KLatin Notes - Adjectives

Adjectives are words to describe nouns, and so they agree with the nouns. Agreeing means that they match the noun they refer to in three ways: gender, number, and case.

Table 8.12. 1st and 2nd Declension Adjectives (212)

SINGULAR	Like Servus	Like Puella	Like Bellum

Nominative	bon-us	bon-a	bon-um
Vocative	bon-e	bon-a	bon-um
Accusative	bon-um	bon-am	bon-um
Genitive	bon-i	bon-ae	bon-i
Dative	bon-o	bon-ae	bon-o
Ablative	bon-o	bon-a	bon-o

PLURAL
Nominative	bon-i	bon-ae	bon-a
Vocative	bon-i	bon-ae	bon-a
Accusative	bon-os	bon-as	bon-a
Genitive	bon-orum	bon-arum	bon-orum
Dative	bon-is	bon-is	bon-is
Ablative	bon-is	bon-is	bon-is

Table 8.13. 3rd Declension Adjectives (333)

SINGULAR	Like Rex	Like Rex	Like Opus

Nominative	trist-is	trist-is	trist-e
Vocative	trist-is	trist-is	trist-e
Accusative	trist-em	trist-em	trist-e
Genitive	trist-i	trist-i	trist-is
Dative	trist-is	trist-is	trist-i
Ablative	trist-i	trist-i	trist-i

PLURAL
Nominative	trist-es	trist-es	trist-ia
Vocative	trist-es	trist-es	trist-ia
Accusative	trist-es	trist-es	trist-ia
Genitive	trist-ium	trist-ium	trist-ium
Dative	trist-ibus	trist-ibus	trist-ibus
Ablative	trist-ibus	trist-ibus	trist-ibus

Table 8.14. Comparison of Adjectives

Positive	Comparative	Superlative	Notes

Normal form of Adjective	Stem + ior,-ius	Stem + issimus,-a,-um
		Stem + rimus,-a,-um	For adjectives which end with -er. For example: acer-rimus,-a,-um
		Stem + limus,-a,-um	For adjectives which end with -ilis. For example: facil-limus,-a,-um
		Per/Prae + Adjective