Declension Of Nouns Flashcards
Accusative
Direct object of a verb
Object of certain prepositions
1st singular
A, am, ae, ae, a
1st plural
Ae, as, arum, is, is
Dative
To/for
Can be the indirect object
2nd masculine singular
us/er, um, i, o, o
2nd neuter singular
Um, um, i, o, o
2nd masculine plural
I, os, orum, is, is
2nd neuter plural
A, a, orum, is, is
3rd masculine/feminine singular
–, em, is, i, e
() for i-stems
3rd neuter singular
–, –, is, i, e (i)
() for i-stems
3rd masculine/feminine plural
Es, es (is), um (ium), ibus, ibus
() for i-stems
3rd neuter plural
A (ia), a (ia), um (ium), ibus, ibus
() for i-stems
Rules for determining if 3rd declensions are i-stems
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1- nominative and genitive singular have the same amount of syllables
2- stem of the noun ends in two consonants except if the second consonant is an l or an r
3- the nominative singular of a neuter noun ends in -e, -al, -ar
When is the Locative case needed
Names of towns, cities, small islands; “domus” and “rus” need a special case to express PLACE IN WHICH and PLACE WHERE
(For other nouns it is expressed by “in” + ablative)
1st/2nd declension nouns what is the locative singular
Identical to the genitive singular
1st/2nd declension nouns what is the locative plural
Identical to the Ablative plural
3rd declension nouns what is the locative singular
-e
Or
-i
3rd declension nouns what is the locative plural
-ibus
the genders of the fourth declension
three genders but neuter is rare
4th masculine/feminine singular
us, um, us, ui, u
4th masculine/feminine plural
us, us, uum, ibus, ibus
4th neuter singular
u, u, us, u, u
4th neuter plural
ua, ua, uum, ibus, ibus
5th singular
es, em, ei, ei, e
most 5th declension nouns are feminine
5th plural
es, es, erum, ebus, ebus
most 5th declension nouns are feminine
Vocative case is used for
direct address
Vocative case is identical to
identical to the nominative
except 2nd declension nouns ending in:
-us: that have a vocative ending -e
-ius: that have a vocative ending in -i
plurals are identical throughout to the nominatives
vocative of meus -a -um
mi
