Saturday, May 4, 2024

13.04.24: Examples of 4th declension nouns in context

[1] Caesar, referring to the back of a hill:

sed hunc silvestrem et angustum, quā esset aditus [nominative] ad alteram partem oppidī ¦ but likewise woody and narrow, by which there was a pass to the other side of the town

[2] In nōmine patris, fīliī et spīritūs [genitive] sānctī ¦ in the name of the father, [of] the son and [of] the holy spirit

[3] Caesar, concerning the Druids:

Magnum ibi numerum versuum [genitive plural] ēdiscere dīcuntur. ¦ They are said there to learn by heart a great number ¦ of verses

[4] Celsus, on Medicine:

cāsus, -ūs [4/m]: fall; accident; misfortune > ME: case

siquidem etiam in hōc cāsū [ablative] quaedam similitūdō est femōrī et umerō … pedī et manuī ¦ for in this (kind of) accident also there is some similarity to the thigh and upper arm … (to) the foot and (tothe hand [dative]

[5] deinde Pānsa et Hirtius, quī quasi cornu[accusative plural] duo tenuērunt Caesaris (Cicero) ¦ and next to him Pansa and Hirtius, who held (if I may use such an expression) the two horns of Caesar

[6] Audīrēs ululātūs [accusative plural] fēminārum, infantium quirītātūs [accusative plural] (Pliny) ¦ You could hear the howlof women, the screamof children

[7] Iussū [ablative] Imperātōris ¦ pompa magnifica tōtam per urbem dūcēbātur. ¦ At the emperor's order [= on the order ¦ of the emperor], a splendid procession was being led through the whole city.

[8] Cēnāvīn ego heri in nāvī in portū [ablative] Persicō? (Plautus) ¦ Did I not dine yesterday on board ship inthe Persian Port?

[9] Habet autem in manū [ablative] sinistrā stēllās quattuor (Hyginus) ¦ However, he has four stars in his left hand

[10] plōrātus, -ūs [4/m]: wailing

plōrātus [nominative] mulierum nōn ex prīvātīs sōlum domibus [ablative plural] exaudiēbātur (Livy) ¦ the wailing of women was heard not only from private houses

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