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Questions & Answers about Pavimentum inaequale est.
What part of speech is pavimentum?
Pavimentum is a noun. It is a neuter noun of the second declension.
Its dictionary form is:
- pavimentum, pavimentī = floor, pavement, surface
In this sentence it is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of est.
Why does inaequale end in -e?
Because inaequale is an adjective agreeing with pavimentum.
Since pavimentum is:
- neuter
- singular
- nominative
the adjective must also be:
- neuter
- singular
- nominative
The adjective comes from the dictionary form:
- inaequālis, inaequāle = uneven, unequal
This is a third-declension adjective, and its neuter nominative singular ends in -e.
Why is there no word for the or a?