Latin Vocab and Cases

Nominative

Nominative

• Subject

• Predicate nominative such as “Cornelia est puella”

Genitive

• Posession (of, ‘s, s’) - Canis Corneliae

• Family relationship - Fillia Corneliae et Cornelii

Dative

• Indirect object (to/for) - Puellae to/for the girl

• Puero - to/for the boy

• Matri - to/for mom

Accusative

• Direct Object

• Place to which after (Ad and in)

• Object of Prepositions such as ante, circum, contra, etc

Ablative

• Place to where (After in and sub)

• Place from which (After ab, de, and ex)

• Means or instrument

• Accompaniment (After cum and sine)

• Manner (How?)

Vocative

Direct address

How many reasons does Nominative have?

2

How many reasons does Genitive have?

2

How many reasons does Dative have?

1

How many reasons does Accusative have?

4

How many reasons does ablative have?

5

How many reasons does vocative have?

1

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Ad

to

Ab

from

in

into

Urb

city

ante

before

Circum

around

Contra

Against

Inter

Between

Per

Through

Post

After

Prope

Close/near

Trans

Across

Ship

Navis

By ship

Nave

Stilo

With a pen

Gladio

With a sword

Cum

with

Sine

Without

Siempre

Always