, aid_ (auxiliary)
/castrum, -i:\, n., _fort_ (castle); plur., _camp_ (lit. _forts_)
/cibus, -i:\, m., _food_
/co:nsilium, co:nsi'li:\, n., _plan_ (counsel)
/di:ligentia, -ae\, f.. _diligence, industry_
magister, magistri:, m., _master, teacher_[A]

ADJECTIVES
/aeger, aegra, aegrum\, _sick_
/cre:ber, cre:bra, cre:brum\, _frequent_
/miser, misera, miserum\, _wretched, unfortunate_ (miser)

[Footnote A: Observe that /dominus\, as distinguished from
/magister\, means _master_ in the sense of _owner_.]

_97._ Observe the sentences

_This is my shield_
_This shield is mine_

In the first sentence _my_ is a possessive adjective; in the second
_mine_ is a possessive pronoun, for it takes the place of a noun, _this
shield is mine_ being equivalent to _this shield is my shield_.
Similarly, in Latin the possessives are sometimes _adjectives_ and
sometimes _pronouns_.

_98._ The possessives _my, mine, your, yours_, etc. are declined like
adjectives of the first and second declensions.

SINGULAR
_1st Pers._ meus, mea, meum _my, mine_
_2d Pers._ tuus, tua, tuum _your, yours_
_3d Pers._ suus, sua, suum _his (own), her (own),
its (own)_
PLURAL
_1st Pers._ noster, nostra, nostrum _our, ours_
_2d Pers._ vester, vestra, vestrum _your, yours_
_3d Pers._ suus, sua, suum _their (own), theirs_

NOTE. /Meus\ has the irregular vocative singular masculine /mi:\, as
/mi: fi:li:\, _O my son_.

_a._ The possessives agree with the name of the _thing possessed_ in
gender, number, and case. Compare the English and Latin in

_Sextus is calling /his\ boy_ Sextus } suum puerum vocat
_Julia is calling /her\ boy_ Iulia }

Observe that /suum\ agrees with /puerum\, and is unaffected by the
gender of Sextus or Julia.

_b._ When _your, yours_, refers to _one_ person, use /tuus\; when to
_more than one_, /vester\; as,

_Lesbia, your wreaths are pretty_
Coronae tuae, Lesbia, sunt pulchrae
_Girls, your wreaths are pretty_
Coronae vestrae, puellae, sunt pulchrae

_c._ /Suus\ is a _reflexive_ possessive, that is, it usually stands
in the predicate and regularly refers back to the _subject_. Thus,
/Vir suos servos vocat\ means _The man calls his (own) slaves._ Here
_his_ (suos) refers to _man_ (vi