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THE NINE IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
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- 1. The sturdy farmers of Italy labor in the fields with great diligence.
- 2. Sextus, the lieutenant, and (his) son Mark are fighting with the Germans.
- 3. The Roman legionaries are armed with long spears.
- 4. Where is Lesbia, your maid, Sextus? Lesbia is with my friends in Galba's cottage.
- 5. Many are sick because of bad water and for lack of food.
- 6. The Germans, with (their) sons and daughters, are hastening with horses and wagons.
LESSON XVI
THE NINE IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
108. There are nine irregular adjectives of the first and second declensions which have a peculiar termination in the genitive and dative singular of all genders:
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |
| Gen. | -īus | -īus | -īus |
| Dat. | -ī | -ī | -ī |
- Otherwise they are declined like bonus, -a, -um. Learn the list and the meaning of each:
- alius, alia, aliud, other, another (of several)
- alter, altera, alterum, the one, the other (of two)
- ūnus, -a, -um, one, alone; (in the plural) only
- ūllus, -a, -um, any
- nūllus, -a, -um, none, no
- sōlus, -a, -um, alone
- tōtus, -a, -um, all, whole, entire
- uter, utra, utrum, which? (of two)
- neuter, neutra, neutrum, neither (of two)
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PARADIGMS
| Singular | |||||||
| masc. | fem. | neut. | masc. | fem. | neut. | ||
| Nom. | nūllus | nūlla | nūllum | alius | alia | aliud | |
| Gen. | nūllī'us | nūllī'us | nūllī'us | alī'us | alī'us | alī'us | |
| Dat. | nūllī | nūllī | nūllī | aliī | aliī | aliī | |
| Acc. | nūllum | nūllam | nūllum | alium | aliam | aliud | |
| Abl. | nūllō | nūllā | nūllō | aliō | aliā | aliō | |
The Plural is Regular
