Substantive Adjectives Drill for LFA Lesson 29 Aeneas

Substantive Adjectives Drill for LFA Lesson 29 “Aeneas et Dido”

Adjective w/o noun = Substantive • Alexander the Great • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • Latin substantives: – Masculine forms = the ___ Man/Men – Feminine forms = the ___ Woman/Women – Neuter forms = the ___ Thing/Things

Some Adjectives you know that are often used as Substantives… • • Gallus Romanus amicus meus clarus bonus durus • • • longus magnus malus multus novus parvus

Some other adjectives that make good substantives… • • • bellus, pretty foedus, ugly magnanimus, brave pius, loyal, dutiful doctus, learned, wise timidus, shy paratus, ready rapidus, fast, swift maestus, sad

Name each character with an appropriate substantive. Use your vocabulary adjectives or these other substantives: • bellus, pretty • foedus, ugly • magnanimus, brave • pius, loyal, dutiful • doctus, learned, wise • timidus, shy • paratus, ready • rapidus, fast, swift • maestus, sad 1. Perseus 4. Minerva 2. Andromeda 3. The sea monster (it’s a thing!)

This is Flora, goddess of flowers. Name her with an appropriate substantive. Use your vocabulary adjectives or these other substantives: • bellus, pretty • foedus, ugly • magnanimus, brave • pius, loyal, dutiful • doctus, learned, wise • timidus, shy • paratus, ready • rapidus, fast, swift • maestus, sad

What is a good substantive to name this god—Cupid, god of love? Use your vocabulary adjectives or these other substantives: • bellus, pretty • foedus, ugly • magnanimus, brave • pius, loyal, dutiful • doctus, learned, wise • timidus, shy • paratus, ready • rapidus, fast, swift • maestus, sad

Asclepius was god of medicine but was killed because he was so skilled he learned to bring the dead back to life – something the gods could not allow. Name him with an appropriate substantive. Use your vocabulary adjectives or these other substantives: • bellus, pretty • foedus, ugly • magnanimus, brave • pius, loyal, dutiful • doctus, learned, wise • timidus, shy • paratus, ready • rapidus, fast, swift • maestus, sad

Name each character in this fresco of Vesuvius with an appropriate substantive. Use your vocabulary adjectives or these other substantives: • bellus, pretty • foedus, ugly • magnanimus, brave • pius, loyal, dutiful • doctus, learned, wise • timidus, shy • paratus, ready • rapidus, fast, swift • maestus, sad 2. Mt. Vesuvius 3. the bird 1. Bacchus god of wine 4. the snake

Venus is scolding her disobedient son Cupid, who hides his face in shame. Name them with substantives. Use your vocabulary adjectives or these other substantives: • bellus, pretty • foedus, ugly • magnanimus, brave • pius, loyal, dutiful • doctus, learned, wise • timidus, shy • paratus, ready • rapidus, fast, swift • maestus, sad 1. Venus 2. Cupid