1. Ubi fīliae Sextī habitant?
2. Quem oppidānī amant et laudant?
3. Quid ancilla equō lēgātī dat?
4. Cuius equum ancilla cūrat?
5. Quis ad mūrum cum Sextō properat?
6. Quid oppidānī parant?
[ LESSON X]
SECOND DECLENSION (Continued)
[79.] We have been freely using feminine adjectives, like bona, in agreement with feminine nouns of the first declension and declined like them. Masculine adjectives of this class are declined like dominus, and neuters like pīlum. The adjective and noun, masculine and neuter, are therefore declined as follows:
| Masculine Noun and Adjective | Neuter Noun and Adjective | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dominus bonus, the good master | pīlum bonum, the good spear | |||
| Bases domin- bon- | Bases pīl- bon- | |||
| Singular | ||||
| TERMINATIONS | TERMINATIONS | |||
| Nom. | do´minus bonus | -us | pīlum bonum | -um |
| Gen. | dominī bonī | -ī | pīlī bonī | -ī |
| Dat. | dominō bonō | -ō | pīlō bonō | -ō |
| Acc. | dominum bonum | -um | pīlum bonum | -um |
| Abl. | dominō bonō | -ō | pīlō bonō | -ō |
| Voc. | domine bone | -e | pīlum bonum | -um |
| Plural | ||||
| Nom. | dominī bonī | -ī | pīla bona | -a |
| Gen. | dominō´rum bonō´rum | -ōrum | pīlō´rum bonō´rum | -ōrum |
| Dat. | dominīs bonīs | -is | pīlīs bonīs | -īs |
| Acc. | dominōs bonōs | -ōs | pīla bona | -a |
| Abl. | dominīs bonīs | -īs | pīlīs bonīs | -īs |
Decline together bellum longum, equus parvus, servus malus, mūrus altus, frūmentum novum.
[80.] Observe the sentences
| Lesbia ancilla est bona, Lesbia, the maidservant, is good Fīlia Lesbiae ancillae est bona, the daughter of Lesbia, the maidservant, is good Servus Lesbiam ancillam amat, the slave loves Lesbia, the maidservant |
In these sentences ancilla, ancillae, and ancillam denote the class of persons to which Lesbia belongs and explain who she is. Nouns so related that the second is only another name for the first and explains it are said to be in apposition, and are always in the same case.
[81.] Rule. Apposition. An appositive agrees in case with the noun which it explains.