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The Genitive of Description
Recognizing the Genitive of Description
- The descriptive genitive will usually follow the noun it modifies.
- The descriptive genitive will be an adjective pair with one adjective indicating the described quality and the other indicating the degree. Example - very ignorant.
Translating the Genitive of Description
- Translate with the English preposition “of.”
Examples of the Genitive of Description
- Vir magnae sapientae
- Translation: A very wise man.
- Vir magnae virtutis
- Translation: A man of great courage.
