The Everything Learning Latin Book by Richard E. Prior

Author:Richard E. Prior
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2003-04-10T21:00:00+00:00

Let’s examine the peculiarities of the declension of iste.

• The nominative singular is unique and must be learned. This is not strange.

• The genitive singular is strange. Hic has –ius here, too.

• The dative singular in –is a normal third declension ending.

• What remains are regular first/second declension adjective endings!

FACT

By the time of the late Roman Republic (509–31 B.C.E.), the demonstrative iste had picked up a derogatory connotation. This bad spin may have come from the word’s extensive use in the law courts, where opposing sides battled to brand each other as the evildoers.

Ille, illa, illud

The demonstrative ille is perhaps the adjective that most closely corresponds to the English “that.” Before the adjective iste turned mean, ille referred to something neither near the speaker nor near the person being spoken to. After iste took on a life of its own, ille began to refer to anything that was not near the speaker.

Table 13-5 Declension of the Demonstrative Adjective ille, illa, illud

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