Chapter 7 Grammar Flashcards
State the declension chart of “rēx, rēgis” (king; third declension singular masculine).
-Nominative: rēx (rēg-s)
-Genitive: rēgis
-Dative: rēgī
-Accusative: rēgem
-Ablative: rēge
State the plural declensions of “rēx, rēgis” (king; third declension singular)
-Nominative: rēgēs
-Genitive: rēgum
-Dative: rēgibus
-Accusative: rēgēs
-Ablative: rēgibus
Fully decline “corpus, corporis,” (body; third declension singular neuter).
-Nominative: corpus
-Genitive: corporis
-Dative: corporī
-Accusative: corpus
-Ablative: corpore
How do you decline a noun in the third declension?
-take the genitive singular of the noun
-remove the genitive singular ending to find the stem
-add the right ending to the stem
The vocative is ____ as the nominative, with the exception of ____.
the same; second declension -us/-ius words
Fully decline “corpus, corporis” (body; third declension singular neuter) in the plural.
-Nominative: corpora
-Genitive: corporum
-Dative: corporibus
-Accusative: corpora
-Ablative: corporibus
What are the singular declensions of “virtūs, virtūtis” (third declension singular feminine)?
-Nominative: virtūs
-Genitive: virtūtis
-Dative: virtūtī
-Accusative: virtūtem
-Ablative: virtūte
What are the plural declensions of “virtūs, virtūtis” (third declension singular feminine)?
-Nominative: virtūtēs
-Genitive: virtūtum
-Dative: virtūtibus
-Accusative: virtūtēs
-Ablative: virtūtibus
Masculine and feminine forms are identical in the third declension.
What is the gender of these endings?
-or, -ōris (amor, -mōris; labor, -bōris; victor, -tōris; scrīptor, -tōris)
masculine
inc. many agent nouns (e.g., amātor, one who loves/lover)
What is the gender of these endings?
-tās, -tātis
-tūs, -tūtis
-tūdō, -tūdinis
-tiō, -tiōnis
feminine
inc. many abstract nouns/concepts
What is the gender of these endings?
-us
-e, -al, -ar
-men (carmen, -minis)
neuter
