Hi all,
A query concerning a possible predicate adjective.
The Q is: Galba unus cum studio laborat
The answer given in the key is :
Galba works alone with zeal.
Is unus a predicate adjective in this instance and thus remains nominative in agreement with Galba even though it comes after the verb?
Also,
If a Q states: One is a dog, the OTHER is a cat
and another Q states One is a dog, ANOTHER is a cat
Is the first Question an instance of ALTER and the second an instance where one would use ALIUS
Thankyou
Ex 111 Q 5
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Re: Ex 111 Q 5
Hi,
Yes, exactly.Thomas3333333 wrote:Is unus a predicate adjective in this instance and thus remains nominative in agreement with Galba even though it comes after the verb?
Yes again. alter is used when there are two things involved.Is the first Question an instance of ALTER and the second an instance where one would use ALIUS
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Re: Ex 111 Q 5
Personally I would translate that as:Thomas3333333 wrote:Hi all,
A query concerning a possible predicate adjective.
The Q is: Galba unus cum studio laborat
The answer given in the key is :
Galba works alone with zeal.
Is unus a predicate adjective in this instance and thus remains nominative in agreement with Galba even though it comes after the verb?
Galba alone labours with enthusiasm
From my understanding, the adjective unus in that latin extract is not a predicate adjective as it stands next to the subject and before the predicate. Instead, it is called an attribute adjective.
As far as the case and gender is concerned, adjectives of a noun should always agree with them. In this case, Galba is in the first declension, but he is male, therefore un- is declined in the matching nominative case in the masculine second declension. The position of the adjective is irrelevant; It should always agree in gender and case with the noun it is modifying, regardless of order.
This is my understanding. I could be wrong though as I'm still a newbie.