Latin Declensions Flashcards
Nominative
Named case (subject?)
Genitive
General case (answers “whose is it?” “where did it come from?” “what is it made of?”)
Kind of translates to “Of”
First Declension
-Feminine
1st Nominative Singular
-a (terra)
1st Nominative Plural
-ae (terrae)
1st Genitive Singular
-ae (terrae)
1st Genitive Plural
-arum (terrarium)
2nd Declension
-Masculine or neuter
2nd Nominative Singular Masculine
-us
2nd Nominative Plural Masculine
-i
2nd Genitive Singular Masculine
-i
2nd Genitive Plural Masculine
-orum
2nd Nominative Singular Neuter
-um (saxum)
2nd Nominative Plural Neuter
-a (saxa)
2nd Genitive Singular Neuter
-i (saxi)
2nd Genitive Plural Neuter
-orum (saxorum)
3rd Declension
-any gender
3rd Nominative Singular
-or -oris
-io -ionis
-itas -itatis
-ix -ex -icis
-x -cis
-o -inis
-is -is
-ns -ntis
-men -minis
-us -eris -oris
(basically anything that doesn’t fit in with the other nominative singulars)
3rd Nominative Plural
-es (masc/fem)
-a -ia (neuter)
3rd Genitive Singular
-is
3rd Genitive Plural
-um -ium
4th Declension
-Masculine/Neuter
-like 2nd Declension
4th Nominative Singular Masculine
-us (ductus)
4th Nominative Plural Masculine
-us (ductus)
4th Genitive Singular Masculine
-us (ductus)
4th Genitive Plural Masculine
-uum (ductuum)
4th Nominative Singular Neuter
-u (cornu)
4th Nominative Plural Neuter
-ua (cornua)
4th Genitive Singular Neuter
-us -u (cornus, cornu)
4th Genitive Plural Neuter
-uum (cornuum)
5th Declension
-almost always feminine
5th Nominative Singular
-es (fascies)
5th Nominative Plural
-es (fascies)
5th Genitive Singular
-ei (fasciei)
5th Genitive Plural
-erum (fascierum)
