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| 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 [1] | 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 |
| 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.
- ↑ Note the Dative meaning ‘for’ (rēmīs, for oars).
