Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

168 LATIN GRAMMAR
c. Give four uses of the accusative case and illustrate each with a
short sentence in Latin.
D. Vocabulary building.
a) Derivations. Find in Units One and Two the words that have
the same derivation as the following:
I. occultum (hidden thing). 2. singularitas (oneness). 3. velum
(curtain, veil). 4. ruber (red). s. stupidus (stupid). 6. via (road). 7.
nubilus (cloudy). 8. £rigidus (cold). 9. occulte (secretly). 10. prope
(near). II. memorari (to remember). 12. horribilis (horrible).
b) Observe the relation between these Latin and English words.
Latin English Latin English
ra~re rapture recordari recorder
respirare respiratory revehlre revelation
rubere rubrics stupere stupefy
Ions font refrigerium refrigerator
propinquus propinquity memor memorable
sagax sagacious mendax mendacious
c) Diminutives. Endings such as ..Ius, ..ulus, -culus, -ellus in any
gender are frequently added to nouns or adjectives to give the word
a special significance, such as endearment, pity or contempt, or merely
smallness.
I. navicula, a little ship, a skiff (from navis, ship). 2. castellum,
castle, fortress (from castrum, fort). 3. tabernaculum, tent, a small hut
(fron1 taberna, a hut). 4. lectulus, a small bed (from lectus, a bed).
s. osculum, a little mouth, a kiss (from os, mouth). 6. muliercula, a
disgraceful woman (from mulier, woman). 7. parvulus, very small
(from parvus, small). 8. libellus, note-book (from liber, book). 9.
flagellum, a small whip (from Hagrum, a scourge, a whip). 10. circulus,
a small circle (from circus, circle). II. malleolus, a little hammer
(from malleus, a hammer, a mallet). 12. tabella, a tablet (from tabula,
a board).