Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

180 SECOND LATIN
Idioms
I. nihil aliud, nothing else
2~ nulla ex parte, in no way
3. ex eo quod, because, fron1 the fact that
4. ex fide, in good faith
5. non nisi, only
GRA~1MAR
I. Vocative case. This is the case of direct address.
a) The vocative is the same as the nominative in form except in
the singular of nouns and adjectives in -us of the second declension.
These have e in the vocative.
b) Proper names in -ius of the second declension have -i in the
vocative; so also filius, fiIi; genius (divine guardian), genie
Audi, mi filL Hear, my son.
\Tergilius, Vergili
c) Adjectives in -ius form the vocative in -ie.
Lacedaetllonie, 0 Spartan
d) The vocative singular of meus is mi or meus.
Attendite, popule meus, legem meam. Attend, 0 my people, to my law.
e) Deus has the vocative the same as the nominative.
Audi me, Deus Domine. Hear me, 0 Lord God.
f) Jesus has the vocative Jesu.
Tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe. Thou only, 0 Jesus Christ, art mosl
high.
2. The imperative mood.
a) The imperative is used in commands and entreaties.