Welcome to LESSON 100 of this experiment in learning Latin through sayings and proverbs! I hope this slow-and-easy approach is helping people feel confident about the meaning of all the Latin that you are seeing (and hearing). To get ready for the ablative case later this week, today is a review of the 1st-declension genitive ending, -ae. So, that gives you three different cases for the 1st declension:
- -a. nominative: subject of verb
- -am. accusative: object of verb
- -ae. genitive: "of"
There are some sayings below to help you review -ae, including one saying that explains why you need to review all the time like this: Repetitio mater memoriae.
And here is a little slideshow (with cats) of the words you have seen before that will appear in today's lesson:
1. Philosophia ars vitae.
Philosophy (is the) art of-life.
philo-SO-phia ars vitae.
You know all the words in this saying already!
The word vitae is the genitive form of the noun vita.
Compare a saying that you saw earlier: Cultura animi philosophia est.
2. Repetitio mater memoriae.
Repetition (is the) mother of-memory.
repe-TI-tio mater me-MO-riae.
The Latin noun repetitio gives us English "repetition."
3. Inscitia mater arrogantiae.
Ignorance (is the) mother of-arrogance.
in-SCI-tia mater arro-GAN-tiae.
The noun inscitia is a compound, in-scitia, "not-knowing," i.e. lack of knowledge, ignorance. You haven't seen this noun before, but you have seen this related noun: scientia.
4. Luxuria avaritiae mater.
Luxury (is) avarice's mother.
lux-U-ria ava-RI-tiae mater.
The Latin noun luxuria gives us English "luxury."
Here's a recap:
Plus the LOLCats!
2. Repetitio mater memoriae.
Repetition (is the) mother of-memory.
repe-TI-tio mater me-MO-riae.
The Latin noun repetitio gives us English "repetition."
The word memoriae is the genitive form of the noun memoria, "memory." You haven't seen this noun before, but you have seen the related adjective: memor.
Compare the English saying, "Repetition is the mother of learning."
The word mater is used here because repetitio is a feminine noun; that's why "she" is the "mother" of memory.
3. Inscitia mater arrogantiae.
Ignorance (is the) mother of-arrogance.
in-SCI-tia mater arro-GAN-tiae.
The noun inscitia is a compound, in-scitia, "not-knowing," i.e. lack of knowledge, ignorance. You haven't seen this noun before, but you have seen this related noun: scientia.
The word arrogantiae is the genitive form of the noun arrogantia, which gives us English "arrogance."
Again, the word mater is used here because inscitia is a feminine noun; that's why "she" is the "mother" of memory.
4. Luxuria avaritiae mater.
Luxury (is) avarice's mother.
lux-U-ria ava-RI-tiae mater.
The Latin noun luxuria gives us English "luxury."
The word avaritiae is the genitive form of a noun you have seen before, avaritia.
Notice the change in word order here: in a genitive noun phrase, the genitive can come first, avaritiae mater, or it can come after, as in the sayings above: ars vitae, mater memoriae, and mater arrogantiae.
5. Vita rustica parsimoniae, diligentiae, iustitiae magistra est.
(The) rustic life is (the) teacher of-thrift, of-diligence, (and) of-justice.
vita RUS-tica parsi-MO-niae, dili-GEN-tiae, ius-TI-tiae ma-GIS-tra est.
The adjective rustica gives us English "rustic" and the related word "rural." The Latin root is rus, which means "countryside, fields, farm." The adjective is feminine in form because it agrees with the feminine noun vita.
5. Vita rustica parsimoniae, diligentiae, iustitiae magistra est.
(The) rustic life is (the) teacher of-thrift, of-diligence, (and) of-justice.
vita RUS-tica parsi-MO-niae, dili-GEN-tiae, ius-TI-tiae ma-GIS-tra est.
The adjective rustica gives us English "rustic" and the related word "rural." The Latin root is rus, which means "countryside, fields, farm." The adjective is feminine in form because it agrees with the feminine noun vita.
The word parsimoniae is the genitive form of the noun parsimonia, "parsimony, thrift, frugality."
The word diligentiae is the genitive form of the noun diligentia, "diligence, attentiveness, hard work."
Again, the word magistra, feminine form of the masculine magister, is used here because vita is a feminine noun; that's why "she" is the "female teacher" of thrift, diligence and justice.
Here's a recap:
- Philosophia ars vitae.
- Repetitio mater memoriae.
- Inscitia mater arrogantiae.
- Luxuria avaritiae mater.
- Vita rustica parsimoniae, diligentiae, iustitiae magistra est.
Plus the LOLCats!
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