Lesson 3 Grammar

Question 1

What is the genitive singular ending of all 3rd declension nouns?

Answer 1

-is

Question 2

How is the stem of a 3rd declension noun found?

Answer 2

by dropping the -is ending from the genitive singular form

Question 3

What is the Natural Gender Rule and how is it applied?

Answer 3

nouns naming male or female persons are that gender

Question 4

What is the 3rd declension acronym used to identify feminine nouns?

Answer 4

SOX

Question 5

What is the 3rd declension acronym used to identify masculine nouns?

Answer 5

ERrOR

Question 6

What is the 3rd declension acronym used to identify neuter nouns?

Answer 6

LANCET

Question 7

A noun placed beside another noun to rename or further explain it is called what?

Answer 7

an appositive

Question 8

What is the agreement rule for appositives?

Answer 8

an appositive agrees with its noun in number and case

Question 9

How are there is and there are stated in Latin?

Answer 9

there is = est

there are = sunt

Question 10

Give the nominative & genitive singular for the Latin word meaning river.

Answer 10

flumen, fluminis

Question 11

Give the nominative & genitive singular for the Latin word meaning journey.

Answer 11

iter, itineris

Question 12

Give the nominative & genitive singular for the Latin word meaning body.

Answer 12

corpus, corporis

Question 13

Give the nominative & genitive singular for the Latin word meaning column.

Answer 13

agmen, agminis

Question 14

Give the noun stem for the Latin word meaning name.

Answer 14

nomin-

Question 15

Give the noun stem for the Latin word meaning truth.

Answer 15

veritat-

Question 16

Give the noun stem for the Latin word meaning virtue.

Answer 16

virtut-

Question 17

Give the noun stem for the Latin word meaning safety.

Answer 17

salut-

Question 18

Name the six neuter 3rd declension nouns.

Answer 18

• *agmen, agminis**
• *corpus, corporis**
• *flumen, fluminis**
• *iter, itineris**
• *nomen, nominis**
• *vulnus, vulneris**

Question 19

What is an i-stem noun?

Answer 19

an i-stem is a 3rd declension noun with an -i added to its stem in the genitive plural form only.

Question 20

How do you determine if a 3rd declension noun is an i-stem noun?

Answer 20

Either the noun stem ends in 2 consonants,

or the nominative & genitive singular forms have the same number of syllables.

Question 21

Give 3rd declension masculine / feminine case endings.

Answer 21

(varies) -es

-is -um

-i -ibus

-em -es

-e -ibus

Question 22

Give 3rd declension neuter case endings.

Answer 22

(varies) -ia

-is -um

-i -ibus

(varies) -ia

-e -ibus

Question 23

Give 3rd declension masculine / feminine i-stem case endings.

Answer 23

(varies) -es
- is -ium
- i -ibus
- em -es
- e -ibus