LESSON XI
ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS
83. Adjectives of the first and second declensions are declined in the three genders as follows:
Singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| Nom. | bonus | bona | bonum |
| Gen. | bonī | bonae | bonī |
| Dat. | bonō | bonae | bonō |
| Acc. | bonum | bonam | bonum |
| Abl. | bonō | bonā | bonō |
| Voc. | bone | bona | bonum |
Plural | |||
| Nom. | bonī | bonae | bona |
| Gen. | bonōrum | bonārum | bonōrum |
| Dat. | bonīs | bonīs | bonīs |
| Acc. | bonōs | bonās | bona |
| Abl. | bonīs | bonīs | bonīs |
a. Write the declension and give it orally across the page, thus giving the three genders for each case.
b. Decline grātus, -a, -um; malus, -a, -um; altus, -a, -um ; parvus, -a, -um.
84. Thus far the adjectives have had the same terminations as the nouns. However, the agreement between the adjective and its noun does not mean that they must have the same termination. If the adjective and the noun belong to different declensions, the terminations will, in many cases, not be the same. For example, nauta, sailor, is masculine and belongs to the first declension. The masculine form of the adjective bonus is of the second declension. Consequently, a good sailor is nauta bonus. So, the wicked farmer is agricola malus. Learn the following declensions:
