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Uses of the Genitive
        1) The genitive is used to express possession.
       

templum Augustī - 'The temple of Augustus'
         
        2) Genitive of the whole (aka partitive genitive):
       

nimium vīnī - 'to much (of) wine'
       

nihil bonī - 'nothing (of) good'
         
        3) Genitive of Price the genitive is used to express the
        value of an object, often with facere or habźre - 'to consider;'
       

aegrōtōs floccī nōn faciō - 'I do not consider sick people
       

worth the value) of a tuft of wool.
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

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