Vocative

Vocative

Open Ended

Who is being addressed in the following sentence?

Dr. Grant, are you afraid of the velociraptors?

Open Ended

Who is being addressed in the following sentence?

Tu es laetus, Sexte.

Open Ended

Who is being addressed in this sentence?

Vos estis defessi, servi. Cur?

Open Ended

How about in this one?

Corneli, age!

Vocative

• Used for direct address

• Usually looks the same as the nominative

• Exception - nouns in -us become -e (Sexte, age! - Sextus, come on!)

• Nouns in -ius become -i (Corneli, cur tu dormis? - Cornelius, why are you sleeping?)

Multiple Choice

Which is the vocative/direct address noun?

Quid legis, Cornelia?

• quid

• legis

• Cornelia

Multiple Choice

Which is the vocative?

Marce, quid facis?

• Marce

• quid

• facis

Multiple Choice

If you were to address Flavia, how would you do it?

• Flavia

• Flaviae

• Flave

Multiple Choice

If you were to address Sextus, how would you do it?

• Sexte

• Sextus

• Sextum

Multiple Choice

If you were to address a servus, how would you do it?

• serve

• servus

• servi

Multiple Choice

If you were to address Caecilius, how would you do it?

• Caecili

• Caecile

• Caecilius

Multiple Choice

If you were to address many servi, how would you do it?

• servi

• servus

• servos

Examples

• Salve, puella! Salvete, puellae!

• Salve, serve! Salvete, servi!

• Salve, Corneli!

• Salve, canis! Salvete, canes!