Latin noun
terra
terra, terrae f.
terra is a Latin noun. In the 5 analysed lines it was read in, it means “the earth” (2 times), “earth” (once), “on lands” (once) and “the lands” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from terra to the words it goes with.
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.
In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
terram: joined with caelum.
…Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob…
I sing of arms and a man, who first, an exile by fate, came from the shores of Troy to Italy and the Lavinian shores, that man having been tossed much both on lands and on the deep by the force of the gods, on account of the unforgetting wrath of savage Juno.
terris: tells how, where or when about iactatus.
Ante mare et terras et quod tegit omnia caelum unus erat toto naturae…
Before the sea and lands and the heaven which covers all things, there was one face of nature in the whole world, which they called chaos: a rude and undigested mass, and nothing but inert weight and the discordant seeds of things not well joined together, heaped together in the same place.
terras: joined with mare.
…latitudinem vanescebat, candida interdum, interdum sordida et maculosa prout terram cineremve sustulerat
For it was spread out into the height like the trunk raised very high on certain branches; I think it was borne up by fresh breath, then, the breath failing, left unsupported or even overcome by its own weight it vanished in breadth, white at times, at other times dirty and stained, as it had lifted up earth or ash.
terram: object of sustulerat.
Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssi: et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.
But the earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was carried over the waters.
Terra: subject of inanis.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| terram | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 2 |
| terra | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| terras | Accusative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
| terris | Ablative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to terra by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.