by Keesa » Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:46 am
[quote author=Romulus753 link=board=3;threadid=523;start=0#4622 date=1061514721]<br />Got to give a POSITIVE reply to 3rd Declension! I love the "x" ending words whose nominative or base has pure English carryover value: <br /> styx, stygis ( river styx, stygian)<br /> rex, regis (tyrannosaurus rex, regiment)<br /> appendix, appendicis (appendix, appendices)<br /> lux, lucis (lux- as in light power, lucid)<br /> vox, vocis (vox populi- vociferous)<br /><br /> you can think of many more...just a taste<br /><br />Got to love those words that come directly in that have a variety of nominatives...<br /> omen, ominis (omen, ominous)<br /> abdomen, abdominis (abdomen, abdominal)<br /> opus, operis (magum opus, opera, operations)<br /> onus, oneris (onus of responsibility, exonerated)<br /> pons, pontis (pons - anatomical word, pontiff, pontoon)<br /> semen, seminis (semen, seminarian, disseminate)<br /><br />I could go on...ad gloriam...but this is one of the ways I teach the 3rd Declension...tremendous amount of word building material available in this declension... <br /><br />Valete....<br /><br />[/quote]<br /><br />You know, you're right...Latin has a great potential as a base for other languages, and these stems have the most potential. I'll definitely have to learn them well when I get to them. <br /><br />Until then, I still say you're scaring me. ;D<br /><br />Keesa
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