Ecce Romani Chapter 15

Study for Chapter 15 of Ecce Romani

rota, -ae

wheel

auxilium, ī

help

baculum, ī

stick, staff

cisium, -ī

light two-wheeled carriage

cubiculum, ī

bedroom, room

perīculum, ī

danger

plaustrum, -ī

wagon, cart

silentium, -ī

silence

vehiculum, -ī

vehicle

vēstīgium, ī

track, footprint, trace

bōs, bovis (m/f)

ox, cow

murmur, murmuris (n)

murmur, rumble

nūbēs, nūbis (f)

cloud

onus, oneris (n)

burden, load

pulvis, pulveris (m)

dust

tempus, temporis

time

Why is it important to know the gender of 3rd declension nouns?

Since an adjective always matches the noun it modifies in Gender, Number and Case, you need to know the gender of all knows (even the hard 3rd declension ones) in order to know what kind of adjective to match it to.

appāreō, appārēre

I appear, to appear

exspectō, exspectāre

I look out for, wait for, to look out for, wait for

praetereō, praeterīre

I go past, to go past (this verb is conjugation just like eo, ire)

longus -a, -um

long

nullus, -a, -um

no, not any

tardus, -a, -um

slow

diū

for a long time

fortasse

perhaps

praetereā

besides

procul

in the distance, far off

tantum

only

tamen

however

tandem

at last, finally

Quot?

How many?

ūnus, -a -um

one - I

duo, -ae -o

two - II

trēs, trēs, tria

three - III

quattuor

four - IV

quīnque

five - V

sex

six - VI

septem

seven - VII

octō

eight - VIII

novem

nine - IX

decem

ten - X

quīnquāgintā

fifty - L

centum

one hundred - C

quīngentī, -ae -a

five hundred - D

mīlle

one thousand - M