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NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
78. CONVERSATION
- Translate the questions and answer them in Latin.
- 1. Ubi fīliae Sextī habitant?
- 2. Quem oppidānī amant et laudant?
- 3. Quid ancilla equō lēgātī dat?
- 4. Cuius equum ancilla cūrat?
- 5. Quis ad mūrum cum Sextō properat?
- 6. Quid oppidānī parant?
LESSON X
SECOND DECLENSION (Continued)
79. We have been freely using feminine adjectives, like bona, in agreement with feminine nouns of the first declension and declined like them. Masculine adjectives of this class are declined like dominus, and neuters like pīlum. The adjective and noun, masculine and neuter, are therefore declined as follows:
| Masculine Noun and Adjective | Neuter Noun and Adjective | |||
| dominus bonus, the good master | pīlum bonum, the good spear | |||
| Bases domin- bon- | Bases pīl- bon- | |||
Singular | ||||
| terminations | terminations | |||
| Nom. | do'minus bonus | -us | pīlum bonum | -um |
| Gen. | dominī bonī | -ī | pīlī bonī | -ī |
| Dat. | dominō bonō | -ō | pīlō bonō | -ō |
| Acc. | dominum bonum | -um | pīlum bonum | -um |
| Abl. | dominō bonō | -ō | pīlō bonō | -ō |
| Voc. | domine bone | -e | pīlum bonum | -um |
Plural | ||||
| Nom. | dominī bonī | -ī | pīla bona | -a |
| Gen. | dominō’rum bonō’rum | -ōrum | pīlō’rum bonō’rum | -ōrum |
| Dat. | dominīs bonīs | -īs | pīlīs bonīs | -īs |
| Acc. | dominōs bonōs | -ōs | pīla bona | -a |
| Abl. | dominīs bonīs | -īs | pīlīs bonīs | -īs |
