Chapter 3: The Latin Noun (Declensions 3, 4, 5)

§24. Chapter 3: Exercises

1.  Underline the base of these nouns (e.g., FAMA; ORIGO, ORIGINIS):

MILES, MILITIS; MANUS; LEX, LEGIS; LUMEN, LUMINIS; SPECIES; ONUS, ONERIS; SINUS.

 

2.  By underlining, identify the Latin noun base within the following English words (e.g., INFORMALITY):

REGICIDE, DECAPITATION, EXTEMPORANEOUS, SERIAL, MORTIFY, COLLABORATE, ABOMINATION.

 

3.  Identify each of the following Latin nouns by DECLENSION, and give its BASE and ORIGINAL LATIN MEANING:

Latin noun Declension Base Meaning
e.g. corpus  3  corpor-  body
a. signum  _______  ______________  _______________
b. forma  _______  ______________ _______________
c. radius  _______  ______________  _______________
d. labor  _______  ______________  _______________
e. opus  _______  ______________  _______________
f. gradus  _______  ______________  _______________
g. modus  _______  ______________  _______________
h. via  _______  ______________  _______________
i. species  _______  ______________  _______________
j. ars  _______  ______________  _______________

 

4.  For each of the following English words, find an English doublet—if possible, one that more closely resembles the Latin source-word:

a. parson _______________ d. dish _______________
b. gender _______________ e. chef _______________
c. ray _______________ f. sprite _______________

For Key to Exercises (Latin), see Appendix I.

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