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I have a question as to how adjectives should be declined in Latin in the modification of collective nouns. Specifically, if the noun in question is a group of people, such as the following: natio, vulgus, turba, multitudo, gens, domus, familia, etc, one would use the masculine/feminine/neuter singular form of the adjective if describing the group as a unit, depending on the grammatical gender of the noun being described. In cases, however, where said group consists of both...
Proper use of Latin adjectives in modifying collective/group nouns.
I have a question as to how adjectives should be declined in Latin in the modification of collective nouns. Specifically, if the noun in question is a group of people, such as the following: natio, vulgus, turba, multitudo, gens, domus, familia, etc, one would use the masculine/feminine/neuter singular form of the adjective if describing the group as a unit, depending on the grammatical gender of the noun being described. In cases, however, where said group consists of both...
Proper use of Latin adjectives in modifying collective/group nouns.