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Adjectives
Adjectives
Positive Adjectives
Comparative Adjectives
Superlative Adjectives
Irregular Adjectives
Noun Adjective Agreement 1+2
Noun Adjective Agreement 3
Example: magnus → maior → maximus
malus → peior → pessimus
*REMEMBER: GENDER, CASE, AND NUMBER*
Positive Adjectives: Regular form
Positive Adjectives: Regular form
Altum puerum specto. "Tall--> Altus, Altum"
I see a tall boy. (Masc.,Sing.,Acc.)
Comparative Adjectives: IOR, ( ___er or more ___ ) usually followed by quam.
Comparative Adjectives: IOR, ( ___er or more ___ ) usually followed by quam.
Nemo Fortior est quam Quintus. "Braver-->Fortior"
No one is more braver than Quintus.
Superlative Adjectives: ISSIM, ERRIM, ILLIM, ( ____est or very ____ or most ____ )
Superlative Adjectives: ISSIM, ERRIM, ILLIM, ( ____est or very ____ or most ____ )
Pompa erat pulcherrima. "Very Pretty-->Pulcherrima:"
The parade was very pretty. (Fem, Sing, Nom)
Irregular Adjectives
Irregular Adjectives
Some commonly-used adjectives change stems when using the comparative and superlative forms. This is just
like how “good” changes to “better” and “best”, instead of “gooder” and “goodest”.
Example:
puer est bonus agricola. The boy is a good farmer.
ancilla est peior quam puer. The slave girl is worse than the boy.
mile est maximus populus. the soldier is the largest person.
Noun Adjective Agreement 1+2
Noun Adjective Agreement 1+2
NOUN-ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
Since there is not set word order in Latin, a noun and its adjective may be separated by many words or
even lines of Latin. Therefore, it is important to be able to identify what nouns modify which adjectives.
An adjective will agree with its noun in 3 things.
1. Gender
2. Case
3. Number
Depending on the type of adjective, it will take on various declension endings in order to correctly modify its noun.
Depending on the type of adjective, it will take on various declension endings in order to correctly modify its noun.
Pecuniam bono mercatori do. (masculine, singular, dative) I give money to the good merchant.
Adjectives modify their nouns in GENDER.
o If the nouns is MASCULINE, the adjective takes on endings from the 2nd declension.
o If the nouns is FEMININE, the adjective takes on endings from the 1st declension.
o If the nouns is NEUTER, the adjective takes on endings from the 2nd Neuter declension.
Noun Adjective Agreement 3
Noun Adjective Agreement 3
NOUN-ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
Adjectives modify their nouns in GENDER.
o If the nouns is MASCULINE, the adjective takes on endings from the 3rd declension.
o If the nouns is FEMININE, the adjective takes on endings from the 3rd declension.
o If the nouns is NEUTER, the adjective takes on endings from the 3rd Neuter declension. (In the nominative and accusative singular, “e” is used where there is a blank.)
Canis est felix. (masculine, singular, nominative) The dog is lucky.
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