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equum bonum Marci domini necant. 10. Galba agricola et Iulia filia bona laborant. 11. Marcus nauta in insula Sicilia habitat. II. 1. Wicked slave, who is your friend? Why does he not praise Galba, your master? 2. My friend is from (ex) a village of Germany, my fatherland. 3. My friend does not love the people of Italy. 4. Who is caring for[1] the good horse of Galba, the farmer? 5. Mark, where is Lesbia, the maidservant? 6. She is hastening[1] to the little cottage[2] of Julia, the farmer's daughter. [Footnote 1: See footnote 1, p. 33. Remember that /curat\ is transitive and governs a direct object.] [Footnote 2: Not the dative. (Cf. Sec. 43.)] LESSON XI ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS [Special Vocabulary] NOUNS /arma, armo:rum\, n., plur., _arms_, especially defensive weapons /fa:ma, -ae\, f., _rumor; reputation, fame_ /galea, -ae\, f., _helmet_ /praeda, -ae\, f., _booty, spoils_ (predatory) /te:lum, -i:\, n., _weapon of offense, spear_ ADJECTIVES /du:rus, -a, -um\, _hard, rough; unfeeling, cruel; severe, toilsome_ (durable) /Ro:ma:nus, -a, -um\, _Roman_. As a noun, /Ro:ma:nus, -i:\, m., _a Roman_ _83._ Adjectives of the first and second declensions are declined in the three genders as follows: MASCULINE FEMININE NEUTER SINGULAR Nom. bonus bona bonum Gen. boni: bonae boni: Dat. bono: bonae bono: Acc. bonum bonam bonum Abl. bono: bona: bono: Voc. bone bona bonum PLURAL Nom. boni: bonae bona Gen. bono:rum bona:rum bono:rum Dat. boni:s boni:s boni:s Acc. bono:s bona:s bona Abl. boni:s boni:s boni:s _a._ Write the declension and give it orally _across the page_, thus giving the three genders for each case. _b._ Decline /gratus, -a, -um\; /malus, -a, -um\; /altus, -a, -um\; /parvus, -a, -um\. _84._ Thus far the adjectives have had the same terminations as the nouns. However, the agreement between the adjective and its noun does _not_ mean that they must have the same termination. If the adjective and the noun belong to different declensions, the terminations will, in many cases, not be the same. For example, /nauta\, _sailor_, is masculine and belongs to the first declension. The masculine form of the adjective /bonus\ is of the
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