LSP - 13 : Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe Nouns. The first Adjective we are going to learn, since we a reading about Hercules, is validissimus. validissimus means extremely strong or the strongest. It is formed from another Adjective - validus - that just means strong. Herculēs est validissimus.

Can you understand each of these sentences :

Herculēs est validissimus.

Herculēs validissimus in scūto dormit.

Herculēs est infans validissimus.

Herculēs, infans validissimus, serpentem interficit et ridet.

Alcmēna Herculem validissimum audit.

Alcmēna Herculem, infantem validissimum, audit.

audio, audīre, audīvī, audītum : to hear or to listen to

The second Adjective we are going to learn is saevissimus. saevissimus means extremely fierce or the fiercest. It is formed from another Adjective - saevus - that just means fierce. serpens est saevissimus.

Can you understand each of these sentences :

serpens est saevissimus.

serpens saevissimus Herculem necāre vult.

Herculēs, infans validissimus, serpentem saevissimum interficit et ridet.

bene factum!

If you need them, you will find translations as 13a.