II. My Uncle.
§6. In this and the following Preparations the nouns of the 1st Decl. will be given in the Nom. Sing., except when a whole phrase is quoted.
| patruus meus | my uncle |
| quondam | once, formerly |
| praefectus | an officer |
| erat | was |
| mīlitiā[1] vacat | he is free (i.e., he has retired) from military service |
| agellō suō | to his farm |
| agellus | the farm or estate |
| patruī meī | of my uncle |
| magnus | large |
| circum villam | around the villa |
| hortus | a garden |
| mūrus | a wall |
| hortī | of the garden |
| altus | high |
| rīvus | a stream [river] |
| prope hortum | near the garden |
| unde | whence, from which |
| aqua | water |
| portāmus | we fetch, we carry |
| hortum irrigāmus | we water [irrigate] the garden |
| in hortō | in the garden |
| numerus | number |
| rosa | a rose |
| viola | a violet |
| tibi | to thee, to you |
| mī patrue | O my uncle |
| cum patruō meō | with my uncle |
| ambulās | thou walkest, you walk |
| Nouns and Adjectives in -us | ||
| SINGULAR NUMBER. | ||
| 1 | hortus bellus, a pretty garden | |
| 2 | horte belle, o pretty garden | |
| 3 | hortum bellum, a pretty garden | |
| 4 | hortī belli, of a pretty garden | |
| 5 | hortō bellō, to a pretty garden (with a verb of ‘giving’) | |
| 6 | in | hortō bellō, in a pretty garden |
§7.
| angulus | angle, corner |
| ulmī | elms |
| in ulmīs | in the elms |
| corvī | crows |
| nīdificant | make nests |
| corvōs spectō | I watch the crows |
| libenter | gladly |
| circum nīdōs suōs | round their nests |
| volitant | they fly |
| corvōrum | of crows |
| multī mergī | many sea-gulls |
| super ōceanum | over the ocean |
| mergī | o sea-gulls |
| volitātis | you fly |
| praeda | prey |
| captātis | you catch |
| ōceanus | the ocean |
| mergīs | to sea-gulls |
| cibum dat | gives food |
| agellus suus | his estate |
| equī | horses |
| vacca | cow |
| porcī | pigs [pork] |
| galli gallinae-que | cocks and hens |
| gallōs cūrat | minds the cocks |
| vīcus | a village |
| rusticī | the country-folk, the rustics |
| nōnnullī ex rusticīs | some of (out of) the rustics |
| cum equīs | with (together with) the horses. |
Note in the above:1. corvī nīdificant, crows make nests. 2. vōs, corvi, you, o crows. 3. corvōs spectō, I watch crows. 4. numerus corvōrum, a number of crows. 5. corvīs dat, gives to crows. 6. cum corvīs, with crows.
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
| 1 | hortus bellus | hortī bellī |
| 2 | horte belle | hortī bellī |
| 3 | hortum bellum | hortōs bellōs |
| 4 | hortī bellī | hortōrum bellōrum |
| 5 | hortō bellō (with a verb of ‘giving’) | hortīs bellīs (with a verb of ‘giving’) |
| 6 | in hortō bellō | in hortīs bellīs |
In this and the following Preparations the nouns of the 2nd Decl. in -us will be given in the Nom. Sing., except when a whole phrase is quoted.
| scopulus albus | a white cliff |
| ab-est | is distant |
| noctū | by night, in the night time |
| pharus | light house |
| velut | as, even as |
| stella clāra | a bright star |
| in ōceanō | on the ocean |
| illustrat | lights up [illustrates] |
| spectāre | to see |
| (undae) tranquillae | calm, tranguil (waves) |
| lavātis | you wash [lave] |
| delectātis | you delight |
| (undae) turbulentae | rough, turbulent (waves) |
| spūmātis | you foam |
| murmurātis | you murmur |
- ↑ Note the Ablative without a Preposition, here meaning ‘from.’