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Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
Is there a difference between saying
many people
and
a lot of people
?Slide2
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
Is there a difference between saying
many people
and
a lot of people
?
Would we say
many of people
or
some of people
?Slide3
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
satis pecuniaeSlide4
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
satis pecuniae
enough (of) money
nimium v
īnīSlide5
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
satis pecuniae
enough (of) money
nimium v
īnī
too much (of) moneySlide6
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
satis pecuniae
enough (of) money
nimium v
īnī
too much (of) money
pl
ūs sanguinisSlide7
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
satis pecuniae
enough (of) money
nimium v
īnī
too much (of) money
pl
ūs sanguinis
more (of) bloodSlide8
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
nimium pecuniaeSlide9
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
nimium pecuniae
too much (of) moneySlide10
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
nimium pecuniae
too much (of) money
nihil per
īculīSlide11
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
nimium pecuniae
too much (of) money
nihil per
īculī
no danger
(nothing of danger)Slide12
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
pl
ūs labōris
multum cibī
plūs hominumSlide13
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
ōlim tria mīlia hostium occidit.Slide14
Genitives with Words of Amount/Quantity
ōlim tria mīlia hostium occidit.
Once he killed three thousand enemiesSlide15
Romans didn’t say “enough money”.
Instead they would say “enough of money”.
What case do you think that they used for money?Slide16
Genitive Case with 5
Adjectives
satis (enough)
nimium (too much)
plus (more)
nihil (nothing)
multum (a lot / much)
These words which describe quantity or amount take an object in the genitive case.Slide17
too much money
no danger (lit, nothing of danger)
more work
much food
Multum
and
nihil
can sometimes take one of these Genitive Objects.Slide18
satis temporis
satis pecuniae
too much water
more money
enough time
enough money
nimium
aquae
plus
pecuniaeSlide19
Genitive of Quality
Similarly with English, you can use a genitive to describe a quality of a noun.
Example:
He is soldier of great virtue =
miles magnae virtutis est.Slide20
a man of very little prudence
a youth of 20 years (a 20 year old youth)
a woman of great wisdom
a story of this kind
a girl of very great intelligence
a man of very good character