Murphy's Laws of Reading Latin Poetry

1) Any preposition that can disappear, will.

2) Any form of sum that can disappear, will.

3) Singular equals plural, plural equals singular.

4) A noun rarely has more than one adjective.

5) Subordinating words come later than expected.

6) Adjectives and participles prolong the lives of sentences.

7) In the second declension, -um equals -orum

8) In the third declension, -îs equals -es.

9) In the perfect active tense, -ere equals -erunt, while -v-, -ve- or -vi- often drop out.