Appositives

The word "apposition" comes from the Latin words ad + pono (posit-), and literally means "that which has been put next to" something else.

To Remember:

An appositive is a noun explaining or defining another noun. In Latin, an appositive will have the same case, usually the same number, and usually the same gender as the noun it explains or defines.

Examples

Cicero consul saepe declamabat. - Cicero, the consul, often made speeches. (consul is in apposition with Cicero)

"Magister, vir magnae sapientiae, puerum vocat." -- "The teacher, a man of great wisdom, calls the boy."  (teacher is in apposition to "man of great wisdom")

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