Bonaventure

On The Human Person In God's Image

Latin Grammar: Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs Expressing Similarity

Ad quod intelligendum notandum est, quod quaedam est similitudo per convenientiam omnimodam in natura, et sic una persona in Trinitate est alteri similis; quaedam per participationem alicuius naturae universalis, sicut homo et asinus assimilantur in animali;

In the passage above, the author is concerned with describing similarities and uses the noun (similitudo), the adjective (similis) and the verb (assimilo) to express his ideas. Since these words are important to his meaning and will come up frequently in this passage, familiarize yourself with the various forms by filling out the charts below.

Noun: similitudo

 singularplural
nominative
genitive
dative
accusative
ablative

Adjective: similis

 singularplural
nominative
genitive
dative
accusative
ablative

Verb: assimilo (conjugate using present passive indicative)

 SingularPlural
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Second
Third

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