Keep Track of Contractions

Occasionally, words are taken together and presented as such within a Latin edition of the text; this is especially frequent with the older poets and comedians.

• ūnusquisque (ūnus quisque) every single one
• sīquis (sī quis) if anyone
• quārē (quā rē) therefore
• quamobrem (quam ob rem) on account of which
• rēspūblica (rēs pūblica) republic
• iūsiūrandum (iūs iūrandum) oath
• paterfamiliās (pater familiās) head of family

Sometimes, this slurring will alter spoken pronunciation.

• homōst (homō est) it’s a man
• perīculumst (perīculum est) danger (Will Robinson)!
• ausust (ausus est) there’s a hazard
• quālist (quālis est) as it is
• vīn’ (vīsne) don’t you see?
• scīn’ (scīsne) don’t you know?
• sīs (sī vīs) if you want
• sōdēs (sī audēs) if you don’t mind
• sūltis (sī vultis) if you want

The Essential AG: 13, 13n

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How to Decline Pater Familiās?

What’s the genitive of pater familiās? Is it pater familiātis? patris familiātis?

Actually, it’s patris familiās.

The second word, familiās is an archaic partitive genitive, so it’s not declined.

• pater/patris/patrī/patrem/patre/patrēs,etc. familiās.

However, if we’re discussing the father of many families…

• pater/patris,etc. familiārum

The Essential AG: 43b