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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 |
- ↑ Note the Ablative without a Preposition, here meaning ‘from.’
