Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

LATIN GRAMMAR
e) To express possession with esse, the possessor being in the dative
case.
T he boy Ilas a book.
Puero liber est. (The book is to
the boy.)
f) To denote purpose.
They will send some men as an
aid to the city.
Homines aliquos civitati aux1lio
mittent. (Auxilio is dative of
purpose.)
EXERCISES
A. Suffixes. The endings -io, -tio, and -tus are added to verb stems
to form verbal nouns which denote an act or the result of an act.
I. conjuratio, conspiracy (from conjurare, to conspire). 2. oratio,
prayer (from orare, to pray). 3. suspicio, sllspicion (from suspicere,
to suspect). 4. dubitatio, doubt (from dubitare, to doubt). 5. offensio,
offense (from offendere, to offend). 6. deditio, surrender (from de..
clerc, to surrender). 7. conspectus, sight (from conspicere, to look at).
8. fructus, fruit (from frui, to enjoy). 9. luctus, mourning (from lugere,
to mourn). 10. £Ictus, weeping (from Here, to ,veep). 1 I. cantus,
song (from canere, to sing). 12. conatus, an attempt (from conari, to
attempt).
B. Trans- as a prefix means through or across.
I. transire (to go through). 2. tradere (to give or hand across). 3.
tr3ducere (to lead across). 4. transfigere (to pierce through, to transfix).
s. transportare (to carry across, to transport). 6. transferre (to
bring through, to transfer). 7. transmittere (to send across, to transmit).
8. tranare (to swim across).
c. Read the Latin and translate into English.
I. Litigabant ad Invicem, qu6niam non credebant quod eis dlxerat
dominus eorum. 2. Si nos jllngimus turmis inimicorum, nobis non