1. Latin 1 Mr. zboril | Milford PEP
Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation
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2. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
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3. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
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4. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
In Latin, there are two types of adejctives. These are known as 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives AND 3rd-Declension Adjectives
Chapter 7 Adjectives

5. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
Chapter 7 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives
Back in Chapter 7 we introduced adjectives. If you remember, for all of them, they listed a masculine, feminine, and neuter for each:
bonus, bona, bonum: good
masculine feminine neuter
multus, multa, multum: many
tūtus, tūta, tūtum: safe, protected
masc fem neut
Chapter 7 Adjectives

6. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
Adjectives modify a noun… puella pulchra beautiful girl magnum templum great temple agricola bonus good farmer What do you notice about the endings of the verb and noun? They agree with each other. Adjectives must agree with the noun it modifies in case, number, and gender.
Chapter 7 Adjectives

7. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
agricola bonus good farmer Do you see how the adjective bonus agrees with agricola in case, number, and gender, but NOT in appearance? Why? agricola is a masculine noun, but takes the first declension endings.
Chapter 7 Adjectives

8. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives
Third-Declension Nouns are different than 1st & 2nd Declension Nouns Do you see how the adjective bonus agrees with agricola in case, number, and gender, but NOT in appearance? Why? agricola is a masculine noun, but takes the first declension endings.
Chapter 7 Adjectives

9. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives 1st Group
Case
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Singular
Plural
Nominative
celer
celerēs
celere
celeria
Genitive
celeris
celerium
Dative
celerī
celeribus
Accusative
celerem
Ablative
Chapter 7 Adjectives
The first group has three endings for the nominative singular – one for each gender. You’ll note the endings are the same as the i-stem noun endings you learned in the last chapter. You’ll also note the masculine and feminine are identical except for the nominative singular.

10. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives 2nd Group
Case
Masculine & Feminine
Neuter
Singular
Plural
Nominative
omnis
omnēs
omne
omnia
Genitive
omnium
Dative
omnī
omnibus
Accusative
omnem
Ablative
Chapter 7 Adjectives
The second group has two forms for the nominative singular – one for the masculine and feminine and another for the neuter.

11. Chapter 15 Third-Declension Adjectives 3rd Group
Case
Masculine & Feminine
Neuter
Singular
Plural
Nominative
ingēns
ingentēs
ingentia
Genitive
ingentis
ingentium
Dative
ingentī
ingentibus
Accusative
ingentem
Ablative
Chapter 7 Adjectives
This group has only one form for the nominative singular.

12. Chapter 15 Third Declension Adjectives
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