What do the different endings indicate on the end of the names, like Iapetus, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and others?
To be sure, adjectives that come before the noun they are describing share the same tags, correct? And adjectives that come before the verb share the verbs ending?
Why is sapientiae genitive when speaking about Prometheus and nominative when speaking about Epimethues in sent. 2? Wouldn't they both be nominative or genitive?
The names are second declension, so -us indicates nominative (subject), um indicates accusative (direct object), long i indicates genitive ("of", possessive), and so forth.
Adjectives do share the same tags as the nouns they are describing. Adverbs, the words that modify verbs, usually have an -e ending that does not change, regardless of the verb's ending.
Check the vocabulary entry for the word to see if the masculine should use the -er or -us ending. Whichever ending is used in the first word of the vocabulary entry (amicus, amici or puer, pueri) is the ending that is always used for that noun.
nevermind, I think I figured it out. It depends on what the writer is saying, no? In this case, wisdom appears as a subject of the man, and the possession of another man, not respectively. Correct?
You're right than wisdom is the possession of Prometheus. In the second half of that sentence when they are talking about Epimetheus, they say that he is "without wisdom", sine sapientia. There sapientia is ablative because it is going with the preposition sine, "without".
What do the different endings indicate on the end of the names, like Iapetus, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and others?
ReplyDeleteTo be sure, adjectives that come before the noun they are describing share the same tags, correct? And adjectives that come before the verb share the verbs ending?
How do you know if the masculine should utilize the -er or -us ending?
ReplyDeleteWhy is sapientiae genitive when speaking about Prometheus and nominative when speaking about Epimethues in sent. 2? Wouldn't they both be nominative or genitive?
ReplyDeleteThe names are second declension, so -us indicates nominative (subject), um indicates accusative (direct object), long i indicates genitive ("of", possessive), and so forth.
ReplyDeleteAdjectives do share the same tags as the nouns they are describing. Adverbs, the words that modify verbs, usually have an -e ending that does not change, regardless of the verb's ending.
Check the vocabulary entry for the word to see if the masculine should use the -er or -us ending. Whichever ending is used in the first word of the vocabulary entry (amicus, amici or puer, pueri) is the ending that is always used for that noun.
nevermind, I think I figured it out. It depends on what the writer is saying, no? In this case, wisdom appears as a subject of the man, and the possession of another man, not respectively. Correct?
ReplyDeleteYou're right than wisdom is the possession of Prometheus. In the second half of that sentence when they are talking about Epimetheus, they say that he is "without wisdom", sine sapientia. There sapientia is ablative because it is going with the preposition sine, "without".
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