Term | Notes |
Vocative, when used and how to find what is vocative | Used for speaking directly to someone, n/adj in vocative=person being spoken to, n/adj is just after beginning, usually second or third place (quō, vergilī, ... Or : in Asiam, mī fiīlī,...) |
Vocative, declensions? | Declines normally like nominative,except singular of second declension nouns which end in -us, and masculine singular of -us, -a, -um adjectives, which are formed by adding -e to the base (bone amīce, magne nūntie, lēgāte Trōiāne) |
proper names into vocative? | Vergilius, fīlius- drop -us and lengthen i (Vergilī and fīlī)- these look like th genitive and accent remains where it would be if the word ended in -ie (Vergi'lī, not Ver'gilī) |
Irregular masculine vocative singular of meus, mea, meum (adj) | Mī |
Greek derived first declension names like Aenēās and Anchīsēs into vocative | Regular first declension vocative like puella- Aenēa, Anchīsa |
Formation of Adverbs | Adverbs normally made from adjectives of the first and second declensions by adding -ē to the base (altē=deeply) |
Exceptions to rule for formation of adverbs | Adverbs for good and bad, bonus and malus, are respectfully been and male, not bonē and malē |