Sing., except when a whole phrase is quoted.
patruus meus | my uncle |
quondam | once, formerly |
praefectus | an officer |
erat | was |
mīlitiā[1] vacat | he is free (i.e., he has retired) from military service |
agellō suō | to his farm |
agellus | the farm or estate |
patruī meī | of my uncle |
magnus | large |
circum villam | around the villa |
hortus | a garden |
mūrus | a wall |
hortī | of the garden |
altus | high |
rīvus | a stream [river] |
prope hortum | near the garden |
unde | whence, from which |
aqua | water |
portāmus | we fetch, we carry |
hortum irrigāmus | we water [irrigate] the garden |
in hortō | in the garden |
numerus | number |
rosa | a rose |
viola | a violet |
tibi | to thee, to you |
mī patrue | O my uncle |
cum patruō meō | with my uncle |
ambulās | thou walkest, you walk |
Nouns and Adjectives in -us | ||
SINGULAR NUMBER. | ||
1 | hortus bellus, a pretty garden | |
2 | horte belle, o pretty garden | |
3 | hortum bellum, a pretty garden | |
4 | hortī belli, of a pretty garden | |
5 | hortō bellō, to a pretty garden (with a verb of ‘giving’) | |
6 | in | hortō bellō, in a pretty garden |
§7.
angulus | angle, corner |
ulmī | elms |
in ulmīs | in the elms |
corvī | crows |
nīdificant | make nests |
corvōs spectō | I watch the crows |
libenter | gladly |
circum nīdōs suōs | round their nests |
volitant | they fly |
corvōrum | of crows |
multī mergī | many sea-gulls |
super ōceanum | over the ocean |
mergī | o sea-gulls |
volitātis | you fly |
praeda | prey |
captātis | you catch |
ōceanus | the ocean |
mergīs | to sea-gulls |
cibum dat | gives food |
agellus suus | his estate |
equī | horses |
vacca | cow |
porcī | pigs [pork] |
galli gallinae-que | cocks and hens |
gallōs cūrat | minds the cocks |
vīcus | a village |
rusticī | the country-folk, the rustics |
nōnnullī ex rusticīs | some of (out of) the rustics |
cum equīs | with (together with) the horses. |
Note in the above:
1. corvī nīdificant, crows make nests. 2. vōs, corvi, you, o crows. 3. corvōs spectō, I watch crows. 4. numerus corvōrum, a number of crows. 5. corvīs dat, gives to crows. 6. cum corvīs, with crows.SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
1 | hortus bellus | hortī bellī |
2 | horte belle | hortī bellī |
3 | hortum bellum | hortōs bellōs |
4 | hortī bellī | hortōrum bellōrum |
5 | hortō bellō (with a verb of ‘giving’) | hortīs bellīs (with a verb of ‘giving’) |
6 | in hortō bellō | in hortīs bellīs |
In this and the following Preparations the nouns of the 2nd Decl. in -us will be given in the Nom. Sing., except when a whole phrase is quoted.
scopulus albus | a white cliff |
ab-est | is distant |
noctū | by night, in the night time |
pharus | light house |
velut | as, even as |
stella clāra | a bright star |
in ōceanō | on the ocean |
illustrat | lights up [illustrates] |
spectāre | to see |
(undae) tranquillae | calm, tranguil (waves) |
lavātis | you wash [lave] |
delectātis | you delight |
(undae) turbulentae | rough, turbulent (waves) |
spūmātis | you foam |
murmurātis | you murmur |
- ↑ Note the Ablative without a Preposition, here meaning ‘from.’