Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
WORD SroDY
L Indivisio: oneness; the state of being a unit that cannot be diTided.
2. Transcendentalis: relating to a reality beyond the senses, and
underlying the objects of experience.
3. Forma substantialis: that internal constitution which makes an
existing thing to be \vhat it is.
+ Forma accidentalis: not of the essence or substance of a thing.
GRAMMAR
I. Reflexive pronouns. These are the same as the object pronouns
except in the third person, where the following forms are used: sui
(gen.), of himself, herself, itself, themselves; sibi (dat.), to himself,
etc.; se (acc. and abL) , himself, etc., and by or with himself~ etc.
Sc amant. They love themselves. They love each other.
Mihi loquor.l talk to myself.
a) The preposition cum is added to these forms as an enclitic: mecum,
tecum, secum, nobiscum, vobiscum. Primum matti, deinde patti
servit, et tunc secum concludit. First he serves the mother, next the
father, and then he concludes with himself.
b) Of the possessive pronouns, mens, tuus, suus, etc., suus is used
only as a reflexive referring to the subject. When his, her, its, their
refer to someone other than the subject, then ejus or corum is used
instead of suus.
Patrern suum vocant. They call th~ir (own) father.
Matrern. ejus vidit heri. He saw his (not his own, someone else's)
mother yesterday.
c) The reciprocals, one another or each oth~, are expressed by the
rdkxive pronoun or by inter se or alter ••• alterum.
Opposita juxta se posita magis elucescunt. Opposites placed next to
each other stand out more clearly.
Inter se fovebant. They cherished elUj" other.
Altera alteram expectabit. They will wait for each other.