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Cases of Nouns
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Genitive???
……shows possession,
……..same as ‘of’
………same as ’s or s’
eg. I took the girl’s book = puellae
I took the girls’ books = puellarum
Vocative??
….used for addressing people,
……not really part of the sentence
……… only used in direct speech
eg. She said, “Girls, we have a visitor!”
= puellae
ablative
….used to show the instrument used to do the verb
……eg, Harold was killed by an arrow
= sagitta
eg, Romeo was loved by the girl
= a puella
Cases of Nouns
NominativeDoing the verb
Romeo loves Juliet
AccusativeReceiving the verbRomeo loves Juliet
Genitive‘of’
The death of Juliet
Dative‘to’, ‘for’
The apothecary gave the potion to Juliet
Ablative‘by’, ‘with’, ‘from’
Juliet was not killed by the potion
VocativeAddressing/calling someone
‘Romeo, I love you!’
1st Dec 2nd Dec 3rd Dec
Nom puella servus leo
Voc puella serve leo
Acc puellam servum leonem
Gen puellae servi leonis
Dat puellae servo leoni
Abl puella servo leone
Nom puellae servi leones
Voc puellae servi leones
Acc puellas servos leones
Gen puellarum servorum leonum
Dat puellis servis leonibus
Abl puellis servis leonibus
Are there any patterns that will help us spot which
case is which?
Adjectives like bonus have the same endings as servus / puella (1st/2nd dec)
Adjectives like fortis have the same endings as leo (3rd dec)
Which case?
• Clemens was working for his master• The slave was helping with the cooking• Metella was cleaning the chair.• The chair was the property of Caecilius.• Caecilius entered the splendid triclinium.• Caecilius’ dinner was on the table.• Caecilius gave the wine to the guest.• He said: Grumio, come here.
Which case is it?
I enter the houseThe slave gave food to the horse
The master was very fond of his parrot
I told you, Clemens, don’t go to that shop.
This is the shop of Eutychus.
Eutychus has a very splendid shop.
Some shop keepers protected their shops with gangs.
Which part of qui?
The man, who was eating ice-cream, was happy.
The ice-cream, which the man was eating, was enormous.
The van, from which the man bought the ice-cream, was playing a tune.
The ice-cream seller, to whom the van belonged, was proud of his ice-cream.
The ice-cream, of which the seller was proud, was renowned throughout the land.
1. senex cui epistulam misisti non adest.2. da mihi equum qui celerior est.3. captivi quorum custos eram omnes effugerant.4. turba cuius clamores audire possumus irata est.5. ancilla quam omnes amant pulcherrima est.6. senex quem intrantem vidi fur erat. 7. hic est liber sine quo nihil facere possum.8. puellae quibuscum Horatia ludebat forum
intraverunt.9. ei qui fugerunt mox fessi erunt.