LESSON 4 General chart of declensions, Latin verbs

 

Noun 1: injuria, injuriam, natura,

Noun 2: arma, verba

Noun 3: finis, opus, consuetudo, leges, nihil, labor,

Noun 4:

Noun 5: diem, (days of the week)

 

Adjective 1,2: altera

Adjective 3: omnia

 

Verb 1 : coronat, excusat, agere, delectat, volant

Verb 2 : silent, manet

Verb 3 : carpe, dictum, factum, vincit, scripta, vidi, vici

Verb 4: veni

Irregular verb :

 

Preposition: inter

Adverb: non, quasi,

Conjunction: enim

 

 

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Maxim 21-30 (simple verb)

 

Finis coronat opus.

The ending crowns the work.

(N/A. Cf. exitus acta probat.)

 

Iniuria non excusat iniuriam.

One wrong does not justify another.

(N/A)

 

Consuetudo quasi altera natura.

Habit is our second nature.

(Cicero, De finibus)

 

Nihil agere delectat.

It is pleasant to do nothing.

(Cicero, De oratore)

 

Silent enim leges inter arma.

Laws are silent in times of war.

(Cicero, Pro Milone.)

 

Carpe diem!

Seize the day!

(Horace, Carmina)

 

Dictum, factum.

Said and done.

(Terence, Heautontimorumenos)

 

Labor omnia vincit.

Labour conquers everything.

(Vergil, Georgica)

 

Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet.

Words fly away, the written (letter) remains.

(N/A)

 

Veni, vidi, vici.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

(Written by Julius Caesar about a rapid victory.)