he |
| P | | subject | | subject |
| L | | | | |
| U | Whose? | Possessive-- | domin-a:'rum | Genitive-- |
| R | | case of the | _the ladies'_ | case of the |
| A | | possessor | _of the ladies_ | possessor |
| L | | | | |
| | Whom? | Objective-- | domin-a:s | Accusative-- |
| | | case of the | _the ladies_ | case of the |
| | | object | | direct object |
+---+-------------+--------------+------------------+----------------+

When the nominative singular of a noun ends in -a, observe that

_a._ The nominative plural ends in -ae.

_b._ The genitive singular ends in -ae and the genitive plural in
-a:rum.

_c._ The accusative singular ends in -am and the accusative plural
in -a:s.

_d._ The genitive singular and the nominative plural have the same
ending.

_34._ EXERCISE

Pronounce the following words and give their general meaning. Then give
the number and case, and the use of each form. Where the same form
stands for more than one case, give all the possible cases and uses.

1. Silva, silvas, silvam. 2. Fugam, fugae, fuga. 3. Terrarum,
terrae, terras. 4. Aquas, causam, lunas. 5. Filiae, fortunae, lunae.
6. Iniurias, agricolarum, aquarum. 7. Iniuriarum, agricolae, puellas.
8. Nautam, agricolas, nautas. 9. Agricolam, puellam, silvarum.

LESSON IV

FIRST PRINCIPLES (_Continued_)

[Special Vocabulary]

[See Transcriber's Note at beginning of text.]

NOUNS
/dea\, _goddess_ (deity)
Dia:'na, _Diana_
/fera\, _a wild beast_ (fierce)
La:to:'na, _Latona_
/sagit'ta\, _arrow_

VERBS
/est\, _he (she, it) is_; /sunt\, _they are_
/necat\, _he (she, it) kills, is killing, does kill_

CONJUNCTION[A]
/et\, _and_

PRONOUNS
/quis\, interrog. pronoun, nom. sing., _who?_
/cuius\ (pronounced _c[oo]i'y[oo]s_, two syllables), interrog.
pronoun, gen. sing., _whose?_

[Footnote A: A _conjunction_ is a word which connects words, parts
of sentences, or sentences.]

_35._ We learned from the table (Sec. 33) that the Latin nominative,
genitive, and accusative correspond, in general, to the nominative,
possessive, and objective in English, and th