Grammatical Terms

Comparing the standard terminology with that used in R. Foster’s system in Ossa Latinitatis Sola.

Standard Terms	Relating to	Ossa Terms
1^st and 2^nd declensions	Nouns and adjectives	Block 1
3^rd declension	Nouns and adjectives	Block 2
4^th declension	Nouns	-us, -us nouns
5^th declension	Nouns	[-es, -ei nouns]]
Nominative case	Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives	Subject form
Genitive case	Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives	0f-possession form/function
Dative case	Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives	To-for-from form/function
Accusative case	Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives	Object form/function
Vocative case	Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives	Form/function of direct address
Ablative case	Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives	By-with-from-in form/function
1^st to 4^th conjugations	Verbs	Groups 1 to 4
Present tense	Verbs	Time 1
Imperfect tense	Verbs	Time 2
Future tense	Verbs	Time 3i
Perfect tense Present perfect tense Historical perfect tense	Verbs	Time 4i; Time 3s Time 4ai Time 4bi
Pluperfect tense	Verbs	Time 5i; Time 4s
Future Perfect tense	Verbs	Time 6i
Primary sequence	Verbs	Track I
Secondary sequence	Verbs	Track II

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