William of Ockham

On Heresy

Latin Grammar: qualis and talis, quantus and tantus

Papa etiam est habens usum rationis, ut communiter. Si enim per infirmitatem vel senectutem vel aliquam aliam causam perderet usum rationis ex tunc quamdiu usu rationis careret hereticari non posset, quemadmodum pueri, amentes et etiam dormientes statu illo durante hereticari non possunt; papa insuper non est confirmatus in gratia cum possit peccare. Ergo papa talis potest veritati que non est per se nota nec per experientiam certam accepta nec est sibi demonstrative probata, si voluerit, dissentire.

Qualis and talis, quantus and tantus
Latin uses qualis and talis to ask and answer the question, “what kind?”

Latin uses quantus and tantus to ask and answer the question, “how great?”

These are some examples of the matched pronouns and pronominal adjectives that we call “correlatives” because they are correlated to one another. Qualis/talis are declined like a third-declension adjective, quantus/tantus like a first/second declension adjective.

Supply the form of the given adjective to match the noun it describes.

  Adjective Noun
1. quantus peccatum
2. talis papas
3. qualis haeretico
4. qualis veritates
5. tantus rationum
6. talis viatoribus
7. quantus congregationis
8. qualis pueris
9. talis ecclesiarum
10. tantus erroris

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