Nominative and Genitive Cases
I. Nominative Case
A. Subject__________________________________________________________
B. Predicate Nominative _______________________________________________
C. After verbs of electing or creating:
Caesar has been elected consul._______________________________________
Augustus is chosen emperor.__________________________________________
II. Genitive Case
A. Possession
1. Julia's house is nearest to the Forum.___________________________________
2. Flavia's hair is very pretty.____________________________________________
3. The name of the dictator is long._______________________________________
B. Description
1. The emperor is a man of great virtue.___________________________________
2. The professor was a man of great knowledge._____________________________
C. Genitive with Adjectives.
1. Hercules was skilled in fighting.________________________________________.
2. The man was desirous of money._______________________________________
3. Mary was full of grace._______________________________________________
4. The student was mindful of the laws.____________________________________
Reason:
peritus, cupidus, plenus, memor, particeps, avidus, conscius
D. Genitive of the Whole/Partitive Genitive
1. There is enough water in the jar._______________________________________
2. There is no wine on the table. ________________________________________
3. We walked two miles.________________________________________________
cf. We walked a
mile._________________________________________________
4. They saw three thousand soldiers.______________________________________
cf. They saw a thousand soldiers.________________________________________
Reason: satis, nihil, more than one thousand
Exceptions: With cardinal numbers, ex, de, pauci, and quidam
use the ablative case instead (Ablative of Separation).
one of(from) the soldiers__________________________________________________
a few of the men ______________________________cf. a few
men_______________
certain ones of the students________________________________________________
Nominative and Genitive Cases
E. Objective Genitive
1. The love of money is the root of evil._____________________________________
2. the love of your country___________
3. the love of your
mother_____________
F. Genitive of Definite Measurement
1. a ten-foot wall ________________________________________
2. a three-hour test________________________________________
G. Genitive of Indefinite Value
1. It is worthless.________________________________________
2. It is of such great importance._________________________
3. It is worthwhile._______________________________________
Reason:
magni, tanti, parvi
H. Genitive after Verbs of Remembering and Forgetting
Reason: memini, obliviscor
1. Forget murder and fire.
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2. Do you remember his name?____________________________________________
N.B. With words denoting things, the accusative case may be used instead.
To remember the past.
Praeterita meminisse.
I forgot that.
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I. Genitive with Verbs of Judicial Action.
I condemn myself of inactivity and negligence.________________________________
J. Genitive with Impersonal Verb. Follow this pattern: Accusative of the person who feels
and the genitive of the person to whom the feeling is directed.
1. I pity the sailor._______________________________= It pities me of the sailor.
2. The children tire me._____________________________________
3. I am ashamed of his deed.____________________________
Reason:
miseret=___________ taedet=______________, piget=___________
paenitet=__________, pudet=_______________
Nominative and Genitive Cases
1. (Italia, Italiae, Italiam) est mea patria.
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2. Caesar (dictator, dictatoris, dictatorem) creatus est.
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3. Mucius appellatus est (Scaevola, Scaevolae,Scaevolam)
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4. Populus Fabium (dictator, dictatoris, dictatorem) creavit.
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5. Nomen (mater, matris, matri) Gracchorum erat Cornelia.
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6. Catilina cupidus (imperium, imperi, imperio) erat.
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7. Cicero erat vir magnae (virtus, virtutis, virtute).
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8. Non est satis (aqua, aquae, aquam) in flumine.
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9. Ambulavimus mille (passus, passuum, passibus).
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10. Cucurrimus sex milia (passus, passuum, passibus).
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11. Pauci ex (viri, viris, viros) discesserunt.
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12. Duo ex (amici, amicos, amicis) eum servaverunt.
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13. Amor (mater, matris, matri) est fortis.
14. four-foot wall
murus quattuor (pedibus, pedes, pedum)
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15. It is worthless. Est (parvum, parvi, parvo).
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16. Obliviscere (timor, timorem, timoris).
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17. Oblita est (multi, multa, multis).
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18. Miseret me (puer, pueri, puerum)
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19. Paenitet me (factum, facti, facto).
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20. Croesus erat clarus (rex, regis, regi)
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21. Tullia facta est (regina, reginae, reginam).
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22. Nomen (dictator, dictatoris, dictatori) erat Cincinnatus.
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23. Imperator erat vir (sapientia, sapientiae, sapientiam).
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24. Maria erat femina plena (gratia, gratiae, gratiam).
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25. Sempronia erat memor (caedis, caedi, caedem).
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26. Erat nihil (loquendi, loquendo, loquendum) in classe.
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27. Sallustius erat peritus (scribendi,scribendo, scribendum)
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28. Unus ex (milites, militum, militibus) mortuus est.
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29. Piget nos (liberi, liberorum, liberis)
30. Amor (pecunia, pecuniae, pecuniam) est malus.
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