1st and 2nd DECLENSION ADJECTIVE

Latin : bonus, -a, -um; good
MASCULINE FEMININE NEUTER
SINGULAR
NOM. bonus bona bonum
GEN. boni bonae boni
DAT. bono bonae bono
ACC. bonum bonam bonum
ABL. bono bona bono
PLURAL
NOM. boni bonae bona
GEN. bonorum bonarum bonorum
DAT. bonis bonis bonis
ACC. bonos bonas bona
ABL. bonis bonis bonis


3rd DECLENSION ADJECTIVE

Latin : acer, -is, -e ; sharp/keen
MASCULINE FEMININE NEUTER
SINGULAR
NOM. acer acris acre
GEN. acris acris acris
DAT. acri acri acri
ACC. acrem acrem acre
ABL. acri acri acri
PLURAL
NOM. acres acres acria
GEN. acrium acrium acrium
DAT. acribus acribus acribus
ACC. acres acres acria
ABL. acribus acribus acribus

Latin : mobilis, -is, -e ;moveable/easy moved/agile
MASCULINE FEMININE NEUTER
SINGULAR
NOM. mobilis mobilis mobile
GEN. mobilis mobilis mobilis
DAT. mobili mobili mobili
ACC. mobilem mobilem mobile
ABL. mobili mobili mobili
PLURAL
NOM. mobiles mobiles mobilia
GEN. mobilium mobilium mobilium
DAT. mobilibus mobilibus mobilibus
ACC. mobiles mobiles mobilia
ABL. mobilibus mobilibus mobilibus

Latin : potens; powerful/having power over
[w gen: potens rerum suarum atque urbis. Liv.23,1,.6]
MASCULINE FEMININE NEUTER
SINGULAR
NOM. potens potens potens
GEN. potentis potentis potentis
DAT. potenti potenti potenti
ACC. potentem potentem potens
ABL. potenti potenti potenti
PLURAL
NOM. potentes potentes potentia
GEN. potentium potentium potentium
DAT. potentibus potentibus potentibus
ACC. potentes potentes potentia
ABL. potentibus potentibus potentibus

Examples of agreement between Nouns and Adjectives


1.
vir fortis [a brave man]
multus sanguis [much blood]
urbium magnarum [of great cities]
cenam optimam [the best supper]


2.
Caecilius et Grumio laeti sunt. [Caecilius and Grumio are happy.]
Servus totam et culinam et atrium lavat. [The servant washes the whole kitchen and hall.]
Natura inimica sunt libera civitas et rex. [By nature a free state and a king are hostile.]
multae operae ac laboris [of much trouble and toil]
vita moresque mei [my life and character]


3.
Multitudo convicti sunt. [A multitude were convicted.]
Magna pars raptae. [A large part of the women were seized.]


4.
Stultitia et iniustitia ... sunt fugienda(n.). [Folly and injustice... are [things] to be shunned.]
Labor (m.) voluptasque (f.) societate naturali sunt iuncta (n.). [Labor and delight are bound by natural alliance.]


1. Adjectives agree with their nouns in Gender, Number, and Case.

2. To agree with two or more nouns the adjective becomes plural or follows the nearest noun.

3. A collective noun may take an adjective of the gender and number of the individuals implied.

4. Abstract nouns may have an Adjective in the neuter plural.


The present webpage is compiled for an introductory Latin course at the Chinese University of Hong Kong by Dr. Louis Ha.
Copyright: Louis Ha, 2012.
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