OVERVIEW Partitives are phrases that denote one specific part of some larger whole In Latin, the is expressed either by a genitive or an “whole” ablative case Partitive Genitive / Genitive of the Whole Ablative Place From Which “Partitive” Whether genitive or ablative, translating the Latin it “as looks” will usually work just fine: Partitive Genitive—just use the the” translation: “of Multī hominum aegrī fuērunt. of the men have been sick.” “Many Partitive Ablative—just use the prepositional translation: Trēs discipulīs magistum ē īrātissimum faciēbant. out of the students were making the “Three teacher very angry.” N.B. Just because some such as multī and cardinal numbers, trigger partitive phrases does NOT mean that they always do so Partitive phrase: mīlitum mox morientur. of the soldiers will die soon.” “Many Not partitive phrase/“regular” usage: Multī mīlitēs mox morientur. soldiers will die soon.” “Many
OVERVIEW Partitives are phrases that denote one specific part of some larger whole In Latin, the “whole” is expressed either by a genitive or an ablative case Partitive Genitive / Genitive of the Whole “Partitive” Ablative Place From Which Whether genitive or ablative, translating the Latin “as it looks” will usually work just fine: Partitive Genitive—just use the “of the” translation: Multī hominum aegrī fuērunt. “Many of the men have been sick.” Partitive Ablative—just use the prepositional translation: Trēs ē discipulīs magistum īrātissimum faciēbant. “Three out of the students were making the teacher very angry.” N.B. Just because some such as multī and cardinal numbers, trigger partitive phrases does NOT mean that they always do so Partitive phrase: mīlitum mox morientur. “Many of the soldiers will die soon.” Not partitive phrase/“regular” usage: Multī mīlitēs mox morientur. “Many soldiers will die soon.”