All 8 vocabulary words from Lesson 28 of Henle Latin First Year, with English meanings, parts of speech, and forms.
| Latin | English | Part of speech | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ante | before | preposition | with accusative |
| dēdō, dēdere, dēdidī, dēditus | give up; surrender | verb | 3rd conjugation |
| dīligō, dīligere, dīlēxī, dīlēctus | love | verb | 3rd conjugation |
| fuga, ae | flight | noun | feminine · 1st declension |
| praesidium, ī | garrison; protection | noun | neuter · 2nd declension |
| rēs pūblica, reī pūblicae | state; republic | noun | feminine · 5th declension (compound) |
| suus, a, um | his (own); her (own); its (own); their (own) | adjective | possessive adjective |
| vērō | in truth; but | adverb | postpositive |
This lesson contains 3 nouns, 2 verbs, 1 preposition, 1 adjective and 1 adverb.
Rēs pūblica carries a noun and an agreeing adjective inside one dictionary entry. Its genitive reī pūblicae shows that both parts change, each according to its own pattern. Suus presents another agreement task: the adjective describes something belonging to the subject, but its ending agrees with the thing possessed. That distinction is easy to lose if the English answer is only his. The verbs dēdō and dīligō look somewhat alike but separate surrender from love; flight and protection provide a further contrast through fuga and praesidium. Challenge B assigns this list in week 28 during passive-subjunctive comparisons; I works with it in week 13. Before Lesson 29, explain whose possession suus indicates, identify the noun controlling its agreement, and read the complete two-word entry for the state rather than declining rēs and leaving pūblica unchanged.
Forms in this lesson: 3rd-conjugation verbs (2), prepositions taking the accusative (1), 1st-declension nouns (1), 2nd-declension nouns (1), 5th-declension nouns (1), possessive adjectives (1).
In the Classical Conversations schedule, this lesson's vocabulary is assigned in Challenge B, week 28 and Challenge I, week 13.
The thing possessed controls its gender, number and case. The possessive ordinarily points back to the subject as owner.
Rēs becomes reī, and its agreeing adjective becomes pūblicae. Both words remain part of the same noun phrase.
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