Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution

Numerals and Different forms of Genitives and Ablatives

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There are two important rules to remember in this chapter:

  • (1)The only cardinal numbers which decline in Latin are unus, duo, tres and milia (“one, two, three and thousands”).
  • (2) Latin expresses partition (e.g. “all of …, some of …”) in two ways:
  • 1) with the genitive which is used with milia (“thousands”), superlatives, words designating partition, and certain pronouns and adjectives; or,
  • 2) with ex/de + ablative which is used with all numbers except milia and quidam (“certain”).
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    Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric RevolutionBy Liam Connerly
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