Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What is the Vocative? The Vocative Case — used when you want to address someone or something — is easy in Latin, right? Well, maybe not as easy as you thought! In this video I'll explain the types of nouns, declensions, and grammatical genders that normally take the vocative in Latin, as well as a bit in Ancient Greek. Leave your questions below!
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Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
The Aulus Gellius anecdote about the grammarians who argue over "ēgregius" in the vocative: latin.packhum.org/loc/1254/1/303/144-152,868-876@2#303
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00:00 Have, Imperator!
00:26 What is the Vocative Case?
01:50 -us vs. -ius ?
03:40 2nd declension FEMININE
05:52 Greek nouns in Latin
12:56 Outtakes
What is the Vocative? The Vocative Case — used when you want to address someone or something — is easy in Latin, right? Well, maybe not as easy as you thought! In this video I'll explain the types of nouns, declensions, and grammatical genders that normally take the vocative in Latin, as well as a bit in Ancient Greek. Leave your questions below!
🦂 Sign up for my Latin Pronunciation & Conversation series on Patreon:
patreon.com/posts/54058196
📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks:
luke-ranieri.myshopify.com
🦂 Support my work on Patreon:
patreon.com/LukeRanieri
☕️ Support my work with PayPal:
paypal.me/lukeranieri
And if you like, do consider joining this channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCLbiwlm3poGNh5XSVlXBkGA/join
🏛 Latin by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/latin-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables
🏺Ancient Greek by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/ancient-greek-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables
🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam
👨🏫 My Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata playlist · Free Latin Lessons:
youtu.be/j7hd799IznU
🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel *entirely* in Latin & Ancient Greek)
youtube.com/ScorpioMartianus
🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio:
lukeranieri.com/audio
🌍 polýMATHY website:
lukeranieri.com/polymathy
🌅 polýMATHY on Instagram:
instagram.com/lukeranieri
🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast:
youtube.com/LegioXIII
👕 Merch:
teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus
🦂 ScorpioMartianus.com
🦅 LukeRanieri.com
📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon:
amzn.to/2nVUfqd
Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart
The Aulus Gellius anecdote about the grammarians who argue over "ēgregius" in the vocative: latin.packhum.org/loc/1254/1/303/144-152,868-876@2#303
#Latin #Colosseum #grammar
00:00 Have, Imperator!
00:26 What is the Vocative Case?
01:50 -us vs. -ius ?
03:40 2nd declension FEMININE
05:52 Greek nouns in Latin
12:56 Outtakes
