Peter Abelard

On Man and Wife

Latin Grammar: The Subjunctive

VIRAGO, QUONIAM DE VIRO, ut sic quoque sit nomine coniuncta sicut est et natura, nomen videlicet ex viro contrahens sicut et substantiam, ut ex ipsis quoque nominibus admoneantur quantum se diligere debeant qui tam sibi coniuncti sint. In hebreo vir dicitur "is", et inde femina dicta est "issa". Latinus vero interpres derivationem hebraicam prout potuit imitatus, "virago" a viro pro femina generaliter posuit, quamvis in usu modo non sit ut quaelibet femina virago dicatur, sed ille sole que virilis, id est fortis, sunt animi.

Verbs in the Subjunctive

The following five verbs, taken from the paragraph above, are in the subjunctive mood.  Identify them fully by noting their person, number, tense and voice.  Then translate the verb.

 

Verb

Person

Number

Tense

Voice

Translation

example coniuncta sit 3 Singular Perfect Passive would have been joined
1. admoneantur
2. debeant
3. coniuncti sint
4. sit
5. dicatur

 

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