Wheelock Chapter 3 SECOND DECLENSION Key Concepts 2

Wheelock Chapter 3 SECOND DECLENSION

Key Concepts 2 nd declension Apposition Word order Tomorrow: Quiz on first declension; adjectives; adjective/noun pairings; vocabulary from chapters 1 and 2 --for vocabulary 1) provide the dictionary form, meaning the nominative, genitive, and the gender for NOUNS 2) Provide all four principal parts for VERBS;

New Vocabulary! *vocabulary interlude*

Intuitive understanding of declensions Fīlium nautae Rōmānī in agrīs vidēmus. Fīlium, i-son m. Romanus, i-Romans m. Ager, agris-fields m. What cases do you think they are in?

Fīlium nautae Rōmānī in agrīs vidēmus.

2 nd Declension The masculine and neuter declension

How to form Find the base: e. g. amicus, amici amic Add new endings…

Endings Sg. nominative- us/er genitiveī dativeō accusative- um ablativeō vocativee Pl. ī ōrum īs ōs īs ī

-US declining 2 nd declension nouns nominativegenitivedativeaccusativeablativevocative- sg. amīcus amīcī amīcō amīcum amīcō amīce pl. amīcī amīcōrum amīcīs amīcōs amīcī

ER declining 2 nd declension nouns If you follow the rule of always looking to the genitive- they should be no problem! Sg. Pl. Nominative. Ager Agrī Genitive. Agrī Agrōrum Dative. Agrō Agrīs Accusative. Agrum Agrōs Ablative. Agrō Agrīs Vocative. Ager Agrī

How do you think puer, puerī will decline? Nominative. Genitive. Dative. Accusative. Ablative. Vocative- Sg. puerī puerō puerum puerō puer Pl. puerī puerōrum puerīs puerōs puerī

Vocatives Vocatives=Nominatives EXCEPT the 2 nd declension –us nouns in the singular (So all the men in the class should have an –e ending as a vocative) Marc-e! Also Lactuc-e! nouns ending in –ius have an ‘i’ vocative Claud-i! Mar-i!

Apposition Definition: A noun positioned next to other nouns in order to explain it—LOOK FOR COMMAS Julius Caesar, our killer, pillaged the village. cimōn, vir magnae fāmae, magnam benevolentiam habet. *preview: gen. of characteristic

Discussion: does Latin have word order? Cimōn, vir magnae fāmae, magnam benevolentiam habet. Fīlium nautae Rōmānī in agrīs vidēmus.