I'm trying to translate my Latin homework, but I can't figure out what the 'bus' ending on all these words means....its really giving me a hard time.....what does it mean? I looked them up, but I can only find the root word....but I'm sure the meaning changes when you ad bus....
Here are the words...
Parentibus, adstantibus, matribus, talibus
2007-10-09 14:01:22 · 2 answers · asked by Irrelevant Obsession 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
yeah, my bad....its 'ibus'
2007-10-09 14:49:41 · update #1
The '-ibus' endings are markers for the dative and ablative plurals. The nouns alone can't be definitively translated without the context since the other words used alter the meanings a bit.
Some examples for 'Matribus' are 'to the mothers', 'by the mothers', or just 'mothers'
Note that 'talibus' is an abjective and 'abstantibus' is a participle. These modify some other word and agree with it in case and number, so look for an ablative or dative plural word to go with them. The definitions of these are not really changed by the case endings - those just work on the nouns themselves.
2007-10-10 05:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ibus means that it is dative which means to or for something/someone . or it can be ablative which is the object of a preposition.
2007-10-09 14:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by shes_an_underdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋