Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

talis, such,. qua tale, as such
ubi, where, when
unire, to unite
utrum, whether
SECOND LATIN
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WORD STUDY
I. Cognoscitivus: having the power of knowing, intellectually
aware; from the verb cognoscere, to know.
2. Intellectivum principium: intellect, intelligence, mind; the mental
principle.
3. In genere: generically speaking, as applied to a particular genus,
kind, or class; generally.
+ In potentia: having the possibility of actual existence. In actu:
having real existence. Thus an infant has the power of speech in potentia;
an adult has it in actn.
GRAMMAR
I. Quum, a form of cum, introduces a causal clause in which the
subjunctive is required. Ens infinitum, quum in se actn complectatur
omnes pedectiones, ne cogitatione quidem, ullam potest accipere addjtionem.
Infinite being, since it actually embraces all perfections in
itself, cannot admit of any addition even in thought.
2. The subjunctive is required in an indirect question. Dixit nobis
quid fecisset. He told us what he had done. Circa hoc quaeritur utrum
intellectivum principium uniatur corpori ut forma. Concerning this
the question is asked whether the intellect is united to the body as form.
3. In a contrary to fact condition expressing present time, the imperfect
subjunctive is required in both clauses. Si intellectus uniretur
corpori ut forma, non esset omnium cognoscitivus. If the intellect
were unit~d to the body as form, it would not be cognizant of all
things.
EXERCISES
I. Quum nihil significet non aliquid, nonnihil dicit aliquid. 2. Quum
tempore careremus, indolem elementi non inquirebamus. 3. Animalia