Expertlatin
- How do you use the genitive case in Latin?
- What is the genitive of charge or penalty?
- What is the difference between dative and ablative in Latin?
- What is an example of use of genitive?
How do you use the genitive case in Latin?
The genitive case is most familiar to English speakers as the case that expresses possession: "my hat" or "Harry's house." In Latin it is used to indicate any number of relationships that are most frequently and easily translated into English by the preposition "of": "love of god", "the driver of the bus," the "state ...
What is the genitive of charge or penalty?
Today's grammar factoid is the "genitive of the charge and penalty." For reasons best known to the Romans, whenever they described a charge or the penalty for a crime or civil lawsuit, the used the genitive case (we use the prepositions "with" and "for" for the charge and an ordinary direct object (or the preposition " ...
What is the difference between dative and ablative in Latin?
For example, the dative case is used to show indirect objects, or “to/for” expressions, and the ablative case is used to express means, manner, place, or time, and frequently without a preposition.
What is an example of use of genitive?
In the grammar of some languages, the genitive, or the genitive case, is a noun case which is used mainly to show possession. In English grammar, a noun or name with 's added to it, for example 'dog's' or 'Anne's', is sometimes called the genitive form.
