TOPIC 1: Partitive Genitive / Genitive of the Whole Key vocabulary: pars, partis, f. part – satis, ---, n. enough – nihil, ---, n. nothing – plūs, plūris, n. more – paulum, -ī, n. a little – nēmō, nullius no one, nobody – multitūdo, multitūdinis, m. crowd, a large number – aliquid, alicuius (n. pronoun) something – n. pl. thousands mīlium, – -ae, -a many multī, – none, not one nūllus, -a, -um – superlative adjectives, e.g. (the thickest), densissimus fortissimus (the strongest/bravest), etc. The partitive genitive occurs because words such as nihil, etc. usually denote some part of a larger pars, satis, plūs, concept or group, the which is expressed in the “whole,” genitive. In other words, the genitive case denotes the whole of which a part is mentioned. Note: For the pronouns and the partitive forms nōs vōs, are nostrum and vestrum (remember Mr. Chang’s mnemonic: rhymes with “some” –um)
TOPIC 1: Partitive Genitive / Genitive of the Whole Key vocabulary: pars, partis, f. – part satis, ---, n. – enough nihil, ---, n. – nothing plūs, plūris, n. – more paulum, -ī, n. – a little nēmō, nullius – no one, nobody multitūdo, multitūdinis, m. – crowd, a large number aliquid, alicuius (n. pronoun) – something mīlium, n. pl. – thousands multī, -ae, -a – many nūllus, -a, -um – none, not one superlative adjectives, e.g. densissimus (the thickest), fortissimus (the strongest/bravest), etc. The partitive genitive occurs because words such as nihil, pars, satis, plūs, etc. usually denote some part of a larger concept or group, the “whole,” which is expressed in the genitive. In other words, the genitive case denotes the whole of which a part is mentioned. Note: For the pronouns nōs and vōs, the partitive forms are nostrum and vestrum (remember Mr. Chang’s mnemonic: “some” rhymes with –um)
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