Ecce Romani Chapter 15 - Notes

Latin I

A. Neuter Nouns:

2nd declension neuter nouns end in um in the nominative and accusative singular. 3rd declension neuter nouns end in ? in the nominative and accusative singular.

All neuter nouns end in a in the nominative and accusative plural.

	2nd Declension	3rd Declension
Singular Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative	baculum baculi baculum baculo	nomen nominis nomen nomine
Plural Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative	bacula baculorum bacula baculis	nomina nominum nomina nominibus

Here are all the neuter nouns we have had so far: (This is part of your vocabulary assignment.)

2nd declension 3rd declension

auxilium, auxilii, n., help iter, itineris, n., journey

baculum, baculi, n., stick murmur, murmuris, n., murmur,

cisium, cisii, n., light two-wheeled carriage rumble

cubiculum, cubiculi, n., room, bedroom nomen, nominis, n., name

olivetum, oliveti, n., olive grove onus, oneris, n., load

periculum, periculi, n., danger tempus, temporis, n., time

plaustrum, plaustri, n., wagon, cart

silentium, silentii, n., silence

vehiculum, vehiculi, n., vehicle

vestigium, vestigii, n., track, footprint, trace

B. Numbers and Roman Numerals:

I unus, una, unum, one VIII octo, eight

II duo, duae, duo, two IX novem, nine

III tres, tres, tria, three X decem, ten

IV quattuor, four L quinquaginta, fifty

V quinque, five C centum, one hundred

VI sex, six D quingenti, -ae, -a, five hundred

VII septem, seven M mille, one thousand

Numbers from four (quattuor) to one hundred (centum) have only one form, no matter what case and gender they are. You must memorize the forms of one (unus), two (duo), and three (tres). See the charts on the back of this rule sheet.

Chapter 15 Notes (cont.)

(Learn the complete chart, including the dative case. We will not use this case until later, but you must memorize the chart now.)

Case	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom. Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl.	unus una unum unius unius unius uni uni uni unum unam unum uno unā uno			duo duae duo duorum duarum duorum duobus duabus duobus duos duas duo duobus duabus duobus			tres tres tria trium trium trium tribus tribus tribus tres tres tria tribus tribus tribus

C. Adjectives:

1st and 2nd declension adjectives have the same endings as 1st and 2nd declension nouns:

	Masc. Fem. Neut.
Singular Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative Plural Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative	magnus magna magnum magni magnae magni magnum magnam magnum magno magnā magno magni magnae magna magnorum magnarum magnorum magnos magnas magna magnis magnis magnis

Adjective must agree with the nouns they modify in three ways:

1. Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)

2. Number (singular, plural)

3. Case (nominative, genitive, accusative, ablative, vocative)

Notice: This rule does not say that the adjective will always look just like the noun; sometimes they will have different endings.

Examples:

1. Romani servi pueros strenuos in ramo infirmo sedent.

but

2. Irati patres cum matre sollicitā meam sororem petunt.