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Re: [romanceconlang] der Andgau



 --- Anton Sherwood skrzypszy: 

>  > It's a pretty regular possessive of a place name:
>  > Universitas Bostoniensis; Archiediocesis
>  > Washingtoniensis; etc.
> 
> Are you sure those are genitive?  I read them as "Bostonese U., 
> Washingtonese AD."; a genitive of the city itself would more likely be 
> "-toniae" imho.  (Or: -to: -tonis ;) )

No no, these are not genitives, but adjectives (of the -is type, like
"fortis").
The conjugation would be:
Nom. Universitas Bostoniensis
Gen. Universitatis Bostoniensis
Dat. Universitati Bostoniensi
Acc. Universitatem Bostoniensem
Abl. Universitate Bostoniense

Jan

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