Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
quidditas, f., essence, IIwhatness"
resolvere, -solvi, -solutus, to separate
specificus, specific, relating to a species
ultimus, last, ultimate
unicus, single
unitus, united} Joined
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WORD SruDY
I. Quidditas: essence; that whereby a thing is what it is; that which
answers the question "Quid est?" ({What is the thing?"
2. Differentia ultima: a term applied to man's rationality; man's
intellect which is the ultimate distinction between him and the beasts.
3. Aliud quid, another thing; something else.
GRA~{MAR
I. Subjunctive in causal clauses.
a) Quod and quia take the indicative when the reason is given on
the authority of the writer or speaker, but require the subjunctive
when the reason is given on the authority of another.
Id non possum manducare quod calidum est. I cannot eat this because
it is hot.
Sua mater tristis est quia non redierit. His mother is sad because he
did not return.
b) A relative clause expressing cause requires the subjunctive.
Participes poenarum nostrarum videntur qui perturbati sint. They
seem to share our sufferings because they are troubled.
c) A causal clause introduced by cum takes the subjunctive. Corpus
autem, cum sit extra essentiam animae, non videtur ad ejus speciem
pertinere. But the body, since it is outside of the soul, does not seem to
belong to its species.
2. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
a) The comparative of adjectives is regularly formed by adding