Latin 2: Quiz #1, Term 1

parts of speech & 3rd declension neuter nouns

caput, capitis

head

carmen, carminis

song, poem

cor, cordis

heart

corpus, corporis

body

flumen, fluminis

river

iter, itineris

journey

nomen, nominis

name

tempus, temporis

time

litus, litoris

shore

mare, maris

sea

noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

verb

An action word

adjective

a word that modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

preposition

A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

conjunction

A word used to join words or groups of words

pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun

interjection

A word that expresses emotion

nominative

used for subjects, predicate nominatives

accusative

used for direct object