28.08.24: Level 1; review; practice in the cases [3](3); 1st / 2nd declension nouns and adjectives: genitive plural [1]

[1]

nominative singular: īnsula

nominative plural: īnsulae

> rēgina ¦ īnsulārum [genitive plural] │ the queen ¦ of the islands

Britannicus, -a, -um: British

> rēgina ¦ īnsulārum [genitive plural] Britannicārum [genitive plural]   │ the queen ¦ of the British islands

[2]

nominative singular: Rōmānus

nominative plural: Rōmānī

> dux ¦ Rōmānōrum [genitive plural] │ the commander ¦ of the Romans [ = the Romans’ commander]

dēfessus, -a, -um: tired

> dux ¦ Rōmānōrum [genitive plural] dēfessōrum [genitive plural]  │ the commander ¦ of the tired Romans

[3]

Nominative singular: oppidum

Nominative plural: oppida

> numerus ¦ oppidōrum [genitive plural] │ the number ¦ of towns

magnus, -a, -um:  big

> numerus ¦ oppidōrum [genitive plural] magnōrum [genitive plural] │ the number ¦ of large towns

Lectiō §14

cōpia, -ae [1/f]: (here) supply; in the plural copiae often refers to ‘troops’

incola, -ae [1 m/f]: inhabitant

numerus, -ī [2/m]: number

Barbarus, -ī [2/m]: a foreigner; an uncivilised man; the Romans frequently used this term to refer to their enemies and / or people who were neither Roman nor Greek

Germanus, -ī [2/m]: a member of a Germanic tribe; a Germanic person

Graecus, -ī [2/m]: a Greek (person)

armātus, -a, -um: armed; in Latin, adjectives can also stand alone as nouns e.g. here: armed man

paucus, -a, -um: few; a little