![]() No abundance of money satisfies a greedy man.Įpicurean wisdom, as distilled by the Roman poet Horace, advised that the wise man should know and desire quod satis est ("what is enough"). The root of the Latin word for money is pecus, meaning livestock or flock. Money makes the world go round In the ancient world that meant cattle. Latin Word of the Week (October 15, 2008): Pecunia, pecuniae money, wealth. Satiat: 3 rd person singular present actvie indicative of the 1st declension verb satio, satiare, satiavi, satiatum. Use the Latin root pecunia to help build a wealth of English vocabulary words. It is the direct object of the sentence, so it has to be in the accusative case. Virum: accusative masculine singular of a 2nd declension noun ( vir, viri, m.). not just any abundance, but the abundance of money in particular).Īvarum: accusative masculine singular (2nd declension adjective) this adjective modifies (it describes) virum, so it has to agree with it in number, case and gender. ![]() This is a genitive of description: it tells you something more - something specific - about copia (i.e. Pecuniae: genitive feminine singular of the 1st declension noun pecunia, pecuniae (f.). This is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case. (It is an "-ius" adjective.) This adjective modifies copia, so it agrees with it in number, case and gender.Ĭopia: nominative feminine singular of the 1st declension noun copia, copiae (f.). Nulla: nominative feminine singular of the 1st declension adjective nullus, nulla, nullum. Sapientia: wisdom in the sense of "good sense" Vir: not just a man, but a "manly man", a man of manliness, or virtus. Habet: 3rd person singular, present active indicative of the verb habeo, habere, habui, habitum (a 2nd conjugation verb).Ĭimon, a man of great wisdom, has great benevolence. It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the sentence. It modifies (or describes) benevolentiam, so it agrees with it in number, case and gender.īenevolentiam: accusative singular feminine, of the first declension noun benevolentia, benevolentiae (f.). pecunia, pecuniae, f.- money (noun): pecuniary, pecunial peior, peius- worse (adjective): impair, pejorative pello, pellere, pepuli, pulsum- to strike, push, drive out, banish (verb): pulse, repell, expell per + acc. Magnam: accusative feminine singular of the 1st/2nd declension adjective magnus, magna, magnum. This is a genitive of description: it tells you something more about the man (vir) Cimon. Sapientiae: genitive feminine singular, from the 1st declension noun sapintia, sapientiae (f.). It modifies sapientiae, so it agrees with it in number, case and gender. Magnae: genitive feminine singular of the 1st/2nd declension adjective magnus, magna, magnum. ![]() Appositive nouns must always agree in case with the noun which it modifies by renaming ( Cimon in this case). Apposition is a way of modifying one noun with another noun by placing in a sentence without any connective (like "and") to distinguish them them they are often placed side by side. This noun is in apposition to the proper name, Cimon. Vir: nominative masculine singular, a second declension noun. Cimon, vir magnae sapientiae magnam benevolentiam habet.
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