Ecce Romani Chapter 18 - Notes

Latin I

A. Adjectives:

	1st and 2nd Declension			3rd Declension
	Masc. Fem. Neut.			Masc. Fem. Neut.
Singular Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative Plural Nominative Genitive Accusative Ablative	magnus magni magnum magno magni magnorum magnos magnis	magna magnae magnam magnā magnae magnarum magnas magnis	magnum magni magnum magno magna magnorum magna magnis	omnis omnis omnem omni omnes omnium omnes omnibus	omnis omnis omnem omni omnes omnium omnes omnibus	omne omnis omne omni omnia omnium omnia omnibus

B. 3rd Declension Adjectives:

1. Masculine & feminine have endings like pater except:

a. abl. sing. has -i [not -e].

b. gen. pl. has -ium [not um].

2. Neuter has endings like nomen except:

a. abl. sing. has -i [not -e].

b. gen. pl. has -ium [not um].

c. nom. and acc. pl. have -ia [not -a].

3. Know these 3rd-declension adjectives:

omnis omne all, every

brevis breve short

incolumis incolume unhurt, safe and sound

immobilis immobile motionless

fortis forte brave, strong

qualis quale what sort of?

4. As always, adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify in three ways:

gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)

case (nominative, genitive, accusative, ablative)

number (singular, plural)

Notice this rule does not say that the noun and adjective will always have the same ending.

ex. 1. acc. sing.: servum bonum patrem bonum

good slave good father

2. nom. pl.: omnes servi omnes patres

all slaves - all fathers

3. abl. sing.: nomine longo plaustro longo

long name long wagon