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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