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I'm having a stupid, and my Stowasser isn't helping me:
Does natalis in 'dies natalis' inflect like an adjective, or does it work like an independent genitive? Would the accusative be
diem natalem
or
diem natalis
Thanks
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Volker Bach
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Hi Volker,
Natalis as a noun means birthday already, so wouldn't natalis as a genitive be superfluous combined with dies?
In my opinion it's an adjective. So I would go for diem natalem.
Greets,
Hans
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I agree with Hans.
Every time I've wished someone happy birthday in Latin, I've always used: felicem diem natalem!
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Michael Griffin
High School Teacher who knows Latin & Greek
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Thanks!
Hallmark should really get going on proper off-the-shelf Latin cards.
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