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GENITIVE WITH NOUNS.
342.
A noun used to limit or define another, and
not meaning the same person or thing, is put in the Genitive.
This relation is most frequently expressed in English by the preposition
of, sometimes by the English genitive (or possessive) case: -
- librí Ciceronis, the
books of Cicero, or Cicero's books.
- inimici Caesaris, Caesar's
enemies, or the enemies of Caesar.
- talentum auri, a talent of gold.
- vir summae virtútis, a man
of the greatest courage.
But observe the following equivalents: -
- vacátió laboris, a
respite FROM toil.
- petítió
consulátús, candidacy FOR the consulship.
- régnum
cívitátis, royal power OVER the
state.