Agreement

Adjectives and Nouns have to agree in...

• Case

• Number

• Gender

if the adjective and noun are of different declensions

servus fortis
puella crudelis
templum ingens

Endings look different

if the adjective and noun are of the same declension

servus laetus
puella pulchra
templum magnum

Endings look the same

Agreement

Adjectives

Two types of adjectives

1. us/a/um or 2/1/2 Adjectives which use first declension endings for feminine nouns and second declension endings for masculine and neuter nouns.

2. Third declension Adjectives which use third declension endings for all genders

crudelis, crudelis, crudele
fortis, fortis, forte
ingens, (gen.) ingentis
omnis, omnis, omne

Third Declension

bonus, bona, bonum
laetus, laeta, laetum
miser, misera, miserum
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum

2/1/2 or us/a/um

Adjectives