-Ra / -Ra Stem Adjectives

Summary of First and Second Declension -ro/-ra Stem Adjectives

Summary of Declension

Adjectives with the stem ro- are of two classes: (i) those preceded by e [viz. ero-] and (ii) those preceded by a consonant [viz. gro-, bro-, fro-, etc.]

All members of both classes are first/second declension adjectives

Adjectives in Class (i) [ e-class ]

• asper, aspera, asperum : rude, crude, violent
• dexter, dextera, dexterum: right, favorable
• gibber, gibbera, gibberum : humpbacked
• lacer, lacera, lacerum : torn
• līber, lībera, līberum : free
• miser, misera, miserum : wretched
• tener, tenera, tenerum : soft, young, effeminate
• saetiger, saetigera, saetigerum : bristly (thorn-bearing)
• (like saetiger, all compounds of -fer and -ger, from ferō and gerō [i.o.] are members of this class)

Adjectives in Class (ii) [ consonant-class ]

• aeger, aegra, aegrum : sick, sad
• āter, ātra, ātrum : dark
• crēber, crēbra, crēbrum : thick, frequent
• faber, fabra, fabrum : skillful
• glaber, glabra, glabrum : smooth, hairless
• integer, integra, integrum : complete, untouched
• lūdicer, lūdicra, lūdicrum : sportive
• macer, macra, macrum : lean, thin
• niger, nigra, nigrum : black
• noster, nostra, nostrum : our
• piger, pigra, pigrum : slow, dull, lazy
• pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum : beautiful, excellent
• ruber, rubra, rubrum : red
• sacer, sacra, sacrum : holy
• sinister, sinistra, sinistrum : left, unfavorable
• taeter, taetra, taetrum : offensive, shocking
• vafer, vafra, vafrum : sly, crafty
• vester, vestra, vestrum : your (pl.)

Exceptional Variants

• satur, satura, saturum : full, sated

The Essential AG : 111, 112

Famous Phrase : aegri somnia (a sick man’s dreams = trouble sleep)

[Horace, Ars Poetica 7—but presently popular with hipster and counterculture groups]

ro:ra_adjs_summary.pdf

declension_ero.pdf

declension_(cons)ro.pdf