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Irregular Fourth Declension Nouns Posted by kunthra on Nov 14, 2009
There are some irregular fourth declension nouns that change in the dative and ablative plural. domus (house/home) in the singular: Nom : domus Gen : domūs Dat : domuī Acc : domum Abl : domō Voc : domus In the plural: Nom : domūs Gen : domōrum/domuum Dat : domibus Acc : domōs/domūs Abl…
First Declension Plural Posted by kunthra on Apr 13, 2009
Memorize the endings below, because these endings form the plural first declension nouns: Nominative: –ae Genitive: –ārum Dative: –īs Accusative: –ās Ablative: –īs Here’s an example of first declension plural endings for the word farmer in Latin. Even though first declension nouns are usually feminine, the Latin word for farmer is masculine. N: agricolae G: agricolārum…
First Declension Singular Posted by kunthra on Apr 11, 2009
First declension nouns are usually feminine like queen (rēgīna) and widow (vidua). However there is the rare case where masculine nouns like farmer (agricola) and sailor (nauta) also fall under first declension nouns. Here are the singular first declension endings: Nominative: –a Genitive: –ae Dative: –ae Accusative: –am Ablative: –ā Here are the first declension…
Declension of Latin Nouns Posted by kunthra on Apr 8, 2009
In Latin, nouns have to undergo declension. Declension of nouns are necessary to show whether a sentence is plural or singular, feminine or masculine etc. Latin declensions of nouns consist of six grammatical casus or cases: 1) Nominative – marks the subject of a sentence. It answers the question: who? or what? The subject is usually…