Vocative Case Ablative of Place From Which Latin I 2015 Lesson 13 Vocative Case Ablative of Place From Which Latin I 2015

Vocative Case (Lesson 13) In Latin, the vocative case is used to address people directly or to get their attention. Charles, come here! Emily, you’re the best sister anyone could have! Leave me alone, creep!

Vocative Case The name “vocative” case comes from the Latin word “voco”: “to call.” The vocative is set apart by commas in English. It’s often used with the imperative (command) verbs.

How To Make a Vocative Most Latin words use the nominative ending for their vocative form, too. Yay! No new endings! Porta aquam, mea filia. Carry the water, my daughter. But… there are exceptions!

How To Make a Vocative Words that end in –us make their singular vocative by changing the –us to –e. Carry the water, Marcus! Porta aquam, Marce! Hurry, friend! Festina, amice!

How To Make a Vocative Words that end in –ius make their singular vocative by changing the –ius to –i. Free the captives, Lucius! Libera captivos, Luci! Hurry, son! (filius) Festina, fili!

What To Take Away From the Lesson! Vocatives are used to address someone directly. The only words that use special endings are –us and –ius singular words. -us = -e -ius = -i All other words just use their nominative endings.

Making Vocatives! Quintus agricolae Cornelia Tullius Anna Marcus amicus servus Quinte agricolae Cornelia Tulli Anna Marce amice serve

Ablative of Place From Which You have 3 prepositions in your vocabulary list this week that all mean “from.” a, ab: away from (the outside) de: down from, from, about, concerning ē, ex: out from (the inside), from, out of *“a” and “ē” are used before words that begin with consonants

Ablative of Place From Which All 3 prepositions are followed by a noun in the ablative case. Remember that ablative case endings are: -ā, -o (singular) -is (plural)

Translating Ablative Phrases ex aquā ā casā ā casis de Italiā de equo de equis de gloriā out of the water away from the house away from the houses from Italy down from the horse down from the horses about glory