Lesson 3

Latin is long dead and buried...
Latin will be saved not by making many study it badly,
but by making a few study it well.
Francoise Waquet
(author of "Latin or the Empire of a sign")

Adjectives of the 1st and 2nd declension group Agreement between nouns and adjectives Nouns of the 4th declension Nouns of the 5th declension Maxim 11-20 (nouns + simple verb)   Summum ius, summa iniuria. The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero, De officiis)   De nihilo nihil. Nothing comes from nothing. (Lucretius, De rerum natura)   Omnibus omnia. Everything for everybody. (Versio Vulgata, 1 Cor. 9:22)   Qualis rex, talis grex. Like master, like man. (N/A)   Extra ecclesiam nulla salus. Outside the Church, no salvation. (A principle in Catholic theology.)   Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes. Our thoughts are free. (Cicero, Pro Milone. Cf. Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur.)   Exitus acta probat. The result validates the deeds. (Ovid, Heroides. Cf. finis coronat opus.)   Cogito, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. (Rene Descartes, Discours de la methode)   Aquila non captat muscas. The eagle doesn't capture flies. (N/A)   Medicus curat, natura sanat. The physician treats, nature cures. (N/A) * * * Dictionary Questionnaire Tradent Vos Ego