Obsolete you say ?
Amo
Amas
Amat
Amamus
Amatis
Amant
( Ramsay Tupper, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:12, 12 replies)

It's not Obsolete....
You can piously explain that you studied latin, and know where the word "Amorous" comes from :)
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:19, closed)

Or...
You could explain that you watched Dead Poets Society last night, like I did.
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:27, closed)

People called the Romans they go the house?

( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:39, closed)

It's certainly not obsolete in the aquatics industry, but only from one Ichthyologist to another

(Kip, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 9:20, closed)

But...
that's Greek.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 10:03, closed)

Ah, but do you know eimi ei esti?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 20:09, closed)

Along with
hic, haec, hoc.
hunc, hanc, hoc
hui all genders
hiuis all genders
hoc, hac, hoc
(badgerlikespeed, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 0:00, closed)

My old Latin teacher
Was very impressed that, some 10 years after leaving school and bumping into him in a pub, I was still able to recite "bam, bas, bat, bamis, batis, bant"

So he bought me a pint :)
( snee held his breath since, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 8:25, closed)

Me too
Conjugate present tense of the verb "to be"
Sum es et sumus estis sunt

Decline 2d declension neuter noun for "war"
Bellum Bellum Bellum Belli bello bello
Belli Belli Belli Bellorum Bellis Bellis

An English mnemonic for remembering the rhythm of dactylic hexameter (as used in Virgil's Aeneid):
Down in a deep dark ditch
Sat an old cow munching a beanstalk
Out of her mouth came forth
Yesterday's dinner and tea.

The benefits of a classical education, old boy... i.e. no fucking use to anyone.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 13:31, closed)

I just remember the ends of the lines are always "strawberry jam-pot"
dactyl - spondee. You just have to work out the rest by position or nature.

I fucking HATE scansion.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 15:32, closed)

Actually...
2nd declension neuter plural nomative, vocative and accusative all end in an 'a'. If you care about scansion, it's a short 'a', too. You dropped an 's' in your third singular of 'to be' as well, but i'll let that slide as it's probably a typo.

Also, pfft! Who care about usefulness? Learn it because it's interesting! (Warning! - Latin grammar may not actually be interesting to normal people.)
(Xpic needs a kick up the arse., Tue 5 Jul 2011, 8:44, closed)

Bellum
Bellum
Bellum
Belli
Bello
Bello
Bella
Bella
Bella
Bellorum
Bellis
Bellis
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 10:36, closed)