What does Ager mean?
ager m or n (feminine singular ageră, masculine plural ageri, feminine and neuter plural agere) quick, swift. smart, cunning, sharp. (of objects) sharp
What is the third declension of alter?
They are: alter, altera, alterum 'other [of two]'. Third-declension adjectives are normally declined like third-declension i -stem nouns, except for the fact they usually have -ī rather than -e in the ablative singular (unlike i -stem nouns, in which only pure i-stems have -ī ).
What is the meaning of aging?
One who or that which ages something. ( euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person. When the aging person depends on another, the control of the aged one's life space is placed in the hands of another person who may or may not contribute action energy that is appropriate or acceptable from the standpoint of the ager.
What are the two parts of Latin nouns?
There are two principal parts for Latin nouns: the nominative singular and the genitive singular. Each declension can be unequivocally identified by the ending of the genitive singular (- ae, - i, - is, - ūs, - ei ). The stem of the noun can be identified by the form of the genitive singular as well.
What is a set of patterns according to which Latin words are declined, or have their endings altered to show answer?
Latin declension is the set of patterns according to which Latin words are declined, or have their endings altered to show grammatical case, number and gender. Nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are declined (verbs are conjugated ), and a given pattern is called a declension. There are five declensions, which are numbered and grouped by ending ...
Which nouns have the same number of syllables in the genitive as they do?
Parisyllabic rule: Some masculine and feminine third-declension i -stem nouns have the same number of syllables in the genitive as they do in the nominative. For example: nāvis, nāvis ('ship'); nūbēs, nūbis ('cloud'). The nominative ends in -is or -ēs.
How many grammatical cases are there in Latin?
Grammatical cases. A complete Latin noun declension consists of up to seven grammatical cases: nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative and locative. However, the locative is limited to few nouns: generally names of cities, small islands and a few other words.
How many declensions does a bonum have?
Each noun follows one of the five declensions, but some irregular nouns have exceptions. Adjectives are of two kinds: those like bonus, bona, bonum 'good' use first-declension endings for the feminine, and second-declension for masculine and neuter.
How many irregular nouns are there in the third declension?
In the third declension, there are four irregular nouns.
Which grammars use the vocative at the end?
Gildersleeve and Lodge's Latin Grammar of 1895, also follows this order. More recent American grammars, such as Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (1903) and Wheelock's Latin (first published in 1956), use this order but with the vocative at the end.
