New Latin Grammar eBook

Charles Edwin Bennett
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 322 pages of information about New Latin Grammar.

New Latin Grammar eBook

Charles Edwin Bennett
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 322 pages of information about New Latin Grammar.
First Person. Second Person. meus, -a, -um, my; tuus, -a, -um, thy; noster, nostra, nostrum, vester, vestra, vestrum, our; your;

Third Person.
suus, -a, -um, his, her, its, their.

1.  Suus is exclusively Reflexive; as,—­

pater liberos suos amat, the father loves his children.

Otherwise, his, her, its are regularly expressed by the Genitive Singular of is, viz. ejus; and their by the Genitive Plural, eorum, earum.

2.  The Vocative Singular Masculine of meus is mi.

3.  The enclitic -pte may be joined to the Ablative Singular of the Possessive Pronouns for the purpose of emphasis.  This is particularly common in case of suo, sua; as, suopte, suapte.

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IV.  DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

87.  These point out an object as here or there, or as previously mentioned.  They are—­

hic, this (where I am); iste, that (where you are); ille, that (something distinct from the speaker); is, that (weaker than ille); idem, the same.

Hic, iste, and ille are accordingly the Demonstratives of the First, Second, and Third Persons respectively.

Hic, this. 
SINGULAR                          PLURAL. 
MASCULINE.   FEMININE.   NEUTER.     MASCULINE.   FEMININE.   NEUTER.
Nom.  hic         haec       hoc        hi          hae        haec
Gen.  hujus[23]   hujus      hujus      horum       harum      horum
Dat.  huic        huic       huic       his         his        his
Acc.  hunc        hanc       hoc        hos         has        haec
Abl.  hoc         hac        hoc        his         his        his
Iste, that, that of yours.
SINGULAR.                           PLURAL. 
MASCULINE.   FEMININE.   NEUTER.     MASCULINE.   FEMININE.   NEUTER.
Nom.  iste        ista       istud[24]  isti        istae      ista[24]
Gen.  istius      istius     istius     istorum     istarum    istorum
Dat.  isti        isti       isti       istis       istis      istis
Acc.  istum       istam      istud      istos       istas      ista[24]
Abl.  isto        ista       isto       istis       istis      istis

Ille (archaic olle), that, that one, he, is declined like iste.[25]

Is, he, this, that
SINGULAR PLURAL. 
MASCULINE.  FEMININE.  NEUTER.  MASCULINE.  FEMININE.  NEUTER.
Nom. is ea id ei, ii, eae ea
(i)
Gen. ejus ejus ejus eorum earum eorum
Dat. ei ei ei eis, iis eis, iis eis, iis
Acc. eum eam id eos eas ea
Abl. eo ea eo eis, iis eis, iis eis, iis

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