Ch 14 Grammar

Question 1

What is the 3rd Dec. Masc./Fem. case endings in the singular for i-stem nouns? (changes will be in parentheses)

Answer 1

• is
  ī
  em
  e
  (No Changes)

Question 2

What is the 3rd Dec. Masc./Fem. case endings in the plural for i-stem nouns? (changes will be in parentheses)

Answer 2

ēs
(i)um
ibus
ēs
ibus
(only 1 change)

Question 3

What is the 3rd Dec. Neut. case endings in the singular for i-stem nouns? (changes will be in parentheses)

Answer 3

*
is
ī
*
(ī)
(only 1 change)

Question 4

What is the 3rd Dec. Neut. case endings in the plural for i-stem nouns? (changes will be in parentheses)

Answer 4

(i)a
(i)um
ibus
(i)a
ibus
(3 changes)

Question 5

Where is the extra “i” in the i-stem nouns for the masc./fem. singular and plural?

Answer 5

genitive plural [ium]

Question 6

Where is the extra “i” in the i-stem nouns for the Neut. singular and plural?

Answer 6

1. ablative singular, [ī]
2. genitive plural, [ium] and
3. nominative/accusative plural [ia]

Question 7

There are three patterns that i-stem nouns take. What is pattern 1?

Answer 7

1. nominative singular ends in -is or -es, AND
2. the nominative and genitive singular have an equal number of syllables (parasyllabic)
   (example, fīnis, fīnis m.; nūbēs, nūbis, f.)

Question 8

There are three patterns that nouns i-stem nouns take. What is pattern 2?

Answer 8

1. the nominative singular ends in -s or -x, AND
2. the nominative stem ends in a double consonant
   (example, urbs, urbis; the stem here is urb-; so the stem ends with a double consonant ‘rb’; also, nox, noctis, f.; the stem ends in -ct)

Question 9

There are three patterns that nouns i-stem nouns take. What is pattern 3?

Answer 9

1. neuter nouns that end in -al, -ar, or -e in the nominative
   (example, mare, maris, n.; exemplar, exemplāris, n.)

Question 10

What is the genitive ending for the third declension?

Answer 10

-is

Question 11

Note: Review the following Latin Paradigm

Answer 11

Ch 10, 14_Latin_3rd and i-stem Declension Case Endings