Lesson 2 Grammar Review

Question 1

Masculine and feminine nouns of the 3rd declension have ___ case endings.

Answer 1

the same

Question 2

What is an appositive?

Answer 2

a word that follows a noun and renames it

Question 3

What is the neuter rule?

Answer 3

nominative and accusative endings are the same

nominative and accusative plural ending is -a

Question 4

The genitive singular of a 3rd-declension noun always ends in ___.

Answer 4

-is

Question 5

Give the dative and ablative plural of fília and dea.

Answer 5

filiabus, deabus

Question 6

What three declensions have nouns ending in -us in the nominative?

Answer 6

2nd, 3rd, 4th

Question 7

The genitive singular of the 5th declension is ___.

Answer 7

-ei

Question 8

A appositive agrees with its noun or pronoun in ___, and usually but not necessarily in ___.

Answer 8

case; gender and number

Question 9

Give two indications a noun may be an i-stem and an example of each.

Answer 9

(1) same number of syllables in nominative and genitive - collis collis
(2) stem ends in two consonants - pons pontis

Question 10

The genitive singular of the 4th declension always ends in ___.

Answer 10

-ūs

Question 11

3rd declension nouns ending in ___ are usually feminine, and those ending in ___ are always feminine.

Answer 11

-o; -tas -tatis

Question 12

Give the two neuter and two feminine nouns of the 4th declension.

Answer 12

Cornu and genu are neutuer, and domus and manus are feminine.

Question 13

How can you know the gender of a 3rd-declension noun?

Answer 13

You have to memorize it.

Question 14

Most 3rd declsnion nouns ending in -us are what gender?

Answer 14

neuter

Question 15

Draw the gender triangle

Answer 15

Gender Triangle

Question 16

How do you find the stem of a Latin noun?

Answer 16

Drop the genitive singular ending.

Question 17

Some nouns have only plural forms. An example is ___.

Answer 17

liberi liberorum

Question 18

Most 5th-declension nouns are ___ gender, but one common exception is ___.

Answer 18

feminine; dies

Question 19

3rd-declension nouns that have a genitive plural in -ium are called ___.

Answer 19

i-stems

Question 20

Most 4th-declension nouns are ___ gender, but two common exceptions are ___.

Answer 20

masculine; domus and manus